| Its white-knuckle racing all the way at Talladega | | | | 1995 Mark Martin |
| Superspeedway! The speeds that used to be | | | | 1994 Dale Earnhardt |
| possible at Talladega are no more. It is one of two | | | | 1993 Ernie Irvan |
| tracks on the NASCAR circuit that forces teams to | | | | 1992 Davey Allison |
| run a restrictor plate to limit the engine horsepower, | | | | 1991 Harry Gant (race postponed from Sunday to |
| which in turn limits the top speed of the cars. Built in | | | | Monday due to rain) |
| 1969, this challenging tri-oval course is a little over 2.5 | | | | 1990 Dale Earnhardt |
| miles and the banking degrees sure take some talent! | | | | 1989 Davey Allison |
| The first winner of a NASCAR race at Talladega was | | | | 1988 Phil Parsons |
| Richard Brickhouse in 1969. Speed records have been | | | | 1987 Davey Allison - 178 laps / 473.48 miles |
| recorded at Talladega Superspeedway and it is | | | | (darkness - caused by long delay caused by repairs |
| known as the biggest and fastest motorsports | | | | to repair damaged catchfencing in a Lap 22 crash) |
| facility in the World. If NASCAR thrills are what you | | | | 1986 Bobby Allison |
| seek, then Talladega is the place you oughta be! | | | | 1985 Bill Elliott |
| The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car | | | | 1984 Cale Yarborough |
| race held at Talladega. The race is 500 miles (188 | | | | 1983 Richard Petty |
| laps) and has always been held in early May or late | | | | 1982 Darrell Waltrip |
| April. The Aaron's 499 is also one of four races | | | | 1981 Bobby Allison |
| currently run with restrictor plates. The others are | | | | 1980 Buddy Baker |
| the UAW Ford 500, the Pepsi 400, and the Daytona | | | | 1979 Bobby Allison |
| 500. The 1997 Aarons 499 race, won by Mark Martin, | | | | 1978 Cale Yarborough |
| was the fastest NASCAR race to date ever run, at | | | | 1977 Darrell Waltrip |
| an average speed of 188.354 mph (303.126 km/h). | | | | 1976 Buddy Baker |
| Past Aaron's 499 Winners: | | | | 1975 Buddy Baker |
| 2005 Jeff Gordon - 194 laps / 516.04 miles | | | | 1974 David Pearson - 170 laps - 452.2 miles (energy |
| (green-white-checkered) | | | | crisis) |
| 2004 Jeff Gordon | | | | 1973 David Pearson |
| 2003 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | | | | 1972 David Pearson |
| 2002 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | | | | 1971 Donnie Allison |
| 2001 Bobby Hamilton | | | | 1970 Pete Hamilton |
| 2000 Jeff Gordon | | | | If you are ever in Eastaboga, Alabama, Talladega |
| 1999 Dale Earnhardt | | | | Superspeedway is a must see. The Aaron's 499 is |
| 1998 Bobby Labonte | | | | the most well-known race held at Talladega, and it's |
| 1997 Mark Martin (race postponed two weeks due | | | | become well known throughout the NASCAR racing |
| to rain) | | | | circuit. |
| 1996 Sterling Marlin | | | | |