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At Sunday's drivers' meeting, NASCAR reiterated the rule about passing under the yellow line and provided the same information to all drivers and crew chiefs in a hand out, as it has done in past Daytona and Talladega races.

Michael Waltrip Racing announced Monday that A.J. Allmendinger will attempt to qualify the No. 00 Toyota at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500 Cup Series race Saturday night.

A.J. Allmendinger will drive the No. 00 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway this weekend.

Denny Hamlin was released from a hospital Monday, a day after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.

They qualified well, they ran well and depending on who you ask, they finished well.

Tony Stewart snapped his 43-race winless streak on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, getting the victory when NASCAR ruled Regan Smith drove below the yellow out-of-bounds line to get by Stewart on the final lap.

In an accident that looked eerily similar to one involving Dale Earnhardt Jr. earlier in the weekend, at least eight cars were caught up in a Lap 68 accident (watch video) that started when Brian Vickers blew a tire while running near the front of the lead pack during Sunday's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

There are some drivers who love restrictor plate racing at Talladega: Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for starters.

If Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans decide to throw beer cans at Jeff Gordon again, they'd better be careful, they might just hit their favorite driver.

Frequently cited by national media as one of the most glaring examples of pork in the economic bailout bill passed Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives, the language that gives favorable tax treatment to racetracks is merely a two-year extension of a provision in the tax code passed in October 2004.