NASCAR told teams Wednesday that the sanctioning body will use a superspeedway qualifying format at next weekend’s Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The same superspeedway qualifying format will also be used at Michigan International Speedway in August.
The change comes in response to changes in the rules packages that will result in high-drag aerodynamics at both the 2.5 mile Indy track and the 2-mile Michigan Speedway. NASCAR announced last week the new rules packages that are in effect for several upcoming races on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. After announcing several weeks ago that a new rules package will be used last weekend at Kentucky Speedway, new rules packages will now be used at Darlington Raceway in September, and both Indianapolis Motor Speedway later this month and Michigan International Speedway in August. Richmond, the race that will set the field for the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup, won’t have a new rules package but will have a new tire.
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Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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