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Qualifying, Race Date Changes
Highlight Brickyard 400 Schedule
The Brickyard 400 weekend at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway will have a different look in 2001 due to changes in
the race date, race starting time and qualifying format, but
the same level of activity and excitement to which fans are
accustomed will take place.
The Speedway previously announced that the 160-lap
Brickyard 400 is scheduled for a Sunday for the first time and
will start 1 hour, 15 minutes later than before, due to
NASCAR's television agreement with NBC Sports. The Brickyard
will get underway at 1:30 p.m. (EST) Aug. 5 and will be
broadcast live on NBC.
NBC is televising 13 Winston Cup races, including the
Brickyard 400, during the second half of the 2001
season.
NASCAR has changed qualifying procedures at most
Winston Cup events for the 2001 season by eliminating
second-round qualifying. As a result, qualifying for the
eighth annual Brickyard 400 will take place Saturday, Aug.
4.
Other activities scheduled for Aug. 4 include the
40-lap IROC at Indy, which is the final event of the year for
the 20th anniversary season of the True Value International
Race of Champions (IROC) series, and final practice for the
43-car NASCAR starting field.
Friday will be reserved for NASCAR and IROC
practice.
IROC organizers annually invite 12 of the world's top
drivers to compete against one another in equally prepared
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