Times are local to the Track
Thursday, October 16
6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, October 17
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGES OPEN & INSPECTION BEGINS
12:30 PM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
1:30 - 2:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
3:30 - 4:20 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
7:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Saturday, October 18
9:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
3:40 PM NSCS QUALIFYING - IMPOUND
5:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES
Sunday, October 19
8:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:15 AM NSCS SPOTTERS MEETING
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTIONS
1:00 PM NSCS RACE
NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All times above are listed in CENTRAL / LOCAL Time
Practices:
Friday, October 17, 2:30 - 3:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, October 17, 4:30 - 5:20pm/et, TV-FS1
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Saturday, October 18 at 4:40 pm/et, TV-ESPNEWS, no re-air scheduled.
Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 2.66 mile quad oval, 188 laps, 500.08 miles
Superspeedway: 2.66-mile trioval 48 feet wide (12-foot apron)
Turns: Banking: 33° Length: 3,750 feet Radius: 1,100 feet
Trioval: Banking: 18°
Frontstretch: Chute length: 2,150 feet (from turn to middle of trioval) Total length: 4,300 feet Banking: 16.5°
Backstretch: Length: 4,000 feet Banking: 2°
Pit Road: Length: 3,000 feet; Width: 48 feet
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 70mph
Grandstand Seating: 78,000 [was 109,000 & 143,231]
Track last paved: Summer 2006
Opened: 1969
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Rhett Rayburn, Regional Vice President, GEICO
Command to start engines: Rhett Rayburn, Regional Vice President, GEICO
Honorary Pace Car Driver: TBA
Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: US Army SFC James W. Knight
Invocation: TBA
National Anthem: 313th United States Army Band
Flyover: GEICO Skytypers
Track Websites / Social Media:
Talladega Superspeedway
ISC Motorsports
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Talladega-Texaco Walk of Fame
International Motorsports Hall of Fame(Talladega)