Continuing the sport's "back to basics" approach, NASCAR and its television broadcast partners have announced earlier, uniform start times in 2010 for the Sprint Cup Series races.
Race start times for Cup Series races in the eastern and central regions will begin at 1 p.m. ET, west coast events will begin at 3 p.m., and night races will begin at 7:30 p.m. (The one exception is the Coca-Cola 600, which will have the same 5:45 p.m. start time.)
yes, I bet that would be helpful.....on a personal note, its they are doing it this way........I never know when the race starts anymore......i either miss the first fifty laps or I have to watch an hour of pre-show.