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Credit: Autostock
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
April 23, 2004
10:26 AM EDT (1426 GMT)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Since it opened in 1969, Talladega Superspeedway has been the site of some of NASCAR's most thrilling racing, and some of its wildest mishaps.
In recent times Talladega Superspeedway, once known as NASCAR's fastest racetrack, has become the site of its fastest moving traffic jam.
Kevin Harvick puts his string of 47 consecutive races running at the finish on the line in Sunday's Aaron's 499. Rusty Wallace is thrilled to come to Talladega after ending a 105-race winless streak last weekend. But Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has won four of the last five races at Talladega, looks poised to add to the track's statistical legacy.
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2 -- The number of consecutive victories in Talladega's spring NASCAR Cup race by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s leading number of Talladega victories by an active driver.
5 -- The consecutive number of Talladega races won by Dale Earnhardt Incorporated drivers.
6 -- The number of times a driver has swept both races in a season at Talladega, most recently by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2002.
6 -- The number of consecutive Talladega pole positions won by Bill Elliott between 1985 and 1987.
6 -- The number of drivers who have competed in all 32 restrictor-plate races held at Talladega since 1988, including Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip.
7 -- The number of the last 10 Talladega Cup races that have been won by an Earnhardt: Four by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and three by Dale Earnhardt.
8 -- Bill Elliott's leading number of pole positions at Talladega.
8.75 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s average finish at Talladega, best among active drivers.
9 -- Richard Childress' leading number of Talladega victories by a car owner. Ranier Racing, the forerunner of Robert Yates Racing, is second with 6.
10 -- Dale Earnhardt's leading number of career victories at Talladega.
10 -- The number of consecutive Cup race victories by Chevrolet at Talladega.
12 -- The number of Talladega's 69 Cup events won from the pole position, or 17 percent.
12 -- Jeff Gordon's average start at Talladega, best among active drivers with more than five starts here.
13 -- The number of times a driver has swept both pole positions in a season at Talladega, most recently by Stacy Compton in 2001.
14 -- Terry Labonte's leading number of top-five finishes by an active driver at Talladega.
23 -- Terry Labonte's leading number of top-10 finishes by an active driver at Talladega.
26 -- The number of Modern Era victories, since 1972, at Talladega by Chevrolet. Ford is second with 16.
36 -- The furthest back in the starting field that a Talladega Cup Series winner has started, by Jeff Gordon in Spring 2000.
51 -- The number of Talladega's 69 Cup Series events won from starting positions inside the top-10, or 74 percent.
54 -- The number of Talladega races Ricky Rudd has run without a victory. He leads active drivers in number of starts at Talladega.
188.354 -- Mark Martin's Talladega Superspeedway race record average speed, set in two hours, 39 minutes and 18 seconds in May 1997, also NASCAR's all-time race record speed.
199.388 -- Bill Elliott's Talladega Superspeedway restrictor plate track record Bud Pole Qualifying speed, set in 48.128 seconds in May 1990.
212.809 -- Bill Elliott's all-time NASCAR qualifying record speed, set at Talladega in April 1987 in 44.998 seconds.
526 -- Bill Elliott's leading total of laps led at Talladega among active drivers.
143,000 -- The grandstand seating capacity of Talladega Superspeedway.
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