EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Thursday, March 14
7:30 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, March 14
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 - 1:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
4:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
6:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Saturday, March 15
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
9:00 - 9:50 AM NSCS PRACTICE
12:00 - 1:00 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
1:15 PM NSCS ALL CARS MUST BE PARKED IN HAULERS
2:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Sunday, March 16
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
1:00 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in LOCAL Time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
Dates / Times / TV coverage
(times in eastern time)
Practices:
Friday, March 14, 12:00 - 1:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 15, 9:00 - 9:50 am/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, March 15, 12:00 - 1:00 pm/et, TV-FS2
Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, March 14 at 4:35 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.
Track Specifications:
0.533-mile concrete oval
500 laps, 266.5 miles
Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees
Straightaways: 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide.
Seating capacity: 160,000
Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshals: University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer
Command to start engines: University of Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: TBA
Flyover: TBA