Originally Posted by shovelhd

It's not about the top speed, it's the close-up racing and the almost-wrecks every ten seconds all around the track. That and pit stops are absolutely nuts as losing a second puts you back 10+ places and then you have to drive like Jen in Jacksonville traffic to get back to the front. The banking is 36 degrees. The G-forces and August heat wear the drivers down to the point that some of them are hospitalized with heat stroke. Now that's racin'.

Originally Posted by shovelhd

The speed doesn't vary much all the way around because of the banking. It's like 100-140-100-140.

And I can verify firsthand that Tennessee rednecks know how to party. We got to the track at 6am on Sunday and some good old boys were finishing a keg-fueled beer bong right in front of the gate.