TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) --The "Big One" hit early at Talladega Superspeedway.A massive 13-car accident just seven laps into Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway took out race favorites and left it open for an unlikely winner to emerge from the field.
The accident started just seven laps into the race near the front of the field when Matt Kenseth appeared to make contact with series points leader Jeff Gordon.
The bump made Gordon's car slide toward the top of the track, and the drivers running around them couldn't avoid the wreck.
A friend from Denver -- a new NASCAR fan -- called up the morning after the Daytona 500 disappointed and feeling like he got short-changed.
Carl Edwards has quietly allowed
First we got Juan, then Jacques, and now it seems former American Formula One driver Scott Speed will make the jump from the open wheel ranks to the stock car world.
That is, at least, the way SPEED channel's Frank Wilson, the VP of Production and Executive Producer for NASCAR programming,
The last time Dale Jarrett wasn't in a race Geoffrey Bodine took home the trophy. Terry Labonte, Rick Mast, Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin rounded out the top 5 in that race -- the 1994 Tyson Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro.
























