NASCAR Races

Talladega is one of the fastest tracks in NASCAR with four lanes and a backstretch that is nearly 4,000 feet long. With this layout, stock cars have reached speeds exceeding 220 mph! Talladega Superspeedway also plays host to the Aarons 499 earlier in the year.

The Amp Energy 500 is the new name for the race formerly known as the UAW Ford 500, a key race in The Chase for the Sprint Cup. In 2010, Talladega Superspeedway proudly celebrates forty plus years of the most competitive racing in NASCAR. While the track has seen changes made to the cars that circle its high-banks, the surface that they race on and the grandstands that thousands of fans fill twice a year, one constant remains; Talladega Superspeedway is authentic NASCAR racing at its finest.

Racing at Talladega comes with a ton of unpredictability because of the horsepower-sapping restrictor plates used to curb speeds at the 2.66-mile speedway. It creates tight packs of racing and drivers need to use aggressive measures to move through the field.

That usually leads to multi-car accidents known as "the Big One" — and most everyone believes the final finishing order is akin to playing the lottery. Amp Energy 500 Odds & Driver Lines

AMP Energy 500 Weekend at Talladega Superspeedway will be featuring NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualifying on Fri., Oct. 30, Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying on Sat., Oct. 31 and AMP Energy 500, race seven in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup on Sun., Nov. 1. Bet Amp Energy 500 Drivers at Talladega Superspeedway

Tony Stewart won this event in 2008 in a race that saw a NASCAR record 28 different leaders. Will the two-time Sprint Cup champion defend his title in 2009?

 

In 2009, Jamie McMurray took the victory in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, as he made a late pass to win the checker flag, snapping an 86-race winless streak dating to July 2007 at Daytona by hanging on when the racing heated up. Entering this weekend’s race, McMurray was sitting 22nd in the Sprint Cup driver point standings McMurray’s best Cup series finish at Talladega is fifth which he has accomplished three times and in his 14 career Cup series starts at Talladega, McMurray averages a 19.5 starting position and a 20.5 finishing position. * Manufacturer: Ford * Car Number: 26 * Height: 5' 8" * Weight: 150 * Team: Roush Fenway Racing * Series: Sprint Cup * Rookie Year: 2002 * Born: June 3, 1976 * Birthplace: Joplin, Missouri