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Schedule:

Note: All times are ET

Friday, April 27
11:35 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
12:35-1:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1
1:35-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
2:35-3:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1

Saturday, April 28
11 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1
1:05 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FOX
3 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Sparks Energy 300 (113 laps, 300.58 miles), FOX

Sunday, April 29
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 (188 laps, 500.8 miles), FOX

Stage 1: Lap 55
Stage 2: Lap 110
Race : Lap 188

Track facts:

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Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 2.66-mile trioval 48 feet wide (12-foot apron)
Turns: Banking: 33 degrees Length: 3,750 feet Radius: 1,100 feet
Trioval: Banking: 18 degrees
Frontstretch: Chute length: 2,150 feet (from turn to middle of trioval);
Total length: 4,300 feet Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Backstretch: Length: 4,000 feet Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Seats: 78,000 [was 78,000 was 109,000, 143,231} with 30 suites

Pit Stalls:
Length: 30 feet
Width: 17 feet

Track Records & Stats (does not include 2017)

May 2016 Race Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 140.046mph, started 7th
October 2016 Race Winner: #22-Joey Logano, 159.905mph, started 16th
Track Race Record: Mark Martin, May 1997, 188.354mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Gordon, April 25, 2004, 129.396mph
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Jeff Gordon, April 2000, started 36th
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 3 months, 26 days, 5/6/1991
Youngest Race Winner: Bobby Hillin Jr., 22 years, 1 months, 22 days, 7/27/1986

April 2016 Pole Winner: #24-Chase Elliott, 192.661mph, finished 5th
October 2016 Pole Winner: #78-Martin Truex Jr., 193.423mph, finished 40th
Track Qualifying Record (no restrictor plate): Bill Elliott, April 1987, 212.809mph
Track Qualifying Record (Restrictor Plate): Bill Elliott, May 1990, 199.388 (15/16th inch plate)
Track Qualifying Record (Restrictor Plate): Kyle Busch, May 2014, 200.574 (1st round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 52 years, 9 months, 14 days, 10/22/2011
Youngest Pole Winner: Chase Elliott, 20 years, 5 months, and 2 days, 4/30/2016

Most Wins: 10 - Dale Earnhardt
Most Wins - Active Driver: 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Most Poles - All Time: 8 - Bill Elliott
Most Poles - Active Driver: 8 drivers with 1 pole
 
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Starting Order:

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Kurt Busch
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Chase Elliott
6. Erik Jones
7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
8. Clint Bowyer
9. Joey Logano
10. Brad Keselowski
11. Alex Bowman
12. David Ragan
13. Paul Menard
14. Daniel Suarez
15. Darrell Wallace Jr.
16. Jimmie Johnson
17. William Byron
18. Ryan Newman
19. Kyle Busch
20. Michael McDowell
21. Trevor Bayne
22. Kyle Larson
23. Ryan Blaney
24. Austin Dillon
25. Chris Buescher
26. Kasey Kahne
27. Jamie McMurray
28. AJ Almendinger
29. Ty Dillon
30. Brendan Gaughan
31. DJ Kennington
32. Timothy Peters
33. Matt DiBenedetto
34. Joey Gase
35. Ross Chastain
36. Cole Whitt
37. Gray Gaulding
38. Reed Sorenson
39. Timmy Hill
40. Aric Almirola


New rule, no practice? No problem.

Kevin Harvick, the last driver in final qualifying, took the pole for Sunday's GEICO 500 Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, turning a 49.247-second lap at 194.448 mph to edge Kurt Busch (49.340, 194.082 mph).

Qualifying Saturday came after NASCAR announced a rule change designed to decrease the speeds after Jamie McMurray's spectacular wreck during Friday's practice.

The two Fords will start in the front row, ahead of Toyotas driven by Martin Truex Jr. (49.482, 193.525 mph) and Denny Hamlin (49.633, 192.936 mph).

The context: McMurray had turned a lap of 203.975 mph just before his crash Friday, more than 6 mph faster than the fastest lap in practice in October. Brad Keselowski told ESPN.com that he estimated McMurray was going 210 mph at the time of his crash that sent him somersaulting down the track.

In response, NASCAR reduced the size of the holes in the restrictor plates from 56/64ths of an inch to 55/64ths, cutting approximately 12-15 horsepower and likely a few miles per hour. There was no additional practice scheduled for Sunday's race following the change and ahead of qualifying and racing, a move that's not unprecedented for NASCAR.

The GEICO 500 starts at 2 p.m. ET Sunday on Fox.
 
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some Trouble in that video dishuser :eek:

I get a kick outta that one announcer when he sees a wreck in progress, first thing he does is he always yells out "Trouble"

lol
 
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It was Carl Edwards that went into the fence at Telladega, I almost forgot till I seen that video posted :eek:

There was a Ford Taurus promotional video with Edwards and the deal was that he'd take the Taurus engineers each out on a test drive... well some did not know who Carl was and it gets pretty funny.. Carl has that sleeper type humor and is quick witted :)


@ 3:00 into video
@ 3:30 into video
and @ 4:00 for the Telladega memories :)
 
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crazed 2.0 said:
It was Carl Edwards that went into the fence at Telladega, I almost forgot till I seen that video posted :eek:

There was a Ford Taurus promotional video with Edwards and the deal was that he'd take the Taurus engineers each out on a test drive... well some did not know who Carl was and it gets pretty funny.. Carl has that sleeper type humor and is quick witted :)


@ 3:00 into video
@ 3:30 into video
and @ 4:00 for the Telladega memories :)
Click to expand...

he then got out of the wreck and ran across the finish line :p
 
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