Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com NASCAR Sprint Cup Race No. 10 of 36 for the 2014 season Track: Talladega Superspeedway Race: Sunday, May 5, 2014 in Talladega, Alabama Title Sponsor: Aaron's Scheduled Green Flag: 1:20pm/et ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: at 11:30am/et on FoxSports1 with John Roberts, Kyle Petty & Kenny Wallace NASCAR Pre-Race: FOX - 12:30pm/et Television Race Coverage: Fox - 1:00pm/et In the Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds Pit Reporters: Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip Virtual Garage: Jeff Hammond Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Friday, May 9 at 3:00am/et on FS1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practices: Friday, May 2, 2:00 - 2:50 pm/et, TV-FS1 Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Friday, May 2, 3:30 - 4:25pm/et, TV-FS1 Qualifying: group qualifying for positions 1-36, Saturday, May 3 at 1:10 pm/et, TV-FOX, re-air scheduled for Sunday, May 4 at 10:00am/et on FS1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Race Length: 188 laps, 500 miles Superspeedway: 2.66-mile quad oval 48 feet wide (12-foot apron) Turns: Banking: 33° Length: 3,750 feet Radius: 1,100 feet Trioval: Banking: 18° Frontstretch: Chute length: 2,150 feet (from turn to middle of trioval) Total length: 4,300 feet Banking: 16.5° Backstretch: Length: 4,000 feet Banking: 2° Pit Road: Length: 3,000 feet; Width: 48 feet Pit Road Speed: 55mph Pace Car Speed: 70mph Track last paved: Summer 2006 Opened: 1969
Aaron's 499 Starting Lineup courtesy of Jayski.com Pos Car Driver Sponsor Make Reason 1 33 Brian Scott(i) Shore Lodge Chevy 198.290 48.293 2 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevy 197.888 48.391 3 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevy 197.704 48.436 4 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevy 197.370 48.518 5 3 Austin Dillon* Bass Pro Shops Chevy 197.362 48.520 6 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevy 197.297 48.536 7 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevy 194.995 49.109 8 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevy 194.393 49.261 9 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevy 193.619 49.458 10 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 193.615 49.459 11 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevy 193.486 49.492 12 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops Chevy 188.958 50.678 13 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 194.963 49.117 14 95 Michael McDowell Jordan Truck Sales Ford 194.959 49.118 15 43 Aric Almirola Logan's Roadhouse/Gwaltney Ford 194.911 49.130 16 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 194.880 49.138 17 7 Michael Annett* Pilot/Flying J Chevy 194.098 49.336 18 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 194.035 49.352 19 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Pretzel Toyota 193.541 49.478 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Valspar Reserve Chevy 193.478 49.494 21 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 193.458 49.499 22 36 Reed Sorenson Golden Corral Chevy 190.890 50.165 23 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft Ford 190.575 50.248 24 83 Ryan Truex* VooDoo BBQ & Grill Toyota 197.913 48.385 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford 197.908 48.386 26 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 197.835 48.404 27 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Antifreeze/Motor Oil Toyota 197.806 48.411 28 66 Michael Waltrip Blue/DEF Toyota 197.806 48.411 29 42 Kyle Larson* Target Chevy 197.770 48.420 30 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevy 197.765 48.421 31 26 Cole Whitt* Scorpyd Crossbows Toyota 197.721 48.432 32 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevy 197.443 48.500 33 23 Alex Bowman* Dr.Pepper Toyota 197.403 48.510 34 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 197.378 48.516 35 16 Greg Biffle 3M Window Film Ford 197.244 48.549 36 98 Josh Wise Dogecoin/Reddit.com Ford 197.029 48.602 37-OP 32 Terry Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 196.746 48.672 38-OP 51 Justin Allgaier* Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevy 196.230 48.800 39-OP 34 David Ragan KFC Go Cup Ford 195.732 48.924 40-OP 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stop Ford 194.880 49.138 41-OP 40 Landon Cassill(i) Hillman Racing Chevy 194.389 49.262 42-OP 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevy 000.000 00.000 43-OP 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevy 000.000 00.000 44-DNQ 77 Dave Blaney Unsponsored Ford 195.560 48.967 45-DNQ 87 Joe Nemechek(i) Royal Teak Collection Toyota 194.551 49.221 46-DNQ 35 Eric McClure(i) Hefty Ultimate Reynolds Wrap Ford 194.366 49.268 47-DNQ 44 J.J. Yeley (i) All City Leasing & Warehousing Chevy 192.154 49.835 * Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate (i) = Driver not running for 2014 Sprint Cup Series Championship Drivers Points
