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STP 500
Martinsville Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #6 of 36 for the 2015 season
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Radio:
TV:
MRN, 12 p.m. (ET)
FOX Sports 1 1:00 p.m.
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 1:13pm/et
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015
Driver point standings after 5 of 36 races
Rank Car # Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles
1 4 Kevin Harvick 225 5 2 5 5 1
2 22 Joey Logano 197 5 1 2 5 1
3 78 Martin Truex Jr. 192 5 0 1 5 0
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 164 5 0 3 4 0
5 2 Brad Keselowski 163 5 1 1 4 0
6 31 Ryan Newman 162 5 0 3 4 0
7 48 Jimmie Johnson 159 5 1 2 3 0
8 5 Kasey Kahne 159 5 0 1 2 0
9 27 Paul Menard 152 5 0 1 1 0
10 43 Aric Almirola 138 5 0 0 0 0
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Schedule per Jayski:
Thursday, March 26
4:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, March 27
7:00 AM - 7:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS & INSPECTION BEGINS
11:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & RANDOM DRAWING
12:00 - 1:25 PM NSCS PRACTICE
4:45 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
Saturday, March 28
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
10:00 - 10:55 AM NSCS PRACTICE
1:00 - 1:50 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
Sunday, March 29
7:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
9:15 AM - 12:45 PM Martinsville Speedway Track Walk
11:00 AM NSCS DRIVER/CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTIONS
1:00 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, March 27, 12:00 - 1:25 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 28, 10:00 - 10:55 am/et, TV-FS1
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 28, 1:00 - 1:50 pm/et, TV-FS2
Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Friday, March 27 at 4:45 pm/et, TV-FS1, re-air scheduled Saturday, March 28 at 8:30am/et on FS1.
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Schedule per Nascar.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 27:
ON TRACK
-- 10-11:45 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- noon-1:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- 1:30-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- 3-4:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- 4:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 9 a.m.: Tyler Reddick
-- 10:30 a.m.: Alan Gustafson and Chad Knaus
-- 11 a.m.: Martinsville sponsor announcement
-- 11:20 a.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
-- 2 p.m.: Denny Hamlin
-- 2:30 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
-- 5:45 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying
-- 6:45 p.m. (approx.): Chase Elliott
GARAGECAM (Watch live)
-- 11:30 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series
-- 2:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series
SATURDAY, MARCH 28:
ON TRACK
-- 10 a.m.-10:55 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- 11:15 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
-- 1-1:50 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, FOX Sports 2 (Follow live)
-- 2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250, FOX Sports 1 (250 laps, 131.5 miles) (Follow live)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 8:30 a.m.: Aric Almirola
-- 9 a.m.: Paul Menard
-- 4:45 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race
SUNDAY, MARCH 29:
ON TRACK
-- 1 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500, FOX Sports 1 (500 laps, 263 miles) (Follow live)
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Track Specifications:
Track Size: 0.526 Mile
Race: 500 laps, 263 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 12 degrees
Straightaways: Banking: 0 degrees(flat)
Straights: 800 feet
Backstretch: 800 feet
Grandstand Seating: 55,000
Pit Stalls: 43 pits, 14-feet wide by 28-feet long
Speed Limits: Pit Road, 30 mph; Pace Car, 35 mph
Opened: 1947
Track History
Opened in September 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville, originally a dirt track, is one of the oldest continuously-operating race tracks in the United States.
The first NASCAR-sanctioned race at Martinsville was on July 4, 1948.
The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was Sept. 25, 1949.
The track was paved in 1955.
The first 500-lap event at Martinsville was in 1956.
Concrete corners were added atop asphalt in 1976.
Track Notebook
Curtis Turner won the pole for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville in 1949.
Red Byron won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and Darrell Waltrip share the consecutive pole record, each with three.
Richard Petty leads 15 wins.
Kurt Busch won the 2002 fall race from the 36th starting position, the furthest back a race winner has started.
Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Martinsville Speedway winner: Richard Petty (4/10/1960 – 22 years, 9 months, 8 days). Oldest NSCS Martinsville Speedway winner: Harry Gant (9/22/1991 – 51 years, 8 months, 12 days).
Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Martinsville Speedway pole winner: Ricky Rudd (4/26/1981 – 24 years, 7 months, 14 days). Oldest NSCS Martinsville Speedway pole winner: Morgan Shepherd (04/26/1987 – 45 years, 6 months, 14 days).
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