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The Talladega Curse Revisited
digitalsportsdaily.com - 4/22/2009
The Talladega Curse Revisited
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There was a time in racing history when there was no racetrack in Talladega, Alabama. What there was, in fact, was a huge, empty plot of land that had been purchased by Big Bill France, with a dream in his head of building a racetrack so awesome as to put to shame even his own Daytona ...
Rounding up the opinions on the Talladega fence-slide
sports.yahoo.com - 4/28/2009
Rounding up the opinions on the Talladega fence-slide
— sports.yahoo.com — First off, we need a name for this Talladega business. I'm going with Talladega fence-slide till we... can come up with something better. (And yes, I know we're running this into the ground -- or into the fence, as the case may be -- but there's a good ... (more) Rounding up the opinions on the Talladega fence-slide

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Who will survive “the big one” to win at Talladega?
examiner.com - 4/21/2009
Who will survive “the big one” to win at Talladega?
— examiner.com — What Sprint Cup driver will survive 499 miles at Talladega?... (more) Who will survive “the big one” to win at Talladega?

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Montoya Wins Pole at Talladega
motorsports.fanhouse.com - 4/25/2009
Montoya Wins Pole at Talladega
— motorsports.fanhouse.com — by Holly Cain TALLADEGA, Ala. -- He's won the Indy 500 and Formula One jewel, the Grand... Prix of Monaco, but Columbian Juan Pablo Montoya figures winning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway ranks right up there on a ... (more) Montoya Wins Pole at Talladega

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examiner.com 4/27/2009 — The Talladega race weekend was exciting all the way through
The Big One- 10 Notorious Talladega Crashes
bump-drafts.com 4/24/2009 — Talladega. It's known for it's sheer size, it's wild parties- and it's known for the "Big One." Here is a list of some of the more notorious crashes at Talladega- which means "pulverized rock" in the language of the Choctaw.
The Big One was not the Big Thing
digitalsportsdaily.com 4/27/2009 — Draw any comparisons to Talladega Nights you want, but the racing today at Talladega surely will wake up the NASCAR officials about the dangerous driving at Talladega. Carl Edwards played his strategy with perfect form. After barely being scraped up in the Big One seven laps into the ...
Montoya wins pole at Talladega
msn.foxsports.com 4/26/2009 — Juan Pablo Montoya has won the first pole of his NASCAR career. Montoya ran a lap at 188.171 mph Saturday to qualify first at Talladega Superspeedway. Greg Biffle qualified second. Martin Truex Jr., Montoya's teammate at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, ...
No quick fix for Talladega
slam.canoe.ca 4/29/2009 — Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has a solution to all of the problems at Talladega Superspeedway: Take a bulldozer to the 2.66-mile, high-banked oval.
Track profile: Talladega Superspeedway
msn.foxsports.com 4/27/2009 — What will it take for Kyle Busch to repeat at Talladega? Athlon Sports offers a look at a winning strategy.
SPEED Rules Talladega TV On Friday
dalyplanet.blogspot.com 4/24/2009 — As usual during this time of the season, SPEED rules at Talladega on Friday with coverage of three different series. The network's schedule begins at 11:30AM ET with Nationwide Series qualifying and runs all the way to the live coverage of the ARCA/ReMax race at 8:30PM. The full Friday ...
NASCAR won't make changes to Talladega surface
msn.foxsports.com 4/27/2009 — NASCAR officials are not considering changing the racing surface at Talladega Superspeedway following a spectacular last-lap accident that sent debris flying into the grandstands. Vice president of competition Robin Pemberton says NASCAR will study several different safety standards, including the height of the fences surrounding the track. Carl Edwards' car sailed into the frontstrech fence, which bowed but held, before the battered vehicle returned to the track.
The Associated Press: 7 fans injured at Talladega Superspeedway
google.com 4/27/2009 — 14 hours ago TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Seven fans sustained minor injuries after being struck by flying debris when Carl Edwards' car went airborne into the safety fence on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Track ...
Talladega race fan remains in hospital
msn.foxsports.com 4/27/2009 — A woman who was injured during a wreck at Talladega Superspeedway is listed in fair condition at UAB Hospital. Another woman who was taken to Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham for treatment of a medical condition after the wreck was discharged Sunday ...
Crunching Sprint Cup numbers after Phoenix — ESPN.com - NASCAR 4/21/2009
I'm Matt Willis, and here's what I'm burning on. > Maybe it doesn't work as well for me as it does for Jim Rome, but if I say it in the Jim Rome voice and stretch out my three-syllable words, I think we're on to something. > It will be ...
Biffle returning to roots with drag race on 'PINKS' — NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines 4/24/2009
Sprint Cup Series driver Greg Biffle intends to pull some unusual double duty this weekend when he takes to the quarter-mile at zMAX Dragway for Saturday's PINKS All Out.
Byrnes cam: Beware 'The Big One' — FOXSports.com News for NASCAR 4/25/2009
Avoiding the 'Big One' at Talladega is the goal of most drivers. Steve Byrnes found out from Greg Biffle just how he plans to do it.