Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Dega use to seat 100k on the backstreatch?

Nooooooooooo.

The main grandstands probably seats/sat 100K...but the backstretch is pretty much bleacher seating. Maybe 20K at best, although they may have reduced seating in the last several years.

i might watch Talladega they are supposed to be running it without restrictor plates

NASCAR died with Dale. I haven't watched a single lap since then.

Me too,that was the end for a lot of people.

Neil Bonnett and Dale used to stay at my house in Hale Co when they were hunting there. Dale was the real deal, you got exactly what you saw, no pretends, no put ons, same in person at the camp as he was on TV at a race. He and Neil used to one up each other in a race to see who shot the biggest gun on deer. I think Neil won with a 378-30 Weatherby!!!! The world is a lesser place without those two. RIP boys.

A family friend of mine was the care taker of mt view lake in vandiver where the state record Lm bass was caught. One morning during the week before Talladega dale and Neil showed up on his door at first light half drunk wanting to go fish. He has a couple pictures of that trip in his living room .


I have some friends that have had a lease in luverne since the early 90's that dale had leased and designed prior to them getting the lease . Dale named it "champion hunting club" and they still call it champion to this day.

I still watch but not to the point I used to. Cooking ribs today like I do every year when they kick it off at Daytona

I like many of yall use to really enjoy nascar. I have a lot of great memories of going to Talladega races with my dad and paw paw. eating cold fried chicken and paw paw destroying some Miller high life's. The racing and drivers then till now is night and day. In those days it felt like the drivers where one of us. Now all the drivers are flat bill hat skinny Jean wearing hipsters that wouldn't be able to fillet a fish if life depends on it.
Then you add on the fact that nascar turned it's back on the good ole boys that supported the sport whole heartedly it just puts a bad taste in your mouth. Trying to watch a race these days feels like kissing a girl that cheated on you. Just can't make myself do it. Racing seems to be a dying sport across the board. all the dirt tracks around here are closed or barley keeping the lights on.

Good times watching that 3 car.. Never watch a race anymore. Tried to pull for JR for years the best i could, just wasnt the same.

Got home just in time to catch the "overtime" of Daytona. Pretty uneventful. Glad I didn't invest 4 hours watching that garbage.

Uneventful? I didn't watch, but i heard it was purty entertaining as far as wrecks go

My brother went to Daytona and said it was a lot of fun. Only drawback was the race lasted so long at the end.

They are doing away with restrictor plates and going to a "tapered spacer".