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The Voice of the NASCAR Nation Vol. III,No.VIXII- -FINAL EDITION |
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The Voice of the NASCAR Nation Vol. III,No.VIXII- -FINAL EDITION |
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7 DAY ARCHIVE
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RECIPE FOR DISASTER
High speeds, high tension, high drama; Welcome to Talladega Superspeedway.
NASCAR’s biggest track plays host this weekend to Chase race number four, a race known as a high-speed chess match. A game where one wrong move could spell disaster.
While every one of the 43 drivers entered Sunday want to win, the order of the day for most, especially those in the Chase will be to simply survive.
“I'm ready for it,” said Roush-Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle who arrives at Talladega third in the standings. “You can either be on edge at times in the race, or at other times it gets strung out. You just never know what to expect. Pit stops can be important but at the end of the day, there's not really a whole lot you can do to prepare for what can happen on the track without a moments notice.”
What can happen on the track without a moments notice is the multi-car crash known is the ‘big one’. Talladega is famous for the huge pileups that seem almost inevitable when 43 cars race door to door at 190 mile per hour for four hours. And while the tension of Talladega racing has many drivers dreading this weekend, some are actually looking forward to it.
“It's always a lot of fun,” said Dale Earnhardt Junior who has five wins here. “It’s more of a mental race than a physical race. It's not really who has the best car; it's the guy who makes the best moves and makes the right decisions there at the end of the race.”
This Day in NASCAR History By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,October 3
1976: Cale Yarborough wins the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway for his fourth victory in a row, the longest winning streak of his career.
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