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Weather

87°F Passing clouds. Warm.

Hi Temp

89°F

Lo Temp

72°F

Wind

5mph/S

Humidity

65%

Precip %

54%

Track Information

Opened: 1959
Track Length: 2.5 mile Tri-oval
Banking in Corners: 31°
Banking on Tri-oval: 18°
Banking on Straights: 3°
Length of Frontstretch: 3800 feet

Length of Backstretch: 3400 feet
Grandstand Seating: 147,000
Qualifying Record: Bill Elliott, 210.364 mph (42.783 sec.) - 2/9/87
Race Record: Buddy Baker, 177.602 mph - 2/17/80
Laps: 50 laps=125 miles, 100 laps=250 miles, 120 laps=300 miles, 160 laps=400 miles, 200 laps=500 miles

Track Schedules

Sprint Cup Schedule
Date	Event
Feb 18, 2012
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 27, 2012
Jul 7, 2012

Nationwide Schedule
Date	Event
Feb 25, 2012
Jul 6, 2012

Trucks Schedule
Date	Event
Feb 24, 2012

Ticket Information
Phone: (904) 253-7223

Past Winners

Sprint Cup

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2012	Sprint Cup(1)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	140.256 mph
2011	Sprint Cup(1)	Trevor Bayne	Ford	130.326 mph
2011	Sprint Cup(2)	David Ragan	Ford	159.491 mph
2010	Sprint Cup(1)	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	137.284 mph
2010	Sprint Cup(2)	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	135.719 mph
2009	Sprint Cup(1)	Matt Kenseth	Ford	132.816 mph
2009	Sprint Cup(2)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	142.461 mph
2008	Sprint Cup(1)	Ryan Newman	Dodge	152.672 mph
2008	Sprint Cup(2)	Kyle Busch	Toyota	138.554 mph
2007	Nextel Cup(1)	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	149.335 mph
2007	Nextel Cup(2)	Jamie McMurray	Ford	138.983 mph
2006	Nextel Cup(1)	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	142.667 mph
2006	Nextel Cup(2)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	153.143 mph
2005	Nextel Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	135.173 mph
2005	Nextel Cup(2)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	131.016 mph
2004	Nextel Cup(1)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	156.345 mph
2004	Nextel Cup(2)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	145.117 mph
2003	Winston Cup(1)	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	133.870 mph
2003	Winston Cup(2)	Greg Biffle	Ford	166.109 mph
2002	Winston Cup(1)	Ward Burton	Dodge	142.971 mph
2002	Winston Cup(2)	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	135.952 mph
2001	Winston Cup(1)	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	161.783 mph
2001	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	157.601 mph
2000	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Jarrett	Ford	155.669 mph
2000	Winston Cup(2)	Jeff Burton	Ford	148.576 mph
1999	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	161.551 mph
1999	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Jarrett	Ford	169.213 mph
1998	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	172.712 mph
1998	Winston Cup(2)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	144.549 mph
1997	Winston Cup(1)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	148.295 mph
1997	Winston Cup(2)	John Andretti	Ford	157.791 mph
1996	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Jarrett	Ford	154.308 mph
1996	Winston Cup(2)	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	161.602 mph
1995	Winston Cup(1)	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	141.710 mph
1995	Winston Cup(2)	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	166.976 mph
1994	Winston Cup(1)	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	156.931 mph
1994	Winston Cup(2)	Jimmy Spencer	Ford	155.558 mph
1993	Winston Cup(1)	Dale Jarrett	Chevrolet	154.972 mph
1993	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	151.755 mph
1992	Winston Cup(1)	Davey Allison	Ford	160.256 mph
1992	Winston Cup(2)	Ernie Irvan	Chevrolet	170.457 mph
1991	Winston Cup(1)	Ernie Irvan	Chevrolet	148.148 mph
1991	Winston Cup(2)	Bill Elliott	Ford	159.116 mph
1990	Winston Cup(1)	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	165.761 mph
1990	Winston Cup(2)	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	160.894 mph
1989	Winston Cup(1)	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	148.466 mph
1989	Winston Cup(2)	Davey Allison	Ford	132.207 mph
1988	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Buick	137.531 mph
1988	Winston Cup(2)	Bill Elliott	Ford	163.302 mph
1987	Winston Cup(1)	Bill Elliott	Ford	176.263 mph
1987	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Buick	161.074 mph
1986	Winston Cup(1)	Geoffrey Bodine	Chevrolet	148.124 mph
1986	Winston Cup(2)	Tim Richmond	Chevrolet	131.916 mph
1985	Winston Cup(1)	Bill Elliott	Ford	172.265 mph
1985	Winston Cup(2)	Greg Sacks	Chevrolet	158.730 mph
1984	Winston Cup(1)	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	150.994 mph
1984	Winston Cup(2)	Richard Petty	Pontiac	171.204 mph
1983	Winston Cup(1)	Cale Yarborough	Pontiac	155.979 mph
1983	Winston Cup(2)	Buddy Baker	Ford	167.442 mph
1982	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Buick	153.991 mph
1982	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Buick	163.099 mph
1981	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Buick	169.651 mph
1981	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Buick	142.588 mph
1980	Winston Cup(1)	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	177.602 mph
1980	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Allison	Mercury	173.473 mph
1979	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	143.977 mph
1979	Winston Cup(2)	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	172.890 mph
1978	Winston Cup(1)	Bobby Allison	Ford	159.730 mph
1978	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Mercury	154.340 mph
1977	Winston Cup(1)	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	153.218 mph
1977	Winston Cup(2)	Richard Petty	Dodge	142.716 mph
1976	Winston Cup(1)	David Pearson	Mercury	152.181 mph
1976	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	160.966 mph
1975	Winston Cup(1)	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	153.649 mph
1975	Winston Cup(2)	Richard Petty	Dodge	158.381 mph
1974	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Dodge	140.894 mph
1974	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Mercury	138.310 mph
1973	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Dodge	157.205 mph
1973	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Mercury	158.468 mph
1972	Winston Cup(1)	A.J. Foyt	Mercury	161.550 mph
1972	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Mercury	160.821 mph
1971	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Plymouth	144.462 mph
1971	Winston Cup(2)	Bobby Isaac	Dodge	161.947 mph
1970	Winston Cup(1)	Pete Hamilton	Plymouth	149.601 mph
1970	Winston Cup(2)	Donnie Allison	Ford	162.235 mph
1969	Winston Cup(1)	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ford	157.950 mph
1969	Winston Cup(2)	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ford	160.875 mph
1968	Winston Cup(1)	Cale Yarborough	Mercury	143.251 mph
1968	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Mercury	167.247 mph
1967	Winston Cup(1)	Mario Andretti	Ford	146.926 mph
1967	Winston Cup(2)	Cale Yarborough	Ford	143.583 mph
1966	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Plymouth	160.627 mph
1966	Winston Cup(2)	Sam McQuagg	Dodge	153.813 mph
1965	Winston Cup(1)	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	141.539 mph
1965	Winston Cup(2)	A.J. Foyt	Ford	150.046 mph
1964	Winston Cup(1)	Richard Petty	Plymouth	154.334 mph
1964	Winston Cup(2)	A.J. Foyt	Dodge	151.451 mph
1963	Winston Cup(1)	Tiny Lund	Ford	151.566 mph
1963	Winston Cup(2)	Fireball Roberts	Ford	150.927 mph
1962	Winston Cup(1)	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	152.529 mph
1962	Winston Cup(2)	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	153.688 mph
1961	Winston Cup(1)	Marvin Panch	Pontiac	149.601 mph
1961	Winston Cup(2)	David Pearson	Pontiac	154.294 mph
1960	Winston Cup(1)	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	124.740 mph
1960	Winston Cup(2)	Jack Smith	Pontiac	146.842 mph
1959	Winston Cup(1)	Lee Petty	Oldsmobile	135.521 mph
1959	Winston Cup(2)	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	140.581 mph

