Texas Motor Speedway
Dickies 500 Preview
The race:
Dickies 500
The track:
Texas Motor
Speedway,
Fort-Worth-Denton
County, Texas
The
date/time:
Sunday, Nov. 6
at 2:50 p.m.
(ET).
TV:
NBC, 2 p.m.
(CT).
Radio:
PRN/XM
Satellite.
Posted
awards:
$6,880,880
Race
length:
500 mile, 334
laps
Track
layout:
1.5-mile oval.
2004
winner:
Inaugural
event.
2004
polesitter:
Inaugural
event.
Announcers: Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally
Dallenbach
Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Matt Yocum, Marty
Snider, Dave Burns
Pre-Race
Host: Bill Weber
Practices:
Friday, November 4, 12:20 - 2:20pm/et; and Saturday,
November 5, 10:30 -11:15am/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42 and 43 if
open, Friday, November 4 at 4:10pm/et, TV-Speed Channel
LIVE, live via radio at PRN Radio and XM Satellite
NASCAR Radio.
Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, November 5, 12:10
- 12:55pm/et, TV-Speed Channel
CUP EVENT
SCHEDULE
NOTE: these times are Central [CT] time
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
5:15 AM NNCS HAULERS ENTER
6:00 AM NNCS REGISTRATION OPENS
6:30 AM NNCS GARAGE OPENS
7:00 AM TRACK SERVICES MEETING (VICTORY THEATER)
10:20 AM NNCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & DRAWING FOR
QUALIFYING ORDER
11:20 AM 1:20 PM NNCS PRACTICE
3:10 PM NNCS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS)
5:05 PM NBS QUALIFYING (TWO LAPS, ALL POSITIONS) IMPOUND
6:00 PM NNCS GARAGE & REGISTRATION CLOSES
8:15 PM NCTS RACE ( 147 LAPS, 220.5 MILES)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
7:30 AM NNCS GARAGE & REGISTRATION OPENS
7:30 AM TRACK SERVICES MEETING (VICTORY THEATER)
9:30 AM 10:15 AM NNCS PRACTICE
11:10 AM 11:55 AM NNCS FINAL PRACTICE
1:00 PM NBS RACE ( 200 LAPS, 300 MILES)
3:00 PM NNCS GARAGE & REGISTRATION CLOSES
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
8:00 AM NNCS REGISTRATION OPENS & ACCESS TO HAULERS
9:00 AM NNCS GARAGE OPENS
10:00 AM TRACK SERVICES MEETING (VICTORY THEATER)
12:10 PM NNCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (VICTORY
THEATER)
1:40 PM NNCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS-SECURITY -CLEAR PIT
ROAD
2:50 PM NNCS RACE (334 LAPS, 501 MILES)
(NBC at 3:00pm/et)
3:00 PM NNCS REGISTRATION CLOSES
NNCS = NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Scheme
Paint Schemes:
0-Mike Bliss geeksquad.com
#5-Kyle Busch CARQUEST
#9-Kasey Kahne Dodge Ram
Mega Cab
#11-Denny Hamlin Kinko's
#18-Bobby Labonte Interstate
Batteries - Contest Winner
#40-Sterling Marlin Coors
Light Camouflage
#44-Terry Labonte Iron Man -
Kelloggs
#66-Kevin Lepage Dickies
#88-Dale Jarrett Toys for
Tots/UPS
#91-Bill Elliott Auto
Value/Bumper to Bumper
#97-Kurt Busch Crown Royal
Notes:
Texas Motor
Speedway will
provide the
playoff
atmosphere for
such a
showcase
event. The
Dickies 500
will be
offering the
largest purse
ever in the
history of the
Chase purse
($6,815,880)
and be played
out before the
largest crowd
in Chase
history as
well as in the
largest market
for any Chase
race.
The Dickies
500 also will
easily be the
largest
attended
single-day
sporting event
in the state
of Texas and
among the five
largest in
America.
Hundreds of
campers have
been lined up
outside the
speedway for
weeks, to
ensure
themselves the
best spots.
Green flag for
the Dickies
500 is 2:50
p.m. CT only
on NBC.
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