Travel Tips: Dover Speedway – May 2-5, 2019

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The first race weekend at Dover Speedway for the 2019 NASCAR season is the Gander RV 400 weekend, Thursday through Sunday, May 2-5. All three of NASCAR’s top-tier series – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Gander Outdoors Truck Series – will be in action at “the Monster Mile” in Delaware.

On Friday, there will be a free Gander Outdoors Truck Series autograph session at the Winston Cup Mobile Museum in the FanZone at 11 a.m. ET – wristbands will be handed out beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

On Saturday, the free 50^th Anniversary Bash for the speedway will be held at the Xfinity Stage in Victory Plaza beginning at 3 p.m. ET. This will feature scheduled appearances (subject to change) by William Byron, Jimmie Johnson, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip and others.

Key on-track times:

Thursday, May 2 –

• Gander Outdoors Truck Series practice – 2:05 and 4:05 p.m. ET

Friday, May 3 –

• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice – 11:05 a.m.  ET
• Xfinity Series practice – 12:05 and 2:30 p.m. ET
• Gander Outdoors Truck Series qualifying – 1:10 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying – 3:40 p.m. ET
• Gander Outdoors Truck Series JEGS 200 – 5 p.m. ET

Saturday, May 4 –

• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice – 9:05 a.m. and noon ET
• Xfinity Series qualifying – 10:10 a.m. ET
• Xfinity Series Allied Steel Buildings 200 – 1:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, May 5 –

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• Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV 400 – 2 p.m. ET

Find a complete schedule of fan activities here and on-track activities here.

Find out more about the race and purchase tickets at www.doverspeedway.com.