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EVENT SCHEDULE
Sprint Cup Series

Event Schedule times are local to the track

Thursday, April 9
12:00 PM NSCS HAULER ENTER
2:00 - 6:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN

Friday, April 10
9:00 AM - 8:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
9:30 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM NSCS PRACTICE
1:00 - 2:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
2:25 PM NSCS QUALIFYING INSPECTION BEGINS
5:45 PM NSCS QUALIFYING

Saturday, April 11
12:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
4:30 PM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
6:00 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
6:30 PM NSCS RACE

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time

PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage

(these times in eastern time)

• Practices:
  Friday, April 10, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm/et, TV-FS1

• Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, April 10, 2:00 - 3:20 pm/et, TV-FS1

• Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, April 10 at 6:45 pm/et, TV-FS1, re-air scheduled Saturday, April 11th at 4:30am/et on FS1.

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Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.5-mile quad oval, 334 laps, 501 miles
Track Size: 1.5 miles
Race: 334 laps, 501 miles
Width: 58 feet (minimum)
Turns: 750-foot radius
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees
Straightaways/dogleg: Banking: 5 degrees;
Straights: Front Straight - 2250 feet; Back Stretch - 1330 feet
Front Straightaway Grandstand: 66 rows, 112,522. Includes: PSL seats (36,000 w/armrests); and Handicapped Seating (1,595 - Row 28 at portal entrances)
Back Straightaway Grandstand: 12 rows, 9,855
Luxury Suites: 144 with seating for 9,992
Victory Lane Club Suites: 50 with seating for 3,152
Condominium Seating: 2,571
Infield Capacity: Approx. 53,000
Grandstand Seating: 122,377
Total Permanent Seating: 138,122
Total Estimated Capacity: 191,122 Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997

• 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