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
Race Festivities/Officials:
Grand Marshal: Emory’s 500th heart transplant patient in 2008, Terry “Mr. 500” Green
Command to start engines: Terry “Mr. 500” Green
Invocation: Joe Gibbs
National Anthem: Grammy-nominated Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Military Flyover: 4 F-15's, 159th Fighter Wing, USAF, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Belle Chasse, LA