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    Happy Hour: Talking all things Talladega

    Throughout the week you can send us your best questions, jokes, rants and just plain miscellaneous thoughts to [email protected] or @NickBromberg. We'll post them here, have a good time and everyone's happy. Right? Oh who are we kidding, this is NASCAR. No one is ever happy. Another...
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    Craziest moment: Major Talladega wreck sends Kurt Busch flipping onto Ryan Newman

    TALLADEGA, Ala. - Pack racing is a thrilling spectacle because the threat of a catastrophic wreck is present on every inch of the track. And it doesn't take much to turn pack racing into pack wrecking. With only a half-dozen laps remaining, the front of the field was tighter than a...
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    The Davids take down the Goliaths at Talladega; controversy, of course, rides shotgun

    TALLADEGA, Ala. - At Talladega, controversy comes at you like a pinwheeling car in The Big One: you don't know when it will happen, and you don't know what direction it will come from, but you know it's coming. Every single year. The Aaron's 499 on Sunday took seven hours and five minutes...
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    Chase Power Rankings: Really? You want us to make sense of that Talladega mess?

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    Dale Earnhardt Jr. gives Jimmie Johnson a lift back to the garage after Talladega cra

    Yes, sometimes even NASCAR drivers need to bum a ride from their buddies too. After they were both involved in Sunday's final lap 25-car pileup at Talladega, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. limped their cars across the start-finish line, Johnson officially in 17th place and Junior in...
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    Want to win the Sprint Cup Series title? Better grab a top 10 at Talladega

    Wild Card! Lottery! Unpredictable! You've heard those words and their brothers, sisters, cousins, and long-lost relatives more often than you can probably count when it comes to describing the Talladega Chase race, and let's be honest, they're all applicable. However, there's no point in...
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    Video: Will Dale Earnhardt Jr.?s drought end at Talladega?

    It's Talladega, and that means it's time for our weekly speculation on whether THIS is the race that Dale Earnhardt Jr. can win. Is this the week that his four-year winless streak comes to a close? We'll offer reasons why it could happen, and why it might not. Enjoy.
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    Remember the three times when Talladega went caution-free?

    Three Sprint Cup races have gone caution-free at Talladega. Think that's going to happen on Sunday? The first race was in 1997, when Mark Martin led 47 laps and beat Dale Earnhardt to the finish line. That race featured 26 lead changes and finished in just under 2:40. That race had the fastest...
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    Will NASCAR’s Talladega rule changes end two-by-two racing?

    </p> On Wednesday, NASCAR announced two key Talladega rules changes designed to give more horsepower to cars and, in theory, end the dreaded two-by-two racing that's been a hallmark at restrictor-plate tracks for the last two years. NASCAR increased the size of the restrictor plate by 1/64th...
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    Talladega and Texas: this was April 2011 at The Marbles

    It's the end of the month, and so let's take a look back at the big stories that dominated April 2011 here at The Marbles. Away we go: • Talladega ended with the closest finish in NASCAR history. Whether you enjoyed it or think it's a travesty, you have to admit those last few yards were...
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