NEXTEL All-Star Challenge- Past Winners
History - Facts - Winners
Nextel Cup Series: Nextel All-Star Challenge / Nextel Open
Track: Lowe's Motor Speedway
- 1.5-mile oval
- 24-degree banking in turns
- 5-degree banking on straights
- Length of front stretch: 1,290 feet
- Length of back stretch: 860 feet
Race lengths: The open is a 30-lap sprint divided into two segments of 20 and 10 laps. Two Open drivers will transfer to the all-star event, one by winning the Open and the other by winning a fan vote.
The 90-lap / 135-mile event will be divided into lap segments and no driver will be eliminated after the first two segments to give the full field an opportunity to compete in the final segment.
But there is a competitive twist: during the 10-minute pit stop between the first and second segments, a random drawing will determine whether as few as six or as many as 12 cars will be inverted.
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