Race Facts: Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250

2002 NASCAR Busch Series Race Facts

WHAT:

Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250

NASCAR Busch Series Race No. 18 of 34

WHERE:

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida

2.5-Mile High-Banked Asphalt Tri-oval

WHEN:

Friday, July 5, 2002

8 p.m. ET

DISTANCE:

250 Miles / 100 Laps

POSTED AWARDS:

$1,214,341

FIELD:

Field consists of the fastest 36 cars through time trials. Also, seven provisional starting positions based on 2002 owner points, for maximum 43-car field. The 43rd position is reserved for a past NASCAR Busch Series champion, if needed. If unused, it will go to the next eligible owner.

SANCTION:

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)

PROMOTER:

Daytona International Speedway, LLC

TV:

FX (Live)

Airtime: 8 p.m. ET

Host: Mike Joy

Announcers: Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Matt Yocum

RADIO:

MRN Radio (Live)

Airtime: 7:30 p.m. ET

Booth Announcers: Barney Hall and Joe Moore

Turn Announcers: Dave Moody, Mike Bagley and Dan Hubbard

Pit Announcers: Jim Phillips, Adam Alexander and Winston Kelley

RECORDS:

Qualifying: 194.389 mph, 46.298 seconds, Tommy Houston, Buick, Feb. 10, 1987

Race: New Event, no records

THE RACE TRACK:

Daytona International Speedway is a 2.5-mile high-banked asphalt tri-oval with 31-degree banking in Turns 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, 18-degree banking in the frontstretch tri-oval and three-degree banking on the straightaways. The frontstretch is 3,800 feet long and the backstretch is 3,400 feet long.