Think about how awesome it would have been if Michael Waltrip and Casey Mears hadn't gotten blocked by Tony Stewart, and if they'd been able to streak past everyone in a tandem draft heading to the finish line with 30 cars chasing them down. Sunday's race would have been a heck of a lot more thrilling if the Big One never happened, and if that gigantic pack of cars had all come to the finish line in a crazy, four-wide scramble for position. There's a delicate balance to what makes restrictor-plate racing enjoyable to watch and what makes it sickening. But when the actual crash finally arrived, it ruined the race. The looming threat of the Big One made the last quarter of Sunday's NASCAR race at Talladega both exciting and entertaining.
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