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Talladega: Where drivers race and girls fight for pickles in a pit of barbecue sauce

At 2.66 miles, Talladega Superspeedway is NASCAR’s biggest speedway. And its bigness encapsulates all facets of the mammoth track.

PHOTOS: Wet and Wild (and nearly nude) in the Talladega infield

It has the biggest campground, the biggest infield and it’s known for The Big One — the inevitable multicar crash that often wipes out nearly half the field.

Then there is the other “Big One.” The “Big One on the Blvd” — the biggest party in NASCAR, where drunken fans party hard and resort to all sorts of craziness and debauchery.