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Your pocket guide to AAron’s 499Thursday-sunday, april 22-25 ♦ Talladega superspeedway
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ThursDAY7 a.m. – arCa, nasCar nationwide series garages open10 a.m. - 1 p.m. – arCa practice3 p.m. – nationwide series practice4 p.m. – nationwide series final practice5:05 p.m. – arCa qualify-ing7 p.m. – nasCar sprint Cup haulers enter7:30 p.m. – arCa, nation-wide series garage closes
FrIDAY6 a.m. – sprint Cup, nationwide series garage opens8 a.m. – grandstands open9:30 a.m. – arCa final practice10:30 a.m. – nationwide series qualifying1 p.m. – nsCs practice2 p.m. – nationwide series garage closes2:30 p.m. – nsCs final practice4 p.m. – arCa series race 250 (94 laps, 250 Miles)6:30 p.m. – nsCs garage closes
sATurDAY6 a.m. – nsCs garage opens
8 a.m. – grandstands open
9 a.m. – nationwide series garage opens
10:35 a.m. – sprint Cup qualifying, then impound
1:30 p.m. – nationwide series driver introductions
2 p.m. – nationwide series aaron’s 312
2 p.m. – sprint Cup garage closes
sunDAY8 a.m. – grandstands open
8 a.m. – sprint Cup garage opens
11:30 a.m. – sprint Cup driver introductions
noon – sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 (green flag scheduled at 12:19 p.m.)
The schedule ParkingTalladega superspeedway has announced some changes to its traffic plan to get fans in and out of the track faster.
sATurDAY. north parking lots 2n & 3n (located across from the main entrance) will remain closed on saturday only. race fans should park in lots 1e–4e and 1w–9w.
. west parking lots 10w & 11w (located off new Jackson Trace) will remain closed on saturday only. if entering the facility from new Jackson Trace, lot 9w will be open.
. allison grandstand custom-ers will have a new express lane that leads to speedway Boulevard without waiting on cross-traffic exiting the gate V9 infield Crossover.
sunDAY. north park Free Camping lots will be held for two hours while traffic exits the Free day parking lots.
. reserved Family Camping lots will be held for two hours while traffic exits the Free day parking lots.
. allison grandstand custom-ers will again be able to use the new express lane that leads to speedway Boulevard without having to wait on cross-traffic exiting the gate V9 infield Crossover.
CAr no. / DrIver / AuTomAker
00 David reutimann, Toyota 1 Jamie mcmurray, Chevrolet 2 kurt Busch, dodge 5 mark martin, Chevrolet 6 David ragan, Ford 7 robby Gordon, Toyota 09 mike Bliss, Chevrolet 9 kasey kahne, Ford 1 1 Denny hamlin, Toyota 1 2 Brad keselowski, dodge, 1 3 max Papis, Toyota 1 4 Tony stewart, Chevrolet 1 6 Greg Biffle, Ford 1 7 matt kenseth, Ford 18 kyle Busch, Toyota
1 9 elliott sadler, Ford, 20 Joey Logano, Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 26 David stremme, Ford 29 kevin harvick Chevrolet 3 1 Jeff Burton, Chevrolet 3 3 Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet 3 4 Travis kvapil, Ford 35 Aric Almirola, Chevrolet 36 Johnny sauter, Chevrolet 37 robert richardson Jr., Ford 38 kevin Conway, Ford 39 ryan newman, Chevrolet 42 Juan Pablo montoya, Chevrolet 43 A J Allmendinger, Ford 46 Terry Cook, dodge
4 7 marcos Ambrose, Toyota
48 Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
55 michael Waltrip, Toyota
56 martin Truex Jr, Toyota
66 Dave Blaney, Toyota
7 1 Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet
77 sam hornish Jr., dodge
78 regan smith, Chevrolet
82 scott speed, Toyota
83 Brian vickers, Toyota
87 Joe nemechek, Toyota
88 Dale earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
97 Jeff Fuller, Toyota
98 Paul menard, Ford
99 Carl edwards, Ford
The drivers Who To WaTch for
Jimmie Johnson leads sprint Cup points race
no. 2 kurt Busch
no. 11 Denny hamlin
no. 24 Jeff Gordon
no. 48 Jimmie Johnson
no. 88 Dale earnhardt Jr.
no. 99 Carl edwards
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NEWS STAFF
TALLADEGA TRACK FACTS
Start/finish lineGrandstands
North tunnel
Old runwaysThe track was built on the site of a decommissioned Army training base.
Frontrunners Club 2
Frontrunners Club 1
Talladega Sheriff’s DepartmentContains holding cell and can accept fines on race day.
Scoring tower
RV parking
RV parking
RV parking
RV parking
Automobiles and tents
Talladega AirportMore than 700 airplanes land on race day.
Nationwide Garage
Sprint Cup Garage
Ticket office
South tunnel
Merchandise and displays
To Birmingham42 miles
TURN 2TURN 1
TURN 3TURN 4
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Built: 1969 ♦ Distance: 2.66-mile tri-oval course ♦ Grandstand seating capacity: 143,231 ♦ Size: 3,000 acres ♦ Infield: 212 acres
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