The thing about Talladega is that in one race you can run the gamut of emotions. To me, Sunday's race saw folks surprised, excited, disappointed, frustrated and of course, feeling as though they can't wait until next year.

We started the week off talking about how Talladega was a track of opportunity. With Jamie McMurray being able to pull off the win there, it shows -- even though the drivers hate it -- they eagerly anticipate going there.

You hear us call the track the great equalizer; even if you aren't a part of one of the mega-teams and maybe don't have the best pit crew, if you are pretty good as a driver working the draft and get the right dance partner, well anything can happen.

Look no further than the 2009 races there to prove my point. I would lay you odds that at the start of the season, there weren't too many folks inside the garage or at home on the couch that would have picked Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray to win this year's events. I would even go as far to say they those two wouldn't be picked to be anywhere in the top 20. I think it shows that despite what Talladega offers as a negative, it offers equally as much as a positive.

There has been a lot of criticism after Sunday's race that Talladega doesn't offer good racing until the end, it's unsafe and it needs to be changed. If you are going to change Talladega and do anything to make racing there better, well you might as well dig the place up and start over. You simply aren't going to fix the problem in its current form. I sure would love to hear from the person that has the answer to that. I don't see it and won't believe it until you prove to me it can be done.