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Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 2.5 mile oval, 160 laps, 400 miles
Tri-oval with 31-degree banking in the turns
18-degree banking in the tri-oval and 6-degree banking on the straightaways
Date track opened: 1959
Banking in turns 1-4: 31 degrees
Banking in tri-oval: 18 degrees
Banking on backstretch: 3 degrees
Banking on the straightaway: 6 degrees
Length of frontstretch: 3,800 feet
Length of backstretch: 3,400 feet
Grandstand Seating: 147,000 [was 168,000, will be 101,000 in 2016].
Pit Road Speed: 55 mph
Pace Car Speed: 70 mph
Pit Road Length: 1,600 feet
Pit Road Width: 50 feet
Opened: 1959

• Race Festivities/Officials:
  Grand Marshal: Actor/Comedian David Spade
  Command to start engines: David Spade
  Honorary Starter/Wave Green Flag: TBA
  Honorary Pace Car Driver: TBA
  Color Guard: TBA
  Invocation: TBA
  National Anthem: Straightaway to Stardom winner Candace Walker
  Flyover: TBA

  EVENT SCHEDULE
  Sprint Cup Series

  Event Schedule times are local to the track

  Thursday, July 2
  6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

  Friday, July 3
  9:00 AM - 7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
  12:00 PM NSCS SPOTTERS MEETING
  2:00 PM NSCS ROOKIES MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
  3:00 - 3:55 PM NSCS PRACTICE
  5:00 - 5:55 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE

  Saturday, July 4
  10:30 AM - 7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
  4:35 PM NSCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND

  Sunday, July 5
  2:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
  5:45 PM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
  7:15 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
  7:45 PM NSCS RACE

  NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
  SUBJECT TO CHANGE
  All event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time

  PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
  Dates / Times / TV coverage

  (these times in eastern time)

  • Practices:
    Friday, July 3, 3:00 - 3:50pm/et. TV-NBCSN

  • Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, July 3, 5:00 - 5:55pm/et, TV-NBCSN

  • Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, June 26 at 4:35 pm/et, TV-NBCSN, no re-air scheduled.

    EVENT SCHEDULE
    Sprint Cup Series

    Event Schedule times are local to the track

    Thursday, July 2
    6:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

    Friday, July 3
    9:00 AM - 7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
    12:00 PM NSCS SPOTTERS MEETING
    2:00 PM NSCS ROOKIES MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
    3:00 - 3:55 PM NSCS PRACTICE
    5:00 - 5:55 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE

    Saturday, July 4
    10:30 AM - 7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
    4:35 PM NSCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND

    Sunday, July 5
    2:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
    5:45 PM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
    7:15 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
    7:45 PM NSCS RACE

    NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
    SUBJECT TO CHANGE
    All event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time

    PRACTICE & QUALIFYING
    Dates / Times / TV coverage

    (these times in eastern time)

    • Practices:
      Friday, July 3, 3:00 - 3:50pm/et. TV-NBCSN

    • Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, July 3, 5:00 - 5:55pm/et, TV-NBCSN

    • Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, June 26 at 4:35 pm/et, TV-NBCSN, no re-air scheduled.

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OK nutscar, THIS MEANS WAR!!! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!!! IT'S A PIECE OF CLOTH!!!Daytona to offer Confederate flag exchange: Daytona International Speedway will implement a voluntary flag exchange program this weekend for any fans flying a Confederate flag during the track's traditional Independence Day race weekend. DIS President Joie Chitwood said Tuesday that because fans had purchased tickets, he would not change the flag policy for this weekend so close to the event. He said the track will offer United States flags in exchange for Confederate flags. "We want to be inclusive to everyone, and the last thing you want is for anyone to come to a sporting event and really not enjoy that experience because of symbols that really represent things we're not proud of," Chitwood told reporters after a news conference to announce a new track sponsor. "For us, we're celebrating the American flag this weekend. It's our nation's birthday. ... Going forward, we'll really have to look at where that other flag goes because it doesn't have a place in our sport and we've got to take a thoughtful process on how we get to that place."(ESPN)(6-30-2015)

I'LL BET THE US FLAGS THEY GIVE OUT ARE FR!^&G MADE IN china!!!