Back in 1986 at Talladega, a fan somehow got behind the wheel of the pace car and took it for a joyride, creating a moment that remains one of the most bizarre incidents ever seen at a NASCAR event.

Legend says Talladega Superspeedway was built atop sacred land taken from the Creek Nation in the 1830s. It also says a medicine man looked back and cursed the land for all time as his people were ...