The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
is being held for the 27th time in 2011. The annual non-points event, set for Saturday, May 21, brings together NASCAR's
best under the lights at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.,
as a prelude to the following week's Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend.
SPEED will televise the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race live, beginning at 7 p.m. on May 21. SPEED and SPEED.com will also offer in-depth original programming and online coverage in the weeks leading up to the event.
The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race includes race-winning drivers and car owners from the 2010 and 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions from the past 10 years (2001-2010) who are active drivers and have competed in at least one series event during the 2010 or 2011 season, and past winners of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Additionally, two drivers can qualify for the premier event by finishing first and second, respectively, after two 20-lap segments in the Sprint Showdown. Finally, one driver joins the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race field by winning the NASCAR Sprint Fan Vote.
- Finishing order of NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge determines pit selection for NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
- Time trials consist of three laps, including a four-tire stop
- Total time determines the lineup for the All-Star Race
- Qualified teams start the first of two 20-lap segments
- Green flag drops to begin second 20-lap segment of race
- Top two finishers transfer to NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
- Fans vote from March 24 - May 21 by texting "NASCAR" to "7777" on their Sprint phones or online at
NASCAR.COM
- Top
Sprint Fan Vote driver,
whose car is still in raceable condition as determined by the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Director, will
transfer to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
- Qualified teams start the first of four segments
- A mandatory pit stop under green. Cars must pass the start/finish line on the racetrack to record Lap 25.
Then they must pit for a four-tire stop
- Caution flag thrown at end of Segment 1 for optional stop
- Green flag drops to begin second segment
- Caution flag thrown at end of Segment 2 for optional pit stop
- - Green flag drops to begin third segment
- - 10-minute break at the end of third segment.
- - Adjustments permitted
- - Cars will return to the track and line up single file behind the pace car in the order they finished Segment 3 for one lap past the start/finish line. On the second lap all cars must come in for mandatory four-tire pit stop
- - Mandatory four-tire pit stop
- - Cars will return to the track and line up behind the pace car for one lap past the start/finish line in the order they exited pit road
- Green flag drops to begin final 10-lap segment of race
- Only green flag laps count in the final segment
- $1 Million to Win!
Free pass rule is maintained throughout the entire race. All restarts will be double file.
