Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas

Updated: 2009 - Practice Speeds and Results BELOW

Sprint Cup - Next Race - Dickies 500

When: Sunday, November 8, 2009

Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Denton County, TX

Track Configuration: 1.50-mile oval

Television Time: 2:30 pm/ET - ESPN

Green Flag: 3:31 pm/ET

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LAST YEAR - Texas Sprint Cup Nov. Race

2008 Winner: Carl Edwards

2008 Margin of victory:

2008 Pole Sitter: Jeff Gordon

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Practices: Friday, November 6, 1:00 - 2:30 pm/et, on SPEED
Saturday, November 7, 9:45 - 10:30 am/et, on SPEED

Happy Hour: Saturday, November 7, 11:00am - 12:00pm/et, on SPEED

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Dickies 500 on Justin.tv

Texas Weekend Schedule - All Times Are LOCAL

Thurday, November 5

12:30 – 1:45 pm NCWTS Practice

2:15 – 3:30 pm NCWTS Final Practice

7:00 pm NCWTS Pole Qualifying

7:00 pm NSCS Haulers Enter

Friday, November 6

7:00 am NSCS Garage Opens

9:00 – 10:15 am NNS Practice

10:40 – 11:55 am NNS Final Practice

12:00 – 1:30 pm NSCS Practice

3:40 pm NSCS Qualifying

5:35 pm NNS Qualifying

6:00 pm NSCS Garage Closes

8:00 pm NCWTS Win Star Casino 350

Saturday, November 7

8:45 – 9:30 am NSCS Practice

10:00 – 11:00 am NSCS Final Practice

11:30 am NNS O’Reilly Challenge

2:30 pm NSCS Garage Closes

4:00 – 9:00 pm Team Texas Race Car Rides (open to public)

6:00 pm Legends Races on 1/5 mile at Lil’ Texas

Sunday, November 8

8:00 am NSCS Garage Opens

9:00 am Legends Races on 1/5 mile at Lil’ Texas

10:00 am All Gates Open

11:30 am Pre-Race Celebrations Begin

2:00 pm NSCS Dickies 500

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NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
NNS = Nationwide Series
NCWTS = Camping World Truck Series
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On-Going Stats

SPEEDWAY NOTES

More notes on Texas Motor Speedway page

Track Information

Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval, 334 laps, 501 miles
Pit Road Speed: 45 mph
Degree of Banking: Turns: turns: 24°; straights: 5 °
Frontstretch: Length: 2250 feet
Backstretch: Length:1330 feet
Pit Road: Length:
Grandstand seating: 138,000

Television Coverage

SPEED's Pre Race Show: 12:30 pm/ET on SPEED
Practice Coverage: See practice section
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: 11:00 am/ET on SPEED
Qualifying: 3:40 pm/ET on SPEED

Radio Coverage

Sprint Cup's at Texas Motor Speedway is available on Performance Racing Network

Special Car Paint Schemes

Practice No. 1

Practice No. 2

Happy Hour

Courtesty: NASCAR

Starting Lineup

Courtesty: NASCAR