An 18-inch square in Turn 4, 10 feet up the track, was fixed
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On Sunday morning, NASCAR made an 18-inch by 18-inch repair to Turn 4 at Dover International Speedway before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM).
Last spring’s FedEx 400 was delayed by a red flag for 22 minutes, 22 seconds when a piece of concrete came up in Turn 2, damaging Jamie McMurray‘s front splitter. The track and NASCAR poured Quik-Rok into an area which, according to photographs from television, was approximately 6 inches by 8 inches and about 2 inches deep.
NASCAR made the announcement about this morning’s repair in the driver’s meeting. The sanctioning body said it used the same Quik-Rok material to repair the hole on Sunday.
The track is hosting the first NASCAR national series tripleheader since the second weekend of the year at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The Camping World Truck Series ran 200 laps on Friday followed by another 200-lap event for the XFINITY Series on Saturday. The Sprint Cup Series is scheduled to run 400 laps on Sunday.