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Weather

81°F More clouds than sun. Warm.

Hi Temp

86°F

Lo Temp

67°F

Wind

3mph/W

Humidity

70%

Precip %

57%

Track Information

Opened: 1960
Track Length: 1.5 mile oval
Banking in Corners: 24°; Straights: 5°
Length of Frontstretch: 1,980 feet
Length of Backstretch: 1,500 feet

Grandstand Seating: 167,000
Qualifying Record: Elliott Sadler, 193.216 mph (27.948 sec.) - 10/13/05
Race Record: Jeff Gordon, 160.306 - 10/11/99
Laps: 200 laps=300 miles; 334 laps=501 miles; 400 laps=600 miles

Track Schedules

Sprint Cup Schedule
Date	Event
May 19, 2012
May 19, 2012
May 27, 2012
Oct 13, 2012

Nationwide Schedule
Date	Event
May 26, 2012
Oct 12, 2012

Trucks Schedule
Date	Event
May 18, 2012

Ticket Information
Phone: (704) 455-3200

Past Winners

Sprint Cup

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2011	Sprint Cup(1)	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	132.414 mph
2011	Sprint Cup(2)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	146.194 mph
2010	Sprint Cup(1)	Kurt Busch	Dodge	144.966 mph
2010	Sprint Cup(2)	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	140.391 mph
2009	Sprint Cup(1)	David Reutimann	Toyota	120.899 mph
2009	Sprint Cup(2)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	137.658 mph
2008	Sprint Cup(1)	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	135.772 mph
2008	Sprint Cup(2)	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	133.699 mph
2007	Nextel Cup(1)	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	130.222 mph
2007	Nextel Cup(2)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	125.868 mph
2006	Nextel Cup(1)	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	128.840 mph
2006	Nextel Cup(2)	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	132.142 mph
2005	Nextel Cup(1)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	114.698 mph
2005	Nextel Cup(2)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	120.334 mph
2004	Nextel Cup(1)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	142.763 mph
2004	Nextel Cup(2)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	130.214 mph
2003	Winston Cup(1)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	126.198 mph
2003	Winston Cup(2)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	142.871 mph
2002	Winston Cup(1)	Mark Martin	Ford	137.729 mph
2002	Winston Cup(2)	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	141.481 mph
2001	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Burton	Ford	138.107 mph
2001	Winston Cup(2)	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	139.006 mph
2000	Winston Cup(1)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	142.640 mph
2000	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	133.630 mph
1999	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Burton	Ford	151.367 mph
1999	Winston Cup(2)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	160.306 mph
1998	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	136.424 mph
1998	Winston Cup(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	123.188 mph
1997	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	136.745 mph
1997	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Jarrett	Ford	144.323 mph
1996	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Jarrett	Ford	147.581 mph
1996	Winston Cup(2)	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	143.143 mph
1995	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	151.952 mph
1995	Winston Cup(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	145.358 mph
1994	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	139.445 mph
1994	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Jarrett	Chevrolet	145.922 mph
1993	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	145.504 mph
1993	Winston Cup(2)	Ernie Irvan	Ford	154.537 mph
1992	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	132.980 mph
1992	Winston Cup(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	153.537 mph
1991	Winston Cup(1)	Davey Allison	Ford	138.951 mph
1991	Winston Cup(2)	Geoffrey Bodine	Ford	138.984 mph
1990	Winston Cup(1)	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	137.650 mph
1990	Winston Cup(2)	Davey Allison	Ford	137.428 mph
1989	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	144.077 mph
1989	Winston Cup(2)	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	149.863 mph
1988	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	124.460 mph
1988	Winston Cup(2)	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	130.677 mph
1987	Winston Cup(1)	Kyle Petty	Ford	131.483 mph
1987	Winston Cup(2)	Bill Elliott	Ford	128.443 mph
1986	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	140.406 mph
1986	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	132.403 mph
1985	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	141.807 mph
1985	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Ford	136.761 mph
1984	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Buick	129.233 mph
1984	Winston Cup(2)	Bill Elliott	Ford	148.861 mph
1983	Winston Cup(1)	Neil Bonnett	Chevrolet	140.707 mph
1983	Winston Cup(2)	Richard Petty	Pontiac	139.998 mph
1982	Winston Cup(1)	Neil Bonnett	Ford	130.058 mph
1982	Winston Cup(2)	Harry Gant	Buick	137.208 mph
1981	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Buick	129.326 mph
1981	Winston Cup(2)	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	117.483 mph
1980	Winston Cup(1)	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	119.265 mph
1980	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	135.243 mph
1979	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	136.674 mph
1979	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	134.266 mph
1978	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	138.355 mph
1978	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Ford	141.826 mph
1977	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Dodge	137.676 mph
1977	Winston Cup(2)	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	142.780 mph
1976	Winston Cup(1)	David Pearson	Mercury	137.352 mph
1976	Winston Cup(2)	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	141.226 mph
1975	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Dodge	145.327 mph
1975	Winston Cup(2)	Richard Petty	Dodge	132.209 mph
1974	Winston Cup(1)	David Pearson	Mercury	135.720 mph
1974	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Mercury	119.912 mph
1973	Winston Cup(1)	Buddy Baker	Dodge	134.890 mph
1973	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	145.240 mph
1972	Winston Cup(1)	Buddy Baker	Dodge	142.255 mph
1972	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	133.234 mph
1971	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Mercury	140.422 mph
1971	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Mercury	126.140 mph
1970	Winston Cup(1)	Donnie Allison	Ford	129.680 mph
1970	Winston Cup(2)	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Mercury	123.246 mph
1969	Winston Cup(1)	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Mercury	134.361 mph
1969	Winston Cup(2)	Donnie Allison	Ford	131.271 mph
1968	Winston Cup(1)	Buddy Baker	Dodge	104.207 mph
1968	Winston Cup(2)	Charlie Glotzbach	Dodge	135.234 mph
1967	Winston Cup(1)	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	135.832 mph
1967	Winston Cup(2)	Buddy Baker	dodge	130.317 mph
1966	Winston Cup(1)	Marvin Panch	Plymouth	135.042 mph
1966	Winston Cup(2)	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Dodge	130.576 mph
1965	Winston Cup(1)	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	121.772 mph
1965	Winston Cup(2)	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	119.117 mph
1964	Winston Cup(1)	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	125.772 mph
1964	Winston Cup(2)	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	134.475 mph
1963	Winston Cup(1)	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	132.417 mph
1963	Winston Cup(2)	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	132.105 mph
1962	Winston Cup(1)	Nelson Stacy	Ford	125.552 mph
1962	Winston Cup(2)	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	132.085 mph
1961	Winston Cup(1)	David Pearson	Pontiac	111.633 mph
1961	Winston Cup(2)	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	119.950 mph
1960	Winston Cup(1)	Joe Lee Johnson	Chevrolet	107.735 mph
1960	Winston Cup(2)	Speedy Thompson	Ford	112.905 mph

