Title Sponsor: AAA
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:15pm/et
NASCAR Countdown: ESPN - 1:00pm/et
Television Race Coverage: ESPN, 2:00pm/et
In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch
NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace
NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: at 10:00am/et on FoxSports1
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Monday, September 29 at 1:00am/et on ESPN2
TV Listings, Links and Info:
Jayski's TV Listings Page
ESPN Network Schedules
Fox Sports TV Listings
FoxSports1 (FS1) TV Schedule
TV Racer
Armed Forces Network - Search NASCAR
Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90
Times are local to the Track
Thursday, September 25
7:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, September 26
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM NSCS PRACTICE
3:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
6:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Saturday, September 27
9:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 - 11:50 AM NSCS PRACTICE
2:00 - 2:50 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
5:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Sunday, September 28
8:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
12:00 PM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
1:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
2:00 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in LOCAL Time
Practices:
Friday, September 26, 11:00am - 12:30pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, September 27, 11:00 - 11:50am/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, September 27, 2:00 - 2:50pm/et, TV-FS2
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, September 26 at 3:40 pm/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled.
Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 1.0-mile oval
Track/Race Length: 1.0 concrete oval, 400 laps, 400 miles
Banking: turns: 24°; straights: 9°
Straights: Front stretch - 1,076 feet; Backstretch - 1,076 feet
Pit Stalls: 43 stalls, 15 feet wide x 32 feet long
Grandstand Seating: 135,000
Pit Road Speed: 35mph
Pace Car Speed: 45mph
Opened: 1969
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshals: former NFL player Brian Mitchell
Command to start engines: Brian Mitchell
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Don Gagnon CEO, Auto Club Partners
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: USO Show Troupe
Honor Guard: Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard
Flyover: two vintage Russian YAK 52s, a Chinese CJ-6 and a U.S. RV-8TBA, The Bandit Flight Team
Track Websites & Social Media:
doverspeedway.com
Dover International Speedway - Facebook
Dover International Speedway - Twitter
Dover Motorsports
Monster Racing