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2018 pit road, pace car speeds for every NASCAR track

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500

DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 03: Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 American Ethanol Chevrolet, leads a group of cars off of pit road during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 3, 2017 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)

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NASCAR has released the pit road and pace car speeds for all the tracks the three national series will compete at in 2018.

The only change from the 2017 season is the addition of the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course, which will have lower speeds than for the normal races on the oval.

The pit road speed on the CMS road course will be 40 mph, down from 45. The pace car speed will be 45 mph, down from 55.

Below is the complete list.

TrackPit road speedPace car speed
Atlanta Motor Speedway4555
Auto Club Speedway5565
Bristol Motor Speedway3035
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park4045
Charlotte Motor Speedway oval4555
Charlotte Motor Speedway road course4045
Chicagoland Speedway4555
Darlington Raceway4550
Daytona International Speedway5570
Dover International Speedway3545
Eldora Speedway3030
Elkhart Lake’s Road America4045
Gateway Motorsports Park4550
Homestead-Miami Speedway4555
Indianapolis Motor Speedway5570
Iowa Speedway4045
ISM Raceway (Phoenix)4550
Kansas Speedway4555
Kentucky Motor Speedway4555
Las Vegas Motor Speedway4555
Martinsville Speedway3035
Michigan International Speedway5565
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course3545
New Hampshire Motor Speedway4550
Pocono Raceway5570
Richmond Raceway4045
Sonoma Raceway4045
Talladega Superspeedway5570
Texas Motor Speedway4555
Watkins Glen International4045