Close Finishes Mark Talladega Superspeedway’s Spring Races Since 2010

By Talladega Superspeedway

Since 2010, the spring Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Talladega Superspeedway have shown what the world’s largest track is all about – 200 mph speeds, three- and four-wide, 10-rows-deep competition and absolute nail-biting, close finishes by a matter of feet, sometimes even inches.

In seven of the nine races (two races ended under caution) conducted thus far since 2010, the average margin of victory by a driver is an incredible .129 second, with the best a NASCAR premier series record of .002 by Jimmie Johnson in 2011. This weekend the track, created as a palace of speed and tight racing by Bill France Sr. in 1969, will host its 100th Monster Energy Series race. And, if the last nine years are any indication, fans have a lot to look forward to.

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