Jun 04, 2009
Thursday
Statement from Talladega Superspeedway President Rick Humphrey on NASCAR Implementing Double-file Restarts For The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Press Release
June 4, 2009 – 6:07 pm | Print
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“This is a great day for NASCAR fans. The most exciting racing in NASCAR, the racing at Talladega Superspeedway, will be taken to another level with the addition of double-file restarts. Race fans could very well see us break our 25-year old NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record for lead changes during the AMP Energy 500.”
Race fans should make plans now to experience HALLOW-DEGA™ during the AMP Energy 500 weekend, Oct. 30 through Nov. 1. This weekend features the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500. For information on tickets, visit www.talladegasuperspeedway.com or call 1-877-Go2-DEGA.
- Talladega Superspeedway, Press Release
Article Tags: Double-File Restarts, NASCAR, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Rick Humphrey, Talladega Superspeedway
Here’s the upshot in all this – Talladega is almost the only speedway in the world that doesn’t need two-abreast restarts. Talladega break its 25-year-old record for lead changes – they’ve been doing their darnedest to break that record for the last decade even with single-file restarts and have come pretty close to doing so.
This new change will definately make the racing better everywhere; it’s just that Talladega is so darned ferocious that it’s a little hard to imagine it being any better than it already is.