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.
Goodyear Tires Notes / Fast Facts
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Short Track Radials
Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying, and 11 sets for the race;
Camping World Truck: 5 sets for the event, with an additional 2 sets for “extra” practice time on schedule
Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4588; Right-side — D-4590
Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 87.5 in. (2,222 mm);
Right-side — 88.6 in. (2,250 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 25 psi; Left Rear — 25 psi
Right Front — 25 psi; Right Rear — 25 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 10 psi; Left Rear — 10 psi;
Right Front — 23 psi; Right Rear — 22 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Martinsville this weekend . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams ran twice each at this track last season . . . Martinsville is the only track at which NASCAR teams run this left-side tire code (D-4588) . . . this right-side tire code (D-4590) was run on all four tire positions by NASCAR teams on all road courses in 2013 . . . as on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Martinsville.