Aaron's 499
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Aaron's 499 - 4/17/2008 4:18:06 PM
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Muddydawg75
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courtesy of Jayski.com
Sprint Cup Race #9 of 36 for the 2008 season
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Race: Sunday, April 27, 2008 in Talladega, AL
Title Sponsor: Aaron's
Track: Talladega Superspeedway
Scheduled Green Flag: 2:21pm/et
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Television Coverage
FOX 1:30pm/et
SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:30am/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times:
Thursday, May 1 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED and
Thursday, May 1 at ?:00pm/et on HD Net (High Def)
Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: **** Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond
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Radio Coverage This Week:
Motor Racing Network
Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio
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Purse/Race Awards
2008: ?
2007: $6,022,630
2006: $5,951,372
2005: $5,814,065
2004: $5,711,245
2003: $5,082,015
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Practices:
Friday, April 25, 2:30 - 3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour Practice: Friday, April 25, 4:05 - 4:55pm/et on TV-SPEED
IMPOUND: the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway will be the 1st IMPOUND race of 2008, there are five impound races in 2008, both Talladega races, both Richmond races and Daytona in July
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Qualifying Information
Qualifying Draw: Friday, April 25, 1:30pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Saturday, April 26 at 11:10am/et, TV-SPEED, AND live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite NASCAR Radio.
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Track Specs:
Track/Race Length: 2.66 mile quad oval, 188 laps, 500.08 miles
Superspeedway: 2.66-mile trioval 48 feet wide (12-foot apron)
Turns: Banking: 33° Length: 3,750 feet Radius: 1,100 feet
Trioval: Banking: 18°
Frontstretch: Chute length: 2,150 feet (from turn to middle of trioval) Total length: 4,300 feet Banking: 16.5°
Backstretch: Length: 4,000 feet Banking: 2°
Pit Road: Length: 3,000 feet; Width: 48 feet
Pit Road Speed: 55mph
Pace Car Speed: 70mph
Grandstand Seating: 143,231
Opened: 1969
Track Homepage: Talladega Superspeedway
Track Diagram:
Past winners courtesy of Wikipedia.org
Aaron's 499
2007 Jeff Gordon (4)
2006 Jimmie Johnson
2005 Jeff Gordon (3)
2004 Jeff Gordon (2)
2003 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2)
2002 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Talladega 500
2001 Bobby Hamilton
DieHard 500
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Graphics by HUMMER DRIVER
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As long as it ain't the eyebrow man (Johnson) or the poster child-Gordo, I will enjoy it!!
