Track/Race Length: 1.54 mile quad oval, 325 laps, 500.5 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees; Straightaways: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 2332 feet; Backstretch - 1800 feet
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Grandstand Seating: 124,000
Opened: 1960
National Anthem: Mark Wills
Military Flyover: B-52H Stratofortress, 93rd Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA
(times in eastern time)
Practice Dates/Times/Television coverage
Practices:
Friday, March 5, 2:30 - 4:00 pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, March 6, 11:00 - 11:45 am/et, TV-SPEEDHappy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 6, 12:20 - 1:20pm/et, TV-SPEED
Qualifying Information/Times/Television coverage
Qualifying Draw: Friday, March 5, 1:30pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Friday, March 5 at 6:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, scheduled re-air 11:30pm/et;
AND live via radio at NASCAR.com.
Info courtesy Jayski.com
This should be a great race (as long as JJ doesn’t win).