Talladega Preview: High Speeds, Avoid the ‘Big One’
Moving from one of its shortest and slowest tracks to the longest track and easily one of its fastest, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 after a wild weekend of racing at three-quarter mile Richmond International Raceway. Talladega, long synonymous for crazy finishes, major and sometimes frightening wrecks and controversy in a variety of forms, is one of only a couple places on the Sprint Cup Series tour where just about anyone can win. Thanks to the horsepower-choking restrictor plates that keep drivers bunched in one or more tight packs from the drop of…