Written by Monte Dutton Fri, 2016-05-06 16:51
I'll be over Talladega soon. When I went to a baseball game on Monday night, I got dizzy in the parking lot because I was worried it might start going 200 miles an hour.
Whoa. Okay. Just be still. It's not moving. It's just a parking lot.
Races at Talladega stick with you a while. It's not just a speedway. It's a Superspeedway. Superman would win every race except for the Kryptonite.
Written by Tom Higgins Fri, 2016-05-06 08:25
A rare off-weekend was set for the NASCAR Cup Series teams that summer in the mid-1980s.
To further enjoy the welcome break, several of us who traveled the circuit of 30 races had planned a big fishing trip.
Drivers Cale Yarborough and the late Buddy Baker were going. So was team owner M.C. Anderson, now also gone..
by Kelli Bennett Wed, 2016-05-04 08:51
Promise and potential are two characteristics which young Cody Coughlin brings to the race track every time the 20-year old Delaware, Ohio native straps into a yellow race car adorned in the colors of his family’s company, JEGS.com.
This weekend will be no different -- he's just going to be buckling in a bit more than usual.
Coughlin is set to make his second start of the season in a Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports in Friday night's Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway then on Saturday he will compete in the ARCA/CRA Super Series event at Anderson (IN) Speedway.
by Kelli Bennett Mon, 2016-05-02 10:26
Nothing could deny former Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski from taking another win at Talladega Superspeedway. Not 10 cautions, not 17 different race leaders. Keselowski proved to be the race's most dominant car by taking the checkered flag in Sunday's Geico 500 from NASCAR's biggest track.
Keselowski takes his second win of the 2016 Sprint Cup season and his fourth career win at Talladega, which played host to his first ever Sprint Cup series win back in 2009.
by Kelli Bennett Sun, 2016-05-01 10:41
It had been 65 races since wiley veteran Elliott Sadler was able to celebrate in a Xfinity series victory lane but following the dramatics of Saturday's overtime period Sadler is a victor once again at Talladega Superspeedway.
Running second exiting turn four on the race's final lap, Sadler played the restrictor plate game to the tee by jumping out of line at the final moment or as Ricky Bobby said in the infamous movie Talladega Nights, "slingshot engage". By jumping out from behind then race leader Joey Logano he forced Logano to attempt an ill-fated block on Sadler's No. 1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet.
Written by Monte Dutton Wed, 2016-04-27 13:23
This morning I watched part of the classic Marx Brothers comedy Duck Soup. Groucho plays Rufus T. Firefly, leader of Freedonia.
I didn't watch for long. It reminded me too much of NASCAR.
On Sunday, the Toyota Owners 400 pleased many fans, none more so than those who own Toyotas. Two of them, driven by Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch, warred on the final lap, and it was as stirring as any medieval joust. Rumor has it that many who don't own Toyotas were moved and inspired.
By Kelli Bennett Mon, 2016-04-25 11:06
Written by Monte Dutton Sat, 2016-04-23 08:53
I didn't watch the Food City 500. I was in my own race, one that started in Gainesville, Texas, and ended at my home in Clinton, S.C. The race was was about as long as I could manage.
When I left Texas, at 9:30 in the morning, I planned on stopping somewhere, Birmingham, Ala., maybe. I'd scouted it four night nights earlier, watching one ball team, the Smokies, beat another, the Barons, while I digested good Alabama ribs and turnip greens.
If Rub It Up had been open late Sunday night …
by Kelli Bennett Mon, 2016-04-18 09:19
On a day which saw his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates facing diasaster, Carl Edwards was able to maintain the lap position he gained by qualifying on the pole and lead XXX of the race's 500 laps. The victory for Edwards marks the fourth time Edwards has visited Victory Lane at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile".
Edwards' No. 19 Comcast Business Toyota was strong enough to drive away from Dale Earnhardt, Jr, and Kurt Busch on the race's final restart with just ten laps to go. Edwards' JGR teammates Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin all suffered from tire failures at some point in the race, this made Edwards nervous as the race grew older.
Written by Tom Higgins Fri, 2016-04-15 14:41
Without a doubt, the most famous fight among NASCAR competitors is Cale Yarborough’s bout with the Brothers Allison tag team in February of 1979.
It happened at the conclusion of the Daytona 500, triggered by a fender-banging crash between Yarborough and Donnie Allison as they battled for the lead on the last lap. As Richard Petty swept past the duo’s mangled cars to win, Bobby Allison stopped on the third turn apron to check on his brother.
With seconds, fists were flying, feet were kicking and helmets were being swung as weapons.
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