Talladega is usually my favorite race track but Sundays race was a long stretch of boredom interrupted occasionally by sheer terror.The track officials at Talladega went as far as to get an Indian medicine man to remove any curses on the speedway on Wednesday before the race. How did that work? Not so good. I hope they can get their money back.NASCARs new smaller restrictor plate combined with a last minute rule against bump drafting left drivers unable or unwilling to race. For most of talledega the day looked like a bunch of Sunday drivers on I-20 rather than professional race car drivers at what should be the worlds fastest speedway.Even Mark Martin said this was not a race. Its not racing its just a different word and I dont have a word for it, said Martin.Tony Stewart asked for someone on the team to tell him something anything on the radio to keep him entertained.Kevin Harvick asked if his car had cruise control that would make his job a little easier. And that was while he was leading.Ryan Newman was not happy with the way the race was run even after flipping his car and having to be cut from the wreckage. I wish NASCAR would do something. It was a boring race for the fans, said Newman.Were supposed to be racing all day long and I believe weve lost a little bit of that luster.said Ryan NewmanWere supposed to be racing all day long and I believe weve lost a little bit of that luster.The crowd had a few reasons to cheer today. When Ryan Newman was cut from his badly wrecked race car and climbed out a huge roar erupted. The same thing happened every time Dale Earnhardt Jr took the lead.But what kind of race is it when your championship leader rides around at the back of the field all day? When race cars look like they are in a parade not a race?Did you think the Talladega race was exciting? Or would you have rather been at a good old fashioned dirt track race with 36 old modified flatheads and six cylinders running for the glory of being first on race day ---now that would be exciting-----------------------------------------------memories