2001 EA Sports 500 - PART 2/18 (Start)

The start of the 2001 fall race at Talladega. #92 Stacy Compton leads the field down for 500 miles of action.

This race would be the final Winston Cup race with this particular rules package for restrictor plate races.

2001 EA Sports 500
Talladega Superspeedway
October 21st 2001

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Nascar
• Winston
• Cup
• Series
• 2001
• EA
• Sports
• 500
• Talladega
• Superspeedway

[MIBFreakPack]

What happened to the NASCAR i grew up with?

=(

[jrfan07]

classic racing, boy i wish they still used this restrictor plate, hopefully they go back to it, im tired ot the 208 mph "lockdraft" bs.

[Montoya42Go]

@dolphinmagic24fan I guess so. It wasn't what I expected, but now as of Preseason Thunder, The Pack Is Back.

[dolphinmagic24fan]

@Montoya42Go You must have been severely disappointed.

[Montoya42Go]

@jrfan07 I'm with you. This Sunday is the Good Sam Club 500 and there might be not much of that stupid 2-car draft thing (they adjusted the plate). I can't wait!!!

[nathanater31]

@funboy8 fox coverage has been bad since about 2007. i was so pissed when the 3 of them were talking over each other when trevor bayne won at daytona. dw and larry mac are no good. anyone remember when bobby unser was a color commentator in nascar??

[TornadoIndy]

@MIBFreakPack I know man, I can totally understand you. In a literal duration of five years Sprint, and Nextel have completely altered the traditional atmosphere of the Professional Stock Car Auto Racing. May we thank God for the late 80's, the 90's, and the early 21st century in NASCAR. That's whenever NASCAR was it's very peak in my opinion. I'm a big Davey Allison, and Dale Earnhardt fan. They competed back whenever it actually required real physical talent instead of just raw horsepower.

[Sunoco]

You know, I remember, at the time, all of the "old" and "hardcore" NASCAR fans hated this kind of racing. All they used to talk about was how in the good old days packs were smaller and drivers would wait till the last lap to slingshot each other. That sounds kind of like how it is now...

[sandman47546]

this is when the same drivers weren't winning every week.

[funboy8]

some good coverage of the race here. I think that how the races are broadcasted today turned some fans off. Announcers are also part of it too. Fox coverage have been bad in 2010 so far. I mean just look at how this racing is broadcasted and compare it to today's modern talladega race coverage. If this is how racing today was shown on Tv I'll be glued.

[AutoRockinRacing94]

I have no clue they had a corner flagman, reminds me of F1. But this kind of racing is incredible, the last time that this kind of racing occured was this year.

[NascJffry]

shouldn't they have had a silent third ,ninth and eleventh lap