EA Sports 500 Background Information

EA Sports 500 is the former name of the present UAW Ford 500 Race, which is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race, which takes place at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The race was also known in the history as Winston 500 in the years 1998-2000, Die Hard 500 in the years 1990-1997, Talladega DieHard 500 in the years 1988-1989, and Talladega 500 in the years 1969-1987.

The distance of the race is 500.08 miles (804.8 km), while the number of laps is 188. The most important sponsors of the race include The United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford. Until the year 1996, the race usually took place at the beginning of August or the end of July. In the year of 1997, however, the dates changed. A great number of fans asked the authorities to move the race to the beginning of October because of the really hot summer weather in the Alabama region. In the year 1998, the name of the competition was changed for Winston 500 for several years so as to promote the Winston No Bull 5 program.

The most recent winner of the present UAW Ford 500 Race is Brian Vickers (2006). Brian Lee Vickers is an American NASCAR racer, born in Thomasville, North Carolina. Vickers became the 2003 Busch Series winner at the age of 20 years old. He was the youngest winner of any of NASCAR's 3 top-level series. Brian presently races the #83 Red Bull Toyota for Team Red Bull. The current season, the best season of the driver, according to the statistics. Brian was 7th in the Daytona 500, collected 8 top-tens, and received his first award with the UAW Ford 500. Nevertheless, the season was spoilt by the scandal with Hendrick Motorsports. On June 25, Brian stated, that he was going to quit Hendrick and race for the Team Red Bull squad in 2007. Another Hendrick racer Jeff Gordon said that he no longer viewed Vickers as a teammate. Later Vickers was not allowed at Hendrick's team gatherings anymore, for one more his colleague Jimmie Johnson suggested that Brian could take Hendrick secret strategies to Team Red Bull. In the long run, at the UAW-Ford 500, Vickers was going 3rd when he hit his teammate Jimmie Johnson on the last lap. Because of that Johnson (the 2nd) and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (the first) were forced to spin out. Vickers got his first victory, leaving Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. behind.

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