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Sam Bass Guitar Designed Trophy In High Demand

When Nashville Superspeedway, the 1.33 mile concrete oval track located in Gladeville, Tennessee closed its gates in 2011, the beautiful and unique Gibson Guitar trophy came to a temporary end. Artist Sam Bass designed 45 guitars for the track over a ten year period and decided to give it a year before moving the tradition elsewhere. At least ten tracks immediately stepped up wanting the guitar trophy for their NASCAR races. Time for a decision will come sooner than race fans like and still no rumor as to what might happen to Nashville Superspeedway. Bristol Motor Speedway would be the obvious choice since that is truly where Country Music started and Gibson is located in Tennessee.

Humpy Wheeler & Bruton Smith At It Again

Humpy Wheeler is taking offense that his boss of 33 years at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Bruton Smith, appeared to claim responsibility this past week for lights at the 1.5 mile NASCAR race track. Wheeler claims the idea was 100% his. The feud started when Wheeler felt he was forced out of his job several years before he was ready to retire.

Confiscated Parts & Pieces At Talladega Superspeedway

No parts or pieces were visible in the NASCAR hauler Saturday early morning at Talladega Superspeedway. However a rumor is afloat that Brad Keselowski had his front nose removed by NASCAR officials.

ARCA Racing Series Was A Fan Pleaser

Friday evenings ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at Talladega Superspeedway, was full of excitement. You had the BIG wreak involving eleven race cars, then lap 83 ARCA driver #83 Mike Affarano flipped six and a half times in his North Grand Auto Parts Chevrolet. Brandon McReynolds, driver of the #32 Win Tron - Turner Motorsports Chevrolet and son of Larry McReynolds, passed Matt Lofton on the final lap middle of the tri-oval at Talladega Superspeedway to win the International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250. His first ARCA Racing Series win in seven career starts.

Little E Discusses Being In The Garage As A Kid

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked during a Saturday morning press conference at Talladega Superspeedway, when he realized the race fans at Talladega were passionate for the Earnhardt name,

“I probably didn’t really witness it until I was a driver and Dad (Dale Earnhardt, Sr.) won that one race that they talk about where he came from 18th to win with three laps to go. I don’t really remember anything specific about that moment. When I was a kid, I wasn’t really concerned with how famous Dad was or the reaction from the fans. I was just running around the garage having fun with my buddies. I was in awe about how many brand new spark plugs they would leave laying around the garage. Brand new bottles of brake cleaner and glass cleaner just discarded. Because, when the race started, they didn’t leave their crash carts. They didn’t have crash carts back then. You had one tool box and you took it to the pits, so when the race was going on, the garage was completely empty of everything. There was nothing there. They had cleaned it up, put everything away and took everything they needed to the pits. What they would leave behind would be brand-new spark plugs and brand-new cans of this, that and the other. All kinds of brand new stuff just laying around. Me and my buddies would box it up or carry it over to Jimmy Means’ truck so they could take it home. Like they needed it. I don’t even know if Jimmy cared, but we thought we were doing something cool. That was all we did; we did that, and begged people to let us wax their race cars and whatever we could get ourselves in to.”

Goodyear's Spring 2012 Talladega Sprint Cup Tire Stats

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Short Track Radials

Number of Tires: Sprint Cup:    Left-side -- 800 
                                                Right-side -- 800

Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 87.9 in. (2,233 mm)
                               Right-side -- 88.4 (2,247 mm)
 
Technical Inspection Inflation: Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi
                                               Right Front -- 55 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi
 
Minimum Recommended Inflation:  Left Front -- 27 psi; Left Rear -- 27 psi
                                                    Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi