You have to give it to the Crowned Prince of NASCAR, even when it is at the cost of my very own favorite driver Jimmie Johnson, he still makes me happy that he got the win.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first race of the season this weekend at Talladega Super Speedway and while it doesn't shock me that he got his first win in a restrictor plate race, it always seems to shock him...
Not only did 18-year old Ryan Blaney battle in the Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway today - he is also doing 'Dega double duty.
Talladega is now behind us and four more teams have been eliminated from the "Chase" for the Championship. One of the drivers eliminated was Kyle Busch who was actually in very good shape going into today's race at the super speedway, all he had to do was avoid a crash, he didn't.
The new chase system states that once you win a race, you are in the chase! Lucky for Dale Earnhardt Jr., he knew after Race One he was IN! That didn't seem to stop him from trying to win again. He’s had an impressive season so far. But after last week's Talladega race, NASCAR fans are left wondering: once my driver wins, is he going to take the rest of the season off?
The last time that the No. 3 Chevrolet raced in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway it sat in victory lane. That was in the fall of 2000.
First of all I want to thank a couple of listeners for first bringing this story to my attention. Ben Ventura messaged me on Facebook Friday morning with it, and then later Jason Scultz posted it on our WGNA Facebook page.
The story, by ESPN writer Marty Smith, is about how Eric Church wrote his iconic song "Talladega The song is included on, and a highlight of Church's latest Album "The
A co-worker shared this video with me of the NASCAR Truck Race at Talladega this weekend. It is absolutely hysterical and I must say I am just a bit jealous that our American NASCAR announcers don't get quite as excited as these guys do.
This weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway presents both risk and opportunity. The risk relates to being caught up in the "big one" crash which could possibly eliminate some of the top drivers from being able to contend for the championship title. The opportunity might be for some of the drivers who find themselves further back in the point standings going