This year’s Alabama Wildlife Federation / Alabama Army National Guard Wild Game Cook-Off is chock-full of famous local names to judge the unique flavors being cooked up by the competing teams. Guests will be treated to great food, fun times, and fast cars at the eighth annual event set for Saturday, Feb. 16 at Talladega Superspeedway. Continue reading
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Cotton Owens Was Gentleman Competitor In NASCAR’s Early Era
Through stock car racing’s rough and tumble, formative years Everett “Cotton” Owens stood out for a multitude of reasons: among them, winning driver and owner and master mechanic.
But perhaps most of all, he was a gentleman. Continue reading
NASCAR track presidents make wager for BCS National Championship Game
This year’s BCS National Championship game has ties to two of NASCAR’s biggest tracks and the respective presidents of those tracks are not letting that fact go unnoticed it was announced Tuesday. When The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame take on Alabama’s Crimson Tide on January 7, Chicagoland’s President Scott Paddock and Talladega Superspeedway’s Chairman Grant Lynch will be playing closer attention than some. Continue reading
By Rich Foust
No, it’s not the plate that you get at the salad bar…
It all started with Talladega in 1987, when Bobby Allison lost control of his car and went airborne into the catch fence, with his car traveling at a speed in excess of 200 mph. Terrified by the dangerous situation for fans and drivers, NASCAR decided something needed to be done to slow speeds to keep cars out of the grandstands and keep fans safe. Continue reading