Sprint Showdown Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: TBA
Command to start engines: TBA
Invocation: TBA
Military Flyover: TBA
All Star Race Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: TBA
Command to start engines: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
Honorary Pace Car Driver: Carolina Panther Luke Kuechly
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: Darius Rucker
Military Flyover: TBA
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, May 16TH
12:05 - 1:40 PM NSCS FINAL SPRINT SHOWDOWN - PRACTICE
1:50 - 3:15 PM NSCS FINAL SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE- PRACTICE
3:15 - 3:30 PM NSCS Sprint ALL-STAR, PIT ROAD PRACTICE
4:10 PM NSCS SPRINT SHOWDOWN, QUALIFYING
7:00 PM NSCS SHOWDOWN DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
7:15 PM NSCS THE SPRINT SHOWDOWN
Saturday, May 17TH
7:10 PM NSCS SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE, QUALIFYING-IMPOUND
8:45 PM APPROX. NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
9:00 PM APPROX. NSCS THE SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE
TELEVISION / RADIO COVERAGE / SCHEDULE
Tune in to the Sprint Showdown at 7:00pm/et on Friday, May 16 on FOX Sports 1, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Then catch NASCAR’s biggest stars in Sprint All-Star Race Qualifying at 7:00pm/et on Saturday, May 17 on FOX Sports 1, and the Sprint All-Star Race immediately following at 9:00pm/et on FOX Sports 1, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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Tire: Goodyear “Support Our Troops” Speedway Radials:
Set limits:
Showdown: 7 sets for the event (teams that transfer to All-Star race get an additional 4 sets);
All-Star: 11 sets for the event;
Camping World Truck: 7 sets for the event (must turn in 2 sets before the race)
Tire Codes: Left-side — D-4428; Right-side — D-4552
Tire Circumference
: Left-side — 87.52 in. (2,223 mm); Right-side — 88.43 in. (2,246 mm)
Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi;
Right Front — 55 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 30 psi; Left Rear — 30 psi
; Right Front — 54 psi; Right Rear — 50 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Charlotte this week . . . throughout Charlotte’s Speed Weeks, all tires will be branded with “Support Our Troops” as part of the Goodyear Gives Back program . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that teams in both of these series have run at Charlotte since 2012 . . . while Charlotte is the only track at which NASCAR teams run this left-side tire code (D-4428), Sprint Cup teams also run this right-side tire code (D-4552) at Darlington . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Charlotte . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.