Sights & Sounds: NASCAR heads to the Monster Mile
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It is finally race day at Dover International Speedway. The 13th race of the 2015 season takes the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to the Monster Mile for the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks.
Get ready for Sunday's race with all of the pre-race information you need to know right here.
The track is open and teams are hard at work preparing for Sunday's race by taking the cars through NASCAR technical inspection, setting up the pit boxes and more.
The #lowes48 pit crew ready to beast it on pit road. ?????? pic.twitter.com/8bx8aJVMT5
— Team Lowe's Racing (@LowesRacing) May 31, 2015
Good morning from @MonsterMile! It's race day!! pic.twitter.com/4L5Uf91yTj
— HSM Team 46 (@TeamHSM46) May 31, 2015
Here a look inside the #NASCAR garage as the @FedEx & @StanleyRacing crews prepare their cars for racing. pic.twitter.com/eP31fiwdfi
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) May 31, 2015
Good morning from the @MonsterMile. Teams getting ready for race time. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/WM8fHkzXXk
— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) May 31, 2015
While the crew members are putting the final touches on the cars, the drivers are spending time with hospitality guests, sponsors and fans.
.@kaseykahne meeting with some @WeAreFarmers guests before the driver/crew chief meeting at @MonsterMile. pic.twitter.com/niLBa6Kska
— Megan Whiteside (@Hendrick5Team) May 31, 2015
It looks like @AJDinger has a few @scottproducts items to autograph this morning. pic.twitter.com/FHKzpj8Iz7
— JTG Daugherty Racing (@NASCAR47) May 31, 2015
.@DanicaPatrick visits the Monster Mile Club for a @NASCAR Q&A. #GoDaddy pic.twitter.com/wBbFqjc083
— Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) May 31, 2015
Autograph time for these cool @CaterpillarInc friends. pic.twitter.com/Nvlun1E7O6
— RCR 31 Cup Team (@RCR31RNewman) May 31, 2015
Teammates signing at the Roush Fenway souvenir hauler here @MonsterMile pic.twitter.com/XFS5uqzyWa
— No. 16 Cup RFR Team (@16RFRCup) May 31, 2015
As the green flag nears, the competitors headed into the weekly driver-crew chief meeting.
.@CJMearsGang & Crew Chief Bootie Barker are the first to arrive at drivers meeting! -JW pic.twitter.com/sPwH3S7RvJ
— Miss Sprint Cup (@MissSprintCup) May 31, 2015
.@AJDinger and @BBurns47 getting settled in at the driver/crew chief meeting next to @GermainRacing @CJMearsGang pic.twitter.com/1y1OIaQzOd
— JTG Daugherty Racing (@NASCAR47) May 31, 2015
What do you think @TeamHendrick teammates @DaleJr & @JeffGordonWeb are talking about?! -JW pic.twitter.com/b5xmgLLoLY
— Miss Sprint Cup (@MissSprintCup) May 31, 2015
.@DanicaPatrick & @RodneyChilders4 are having too much fun before the driver's meeting! ? -JW pic.twitter.com/z2SdWrvl4W
— Miss Sprint Cup (@MissSprintCup) May 31, 2015
Former Dover winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will go to the rear of the field for the start of Sunday's race after the team changed the rear end gear.
Sorry, @DaleJr fans, but he'll start from the back @MonsterMile because @TeamHendrick had to change a rear gear in his car.
— tom jensen (@tomjensen100) May 31, 2015
In addition, NASCAR announced an 18-by-18 inch repair was made to the racing surface in Turn 4.
And an 18x18-inch piece of track has been repaired this morning @MonsterMile Same place they fixed it as last year.
— tom jensen (@tomjensen100) May 31, 2015
The cars have been pushed out to the starting grid and each pit stall features a member of the military proudly holding an American flag.
Thankful today for the freedom to race. #NASCARSalutes pic.twitter.com/KE1IkmWxRJ
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) May 31, 2015
Getting closer to #FedEx400 race time. Nothing beats the sights of the troops lining pit road here @MonsterMile pic.twitter.com/5sxoNZrIpr
— Tommy Baldwin Racing (@TBR_Racing) May 31, 2015
As defending Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick prepares for 400 miles at Dover, his son Keelan is getting ready for the race back home.
It's almost race time! Good luck to the 4 team!!! #gogetem #4thewin pic.twitter.com/gEzB6NSczg
— DeLana Harvick (@DeLanaHarvick) May 31, 2015
