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CHICAGOLAND
Distance: 1.5 Mile Tri-oval
Banking/Turns 1-4: 24°
Banking on Tri-oval:11°
Banking/Backstretch: 5°
Length/Frontstretch: 2,332 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 1,800 ft.
Miles/Laps: 400.5 mi. = 267 laps
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Apr 25, 2008 at 07:27 AM |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 22, 2008) — A year ago, four-time series champion Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont-Pepsi Chevrolet) arrived for the spring event at 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings — and promptly won his second consecutive race.
 As the series anticipates Sunday’s Aaron’s 499, Gordon sits 13th, eight points out of 12th, the cut-off spot for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Last year’s series runner-up, he’s juggled uncharacteristic inconsistency in 2008, but Talladega could mark a turning point.
Gordon leads all active drivers with six victories there. He’s also NASCAR’s all-time leader with 12 wins at restrictor-plate tracks (Talladega and 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway). And, he’s Sunday’s defending champion, having won from the pole last April and sweeping both Talladega events in 2007.
Gordon’s statistical tank certainly is full: He ranks first in pre-race Driver Rating for Talladega (98.5) and fourth in Laps in the Top 15, having run 63.6% of his laps in the top 15. His Average Running Position of 14.3 is the series’ sixth-best. Finally, the top-ranked driver in pre-race Driver Rating has finished in the top 10 in six of eight races in 2008.
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