Its Talladega week for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series as it makes its first stop of the season to this fabled track for the running of the Geico 500. Sunday’s race from the Talladega Superspeedway is set to get underway at 1 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
NASCAR’s final race of the second round of this year’s Chase to a Sprint Cup title takes the field of contenders to Talladega Superspeedway for the running of the Geico 500. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 2 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series starts to heat up this week with a stop at the fabled Talladega Superspeedway for the running of this year’s Aaron’s 499.
This week the Sprint Cup series will make its first trip this season to one of the most storied NASCAR tracks in the country for the running of the Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 1 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
The Sprint Cup series heads to the fabled this week for the running of the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, which is the fourth race of this season’s Chase to the Sprint Cup title.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series heads to Alabama this week to one of the most fabled tracks in the history of stock car racing for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Preview: It’s an impound race at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, one of just a handful of impound races in the 36-race Sprint Cup season. At Talladega, that means practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and racing on Sunday.
Preview: There was a time a few years ago when NASCAR tried to make impound races the regular routine, but the idea did not catch on. This year, just three of 36 races are using the impound schedule, including both Talladega dates and the July race at Daytona.
Preview: Racing at Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama’s high-banked 2.66-mile tri-oval, has been described as a 200 mile-per-hour chess match. The Cup Series races twice a year here and last season ‘Dega produced two somewhat unexpected winners: Brad Keselowski in April and Jamie McMurray in November.
Race: AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Time: 1:19 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on ABC
Race: Aaron’s 499 – Talladega Superspeedway
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 1:00 PM EST on FOX
Preview: From the flat one-mile oval course at Phoenix International Raceway to the high-banked 2.66-mile tri-oval of Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR fans are getting a big contrast in racing speeds and styles from last weekend to this one.
