Track Facts

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

• Most Lead Changes: 75 – May 6, 1983
• Most Leaders: 28 – Oct. 5, 2008
• Fastest Qualifying Speed: 212.809 mph – Bill Elliott on April 30, 1987
• Fastest Race Speed: 188.354 mph – Mark Martin on May 10, 1997
• Most Wins: 10 – Dale Earnhardt
• Closest Margin of Victory:  0.005 second – Dale Earnhardt over Ernie Irvan on July 25, 1993

NASCAR Nationwide Series

• Most Lead Changes: 36 – April 28, 2007
• Most Leaders: 20 – April 28, 2007
• Fastest Qualifying Speed: 193.517 mph – Joe Nemechek on April 25, 1997
• Fastest Race Speed: 168.937 mph – Mark Martin on April 26, 1997
• Most Wins: 3 – Martin Truex Jr.
• Closest Margin of Victory: 0.002 second – Terry Labonte over Joe Nemechek on April 24, 1999

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

• Most Lead Changes: 16 – Oct. 4, 2008
• Most Leaders: 9 – Oct. 7, 2006
• Fastest Qualifying Speed: 182.320 – Mark Martin on Oct. 6, 2006
• Fastest Race Speed: 145.513 mph – Todd Bodine on Oct. 4, 2008
• Most Wins: 2 – Todd Bodine
• Closest Margin of Victory: 0.014 second – Todd Bodine over Rick Crawford on Oct. 6, 2007

ARCA

• Most Lead Changes: 22 – May 4, 1985
• Most Leaders: 10 – Oct. 2, 2004
• Fastest Qualifying Speed: 205.432 mph – Bill Venturini on May 2, 1987
• Fastest Race Speed: 173.947 mph – Grant Adcox on July 26, 1986
• Most Wins: 5 – Grant Adcox
• Closest Margin of Victory: 0.042 second – Michael Annett over Frank Kimmel on Oct. 5, 2007
  

Acreage

• Built in 1969, Talladega Superspeedway property now covers approximately 3,000 acres including the track site and parking areas.
• The infield area is 212 acres.

Track 

• Talladega Superspeedway is a 2.66-mile tri-oval course.
• The turns of Talladega Superspeedway are banked 33 degrees at the highest, and the grandstands tri-oval is banked 16.5 degrees.
• The track is 48-feet wide with an apron that is an additional 12 feet in width.
• The frontstretch is 4,300′ long, while the backstretch is 4,000′ long.

Location

• Talladega Superspeedway is located on Speedway Boulevard, which runs parallel to Interstate 20. The track is 40 miles east of Birmingham, Ala. at Exit 168 and 95 miles west of Atlanta, Ga. at Exit 173.
• Talladega Superspeedway is located on Speedway Boulevard, which runs parallel to Interstate 20. The track is 40 miles east of Birmingham, Ala. at Exit 168 and 95 miles west of Atlanta, Ga. at Exit 173.

SAFER Barriers

• SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barriers are designed to absorb some of the energy and therefore lessen impact for the driver on contact. 
• The SAFER wall project began in the fall of 2000 and remains an ongoing safety initiative for NASCAR, the Indy Racing League, Dr. Dean Sicking and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The barriers were first used in May 2002 for the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• In October 2002, Talladega Superspeedway became the second track hosting NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events to begin installing the barriers. Although SAFER barrier technology had not yet advanced at that time to enable their use along the outside of the high-banked turns at Talladega, the track was able to install the barriers in the inside retaining wall at the exit of Turn 4 and the entrance to Turn 1 of the track.
• In April 2004, advances in SAFER barrier research had progressed considerably, and Talladega Superspeedway was able to add SAFER barriers on all four turns, the tri-oval and the inside retaining wall of the backstretch.
• The SAFER wall at Talladega Superspeedway is 40 inches high and extends through the turns and tri-oval about 30 inches from the track wall.

