NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Good Sam Club 500
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 12:00 PM
Talladega Super Speedway, Talladega, AL

The AMP Energy 500 is now the Good Sam Club 500, the track announced a multi-year partnership with Good Sam Club for sponsorship of the track’s fall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Bet Talladega Superspeedway odds right from your home and sit back and watch NASCAR at its best. One of the only 4 races that is run on restrictor plates, the others being the Aaron's 499, the Coke Zero 400, and the Daytona 500. The Good Sam Club 500 is part of the Sprint Cup Series event one of the last 10 races, known as The Chase, this year this race is number six. Another interesting fact about this particular race is that it is maybe the most consistently competitive in NASCAR history, it has broken many records during the past years, in last year's race (2010) the race lead changed 87 times among 26 drivers, the second straight Talladega race to break 80 official lead changes.

In 2009, Talladega Superspeedway proudly celebrated forty years of the most competitive racing in NASCAR. While the track has seen changes made to the cars that circle its high-banks, the surface that they race on and the grandstands that thousands of fans fill twice a year, one constant remains; Talladega Superspeedway is authentic NASCAR racing at its finest. The construction for the superspeedway began on May 23rd, 1968 and the first race was 400 Grand Touring race on Saturday, Sept. 13, 1969; Ken Rush drove his Camaro to Victory Lane.

Dale Earnhardt won 10 cups titles at Talladega. The greatest 1-2-3 finish in motorsports occurred a 1981 race, at the time rookie Ron Bouchard passed both Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte in the final 500 yards to win by less than a foot over Waltrip and two feet over Labonte.

Talladega Superspeedway stands out among all the great tracks of NASCAR. Its 175,000 capacity makes it among the biggest of tracks. The course itself is 2.66 miles of asphalt with turns as steep as 32 degrees.

Talladega has been called the "wildcard event" in the Chase since the very first Chase schedule was announced. Talladega is known for "The Big One" which can end a driver's points hopes in an instant.

Track Details

2011 Results

Laps Completed (of 188)	72	Lead Changes	Status Official	Winner Clint Bowyer
Laps under Caution	26	Leaders
Pos	Start	Driver	No.	Make	Status	Pts.
1	3	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Running	47
2	25	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Running	43
3	41	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Running	42
4	16	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Running	41
5	30	Brian Vickers	83	Toyota	Running	40
6	26	Kasey Kahne	4	Toyota	Running	39
7	12	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Running	39
8	31	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Running	36
9	23	Michael Waltrip	15	Toyota	Running	36
10	37	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	Running	34

2010 AMP Energy 500 Results

On Halloween 2010 NASCAR declared Clint Bowyer the winner after the yellow flew on the start of the final lap for AJ Allmendinger's blowover just past the start/finish line. Bowyer was ruled ahead of teammate Kevin Harvick at a Turn One scoring loop. The race lead changed 87 times among 26 drivers, the second straight Talladega race to break 80 official lead changes.

2009 Amp Energy 500 Results

Jamie McMurray won the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, beating Kasey Kahne to the checkered flag. Joey Logano, Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton round out the top 5 in the running order. Jamie McMurray pushed the #26 Ford to an average speed of 157.213 mph and led 32 of the race's 191 laps, taking home $229,275. The race ran 3:13:54 and saw 58 lead changes. Due to 6 yellow flags, the race spent 23 laps under caution, including the last lap.

Past Winners

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