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Apr 21, 2009 - 3:42 PM 
April 26, 2009
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Alabama
Race 9 of 36 on Sprint Cup circuit

TV: FOX, 1:30 p.m. EDT

Laps: 188
Track length: 2.66 miles
Race length: 500 miles

Qualifying record: Bill Elliott, Ford, 212.809 mph, April 1987
Race record: Mark Martin, Ford, 188.354 mph, May 1997

2008 Top 10
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 1. Kyle Busch (18), Toyota 
 2. Juan Pablo Montoya (42), Dodge
 3. Denny Hamlin (11),  Toyota 
 4. David Ragan (6), Ford
 5. Brian Vickers (83), Toyota 
 6. Travis Kvapil (28), Ford 
 7. Casey Mears (5), Chevrolet  
 8. Ryan Newman (12), Dodge
 9. Clint Bowyer (07), Chevrolet 
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88),  Chevrolet 

Past Champions
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2008  Kyle Busch, Toyota, 157.409 mph
2007  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 154.167 mph
2006  Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 142.880 mph
2005  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 146.904 mph
2004  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 129.396 mph
2003  Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 144.625 mph
2002  Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 159.022 mph
2001  Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet, 184.003 mph
2000  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 161.156 mph
1999  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 163.395 mph
1998  Bobby Labonte, Pontiac 163.439 mph
1997  Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 156.601 mph
1996  Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 133.387 mph
1995  Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 173.188 mph
1994  Jimmy Spencer, Ford, 163.217 mph
1993  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 153.858 mph
1992  Ernie Irvan, Chevrolet, 176.309 mph
1991  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 147.383 mph
1990  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 174.430 mph  
1989  Terry Labonte, Ford, 157.354 mph
1988  Ken Schrader, Chevrolet, 154.505 mph
1987  Bill Elliot, Ford, 171.293 mph
1986  Bobby Hillin, 151.552 mph
1985  Cale Yarborough, Ford, 148.772 mph
1984  Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 155.485 mph
1983  Dale Earnhardt, Ford, 170.611 mph
1982  Darrell Waltrip, Buick, 168.157 mph
1981  Ron Bouchard, Buick, 156.737 mph
1980  Neil Bonnett, Mercury, 166.894 mph
1979  Darrell Waltrip, Oldsmobile, 161.229 mph
1978  Lennie Pond, Oldsmobile, 174.700 mph
1977  Donnie Allison, Chevrolet, 162.524 mph
1976  Dave Marcis, Dodge, 157.547 mph
1975  Buddy Baker, Ford, 130.892 mph
1974  Richard Petty, 74 Dodge, 148.637 mph
1973  Dick Brooks, 72 Plymouth, 145.454 mph
1972  James Hylton, 71 Mercury, 148.728 mph
1971  Bobby Allison, 69 Mercury, 145.945 mph
1970  Pete Hamilton, 70 Plymouth, 158.517 mph
1969  Richard Brickhouse, 69 Dodge, 153.778 mph

(Note: Race held in the fall between 1969-97)







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