Gates Open at 2:30 p.m. - Souvenir Trailers Open at 9:30 a.m.

Time: 8:15 p.m. 

Location: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord N.C.

1.5-mile quad-oval with 24-degree banking in the turns

Sanctioning Body: NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series

Length: 200 laps, 300 miles

Purse: $1,302,794 (event record)

2007 Winner: Jeff Burton

Time of Race: 2 hours, 29 minutes and 40 seconds

Average Speed: 120.267 mph

Margin of Victory: 1.598 seconds

2007 Pole Sitter: Greg Biffle (29.426 seconds, 183.511 mph)

Qualifying: Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 10, at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) and the cars will be impounded by NASCAR after qualifying. The better of two laps will determine a driver's official qualifying speed for the Dollar General 300. Starting positions 1-42 will be determined by qualifying speeds with the top 30 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner standings guaranteed a starting position. The remainder of the 43-car field will be set as outlined by the event's official entry blank.

Radio/Television: Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast the Dollar General 300 to its affiliate stations beginning at 7:15 p.m. (EDT). ESPN2 will present live coverage of the event starting with a pre-race show at 7:30 p.m.(EDT).

Ticket Info: Tickets for the Dollar General 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race start at just $17 and can be obtained online at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-455 FANS.