NASCAR Sprint Cup: 10 Lessons We Learned at the Aaron’s 499 in Talladega

Talladega is the biggest, baddest track on the NASCAR circuit, and the show put on by the best drivers in the series is usually a wild one. The Aaron's 499 was a little off the hyped expectations. The unpopular tandem-drafting faded because of the inability to keep a car from overheating. NASCAR implemented some new rules that affected the air flow getting into the car. Pack racing was back. Talladega is a track to be feared because it is fast, wide, high-banked and dangerous with cars able to go much wider and move around more than at Daytona. When things go wrong at the 2.66-mile tri-oval, they usually go real bad, real quick and you know that it is inevitable. Action is fast with lead changes, driver passes ...

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