IRL VisionAire 500 Schedule
16 July 1997
Inaugural VisionAire 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway July 22-26, 1997 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Tuesday, July 22 Admission - $5 Adults/$1 Children 6-12/Free Children under 6 Parking - FREE 5:00 p.m. Gates Open (Legends Racing) 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. IRL Practice 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. IRL Practice Wednesday, July 23 Admission - $10 Advance/$15 on day of event - Adults - Reserved & General Admission Admission - $1 Children 6-12/Free Children under 6 - General Admission Only Parking - $5 (Diamond/Gold/Silver reserved & enforced) 10:30 a.m. Gates OpenA 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Goody's Dash Series Practice 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Goody's Dash Series Practice 2:30 p.m. NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Qualifying 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. IRL Practice 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Legends Race 6:45 p.m. IRL Qualifying Line-up 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. IRL Qualifying 9:30 p.m. NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Race Thursday, July 24 No IRL Activity on Track Admission - FREE with Wednesday ticket or $5 Adults/$1 Children 6-12 Parking - FREE 12:00 p.m. Gates Open 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m US Formula Ford 2000 Optional Test Session 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Official Practice Friday, July 25 Admission - FREE with Wednesday ticket or $5 Adults/$1 Children 6-12 Parking - FREE 12:00 p.m. Gates Open 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Practice 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Single Car Qualifying 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. US Formula Ford Grid Cars (Race #1) 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. US Formula Ford Race (#1) 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. IRL Practice 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. IRL Fan Appreciation presented by Sharpie - IRL Garage Area Saturday, July 26 Admission - Reserved & General Admission Seating Available Parking - $5 (Diamond/Gold/Silver reserved & enforced) 12:00 p.m. Gates Open 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Single Car Qualifying 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Practice 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Legends Invitational Race 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Grid Cars (Race #2) 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. US Formula Ford 2000 Race (#2) 7:15 p.m. IRL Grid Cars 8:00 p.m. Inaugural VisionAire 500k IRL Race 10:00 p.m. Fireworks *Schedule subject to change (issued: 7/15/97)
