IC2,

If you remember the history of Nascar your post wasn't quite accurate.

Talladega was built the way it is and with its banking becuase Bill France wanted a track were they could run 220 MPH. The track itself was absolutly designed and built to be a + 200 mile race track.

As far as the drivers hating the Talladega, I don't know were that came from. If you listen to the drivers themselves during there interviews most of them say they love the track. but to a man they hate the "Restricter Plates" and what they do to racing. They slow the cars down and just about any racer would hate that.

RS