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Talladega Superspeedway
Aaron's 499
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Location: Talladega,
AL
Shape: Tri-Oval
Distance: 2.66-miles
Banking, Turns: 33
degrees
Front Straight: 4,300
feet
Banking, Front
Straight: 18
degrees
Back Straight: 4,000
feet
Banking, Back
Straight: 2
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Talladega Superspeedway |
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 Records:
- Qualifying: 212.809 mph set by Bill Elliott on 4/30/87
- Race: 188.354 mph set by Mark Martin on 5/10/97
Talladega Tidbits:
- During a race in 1972 a tow truck was finished cleaning up an
accident and was headed back to its station. It drove through turn
one, but didn't keep up enough speed, and the 33 degree banking sent
the truck tumbling side-over-side down the racetrack.
- Talladega is the biggest track in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
- When it was built, the speedway was molded out of a soybean field
located next to a couple of abandoned World War II airport runways.
Larry Foyt on Talladega:
"I could not imagine how fast we would run at Talladega without
restrictor plates. Some people think that Talladega and Daytona are
a lot alike, but they're not. Handling is not as important at
Talladega as it is at Daytona. The biggest difference is that, at
Talladega, the turns are much longer and the racetrack is a lot
wider.
"Since we didn't make the '500', I'm pretty excited to show what we
can do in a restrictor plate race. Aside from our fuel miscue in the
qualifying race at Daytona, we ran well and I think it will carry
over to this weekend."
- Larry competed twice at Talladega in the NASCAR Busch Series. He
finished 12th in 2002 and in 2001, he moved up from his 31st
starting position to finish eighth.
- The best finish for A.J. Foyt Racing at Talladega is 22nd
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