At my first visit to Talladega, a veteran driver told me that qualifying at the 2.66-mile track would be the easiest thing I would ever do in a racecar. Then he told me that the racing there might be the most difficult. Over the next 13 years, I found that he was correct.
Qualifying at Talladega is simple. It requires leaving pit road in first gear, shifting three times, maintaining full throttle and not braking until you’ve completed your two laps and are heading for pit road. Really, the only way a driver could fail would be forgetting to steer. It’s almost that easy.
Racing at the Alabama superspeedway is an entirely new ball game. I would say the difference between racing at Phoenix last week and Talladega this week is…Â Details
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