Talladega Superspeedway (iRacing)

Talladega Superspeedway

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Location	Talladega, Alabama
Country	USA
Configurations
Oval Course 2.66 mi 4.28 km

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Talladega Superspeedway lives up to its name – of all the closed-circuit motorsports facilities in the world where sanctioned auto races are held, it is the fastest. Constructed by the France family’s International Speedway Corporation ten years after Daytona International Speedway, Talladega was built slightly longer at 2.66 miles and with steeper 33-degree banking which guaranteed record-setting speeds. The pole speed for NASCAR’s first race in 1969 was a stunning 199.466 mph, almost 30 mph faster than the IndyCars were lapping at Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the time.

In 1975 Mark Donohue set the world closed course speed record by driving a Porsche 917-30 around Talladega at 221.160 mph. Donohue’s world record stood for four years before finally being broken at Italy’s 7.5-mile Nardo high-speed test facility.

Rule changes in 1987 mean Bill Elliott’s 212.809mph lap will likely stand forever as the qualifying record at Talladega and for NASCAR. Talladega Superspeedway is still the fastest track on the schedule – it holds the record for the fastest 500-mile stock car race at 188.354 mph; Mark Martin’s winning speed in May, 1997 – and produces exciting finder-to-fender racing every year.

Talladega holds the record for most leaders in a 500-mile race and most lead changes as well, but on the last lap, don’t ever bet against a driver named Earnhardt. Dale Sr. racked up an amazing ten NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race victories, and Dale Jr. captured four straight wins during the 2002-3 seasons.

Talladega Superspeedway hosts a variety of stock car racing events every year, and competing in high-speed packs at Talladega has proven to be challenging and exciting for iRacers as well.

Configurations

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  Oval Course

Race Results

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

Season	Pole position	Race Winner		Broadcast
		Driver	Team
2010	Brad Davies	Brad Davies
2011	Steve Sheehan	Jeremy R Allen
2013	Adam Gilliland	Joshua Laughton	Wheelmen Inc.
2019	Bobby Zalenski	Nick Ottinger	JTG Daugherty Racing
2020	Christian Challiner	Brandon Hayse Kettelle	Clint Bowyer Racing
2021	Vicente Salas	Nick Ottinger	William Byron eSports
2022	Graham A. Bowlin	Bobby Zalenski	Joe Gibbs Racing