the pride of south side. playing [inaudible]. rachel: drivers, by the way, thank you, girls. awesome band. drivers are gearing up for will: brian started rachel: they deserve it. they re gearing up for race day. only one can walk away as the winner. pete: here today, we have a special guest to give us a sneak-peek at the 130-pound vulcan trophy. will: i mentioned him a moment ago, talladega superspeedway president brian cite ton who joins us. thank you for having me on tomorrow. will: let s not look over small details. 130-pounds is the winner for example the going go 500 at talladega superspeedway. i said pete, pick it up, didn t give me any warning how heavy it is. he fails. hope you didn t strain anything. pete: i did, i won t hold it
against will. talk about the trophy. it is beautiful. 130-pound vulcan trophy, exact replica over looks birmingham. cast iron made individually for each race. this is that coveted trophy that the drivers want to walk away with after the geico 500. that and a little bit of a check as well. rachel: what is the symbolism here? the symbolism, the birmingham area, east central area of alabama is known for being an iron city. so we wanted to incorporate something that is special in our east region area. so for the vulcan trophy it is such an iconic figure that overlooks birmingham, overlooks our area. so we wanted to pay homage to it and bring it out here for talladega. this is probably one of the top five trophies in all of nascar. will: nascar turned into a national sport. you have people here from all over the country. not hopefully forgetting