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For one final push, for one pivotal stretch Sunday night at Talladega, Front Row Motorsports -- the little team that roared -- was the most dominant team in NASCAR.

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Sunday's -- or Monday's, or Tuesday's, depending on the weather -- Aaron's 499 may not be a replay of the single-file promenade that kept you dozing and grumbling through the Gen-6 car's debut at Daytona in February. "I...

The last-lap mayhem that collected 25 cars at Talladega was so ... Talladega. Sometimes we expect the worst from the most unpredictable track in NASCAR -- and Sunday we got it.

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Here at Casino de Alabama, for the least predictable and most broadly decisive race of the season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is taking a deep breath, placing both hands around all his chips and pushing them forward. For him, in the Chase...

Clint Bowyer could be in prime position to benefit most from the great Chase equalizer -- Talladega. The big three -- Keselowski, Johnson, Hamlin -- had better take notice.

So here we are, running 140 mph into the first turn at Indy in a Dodge Viper and Carroll Shelby is driving, his head turned toward me, running that mouth in that gravelly Texas twang. He's driving with his left hand and gesturing with his right, not...

We first thought Matt Kenseth was gonna cruise to another plate victory Sunday at Talladega. We then thought Kyle Busch was gonna slingshot past the leader for a last-lap win. But Brad Keselowski had his own ideas.

Matt Kenseth, winner of the season-opening Daytona 500, can't wait to see what he's got for Sunday's race at Talladega. But it's still always a crapshoot at Casino de Alabama.

Oh, honey, hail! Hail! The gang's all here For an Alabama jubilee George Cobb and Jack Yellen, 1915 TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Silly me, I thought there would be one car here Sunday that could draw a mightier roar from the grandstands than even the No. 88...

It started with a $20 race car and a dream. Today, Richard Childress is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner with 100 race wins and a backstory worthy of Hollywood.

Go all-out or nothing, the boss said, and Clint Bowyer did just that to nip teammate Jeff Burton at Talladega. Owner Richard Childress should be applauded for giving the fans a show.

There's nothing normal about restrictor-plate racing at Talladega, Kyle Busch correctly dubbing it "another form of Motorsports." The key? Find a buddy and take your shot.

William Faulkner adored his niece, Dean. "Deanie" Faulkner Wells relished the idea of visiting Talladega for a race. Unfortunately, our man waited too long to take her.

If you weren't thrilled by the finish -- and ultimately Jimmie Johnson's win thanks to teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- at Talladega on Sunday, then you never will like NASCAR.

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The odds against a repeat of last fall's photo finish here -- so close it had to be confirmed by computers -- might seem long. Not necessarily. Teammates Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick could fight it out again within Richard Chil...

Why on earth would literary matriarch Dean Faulkner Wells yearn to experience, firsthand, the "Alabama madness" that is Talladega Speedway? Because Dega, simply put, transcends all.