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Talladega run went without caution

Updated: April 24, 2001, 12:18 PM ET
By Cary Estes | Scripps Howard News Service

Dale Earnhardt is gone, and he has been replaced by Miss Manners.

The death of Earnhardt in February at the Daytona 500 left the rest of the drivers on the Winston Cup circuit shaking in their HANS devices as they contemplated Sunday's return to Talladega Superspeedway.

For weeks, drivers talked about how much they dread coming to Talladega. They hate the pack racing, the wild passing, the inevitable big wreck.

All they wanted to do Sunday was turn in a nice, quiet 500 miles, ...

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