**Next Race**Event Schedule** Track Info
AAA 400
Dover Intl Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #29 of 36 for the 2014 season
Chase for the Sprint Cup race #3 of 10
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Radio:
TV:
MRN, 1 p.m. (ET)
ESPN, 1 p.m. (ET)
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:15pm/et
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Upcoming schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
-- 10-10:50 a.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- 2-3:20 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice, ESPN2
-- 3:40 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, ESPN2
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
-- 11-11:50 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1
-- noon-1:15 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice
-- 12:15 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 2
-- 1:45-3 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice
-- 2-2:50 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 2
-- 3:30 p.m.: NASCAR Nationwide Series race (200 laps, 200 miles), ESPN
-- 6:40 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying
-- 10 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 (146 laps, 219 miles), FOX Sports 1
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
-- 2 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 (400 laps, 400 miles), ESPN
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Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 1.0-mile oval
Track/Race Length: 1.0 concrete oval, 400 laps, 400 miles
Banking: turns: 24°; straights: 9°
Straights: Front stretch - 1,076 feet; Backstretch - 1,076 feet
Pit Stalls: 43 stalls, 15 feet wide x 32 feet long
Grandstand Seating: 135,000
Pit Road Speed: 35mph
Pace Car Speed: 45mph
Race Length: 400 Miles
First Race: July 6, 1969 - Mason-Dixon 300
June 2014 Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 117.724mph, started 1st
September 2013 Race Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 130.909mph, started 8th
May 2014 Pole Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 164.444mph, finished 2nd
September 2013 Pole Winner: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 161.849mph, finished 2nd
Track Qualifying Record: Brad Keselowski, 164.444mph, 5/30/2014
Track History
The fastest true oval on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit opened its gates in July 1969. Richard Petty drove his Ford (the only season he sported a Blue Oval on the hood) in a 300-mile event on an asphalt surface to capture the first checkered flag.
In 1971, the Cup event was lengthened to 500 miles. The race ran caution-free giving Bobby Allison his first Dover win. Also, a second 500-mile race was added and Petty, once again, took inaugural honors.
In 1995, Dover International Speedway decided to resurface the track from asphalt to concrete. The unique look of the white concrete surface still makes Dover’s appearance unique among the sport’s bigger tracks.
During the 1997 season, in an attempt to make the event more competitive, both events were shortened to 400 miles each.
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