I met Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliot at the Talledega Speedway. We were surveying/engineering for the new grandstands and several drivers were testing cars. They were friendly and we even got to drive our work trucks on the track. Unfortunately my Chevy K2500 would cut out at 96 mph. BTW, those banked curves are really steep.
Hollywud's FIL also worked wih us over there.