TRACK: Phoenix International Raceway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #4 of 36 for the 2016 season
Race: Sunday, March 13, 2016 in Avondale, AZ
Title Sponsor: Good Sam
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 3:44pm/et
TELEVISION COVERAGE |
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- NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: at 2:00pm/et on FoxSports1
- Television Pre-Race Coverage: FOX, 3:00pm/et
- Television Race Coverage: FOX, 3:30pm/et
- In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Gordon
- Pit Reporters: Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch, Matt Yocum
- In-Race Analyst: Larry McReynolds
- Race / Hollywood Hotel Host: Chris Myers
- Analysts / Hollywood Hotel: Jeff Gordon, Darrell and Michael Waltrip
- Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Monday, March 14 at 2:30am/et on FS1;
Monday, March 14 at 8:30am/et on FS1;
Monday, March 14 at 8:00pm/et on FS1
RADIO COVERAGE |
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- Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90
- mrn.com
- siriusxm.com
ONLINE STREAMING |
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- FOX Sports GO. All NASCAR programming on FOX and FOX Sports 1 is streamed live through theFOX Sports GO app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content. Requires a participating TV provider.
- NBC Sports at stream.nbcsports.com
- Radio: MRN Live Streaming
- SiriusXM Internet Radio is available via any internet connected device, with a subscription.
EVENT SCHEDULE Sprint Cup Series |
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Thursday, March 10
5:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER
Friday, March 11
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPEN
9:30 AM NSCS ROOKIE MEETING, SPOTTER MEETING, & RANDOM DRAWING
10:30 - 11:55 AM NSCS 1ST PRACTICE
4:45 PM (6:45 PM/ET) NSCS QUALIFYING
Saturday, March 12
6:30 AM - 2:30 PM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
8:30 - 9:25 AM NSCS 2ND PRACTICE
11:00 - 11:50 AM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
Sunday, March 13
6:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:30 AM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
12:00 PM NSCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
12:30 PM (3:30 PM) NSCS RACE
NSCS = NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All event schedule times above are listed in LOCAL track time
PRACTICE & QUALIFYING Dates / Times / TV coverage |
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- Practices:
Friday, March 11, 12:30 - 1:55 pm/et, TV-FS1
Saturday, March 12, 10:30 - 11:25 am/et, TV-FS1 - Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, March 12, 1:00 - 1:50 pm/et, TV-FS1
- Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-40, Friday, March 11 at 6:45 pm/et, TV-FS2, re-air scheduled for Saturday, March 12 at 9:00am/et on FS1.
TRACK NEWS |
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- Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.0 mile oval, 312 laps, 312 miles/500km
Banking (variable): 10°-11° in Turns 1-2
10°-11° in Backstretch Dogleg
8°-9° in Turns 3-4
3° on the frontstretch
9° on the backstretch
Front stretch: Length: 1,179 feet
Back stretch: Length: 1,551 feet
Pit Road: Length: 1,140
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Fuel Window: 85-90 laps
Grandstand seating: 51,000 with 45 suites [was 55,000 and 76,812]
Opened: 1964 (first NASCAR Sprint Cup event was 1988)
Last Repave: 2011
- 2015 March Race Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 105.753mph, started 1st
- 2015 November Winner: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 106.512mph, started 3rd
- Race Record: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 118.132mph
- Slowest Race Record: Al Kulwicki, 1988, 90.457mph
- Oldest Race Winner: Mark Martin, 50 years, 3 months, 9 days, 4/18/2009
- Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 5 months, 11 days, 11/13/2005
- 2015 March Pole Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 140.751mph, finished 1st
- 2015 November Pole Winner: #48-Jimmie Johnson, 143.158mph, finished 5th
- Track Qualifying Record: Jimmie Johnson, 11/15/2015, 143.158mph
- Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 54 years, 1 month, 23 days, 3/1/2013
- Youngest Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 years, 11 months, 20 days, 4/22/2006
Car# | Driver | Manu | Sponsor | Owner | Owner Points Rank | Race Attempts |
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