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THE ‘DEGA DANCE

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n this week’s episode of Out of the Groove, host and creator Eric Estepp gives us preview of Talladega. This year will be the first time in decades running a NASCAR race without restrictor plates on the engines.

First up, we have some new drivers making their Cup debuts this weekend in Alabama. There’s Jeffrey Earnhardt, starting in the 81 car we’ve seen quite a bit already this season in the Xfinity Series.

His team, powered by Xtreme Concepts and iK9, will be running at both Talladega’s this year.

The car has had great runs already, and with Talladega Superspeedway known for its equalizing properties, it’s possible we’ll see some exciting runs out of Earnhardt. It doesn’t hurt that the team

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is formally aligned with Joe Gibbs Racing, arguably the strongest team in NASCAR today.

But the biggest story of all is the fact that this Talladega will be run entirely without restrictor plates on the engines. The plates are normally used on superspeedways in order to limit the air intake of the engine, and thus dramatically reduce horsepower. This has the effect of slowing down the car in order to maintain safe speeds.

So without plates, what is NASCAR’s solution?

Check out the video as Eric walks us through this weekend’s package. Will we see the return of two car tandem drafting? Will we see nothing but bump drafting all weekend? Check out the video to hear Eric’s take.

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things to watch at Talladega A Return to Action in Talladega

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fter a much-needed off-weekend that followed nine weekends of consecutive racing to begin the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, NASCAR’s premier division heads to notoriously unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s GEICO 500. Here are five key storylines to watch for at Talladega, a 2.66-mile, high-banked track known for some of the most intense and drama-filled racing on the NASCAR tour.

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The (Virtually Inevitable) “Big One”

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very driver dreads the “Big One,” which is the moniker most closely associated with the major and sometimes downright frightening multicar wrecks that occur at Talladega Superspeedway.

The “Big One” is prone to wipe out as much as half of the field or more and send cars flying through the air, often landing on top of each other or upside down. The worst part of the “Big One” might be the fact that there’s simply no way for drivers to avoid it, as they are like sitting ducks at the mercy of the draft — and luck. About the only way to guarantee missing one of Talladega’s vaunted multi-car crashes is choosing to run at the back of the pack, behind everyone. That strategy is risky, however, because deliberately dropping to the rear can cause a driver to lose the draft — and with it, his shot at victory.

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Goodbye, Restrictor Plates & Hello, Tapered Spacers

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or the first time since 1987, NASCAR’s premier series is set to compete at a superspeedway without horsepower-choking restrictor plates. However, the cars will feature a smaller tapered spacer and increased aerodynamic downforce to reduce speeds. The cumulative effect of the smaller spacer, larger spoilers and splitters, and the new 2019 aero ducts is expected to reduce horsepower and increase drag to replicate the traditional brand of close-quarters, big-pack racing seen over the past three decades at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. Of course, it’s also possible that Sunday’s field will be more strung out than is typical for Talladega and the race will play out more like one that customarily takes place at Michigan International Speedway or Las Vegas Motor Speedway, for example. Only this much is certain: For the first time in a long time, restrictor plates won’t factor into the mix at NASCAR’s longest track.

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A Surprise Winner

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f there’s one venue on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule that is ripe for producing a surprise winner or even a first-time winner, it’s Talladega. This is a result of the Alabama track’s propensity for heavy attrition and the fact that finding the right drafting partner at the right time often plays a key role in the final outcome. Don’t have the fastest car? Don’t have the most experience? Don’t sweat it. Just get a push from someone who has a lot of speed, and there’s a pretty good chance you will end up at or near the front. At Talladega, more so than any other track, it’s rare that the best car or even the most talented driver goes to Victory Lane. Instead, it’s usually a driver who manages to keep his proverbial nose clean and ends up getting a big shove when it matters most — the final lap.

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A Nailbiter of a Finish

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alladega Superspeedway has been the site of some of the most thrilling finishes in NASCAR history, and this weekend’s race should be no exception, provided the 2019 rules package produces the brand of racing that it’s expected to produce at the high-banked, high-speed tri-oval. Unlike at most tracks, where it’s pretty clear just a few laps into the race who the major contenders are going to be, a driver can seemingly come out of nowhere in the final laps at Talladega if he gets in the right drafting line and knows how to work the draft to his advantage.

