TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY

One of the biggest, fastest and most competitive motor sports facility in the world is the Talladega Superspeedway. To register all the speed and competitions, records have been established at Talladega. In 1969, the track opened as Alabama International Motor Speedway was built at a cost of more than $4 million. Talladega has just expanded permanent seating in nine of the last 11 years, including 5,200 tower seats for April of 2001. The 2.66-mile tri-oval has seating arrangements for more than 143,000 fans with room enough for thousands more in the vast infield. There is also a facility for the visitors to tour daily during working hours except on weeks around events in track offered van.

 

HISTORY OF TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY

Previously, Talladega Superspeedway was a soybean field, next to some of the World War II airport runways. The site was found by NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation founder William H.B. (Bill) France and Anniston (AL) insurance executive Bill Ward. In September, 1969, the track was opened with the hosting two NASCAR Winston Cup Series events every year. Known as the most competitive track on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Talladega Superspeedway organized six of the Top 10 most competitive Winston Cup events. With Bill Elliott's 212.809 mph in April of 1987, the course also holds the fastest qualifying mark in NASCAR history and the fastest 500 mile race in Winston Cup history, the DieHard 500 won by Mark Martin in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 18 seconds in May of 1997.

 

Since 1969, the drive at the Talladega Superspeedway is going on. The Talladega 500 easily draws more fans than any other state sports event in spite of football fever in Alabama.

 

Richard Brickhouse was the winner of Dodge race in 1969. Apart from Brickhouse, Richard Petty and Dave Marcis also won the race as Dodge drivers. Last year, then Dodge driver Stacy Compton, continued to achieve the Pole Positions.

 

TRACK INFORMATION

A 2.66-mile high-banked tri- oval, Talladega Superspeedway is four lanes wide and tilted 33 degrees on each end, with 18-degree banking in the tri-oval. Producing speeds in excess of 200 mph in competition, the backstretch is nearly 4,000 feet long.

 

This year, the Talladega 500 will attract around 250,000 to 300,000 race enthusiasts in April 18 to 21.

Track Information
Features
Opened	1969
Track Length	2.66 mile tri-oval
Banking in Corners	33°
Banking on Front Straight	18°
Banking on Back Straight	2°
Length of Front stretch	4,300 feet
Length of Backstretch	4,000 feet
Grandstand Seating	138,000
Qualifying Record	Bill Elliott, 212.809 mph (44.998 sec.) - 4/30/87
Race Record	Mark Martin, 188.354 mph - 5/10/97
Laps	188 laps=500 miles
Radius	1,100ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area Info: Situated in 40 miles east of Birmingham (AL) and 95 miles west of Atlanta (GA), the track sits adjacent to I-20 between Exits 168 and 173. Talladega is also home to the Talladega/Texaco Walk of Fame inside the Davey Allison Memorial Park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEATING ARRANGEMENT AND DETAILS

 

 

April 13-16 of every year is the one of the most exciting weekends in NASCAR comes back to Talladega with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series DieHard 500, Touchstone Energy 300 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division event and round two of the True Value International Race of Champions. 7,500 more seats have been added during the off-season construction in Talladega Superspeedway's Tri-Oval Tower. The Tri-Oval Tower is one of Talladega's most demanding tickets, located in the middle of the front stretch, which gives one of the best views of the high-octane stock car battles to the race fans. On Saturday, children between the age group of 11 and under are admitted free, accompanied by an adult with a general admission ticket.

 

PRICING AND TICKETING INFORMATION

Audiences are requested to order ticket by money order or certified check. A 14-days clearance period is required to process the order through personal checks. Credit card is also accepted for the telephone orders. To sit in the reserved grandstands all children must have their tickets. Except the postage and handling fee, orders will be held at guest relations. Based on the seat and row availability, price varies from $110.00-$320.00. The orders are normally processed within 24 hours (Monday-Friday) of when they are placed. Call us (800-451-8499) to make special delivery arrangements if the race is within 72 hours. There is also the option to purchase other seats or to cancel the tickets, if they are not available.  There is no provision for the cancellation, if the order is processed.