NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 400 Race Preview

Daytona International Speedway -- 07/05/08

Author: Becca Gladden

Published: Tuesday Jul 1 2008 2:15am

It's been about six weeks since the Sprint Cup series last raced on a Saturday night rather than a Sunday afternoon. That was the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte -this Saturday, it's the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, technically, the "Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola."

Only five races of the 36 race Cup schedule are categorized as impound races, and this is one of them - the third one of the 2008 season. The others were Talladega in April and Richmond in May, though the Daytona 500 was not an impound race.

What that means for race teams is an atypical weekend schedule - in this case, two practices on Thursday and qualifying on Friday, with no further adjustments to the cars permitted prior to the start of the race.

Another noticeable difference in the race this weekend will be the TV coverage. As they did last year, TNT will offer what it calls "Wide Open Coverage," in which commercials are shown during the race on part of the screen, with the on-track action still.....

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