talladega track facts

START/FINISH LINE
TALLADEGA TRACK FACTS
SCORING
TOWER
TALLADEGA
AIRPORT
NATIONWIDE
GARAGE
New tower
added in
2005. It stands
148 feet tall.
More than 700 airplanes
land on race day.
The start/finish line is
located at the end of the
tri-oval near turn one, a
unique position on
NASCAR tracks. NASCAR
founder Bill France said fans
in that area should get a
bonus since they are far
away from the pit action.
NEED A
SEAT?
Grandstands
seating capacity
is 143,231.
ORANGE
INFIELD
RV PARK
SRPINT CUP
GARAGE
Adds 180 reserved
RV spots in the
infield.
Best drivers in
NASCAR park here.
TALLADEGA
SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT
TUNNEL
INFIELD AREA
Contains holding
cell and can accept
fines on race day.
SLEEPING IN
An estimated
40,000 people
camp at the track
on race weekend.
OLD RUNWAYS
The track is built on the
site of a
decommissioned U.S.
Army training base. The
runways can still be seen
in the infield and outside
the track’s backstretch.
Bryant-Denny Stadium,
Jordan-Hare Stadium,
Legion Field and 29
more comparably sized
stadiums would fit
inside the Talladega
Superspeedway infield.
The infield is 212 acres.
A BIRMINGHAM NEWS GRAPHIC MIKE BOLTON
A double-lane
tunnel goes
underneath the
track in turn four
allowing cars to
reach the infield.
PHOTO/BERNARD TRONCALE