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Saturday, August 8, 2020
(Rescheduled from Sunday, June 7, 2020)
Michigan International Speedway
4:00pm/et
Laps: 156 - Stages: 40/85/156
TV: NBCSN - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR
Saturday, August 8
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
7:00 AM-9:00 AM NCS HAULERS ENTER (SCREENING & EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)
9:00 AM-3:00 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
9:00 AM-11:00 PM NCS GARAGE OPEN
3:50 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
4:00 PM NCS RACE (STAGES 40/85/156 LAPS = 312 MILES)
Track info:
Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: front stretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
Frontstretch Length: 3,600 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Seating Capacity: 71,000 [down from 84,000(2012), 108,000(2011) and 137,243(2006)]
Opened: 1968
Pit Stalls:
Length: 34 feet
Width: 21 feet
Track Records & Stats
August 2019 Race Winner: Kevin Harvick, 149.084 mph, started 2nd
June 2019 Race Winner: Joey Logano, 140.945 mph, started 1st
Track Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
Slowest Track Race Record: Richard Petty, 107.583mph, 8/24/1975
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 7 months, 6 days, 8/16/1992
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 24 days, 8/18/2013
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Mark Martin, started 32nd, 6/14/2009
August 2020 Pole Winner: Brad Keselowski, 190.471 mph, finished 19th
June 2019 Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 187.139 mph, finished 1st
New Track Qualifying Record: #24-Jeff Gordon, August, 206.558mph (after repave 2012)
Old Track Qualifying Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 194.232mph (before repave 2012)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 7 months, 8 days, 8/17/2012
Young Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 22 days, 8/16/2013
Most Wins: 9 - David Pearson
Most Poles: 10 - David Pearson
Most Top 5s: 21 - Cale Yarborough
Most Top 10s: 27 - Jeff Gordon
Race statistics (August 2019)
Lead changes: 19 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 6 for 24
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 59 seconds
Average speed: 149.084 miles per hour (239.927 km/h)
Saturday, August 8, 2020
(Rescheduled from Sunday, June 7, 2020)
Michigan International Speedway
4:00pm/et
Laps: 156 - Stages: 40/85/156
TV: NBCSN - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR
Saturday, August 8
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
7:00 AM-9:00 AM NCS HAULERS ENTER (SCREENING & EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)
9:00 AM-3:00 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
9:00 AM-11:00 PM NCS GARAGE OPEN
3:50 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
4:00 PM NCS RACE (STAGES 40/85/156 LAPS = 312 MILES)
Track info:
Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: front stretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
Frontstretch Length: 3,600 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Seating Capacity: 71,000 [down from 84,000(2012), 108,000(2011) and 137,243(2006)]
Opened: 1968
Pit Stalls:
Length: 34 feet
Width: 21 feet
Track Records & Stats
August 2019 Race Winner: Kevin Harvick, 149.084 mph, started 2nd
June 2019 Race Winner: Joey Logano, 140.945 mph, started 1st
Track Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
Slowest Track Race Record: Richard Petty, 107.583mph, 8/24/1975
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 7 months, 6 days, 8/16/1992
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 24 days, 8/18/2013
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Mark Martin, started 32nd, 6/14/2009
August 2020 Pole Winner: Brad Keselowski, 190.471 mph, finished 19th
June 2019 Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 187.139 mph, finished 1st
New Track Qualifying Record: #24-Jeff Gordon, August, 206.558mph (after repave 2012)
Old Track Qualifying Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 194.232mph (before repave 2012)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 7 months, 8 days, 8/17/2012
Young Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 22 days, 8/16/2013
Most Wins: 9 - David Pearson
Most Poles: 10 - David Pearson
Most Top 5s: 21 - Cale Yarborough
Most Top 10s: 27 - Jeff Gordon
Race statistics (August 2019)
Lead changes: 19 among 8 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 6 for 24
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 59 seconds
Average speed: 149.084 miles per hour (239.927 km/h)
