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Article: Auto Racing Glance
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP
AMP Energy 500
Site: Talladega, Ala.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 2-3:30 p.m., 4-5 p.m.);
Saturday, qualifying (Speed, noon-3 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m.
(ABC, noon-5 p.m.).
Track: Talladega Superspeedway (oval, 2.66 miles).
Race distance: 500 miles, 188 laps.
Last year: Tony Stewart ended a 43-race winless streak with his
lone victory in his final season for Joe Gibbs Racings. Stewart
blocked Regan Smith for the final three laps, forcing Smith to dip
below the out-of-bounds line to make a last-ditch pass that NASCAR
later ruled illegal.
Last week: Denny Hamlin raced to his third victory of the year,
holding off series leader Jimmie Johnson at Martinsville Speedway. ...