With so many drivers jockeying for position, usually while running three- or four-wide in a tight pack consisting of practically the entire field, the margin of victory at Talladega tends to be razorthin — sometimes even a matter of inches and requiring a replay to see who actually crossed the finished line first.

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A Continuation Of Penske’s ‘Dega Dominance

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eam Penske drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski are off to a terrific start in 2019, collectively winning three of the first nine races and ranking second and fifth, respectively, in the standings. Logano and Keselowski have also combined to win six of the past nine races at Talladega, with each driver going to Victory Lane three times over that stretch. Don’t expect anything less from the Team Penske boys on Sunday, when they will look to slow down Joe Gibbs Racing — winners of the six races not won by a Penske driver this season. Logano and Keselowski will also have to deal with Stewart-Haas Racing, which made it a clean sweep of the top two finishing positions at Talladega last fall when SHR’s Aric Almirola went to Victory Lane after edging teammate Clint Bowyer. But this weekend, it’s likely that everyone will be chasing Logano, Keselowski, or both.

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5 drivers to watch

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Brad Keselowski

Joey logano

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Chase Elliott

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drivers to watch at Talladega

By Jared Turner ▶▶ Aric Almirola. Aric Almirola is a two-time winner in NASCAR’s premier series. Perhaps not coincidentally, both of his victories have come at superspeedways — the first at Daytona in July 2014 and the most recent last fall at Talladega, where he led only the final lap. ▶▶ Brad Keselowski. Brad Keselowski has won five of the 20 races he’s entered at Talladega, the track where he earned premier series career victory No. 1 in controversial fashion back in 2009.

Keselowski leads all active drivers in Talladega victories, with his most recent coming in the fall of 2017. ▶▶ Joey Logano. Joey Logano has scored three Talladega victories, all of them coming since 2015 and the most recent coming last spring. The reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion also won the 2015 Daytona 500, making him one of the most successful superspeedway racers in recent times. ▶▶ Denny Hamlin. Denny Hamlin won this year’s Daytona 500, making it two victories at The World Center of Racing in the past four years. He’s also a former winner at Talladega, having prevailed at the 2.66-mile high-banked track in the spring of 2014. He finished fourth at ‘Dega last fall. ▶▶ Chase Elliott. Despite being winless at both Talladega and Daytona, Chase Elliott always seems to be fast at the superspeedways where his father, Bill, enjoyed some of his greatest moments — which included setting the sport’s all-time speed record of 212.809 mph at Talladega in 1987.

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A Simple Bump and Run Edwards Wins Against Teammate Kyle Busch At Richmond

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n April 24, 2016, Carl Edwards, driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, led seven times for 151 of 400 laps of the Toyota Owners 400 to win at Richmond International Raceway.

It was the 27th of 28 career victories in NASCAR’s premier Cup series.

Edwards survived eight caution periods for 49 laps and found himself trailing teammate Kyle Busch with 35 remaining.

With each pass of the start-finish line, Edwards inched closer to Busch’s rear bumper until making his move for the lead on the final lap. As the two drivers reached the fourth turn, Edwards bumped Busch’s Toyota and made the move for the win with the checkered flag in sight.

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“Really, to be honest, the last, what, 30 laps or something, I was just head down driving as hard as I possibly could,” Edwards said.

“The first opportunity to get that close to him was the last lap and really the last corner.”

When asked if he had any reservations about being aggressive against his teammate, Edwards said, “We’re here to win the race.

You can either finish first or second. It’s a tough decision.

Really it’s about just going out for trophies and having fun. We still finished first and second. Nobody got wrecked.

If the roles were reversed, I’d expect him to bump me the same way. That’s hard racing.”

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Christopher Bell enjoys the spoils of Victory Lane after winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 23. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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Model fielded by Kyle Buch Motorsports. He made his first NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series start in 2015 and stormed to the series title 2017.

The next step was the NASCAR Xfinity Series where Bell became a series regular in 2018. Heading into April, he had visited Victory Lane nine times in NASCAR’s No. 2 series.

Despite his busy NASCAR schedule, Bell continues to compete in as many Midget and Sprint Car races as possible. In January, he won the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, this country’s premier Midget race, for the third consecutive year.

