Track Specifications:
Race Length: 400 laps, 300 miles
Track Length: 0.75 mile D-shaped oval, measured 13.5 ft from SAFER Barrier
Track Width: 60 feet with 10-foot apron
Banking: turns 14 degrees; front stretch 8 degrees; backstretch 2 degrees
Straights: Backstretch - 860 feet; Front stretch - 1290 feet
Pit Road: 64-foot width, 43 concrete pit stalls, each measuring 28'x19'
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 50mph
Seating Capacity: 71,000 {was 97,912 and was 112,029 before that]
Opened: 1946 (First NASCAR race was 1953)
Last Repaved: Fall of 2003
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: TBA
Command to start engines: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Honorary Pace Car Driver: TBA
Color Guard: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: TBA
Flyover: TBA
Track Websites & Social Media:
Richmond International Raceway website
ISC Motorsports
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Track Stats - Racing-reference.info
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 11 sets for the race;
Xfinity: 6 sets for the event
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4632;
Right-side -- D-4644
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.32 in. (2,218 mm);
Right-side -- 88.31 in. (2,243 mm)
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 12 psi; Left Rear -- 12 psi;
Right Front -- 30 psi; Right Rear -- 27 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series will run the same tire set-up at Richmond this weekend . . . while these teams ran this left-side tire code (D-4632) at Richmond last September, this is the first time they have run this right-side code (D-4644) . . . this right-side is a Goodyear multi-zone tread tire, which incorporates two distinct compounds on the same tire . . . the inboard two inches of the tread (Endurance Zone) features the same compound that was run at Richmond last fall, while the outboard 10 inches of the tread (Traction Zone) features a compound run at this track prior to that and will provide teams with more grip . . . this tire set-up came out of a Goodyear test at Richmond on April 7 . . . drivers participating in that test were A.J. Allmendinger, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Tony Stewart . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Richmond.