Inside NASCAR's biggest party at Talladega

LINCOLN, Ala. - Chaos at Talladega Superspeedway is practically guaranteed, but that's not exclusive to Sunday's Cup Series race at NASCAR's longest track.

As dusk settles on the campers in the infield of the 2.66-mile track, the party begins - or continues, depending on racing fans' Friday schedule - on a long stretch of pavement, known as The Big One on the Boulevard. Ahead of Talladega's two Cup Series races each year, fans looking to watch the insanity file in, drinks in hand, as campfire smoke fills the air and they wait for drivers on a parade float to show up.

But those actually participating in the wild and absurd games appear to be drinking the fastest. How else are you supposed to prepare to potentially embarrass yourself in front of hundreds of people?

"We competed in the games last year and wanted to come back and do it again," said 26-year-old Katie Hill. With a Miller Lite in hand and a blue tutu around her waist, she and her childhood friend, Elizabeth Moulton, anxiously waited to participate in the night's main event, the Dirty Girl Deluxe Car Wash Pit Obstacle Race.

Moulton won one of the games last year - $250 in a game they described as "poop scoop in pudding," which is basically pudding wrestling as you searched for a "golden poo."

But this year, four women with different colored tutus - Moulton's was fuchsia - would burst through a line of hanging pool noodles, dive into a vat of soapy water, jump out and see who could clean a window covered in mustard and chocolate sauce the fastest.

The catch? The contestants aren't allowed to use their hands.

"This year is a little more risque," Hill said. "It's basically a wet t-shirt contest, but it's so fun. We're excited and go-with-the-flow people."

Bobby Williams, a 28-year-old from Milton, Florida, said he prepped by not eating a thing all day, while 48-year-old Danny Roark of Indiana didn't do more than drink to prepare.

"I'm (expletive) fat and hungry," said Roark, who was the first contestant eliminated after finishing the pickled eggs last.

Williams' strategy worked well, as he advanced to the final round with ramen. He survived his opponent - who vomited off the side of the stage in front of the drivers' float - and Wallace yelling in his ear on the stage next to him, walking away with $100 for his efforts.