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BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR officials applied 18 more inches of rosin to each of the four corners on the bottom groove after Friday night’s XFINITY Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
A sticky substance that allows drivers to stick and run both the top and bottom grooves, rosin was applied to the track in the same manner on Thursday night prior to Friday’s XFINITY Series race.
Track re-applied rosin-first 18” above the apron in turns 1-2 and turns 3-4 overnight-Identical to what we did prior to @NASCAR_XFINITY
— Steve O’Donnell (@odsteve)
August 20, 2016
Officials originally hadn’t planned to add any more rosin before Saturday’s Sprint Cup race. Drivers such as Friday night’s XFINITY winner Austin Dillon supported the addition of more rosin.
“It’s interesting to have another lane down there on the bottom,” said Dillon, who will also be running Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race. “Hopefully they can add a little more (rosin) to the bottom and get that bottom lane just to stay a little bit longer.”
What @BMSupdates looks like this AM after lower groove was treated with more rosin. Can’t wait for green! @PRNlive pic.twitter.com/xMN2nBT4WN
— Brad Gillie (@BradGillie)
August 20, 2016
Saturday’s Sprint Cup Series’ Bass Pro Shops NRA night race was set to begin at 8 p.m. ET, but weather forced a rescheduling to 1 p.m. ET on Sunday (CNBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).