Nationwide Series

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2011	Nationwide(1)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	136.640 mph
2011	Nationwide(2)	Carl Edwards	Ford	134.195 mph
2010	Nationwide(1)	Kyle Busch	Toyota	132.216 mph
2010	Nationwide(2)	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	125.640 mph
2009	Nationwide(1)	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	129.096 mph
2009	Nationwide(2)	Kyle Busch	Toyota	128.863 mph
2008	Nationwide(1)	Kyle Busch	Toyota	120.331 mph
2008	Nationwide(2)	Kyle Busch	Toyota	103.647 mph
2007	Busch(1)	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	132.240 mph
2007	Busch(2)	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	120.267 mph
2006	Busch(1)	Carl Edwards	Ford	110.735 mph
2006	Busch(2)	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	106.999 mph
2005	Busch(1)	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	117.968 mph
2005	Busch(2)	Ryan Newman	Dodge	102.506 mph
2004	Busch(1)	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	114.275 mph
2004	Busch(2)	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	110.193 mph
2003	Busch(1)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	138.302 mph
2003	Busch(2)	Greg Biffle	Chevrolet	148.576 mph
2002	Busch(1)	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	120.684 mph
2002	Busch(2)	Jeff Burton	Ford	142.443 mph
2001	Busch(1)	Jeff Green	Ford	128.205 mph
2001	Busch(2)	Greg Biffle	Ford	139.445 mph
2000	Busch(1)	Jeff Burton	Ford	121.759 mph
2000	Busch(2)	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	145.064 mph
1999	Busch(1)	Mark Martin	Ford	119.377 mph
1999	Busch(2)	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	133.235 mph
1998	Busch(1)	Mark Martin	Ford	133.449 mph
1998	Busch(2)	Mike McLaughlin	Chevrolet	145.376 mph
1997	Busch(1)	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	126.954 mph
1997	Busch(2)	Jimmy Spencer	Chevrolet	127.089 mph
1996	Busch(1)	Mark Martin	Ford	155.799 mph
1996	Busch(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	124.957 mph
1995	Busch(1)	Chad Little	Ford	131.707 mph
1995	Busch(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	136.415 mph
1994	Busch(1)	Phil Parsons	Chevrolet	127.704 mph
1994	Busch(2)	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	134.831 mph
1993	Busch(1)	Michael Waltrip	Pontiac	127.539 mph
1993	Busch(2)	Mark Martin	Ford	113.960 mph
1992	Busch(1)	Jeff Gordon	Ford	127.208 mph
1992	Busch(2)	Jeff Gordon	Ford	120.954 mph
1991	Busch(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	133.235 mph
1991	Busch(2)	Harry Gant	Buick	121.937 mph
1990	Busch(1)	Dale Jarrett	Pontiac	132.337 mph
1990	Busch(2)	Sterling Marlin	Oldsmobile	132.272 mph
1989	Busch(1)	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	136.450 mph
1989	Busch(2)	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	126.035 mph
1988	Busch(1)	Dale Jarrett	Oldsmobile	139.969 mph
1988	Busch(2)	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	123.683 mph
1987	Busch(1)	Harry Gant	Buick	139.643 mph
1987	Busch(2)	Harry Gant	Buick	131.868 mph
1986	Busch(1)	Tim Richmond	Pontiac	139.715 mph
1986	Busch(2)	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	138.746 mph
1985	Busch(1)	Tim Richmond	Pontiac	119.284 mph
1985	Busch(2)	Terry Labonte	Pontiac	140.485 mph
1984	Busch(1)	Bobby Allison	Oldsmobile	126.198 mph
1984	Busch(2)	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	123.499 mph
1983	Busch(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	117.724 mph
1983	Busch(2)	Sam Ard	Oldsmobile	141.269 mph
1982	Busch(1)	Harry Gant	Pontiac	126.731 mph
1982	Busch(2)	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	123.485 mph

Truck Series

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2011	Truck Series	Kyle Busch	Toyota	101.615 mph
2010	Truck Series	Kyle Busch	Toyota	109.653 mph
2009	Truck Series	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Chevrolet	121.125 mph
2008	Truck Series	Matt Crafton	Chevrolet	111.490 mph
2007	Truck Series	Ron Hornady Jr.	Chevrolet	122.809 mph
2006	Truck Series	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	124.845 mph
2005	Truck Series	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	104.571 mph
2004	Truck Series	Dennis Setzer	Chevrolet	107.631 mph
2003	Truck Series	Ted Musgrave	Dodge	114.768 mph

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