NASCAR Tickets - All-Star Race to Feature 10-Lap Final Sprint

$1 million is at stake for the winner of this year's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, but the money isn't even half of what draws such huge throngs of fans to Charlotte's Lowe's Motor Speedway for this famed stock car rumble. While the All-Star Race has been running annually since its inception in Charlotte in 1985, this year's competition has been rousing tons of speculation, as the track previously disclosed that this year's format for the 25th anniversary of the race would slightly differ in format than recent years.

In this midst of this mystery format change, NASCAR has just come out with the answer to the conjectures flying around the racing realm, as the website reported this week that the change taking place in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race this upcoming May will be the addition (and revival) of a 10-lap final sprint at the tail end of the all-star race. The thrilling element of the 10-lap final sprint as the end segment to the all-star race is already scoring high-fives around the racing realm, as the sprint is an exciting end to cap off the already-exhilarating race.

Robin Pemberton, the vice president of competition, recently made a statement concerning this addition to the all-star race, saying, "Some of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race's most spectacular finishes have come using the 10-lap shootout as the final segment, and what better way to celebrate the 25th running of this great event than incorporate that element back into the format. I can tell you from personal experience, I was Kyle's [Petty] crew chief in 1992 when he and Davey Allison battled all the way down to the wire and that has to go down as one of the most exciting All-Star Race finishes ever. The 10-lap shootout there at the end was something else from a competition standpoint. That was quite a night; one I'll never forget."

Fans with NASCAR tickets to this year's All-Star Race will get to see all qualifying Sprint Cup Series pros zoom around the racetrack in four different segments, all building in a crescendo of excitement for fans at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Segment 1 of the race will be the beginning 50 laps with a mandatory pit stop at Lap 25, while Segment 2 features 20 laps with the optional pit stop. Segment 3 is 20 laps with a 10-minute break at the end, and Segment 4 will bring the return of the much-anticipated 10-lap shootout with only green-flag laps counting.

Just like every year, this May's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race is open to any and every race winner from the previous year (and winners from this year up through May 9) as well as past champions of the All-Star Series from the previous 10 years. The top two finishers of the 40-lap Sprint Showdown are also eligible for the All-Star Race, as is the winner of the Sprint Fan Vote. Look for heavy hitters like Kurt and Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth, who have all won Sprint Cup races this year, to dominate the track at Charlotte on May 16, 2009, when these stock car racing favorites start their engines. Tickets to this huge event are still available, so check online to secure your seat in the grandstands this spring!

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