Aaron's 499
 

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: Dick 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:
Attachment 19615

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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RE: Aaron's 499
 

Did you leave anything out, wow what a post. Who do you think is going to win?

RE: Aaron's 499
 

There a few guys that can do some damage here... I look for a top 5 from at least 1 of the JGR cars...

and who knows... this could be Newman's year... he did good at Daytona..

RE: Aaron's 499
 

I'll be watching the "second half" I hope. I got all kindsa sheeooot goin on. WTH, seems like I'm workin harder on the weekend than during the week?

I like Joe Gibbs, all the team's drivers (well almost), but I just can't stand the Yotas. :D As long as it ain't the eyebrow man (Johnson) or the poster child-Gordo, I will enjoy it!!