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They're hearing voices at Talladega

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Well, I guess I've gone and done it now. I thought it was a good idea to resurrect the lore of the Talladega Jinx, which has been dormant for so long you may not even have heard of it. But now I'm afraid I've got Jimmie Johnson thinking about it going into Sunday's Aaron's 499. And the power of suggestion is half the threat of the Jinx. For 200 years there has been talk of eerie forces in Dry Valley, the early settlers' name for the place where Talladega Superspeedway was built 40 years ago. ...

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