Track Specifications:
Track Size: 0.526 Mile
Race: 500 laps, 263 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 12 degrees
Straightaways: Banking: 0 degrees(flat)
Straights: 800 feet
Backstretch: 800 feet
Grandstand Seating: 61,000
Pit Stalls: 43 pits, 14-feet wide by 28-feet long
Speed Limits: Pit Road, 30 mph; Pace Car, 35 mph
Opened: 1947
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Dale Inman
Command to start engines: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Army Band
Flyover: TBA
EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track
Thursday, March 20
6:00 pm NSCS haulers enter infield
Friday, March 21
6:30 am NSCS garage opens
12:00 - 1:30 pm NSCS practice
4:40 pm NSCS qualifying
6:30 pm Garage closes
Saturday, March 29
8:30 am NSCS garage opens
10:00 - 10:55 am NSCS practice
1:00 - 1:50 pm NSCS practice
5:00 pm NSCS garage closes
Sunday, March 30
7:00 am NSCS garage opens
9:15 am Martinsville Speedway track walk
11:00 am Driver, crew chief meeting
12:30 pm Driver introductions
1:00 pm STP 500 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 28, 12:00 - 1:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 29, 10:00 am - 10:55 pm/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Saturday, March 29, 1:00 - 1:50pm/et, TV-FS2
Qualifying: groups for positions 1-36, Friday, March 28 at 4:40 pm/et, TV-FS1, no re-air scheduled.