Thursday, July 7, 2016

Triple Header at Kentucky Speedway Marks the Race Season's Halfway Point

The Triple Header at Kentucky Speedway Marks the Race Season's Halfway Point

The Kentucky NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race marks the season's halfway point. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will run its rules updates implementedthe  last month at Michigan International Speedway for the second time in Saturday’s Quaker State 400 Presented By Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). 

The rules package developments are part of an industry-wide collaboration to further enhance the quality of racing.  Earlier in the season, welded truck trailing arms and new brake cooling rules were put into place. The following updates to the rules package were added at Michigan and Kentucky to further reduce downforce and sideforce:

  • Reduce skew generated sideforce by setting rear toe to zero
  • Aero package tweaks to reduce aero-generated downforce and sideforce
    • Spoiler shortened from 3.5 inches to 2.5 inches
    • Splitter reduced to 2 inches
    • Resize of deck fin to match spoiler
Saturday’s race will be the first Sprint Cup contest on Kentucky’s repaved racing surface and the reconfigured first and second turns.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

  • Next Race: Quaker State 400 Presented By Advance Auto Parts
  • The Place: Kentucky Speedway
  • The Date: Saturday, July 9
  • The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: NBCSN, 6 p.m. ET
  • Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
  • Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps)

NASCAR XFINITY Series

  • Next Race: Alsco 300
  • The Place: Kentucky Speedway
  • The Date: Friday, July 8
  • The Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: NBCSN, 8:30 p.m. ET
  • Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
  • Distance: 300 miles (200 laps)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

  • Next Race: Buckle Up in Your Truck 225
  • The Place: Kentucky Speedway
  • The Date: Thursday, July 7
  • The Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
  • TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
  • Distance: 225 miles (150 laps)

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