What is your opinion of the Talladega 2-car hookup?

It's been since October since the last Talladega race and I forgot about how 2 cars can push each other around the track faster than than a train of cars can run and how goofy the last race looked with everyone "hooking up" in the last laps to make it look more like a "trailer race". In my opinion the 2-car hookup has undermined racing at Talladega and turned one of the more exciting races into some silly looking sideshow. What's you opinion?
updated by @jim-wilmore: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

It all looks good and makes for entertaining racing ------------------------but if you are not careful you will be just like Jamie, second best. But its sure better than the old follow the leader racing of days gone by--- there were over 80 different leaders in todays race so all in all it was a plus ------------------------------I guess

it was like the old days at talladega the best i saw in long time. i wish all the traces like talladega and daytona.i alway love them traces they are the show.

I still love the 4 restrictor plate races at Daytona & Talladega just as much as the bullrings in bristol, Martinsville, & Richmond. Robbie is right, the object is to win, by any means at your disposal, within the "rules".(and there's waaaayy too many of them, I mean, ...seriously...the double yellow line thing...out-of-bounds?!...awww, come on, maaan!! If it's paved, its legal, if it's grassy, it could be ugly... or awseome!! anybody remember #3? But my point is this, the two-car breakaway is just as exciting to witness as the 190 mph double-file slot-car races that we are used to seeing there...if NASCAR wants to break up the large pack-racing, they need to add weight to the cars, cut the spoilers down a little, and PLEASE, individualize the factory bodies, closer to the showroom models...after all it is NASCAR, not IROC...either way I still tune in to the races at those 5 tracks as it seems the action is more exciting at the traditional tracks...if I need a nap I'll tune in to Chicagoland, Kansas, and my favorite yawner, California(oooh, yeah, that's called the Auto club speedway now)

Although know one could predicted the winner, we could all predict the 2-car breakaway and the second car pulling out at the last second and winning the race. SURPRISE SURPRISE! as Gomer would say. Although I don't agree that it's an exciting race to watch anymore, I do agree that the drivers need to do what ever it takes to win. However, like Greg said, if all the cars didn't have the same body alignment we wouldn't have a perfect fit of nose to tail trailer race. Bottom line is: Who ever ended up in the top 4 at the end was bound to have a 25% (+/-) chance of winning. Not unless the 5 and 6 place car hitched tongue and ball and made a dash for it.

All the lead changes that everyone is so excited about on TV was a result of the 2 car breakaway. The 2 cars could only stay out front for a couple of laps because the second car would overheat and had to pull back or out of line. Even if they tried to switch places they lost the momentum and would get passed up. There were going to be a lot of lead changes and whoever figured it out at the end (and got lucky) would win.Pete