{"id":12945,"date":"2014-04-30T22:10:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T02:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=12945"},"modified":"2014-04-30T22:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T02:15:49","slug":"talladega-honors-alabama-gang-by-naming-back-straightway-in-their-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/04\/30\/talladega-honors-alabama-gang-by-naming-back-straightway-in-their-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Talladega honors Alabama Gang by naming back straightway in their honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12946\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12946 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/alabamagang.jpg\" alt=\"alabamagang\" width=\"497\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/alabamagang.jpg 497w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/04\/alabamagang-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Larry McReynolds on twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forever will the Alabama Gang be a part of Talladega Superspeedway.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the largest track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule honored The Alabama Gang by naming the backstretch after them titling it &#8220;The Alabama Gang Superstretch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The speedway paid tribute to the original members of the Alabama Gang &#8211; racing icons Bobby and Donnie Allison as well as Red Farmer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23alabamagang&amp;src=hash\">#alabamagang<\/a> The Alabama Gang SuperStretch at Talladega How cool! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23nascar&amp;src=hash\">#nascar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23fb&amp;src=hash\">#fb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rr8mTqEAbi\">pic.twitter.com\/rr8mTqEAbi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry mcreynolds (@LarryMac28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryMac28\/statuses\/461590981851099138\">April 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Beginning with the Aaron&#8217;s 499 this weekend the backstretch will have large block lettering down the outside retaining wall on the backstretch. The letters themselves will span 200 of the 4,000 feet on the backstretch. \u201cNo honor is too big for the Alabama Gang,\u201d said Talladega Superspeedway Chairman Grant Lynch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nSpecial folks Liz and Krista Allison with a special car on Alabama Gang SuperStretch at Talladega today! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23nascar&amp;src=hash\">#nascar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23fb&amp;src=hash\">#fb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VoNzTAih1d\">pic.twitter.com\/VoNzTAih1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry mcreynolds (@LarryMac28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryMac28\/statuses\/461591432235454464\">April 30, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing in naming The Alabama Gang Superstretch is unprecedented in our sport. During our events, from TV cameras and still photography, fans will be able to see this accolade for some of our favorite people in the world. The gang has meant so much to NASCAR, Talladega Superspeedway and the state of Alabama, and this is just a small token of our appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place is special,\u201d Bobby Allison said. \u201cWe (The Alabama Gang) have always felt like we were a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forever will the Alabama Gang be a part of Talladega Superspeedway. On Wednesday the largest track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule honored The Alabama Gang by naming the backstretch after them titling it &#8220;The Alabama Gang Superstretch.&#8221; The speedway paid tribute to the original members of the Alabama Gang &#8211; racing icons Bobby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[786,788],"tags":[789,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-12945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar-topstory","8":"category-news","9":"tag-front","10":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12945"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}