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  Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Talladega SuperSpeedway News
Talladega first racetrack In US to earn StormReady Supporter Designation: Talladega Superspeedway is the first racetrack in the United States to earn the National Weather Service (NWS) StormReady Supporter designation, which recognizes the facility for its severe weather safety plan and for promoting severe weather safety awareness through the principles of the NWS StormReady program.
Talladega expands and improves overnight parking areas: Talladega Superspeedway officials announced that it is making room for even more race fans in its thousands of acres of overnight parking areas, including some areas that are free of charge for ticket holders.
Talladega Superspeedway management has also increased capacity of its North Park, which is located across Speedway Boulevard outside the track's northern end, closest to turn three.
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  Talladega Superspeedway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama.
Talladega got off to a controversial start when the Professional Drivers Association, a union of drivers led by the great Richard Petty, went on strike the night before the inaugural Talladega 500.
This has led to the style of racing held at Talladega and Daytona to be somewhat different from that at other superspeedways and to be referred to by NASCAR fans as "restrictor-plate racing".
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 Talladega Superspeedway Tickets - Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR Tickets
Talladega Superspeedway is now the official name of a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama, that was formerly the Alabama International Motor Speedway.
The Talladega Superspeedway was built to be the biggest, fastest and most competitive track in the world.
Talladega Superspeedway is also said to be a favorite for former NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt.
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Talladega Superspeedway is one of the fastest, most exciting tracks on the NASCAR schedule.
Talladega travel packages are worth their weight in gold, and although you likely won't spend too much time sitting in the seats you buy, NASCAR tickets to Talladega will be one of the best ticket packages you buy this year.
The UAW-Ford 500 in October at Talladega Superspeedway promises to be another exciting NASCAR event, so buy Talladega tickets now to be a part of the action.
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 Talladega Superspeedway
One of the most exciting tracks in the nation, Talladega Superspeedway hosts the annual DieHard 500, where drivers compete for more than $2 million and the thrill of tearing out the backstretch at 100+ mph for 188 laps.
With plenty of room to expand, Talladega has done just that, adding permanent seating in nine of the last 10 years, including 8,000 tower seats for 1997.
A world record of 221.160 mph for a close course was established at Talladega on Aug. 9, 1975 by Mark Donohue.
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 RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
In many cases, Talladega On Wheels also brings along the track's No. 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi show car and the tire changing machine, enabling fans to get an up-close look at a real race car as well as to test their pit crew ability in changing tires.
Talladega Superspeedway named Ty Gardner of Oxford, AL as its new Group Sales and Promotions Coordinator, with Talladega On Wheels appearances chief among his duties.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, children age 11 and younger are admitted free of charge into the general admission grandstands when accompanied by a ticketed adult.
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 Talladega Superspeedway tickets : Talladega Superspeedway tickets from TicketsSport.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Talladega Superspeedway can accommodate more than 143,000-seated guests and thousands more in the 212-arce infield.
Talladega Superspeedway tickets are available to purchase through TicketsSport.com 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We list Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR tickets along with all other nationwide events; we also have NASCAR tickets for all special events in the U.S. If you could not find the Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR tickets you're looking for on our site, please use the search ox located at the top of the page.
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 NASCAR News: Talladega Marks 35 Years of NASCAR Racing
For thirty-five years, Talladega Superspeedway has provided some of the most competitive racing in NASCAR history and today speedway officials announced plans to celebrate the historical anniversary.
Richard Brickhouse, winner of the 1969 Talladega 500, the first NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway, was on hand today to assist the speedway in kicking-off their 35th Anniversary celebration.
In a joint effort With Golden Flake, the track's official salted snack food, Talladega Superspeedway announced a promotion, which begins in July that will award tickets and hospitality passes to one lucky fan and 35 of their closest friends to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race on Oct 3.
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 GNEXTINC.com: NASCAR - Talladega Super Speedway News
Talladega Superspeedway's Repaving Project Begins: Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch uses a trackhoe excavator to dig into the existing asphalt on the track that must be removed before it is resurfaced this summer.
Talladega to be repaved: Talladega Superspeedway officials announced today that the legendary Alabama racetrack is set to be repaved for the first time since 1979, and the project is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2006 UAW-Ford 500, race four in next year’s Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup.
Talladega AM Storms: Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch said he is happy to report that there were no weather-related injuries to Talladega Superspeedway's thousands of race fans during the severe storms that cut through East Central Alabama early this morning.
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The entire staff of Talladega Superspeedway gathered Thursday to honor Johnson, who has been employed at the facility for all of its historic 35 years of existence.
At the surprise presentation, Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch introduced Johnson by first recalling several signs of the times in 1969, from popular music to the cost of the average automobile 35 years ago.
The Johnsons reside in Talladega County and have five children: sons Lonnie Herrington and Larry Dale Johnson, and daughters Renee Perley, Dana Phillips and Vicki Johnson.
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 Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge - Aaron’s 499 – Talladega Superspeedway Advance / Target Corp
Talladega Tidbits: Sorenson has just one Busch Series start at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway, which came in last season’s Aaron’s 312.
You have to prepare the Talladega and Daytona cars a little different, because Daytona is more of a handling track and you need to have some downforce built in while at the same time having as little drag as possible.
Talladega isn’t as much of a handling track so you can eliminate the downforce aspect and build the car for all out speed.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Talladega Superspeedway to get first repaving since 1979
Talladega Superspeedway will be repaved next year, the first time since 1979, and several drivers say they're looking forward to a smoother ride.
"Talladega's surface is one that the weather and other things have taken a toll on over the years," he said.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., a five-time winner at Talladega, noted that the track was last repaved the year his father won Rookie of the Year.
