Dale Earnhardt Jr. lambasted the pack racing style at restrictor-plate tracks that often leads to multi-car wrecks after Sunday’s race, calling the style ”bloodthirsty.” Now, NASCAR’s most popular driver, who has won seven times at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, is putting it in reverse. [...]
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Tony Stewart didn’t unleash a vitriolic attack on racing at Talladega. He didn’t question NASCAR officials. He didn’t challenge the fans who liked Sunday’s demolition-derby finish. After his car twirled and his title hopes tumbled, Stewart emerged from the infield care center facing TV cameras and [...]
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Matt Kenseth won the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 as mayhem exploded behind his No. 17 Ford on the final lap Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Kenseth took the lead off the final corner from Tony Stewart, who spun into traffic while trying to pull down in [...]
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Eight years. Eight YEARS! It’s been eight years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. last won a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway, which was once his best track on the circuit. Remember those days? Back then, Earnhardt Jr. had a seven-race stretch at ‘Dega when he won five [...]
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Ride or race is the question NASCAR’s title contenders are considering as they prepare for Talladega Superspeedway. The fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup could be the one that shuffles the 12-driver championship field. The use of restrictor plates bunches the field, and [...]
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Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon is a free man in the Chase for the Championship. He started the Chase as one of the wild cards and then a stuck throttle sent him to the wall at Chicagoland Speedway and a 35th-place finish. That left Gordon [...]
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So what’ll it be this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway … a race win now or a championship later? It’s a choice facing Camping World Truck Series title contenders heading into Saturday’s Fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola. Recent history on the sprawling 2.66-mile oval tells Ty Dillon, [...]
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Cale Gale says he looks good in pink. He also thinks he’d look pretty spiffy in Victory Lane on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. When the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series comes to the world’s longest racing oval for the Coca-Cola 250 this week, the Mobilian will [...]
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It goes against every tenet of auto racing. Go slow. Let others pass. No need to rush. Many of NASCAR’s top drivers have spent time riding in the back of the pack — NASCAR’s version of driving in the slow lane — during a race at [...]
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There’s debate as to where a driver wants to be in the race to the Sprint Cup title. Brad Keselowski likes the view out front. Keselowski takes a five-point lead over Jimmie Johnson into Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, the fourth of 10 races in the [...]
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