NASCAR announces pit and caution speed’s for 2018

Pit road and caution vehicle speeds for 2018 have been released by NASCAR with very little change from last year.

All of the speed limits from last year's existing tracks in the sport's top three series have remained the same. The only new piece of information is the addition of the road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It will have speed limits slightly lower than those of the 1.5-mile oval course layout, according to NASCAR.com.

A five-mph buffer is provided above the announced speed limit at each track as indicated by the NASCAR Rule Book.

In addition to the new information for Charlotte, another slight change will take affect beginning in 2018. The track at Phoenix will no longer be known as Phoenix International Raceway, it will now be called ISM Raceway.

The pit road and caution vehicle speeds for the upcoming 2018 season are listed below courtesy of NASCAR.com.

Track	Pit road speed	Caution vehicle 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