Schedule:
Note: All times are ET
Friday, April 13
Noon-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1
1:05-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
4:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1
Saturday, April 14
8:30-9:25 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
9:35 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
11:05-11:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
1 pm.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (300 laps, 159.9 miles), FS1
Sunday, April 15
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 (500 laps, 266.5 miles), FOX
Facts:
Distance: 266.5 Miles (500 Laps)
Stage 1: 125 laps
Stage 2: 250 laps
Race: 500 laps
Track Specifications:
0.533-mile concrete oval
Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees
Straightaways: 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide.
Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
Seating capacity: 153,000 [was 158,000 and 160,000]
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2017 April Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 86.674mph, started 11th
2017 August Race Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 95.969mph, started 18th
Track Race Record 1st Race: Cale Yarborough, Apr 1977, 100.989
Track Race Record 2nd Race: Charlie Glotzbach, July 1971, 101.074
Slowest Race Record: Ned Jarrett, July 1965, 61.826mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt, 48 years, 3 months, 30 days, 8/28/1999
Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 21 years, 10 months, 23 days, 3/25/2007
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Elliott Sadler, March 2001, started 38th
2017 April Pole Winner: #42-Kyle Larson, qualifying rained out set by points, finished 6th
2017 August Pole Winner: #77-Erik Jones, 128.082, finished 2nd
Track Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, August 19, 2016, 131.4668 (1st round)
Oldest Pole Winner: Harry Gant, 54 years, 7 months, 17 days, 8/27/1994
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 19 years, 9 months, 23 days, 3/19/2010
Most Wins - All Time: Darrell Waltrip, 12
Most Wins - Active Driver: Kyle Busch, 6; Kurt Busch, 5; Matt Kenseth, 4
Most Poles - All Time: Cale Yarborough, Mark Martin - 9
Most Poles - Active Driver: Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, 3
Note: All times are ET
Friday, April 13
Noon-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1
1:05-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
4:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1
Saturday, April 14
8:30-9:25 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
9:35 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
11:05-11:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
1 pm.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (300 laps, 159.9 miles), FS1
Sunday, April 15
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 (500 laps, 266.5 miles), FOX
Facts:
Distance: 266.5 Miles (500 Laps)
Stage 1: 125 laps
Stage 2: 250 laps
Race: 500 laps
Track Specifications:
0.533-mile concrete oval
Degree of banking in corners: 24 to 30 degrees
Degree of banking in straights: 4 to 9 degrees
Straightaways: 650 feet long.
Concrete racing surface: 43 feet wide.
Bristol has two pits roads: 22 pit stalls on the front stretch and 21 on the back stretch
Pit Stall Size: 25.5 feet long, 15.5 feet wide
Pit Road Speed: 30 mph
Pace Car Track Speed: 35mph
Track Opened: 1960
First Cup race: 1961
Seating capacity: 153,000 [was 158,000 and 160,000]
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2017 April Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 86.674mph, started 11th
2017 August Race Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 95.969mph, started 18th
Track Race Record 1st Race: Cale Yarborough, Apr 1977, 100.989
Track Race Record 2nd Race: Charlie Glotzbach, July 1971, 101.074
Slowest Race Record: Ned Jarrett, July 1965, 61.826mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt, 48 years, 3 months, 30 days, 8/28/1999
Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 21 years, 10 months, 23 days, 3/25/2007
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Elliott Sadler, March 2001, started 38th
2017 April Pole Winner: #42-Kyle Larson, qualifying rained out set by points, finished 6th
2017 August Pole Winner: #77-Erik Jones, 128.082, finished 2nd
Track Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, August 19, 2016, 131.4668 (1st round)
Oldest Pole Winner: Harry Gant, 54 years, 7 months, 17 days, 8/27/1994
Youngest Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 19 years, 9 months, 23 days, 3/19/2010
Most Wins - All Time: Darrell Waltrip, 12
Most Wins - Active Driver: Kyle Busch, 6; Kurt Busch, 5; Matt Kenseth, 4
Most Poles - All Time: Cale Yarborough, Mark Martin - 9
Most Poles - Active Driver: Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, 3
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