Racing Activity

• Talladega Superspeedway presents five separate racing shows each year as host to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). 
• The facility is used for various automotive testing purposes as well as by driving schools. 
• Driving schools that regularly visit Talladega Superspeedway include Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Racing Experience, Inc. and the NASCAR Experience.
• The facility is occasionally used by film production companies for television commercial and motion picture shoots.

Grandstands

• There are reserved grandstands on both the east and west sides of the track.
• The grandstand seating area on the west side of the track is one mile in length. It includes Gadsden, Lincoln, Anniston O.V. Hill North, O.V. Hill South, Birmingham, Moss-Thornton and Talladega Grandstands, Gadsden, Lincoln, Anniston, O.V. Hill North, O.V. Hill South, Birmingham, Moss-Thornton and Talladega Towers, as well as Tri-Oval and Start/Finish Line Suites.
• Along the east side and out of the track’s second turn is the Allison Grandstand, named for the famous Alabama racing family that includes racers Bobby, Donnie, Clifford and Davey Allison.

Pit Road

• Pit Road at Talladega Superspeedway is 1,730′ long from entrance to exit.
• Each of the 47 stalls on pit road at Talladega is 30′  by 16′.
• The area behind the wall of each pit stall is 30′ by 21′.

Garages

• The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage at Talladega Superspeedway is a 32,400-square-foot structure with a total of 62 bays. Each of these bays is 14′ by 24′ and has electrical outlets for each team.
• The NASCAR Nationwide Series/Camping World Truck Series garage at Talladega Superspeedway is a 23,250-square-foot structure with a total of 68 bays. Each of these bays is 12′ by 21′ and has electric outlets for each team.
• The ARCA RE/MAX Series Paddock is an 18,000 square-foot paved lot located behind the NASCAR Nationwide Series/Camping World Truck Series Garage.

Scoring Tower

• The scoring tower located in the track’s infield is 148′ tall and displays the positions of all of the cars on track. The first 10 positions during a race are always displayed on the tower, with positions 11-43 rotating on the bottom two spaces.
• There are 7,440 light bulbs used for the scoring position displays.
• The power it takes to run the scoring pylon throughout a race day could also power approximately five 3-bedroom homes for the same period of time.
   
  

.002: seconds, which is the closest margin of victory at Talladega Superspeedway. It occurred in the 1999 Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, when Terry Labonte edged Joe Nemechek for victory
 
1: ton, the amount of pizza sold over the two race weekends at Talladega Superspeedway

1.5: miles , the length of nacho chips when placed end to end, sold at Talladega Superspeedway

4: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars (weighing the regulation 3,400-lbs. each) would be required to equal the approximate weight of hamburgers sold by concessions during a race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway

10: drivers have posted their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career victories at Talladega Superspeedway

26: light poles line the main entrance to Talladega Superspeedway leading to the track’s North Tunnel

33: degrees of banking in turns at Talladega Superspeedway – the steepest on the NASCAR circuit

62: drivers have made their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Talladega Superspeedway

80: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held to date at Talladega Superspeedway

98: octane rating of Sunoco Racing Fuel, which is used by teams competing at Talladega Superspeedway

148: feet , which is the height of Talladega Superspeedway’s scoring tower

212: acres , which is the size of Talladega Superspeedway’s infield

507: pit stops would be needed for a typical NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car with a regulation 17.75-gallon fuel cell to use all of the approximately 9,000 gallons of Pepsi products dispensed at concessions during race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway

1,800: square feet , which is the size of the United States flag that flies above the North Tunnel entrance to Talladega Superspeedway

7,440: light bulbs are used by the scoring position displays on the scoring tower in the Talladega Superspeedway infield

18,698: hotdogs sold during Talladega Superspeedway’s two race weekends, which when laid end-to-end, would circle the entire 2.66-mile track 1.35 times

55,650: square feet, which is the combined area of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (32,400 square feet) and NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series (23,250 square feet) garages at Talladega Superspeedway