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Replacement drivers from the previous day's race were asked to race, and tickets were good for future races, but it was the only win for Richard Brickhouse and was the debut race for Richard Childress.
The Aaron's 499 was known as one of the sport's four legs of the Winston Million, with the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, and the Southern 500 being the other three.
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 NASCAR.COM - Dick Brooks dies at 63 - Feb 3, 2006
Talladega Superspeedway president Grant Lynch, formerly an executive with R. Reynolds Tobacco Company's public relations and marketing division, Sports Marketing Enterprises, offered condolences on behalf of the track to Brooks' family and his fans.
According to the book 25 Years of Talladega Superspeedway by Clyde Bolton, former motorsports writer for the Birmingham News newspaper in Alabama, Brooks was so moved by the win that he literally cried tears of joy.
The winnings from the Talladega victory gave him the extra push he needed, and in the last six races he ran that year, the last two were as a driver/owner.
www.nascar.com /2006/news/headlines/cup/02/03/dick.brooks.passes   (736 words)

  
 Talladega Superspeedway - Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
“Talladega requires some strategy that allows you to be there in the end.
What has worked for me in the only two races I have run at Talladega is taking the approach of dropping to the back and riding it out until it's time to make a run for it at the end.
At Talladega Superspeedway, PPI Motorsports with Tide Racing has raced in 12 events.
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 Talladega Superspeedway takes lead on ISC relief efforts
"Talladega Superspeedway, as well as other International Speedway Corporation facilities across the nation are committed to helping get residents affected by the storm back on their feet."
Race fans not attending any of these events may still support Talladega Superspeedway's call to action by contacting your local Red Cross office and designating donations "Talladega Superspeedway" in support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
In addition to supporting Talladega's call for contributions, ISC facilities are working with local Red Cross officials to identify other means of support for Katrina Hurricane relief efforts.
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 Talladega Superspeedway Race Coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Talladega Superspeedway will donate $1,000 in the name of the winner each year to the Kenneth Patterson Educational Trust Fund.
Talladega Superspeedway’s White Flag Club will award a $500 scholarship to students in Talladega County, St. Clair County and Calhoun County schools in Ken’s honor.
Lynch joined the staff at Talladega Superspeedway in 1993 as general manager, and was promoted to vice president of International Speedway Corporation and president of Talladega Superspeedway less than a year later.
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 NASCAR Tracks - Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is the biggest, fastest, most competitive motorsports facility in the world.
With plenty of room to expand, Talladega has done just that, adding permanent seating in nine of the last 10 years, including 8,000 tower seats for 1997.
The Talladega airport is located adjacent to the speedway.
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 Hugely Popular Talladega Nights Movie Fuels Great Interest for Talladega NASCAR Tickets
Talladega NASCAR tickets were already in high demand, but the huge success of the movie has pushed demand even further.
Talladega Superspeedway is renowned as the biggest, fastest, most competitive motorsports facility in the world.
Talladega races have set records for both speed and competition.
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 Stock Car Racing - Talladega Superspeedway
We have several Talladega Superspeedway track fan hospitality packages available to add to your stock car race trip experience.
Talladega Superspeedway is located 10 miles north of Talladega, Alabama between Birmingham and Atlanta.
Talladega Superspeedway currently has 2 NASCAR race weekends - the Aaron's 499 in April and the UAW Ford 500 in October.
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 NBC's Parsons: Junior is force at Talladega - NASCAR - MSNBC.com
The likely top threat to Junior winning at Talladega is Michael Waltrip, his teammate at Dale Earnhardt Inc., an operation that takes the bragging rights when it comes to being the dominant force in restrictor plate racing.
He's was 12th at Talladega this spring, and he has three-top results in his last five races at this superspeedway.
Talladega is big, wide and fast, a track that places a premium on a quality car.
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 Talladega SuperSpeedway Tickets, Talladega Speedway Ticket Broker - NASCAR Race Tickets in Talladega, AL
We have Talladega SuperSpeedway broken down into different seating sections to assist our customers in choosing the perfect NASCAR tickets.
Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL Degree of banking in corners: 33 degrees
Talladega SuperSpeedway tickets are generally delivered the week of the race.
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 Like spinning plates: Tight competition a Talladega trademark - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Only two drivers haven't cracked the top 10 in a Chase event: Johnson, who challenged but dropped to 14th in the final laps last week, and Kasey Kahne, whose 33rd all but knocked him out of contention.
But Burton did finish fourth at Talladega in May and was fast enough to earn the pole in this year's Daytona 500.
Talladega is the lone restrictor-plate venue in the 10-race Chase.
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 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega AL At Premiere Sports Travel
If stock-car racing is an extreme sport, Talladega Superspeedway is undoubtedly its most extreme venue.
In the restrictor-plate era, the one man who distinguished himself as the master of the close drafting and high-speed chess match required for success at Talladega Superspeedway was Dale Earnhardt.
His most memorable Talladega Superspeedway win came in 2000, when he came from 18th with less than five laps left to score what would be his final Cup victory.
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 Talladega Superspeedway - RaceTickets.com
On an unassuming stretch of land suited for soybean farming located next to a couple of abandoned airport runways, Talladega Superspeedway was built to be the biggest, fastest and most competitive superspeedway in the world.
Since Alabama International Motor Speedway (as it was called until 1989) opened its gates in September of 1969, the track has surpassed every initial expectation in terms of sheer size, speed and competition.
Talladega, Ala., was chosen from several possible sites in the Southeast, with the main criteria being availability of land, access to the interstate system and a population base of at least 20 million people within 300 miles.
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 Talladega 500 Tickets - Talladega 500 Race Tickets
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Our experts have Talladega Superspeedway broken down into different seating sections to assist our customers in choosing the perfect tickets.
Talladega 500 tickets are generally delivered the week of the game.
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