The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to their third restrictor plate race of the season at the historic Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400. The Sprint Cup Series will be joined by the NASCAR Nationwide Series, which races their final plate race of the season. The Camping World Truck Series has the weekend off yet again, but will hit hte track next weekend for the Kentucky triple header.
This weekend, TNT will use the momentum of the high RaceBuddy and television ratings to bring the tradition of "Wide Open Coverage," which features the plan of no full screen commercials on green flag laps. The past few seasons, TNT has been successful with this format, showing all green flag laps. During cautions, local, full screen commercials tend to be shown.
On track activity starts on Thursday this weekend since it is a night race.
Here is the tentative weekend schedule:
Thursday, June 30, 2011:
2:30 p.m. ET - Nationwide Series practice (SPEED)
4 p.m. ET - Sprint Cup Series practice (SPEED)
5:30 p.m. ET - Nationwide Series final practice (ESPN2)
6:30 p.m. ET - Sprint Cup Series final practice (SPEED)
Friday, June 1, 2011:
2 p.m. ET - Nationwide Series Qualifying (ESPN2)
4 p.m. ET - Sprint Cup Series Qualifying (SPEED)
7:30 p.m. ET - Nationwide Series race (ESPN)
Saturday, June 2, 2011:
7:30 p.m. ET - Sprint Cup Series race (TNT)
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