AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - Texas Motor Speedway
3:30pm/et
Laps: 334 - Stages: Stages: 105/210/334
TV: NBCSN - Radio: PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR
Race #8 of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Sunday, October 25
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
7:30 AM-1:30 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
7:30 AM NCS GARAGE OPEN
2:10 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
2:15 PM NCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS (DRIVERS STANDING BY CARS)
2:30 PM(3:30 PM/ET) NCS RACE (STAGES 105/210/334 LAPS = 501 MILES)
7:00 PM Approx NCS HAULERS EXIT
Track Specs:
Track Length: 1.5 Mile (334 laps = 501 miles)
Race Length: 500 Miles (1) 500 Miles (2)
Width: 80 feet in turns 1 & 2
Width: 60 feet in turns 3 & 4
Banking in Corners 1 and 2: 20 degrees
Banking Corners 3 and 4: 24 degrees
Banking on Dogleg: 5 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,250 feet
Backstretch: 1,330 feet
Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 112,522 [138,122, 146,000 & 159,000]
First Race: April 6, 1997 - Interstate Batteries 500
Track Records & Stats
July 2020 Race Winner: Austin Dillon, 137.292 mph, started 21st
Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014
July 2020 Pole: Aric Almirola, by draw, finished 10th
Track Qualifying Record: #41-Kurt Busch, 200.951mph, 11/3/2017 (final round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006
Worst Starting Spot to Win: #17-Matt Kenseth, 2002, started 31st
July 2020 Race statistics
Lead changes: 29 among 12 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 10 for 45
Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 29 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 38 minutes and 57 seconds
Average speed: 137.292 miles per hour (220.950 km/h)
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - Texas Motor Speedway
3:30pm/et
Laps: 334 - Stages: Stages: 105/210/334
TV: NBCSN - Radio: PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR
Race #8 of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Sunday, October 25
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
7:30 AM-1:30 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
7:30 AM NCS GARAGE OPEN
2:10 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
2:15 PM NCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS (DRIVERS STANDING BY CARS)
2:30 PM(3:30 PM/ET) NCS RACE (STAGES 105/210/334 LAPS = 501 MILES)
7:00 PM Approx NCS HAULERS EXIT
Track Specs:
Track Length: 1.5 Mile (334 laps = 501 miles)
Race Length: 500 Miles (1) 500 Miles (2)
Width: 80 feet in turns 1 & 2
Width: 60 feet in turns 3 & 4
Banking in Corners 1 and 2: 20 degrees
Banking Corners 3 and 4: 24 degrees
Banking on Dogleg: 5 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,250 feet
Backstretch: 1,330 feet
Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1997
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 112,522 [138,122, 146,000 & 159,000]
First Race: April 6, 1997 - Interstate Batteries 500
Track Records & Stats
July 2020 Race Winner: Austin Dillon, 137.292 mph, started 21st
Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014
July 2020 Pole: Aric Almirola, by draw, finished 10th
Track Qualifying Record: #41-Kurt Busch, 200.951mph, 11/3/2017 (final round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006
Worst Starting Spot to Win: #17-Matt Kenseth, 2002, started 31st
July 2020 Race statistics
Lead changes: 29 among 12 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 10 for 45
Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 29 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 38 minutes and 57 seconds
Average speed: 137.292 miles per hour (220.950 km/h)
