I think that everyone watching that races hearts just stopped, once Carl hit that fence, it looked like it was all over. He actually got out of the car very quickly and ran to the finish line, to prove he finished the race. Carl did a couple of media interviews while Brad was taking it all in victory lane, but he did mention that ‘Dega was dangerous and we will keep racing "until someone gets hurt."

This spring at Talladega did appear to be a particular crazy set of races. Even in the Nationwide series, Kenseth got a bump draft from teammate, David Regan, off the corner, which caused him to do a multi-flip into the infield, again he walked away okay. Do people think that Talladega is just a dangerous race track, or do you think this is the result of poor drafting? I have to admit; I was practically screaming at the television in the Cup race while Brad pushed Carl to the lead, it was so exciting! It brought me back to NASCAR a few seasons ago, competitive cars actually RACING for the win. This weekends' race made me have faith in NASCAR once more. I do think that some drivers need to go back to drafting school; one small mistake can lead to a huge, huge pileup.

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