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product of Toyota’s driver-development program, 24-yearold Christopher Bell has skyrocketed through the NASCAR ranks after enjoying tremendous success in open-wheel, dirt-track racing.

A native of Norman, Oklahoma, Bell started his racing career in Micro Sprints, where he won numerous races and championships as a teenager before graduating to Midget and Sprint Car racing.

His talent soon caught the attention of team owners Keith Kunz and Pete Willoughby, and Bell was hired to replace Kyle Larson in a Toyota-sponsored midget fielded by Keith Kunz Motorsports.

Bell answered the call be claiming the 2013 USAC National Midget Series championship in his first year with the powerhouse team The following season, Bell ran a full slate of dirt-track races for KKM, while also honing his asphalt skills in a Super Late

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Christopher Bell drives the No. 20 Toyota Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Joe Gibbs Racing. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Spotlight crew member profile Roush Fenway Racing transporter driver Glenn Funderburk

EXTRA LAPS WITH GLENN FUNDERBURK

Happy To be Rolling Along Funderburk Enjoys His Role with Roush Fenway Racing

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lenn Funderburk, transporter driver for Roush Fenway Racing and driver Ryan Newman, saw his first NASCAR event at Charlotte Motor Speedway when he was in the fourth grade in 1973. The resident of Charlotte was very familiar with stock car racing the stars of that era.

“All I remember is it was loud and hot,” Funderburk said.

“My Dad would take me to the races there on Saturdays, and not the Cup races. I didn’t get to go to my first Cup race until about 1976.”

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“I’d say the hardest part is being gone on weekends. But we are off some days during the week. I like going out West best because the scenery is always different than what we see at home. It’s fun to see different things.”

crew member profile As he got older, Funderburk learned to weld and became quite good at his craft. His Dad knew someone that had worked at Digard Racing in the 1970s that was then working for SABCO Racing. Funderburk was introduced to the friend and offered a welding test to access his skills. He joined the Felix Sabates-owned organization at the end of 1988 at the age of 22.

He remained with SABCO for many years before joining Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, Michael Waltrip Racing and PE2 with driver Kyle Petty. He came to Roush Fenway Racing as a transporter driver in 2016.

He proved to be good at a variety of jobs

with the teams he worked for and had the ability to adapt to whatever was asked of him.

“I was in the shop for about seven years with Michael Waltrip’s team after being on the road for about 17 years,” Funderburk said. “I like both jobs but I like traveling. Now I maintain the truck when we’re at the shop and when we at the track I work in the garage.”

Funderburk’s role with Roush Fenway is one of manager of the shop on wheels as well as getting it to each race track.

“We unload the engines and gears and get things swapped out during the week and get things replenished,” Funderburk said.

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Kyle Busch 400 Denny Hamlin 366 Brad Keselowski 313 Joey Logano 380 Martin Truex Jr. 311 Kevin Harvick 349 Kurt Busch 287 Clint Bowyer 280 Ryan Blaney 277 Chase Elliott 267 Aric Almirola 260 Daniel Suarez 235 Jimmie Johnson 234 Austin Dillon 216 Ryan Newman 216 Paul Menard 213 Erik Jones 212 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 208 Kyle Larson 204 William Byron 198 Alex Bowman 186 Ty Dillon 172 Chris Buescher 167 Matt DiBenedetto 142 Ryan Preece 126 Bubba Wallace 110 David Ragan 109 Daniel Hemric 97 Michael McDowell 94 Corey LaJoie 81 Matt Tifft 80 Landon Cassill 62 Jamie McMurray 19 Cody Ware 18 Quin Houff 15 Reed Sorenson 7 Casey Mears 1

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cknowledged as one of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

With an emphasis to educate and engage race fans in their growing role as health care consumers, the objective is to influence behavioral changes, to provide racing’s brand-loyal audience with the medical knowledge to make informed, preventative decisions that directly affect the wellness of their families.

One health issue that affects NASCAR racecar drivers and fans alike is neck and back pain. Cormier shared some preventative measures one can take to help avoid lower back pain.

“Outside of the red flags – like a fever, weight loss that is not explained by a change in diet, suspicion of cancers, long-term steroid use, or a weak immune system – we can look at simple things to prevent lower back pain,” Cormier said. “We’ll take a look at improving the diet, weight loss, smoking habits and exercise.”