Nationwide Series

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2012	Nationwide(1)	James Buescher	Chevrolet	129.636 mph
2011	Nationwide(1)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	139.679 mph
2011	Nationwide(2)	Joey Logano	Toyota	136.426 mph
2010	Nationwide(1)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	123.683 mph
2010	Nationwide(2)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	146.248 mph
2009	Nationwide(1)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	138.479 mph
2009	Nationwide(2)	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	122.924 mph
2008	Nationwide(1)	Tony Stewart	Toyota	154.154 mph
2008	Nationwide(2)	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	155.761 mph
2007	Busch(1)	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	156.227 mph
2007	Busch(2)	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	139.091 mph
2006	Busch(1)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	125.159 mph
2006	Busch(2)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	133.343 mph
2005	Busch(1)	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	150.021 mph
2005	Busch(2)	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	140.141 mph
2004	Busch(1)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	127.179 mph
2004	Busch(2)	Mike Wallace	Ford	135.014 mph
2003	Busch(1)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	143.770 mph
2003	Busch(2)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	153.715 mph
2002	Busch(1)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	147.662 mph
2002	Busch(2)	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	125.892 mph
2001	Busch	Randy LaJoie	Pontiac	135.152 mph
2000	Busch	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	140.735 mph
1999	Busch	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	138.391 mph
1998	Busch	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	137.213 mph
1997	Busch	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	149.688 mph
1996	Busch	Steve Grissom	Chevrolet	140.772 mph
1995	Busch	Chad Little	Ford	150.732 mph
1994	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	144.135 mph
1993	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	146.440 mph
1992	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	132.434 mph
1991	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	144.192 mph
1990	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	149.357 mph
1989	Busch	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	131.211 mph
1988	Busch	Bobby Allison	Buick	132.825 mph
1987	Busch	Geoffrey Bodine	Pontiac	155.106 mph
1986	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	148.924 mph
1985	Busch	Geoffrey Bodine	Pontiac	157.137 mph
1984	Busch	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	156.613 mph
1983	Busch	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	147.642 mph
1982	Busch	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	154.529 mph

Truck Series

Year	Series	Winner	Car	Avg. Speed
2012	Truck Series	John King	Toyota	119.169 mph
2011	Truck Series	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	130.025 mph
2010	Truck Series	Timothy Peters	Toyota	115.296 mph
2009	Truck Series	Todd Bodine	Toyota	122.766 mph
2008	Truck Series	Todd Bodine	Toyota	124.955 mph
2007	Truck Series	Jack Sprague	Toyota	117.739 mph
2006	Truck Series	Mark Martin	Ford	146.622 mph
2005	Truck Series	Bobby Hamilton	Dodge	124.931 mph
2004	Truck Series	Carl Edwards	Ford	112.570 mph
2003	Truck Series	Rick Crawford	Ford	127.642 mph
2002	Truck Series	Robert Pressley	Dodge	140.121 mph
2001	Truck Series	Joe Ruttman	Dodge	129.407 mph
2000	Truck Series	Mike Wallace	Ford	130.152 mph

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