NASCAR Pit road speed limits, caution vehicle speeds set for 2018

35 MPH pit lane speed for Dover

NASCAR has released pit road speeds and caution vehicle speeds for 2018, with no changes from last season at the existing tracks that its three national series visit.

The only addition for next year’s schedule is the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course, which will have slightly slower speeds in both categories than the 1.5-mile oval layout. The Charlotte road course pit road speed will be 40 mph and the caution vehicle speed is set for 45 mph. The oval will have a pit road speed of 45 mph with caution vehicle speed of 55 mph.

The NASCAR Rule Book provides race teams with a 5-mph buffer over the announced speed limit at each track.

The only other slight change reflects the new name for Phoenix Raceway, which will be called ISM Raceway starting in 2018.

The pit road and caution car speeds for the 2018 NASCAR season:

Track	Pit road speed	PaceCar speed
Atlanta Motor Speedway	45	55
Auto Club Speedway	55	65
Bristol Motor Speedway	30	35
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	40	45
Charlotte Motor Speedway oval	45	55
Charlotte Motor Speedway road course	40	45
Chicagoland Speedway	45	55
Darlington Raceway	45	50
Daytona International Speedway	55	70
Dover International Speedway	35	45
Eldora Speedway	30	30
Elkhart Lake’s Road America	40	45
Gateway Motorsports Park	45	50
Homestead-Miami Speedway	45	55
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	55	70
Iowa Speedway	40	45
ISM Raceway (Phoenix)	45	50
Kansas Speedway	45	55
Kentucky Motor Speedway	45	55
Las Vegas Motor Speedway	45	55
Martinsville Speedway	30	35
Michigan International Speedway	55	65
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	35	45
New Hampshire Motor Speedway	45	50
Pocono Raceway	55	70
Richmond Raceway	40	45
Sonoma Raceway	40	45
Talladega Superspeedway	55	70
Texas Motor Speedway	45	55
Watkins Glen International	40	45