Talladega 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: Minimal for drainage only
Pit Road Speed: 55mph; Caution Car: 70mph
Grandstand Seating: 143,000Estimated Pit Window: Every 34-46 laps, based on fuel mileage
Sure!!! post it when old Tork is over on the garden thread regaling them with my whoredeculture skills...
Ping to the new thread Rocc...
The Roush FENWAY teams are doing great!!! I’m a big fan of Carl Edwards!!! (What is this Did I get on the JAYSKI site?? ;) )
Lap-by-Lap: Talladega
By NASCAR.COM
April 17, 2011
http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110417/lbltalladega/index.html
Noon ET — Pre-race coverage on FOX has begun.
9:08 a.m. ET — It is a brisk morning in Talladega, Ala., but worry not, racing fans! Temperatures are expected to be in the 68- to 73-degree range for race time. Jeff Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates will inhabit the first two rows when the green flag drops on the Aaron’s 499 at 1:20 p.m. ET.
Talladega Babbby!