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A patient can also strengthen his or her core to help prevent lower back pain. Improving one’s range of motion and maintaining an active lifestyle are also helpful preventative measures.

In the event that a patient is already affected by lower back pain, Cormier recommends he or she take an anti-inflammatory, such as Ibuprofen or Tylenol – if the patient has been cleared by a doctor. Avoiding carrying large bags, briefcases and purses can also limit the stress on a person’s back.

health and wellness “Watch your posture,” Cormier said. “Make sure you’re not overloading your back. Consider switching to a briefcase or bag on wheels.”

One of the most common causes of upper back and neck pain in this day and age is poor posture when sending text messages and looking down at smart phones. Writing for extended periods of time without stretching your neck is another common cause.

“It’s the result of constantly looking down at a computer or phone,” Cormier said. “It’s important to think about posture.”

Neck trauma is a more serious issue that can be managed non-surgically with traction

therapy, physical therapy or an interventional procedure, depending on the results of one’s MRI. Racecar drivers also are at risk of suffering compression fractures. Austin Therriault and Aric Almirola have both suffered those types of injuries in the recent past.

“When you’re driving at high speeds, the spine absorbs the ‘G’ forces of the wreck, which predisposes one to the possibility of spinal fractures,” Cormier said. “Protect your body by consistently exercising for a few minutes three to four times weekly, and maintain a healthy life style, and your body will be significantly optimized to endure the physical challenges ahead.”

Introducing Brain Armor new product that excites Cormier in terms of improving brain function is the Brain Armor nutritional supplement.

The product is the work of Dr. Julian Bailes, a recognized leader in the field of neurosurgery and the impact of brain injury on brain function.

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Also, patients that suffered brain-related injuries were more likely to recover after 30 days of ingesting Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

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in DHA and EPA levels are more protected with regard to brain function. That drew me in. If we pursue that in racecar drivers, we can protect them with a supplement like Brain Armor that includes fish oil and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.”

Fish oils are also available for purchase over the counter. Cormier said the only downside of ingesting fish oil is that of its blood thinning properties.

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By Joseph Wolkin Race ca r d r ive r t u r n ed pu bl ic rel at io ns re pres e ntat ive R ya n El l is is ma k ing a NASCAR co m e back. Th e V irg inia nat ive wil l co m pe te in a pair of X FINIT Y S e r ies r aces fo r B J M cLeo d M o to rs po r t s at I owa a n d Road A m e r ica, ma k ing t h e m os t of t h e Cu p S e r ies of f wee ke n d s . ▶▶ How did the deal come about? “I was talking with BJ [McLeod, team owner] early in the season about Road America. Like everything else, it comes down to finding the money for it. Luckily, I found an investor who was willing to put a deal together with us. He was willing to put the money in, and it was a really good fit. I have two off weeks, but I’m a little crazy doing this for my two off weeks.” ▶▶ What are your expectations for this comeback? “Well, the guys at Go Fas are betting for 16th at Road America, which is pretty good, and 11th at Iowa, which might be a bit tougher. I think a top-20 at Iowa would be a good day and top-15 at Road America would be great. I was 15th with two to go at Road America last year and threw the car off track.”

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The fourth-generation NASCAR driver has found the perfect duck-hunting companion, however, in Bama, an 80-pound, male Chesapeake Bay Retriever that he bought from a breeder near Nashville, Tennessee, two years ago.

Bama – given his name because of Earnhardt’s affinity for University of Alabama football – was about nine weeks old and weighed only about 15 pounds when Earnhardt picked him up.

“He grew quite fast,” Earnhardt said in late February. “He’s put on a little weight now that duck season’s over and we’re not hunting every morning. He’s packing on a few pounds.”

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to please their owner, or their father, if you will,” Earnhardt said. “Just to see the drive a dog can have, to just want to go work, is pretty incredible.”

But when Bama isn’t hunting ducks, he’s more of a “couch potato.”

“He’s 80 pounds and thinks he weighs 20,” Earnhardt said.

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Earnhardt grew up around various animals with his stepmother working as a veterinarian assistant, and he hopes to eventually purchase a motorhome so Bama can travel with him to the track on race weekends.

“I don’t think they (NASCAR) would let him in the garage, but he would take up half the hauler if they did,” Earnhardt said with a laugh. “We probably wouldn’t get a whole lot of work done if he was around.”

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