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Penrith have the keys for a week, but skipper Matt Moylan still wont call Allianz Stadium home.Clinching sixth spot after the final game of the NRL season, the Panthers opted to take Sundays NRL elimination final against Canterbury to the Moore Park venue instead of the Bulldogs home of ANZ Stadium.They will be the only club playing away from their true home ground in week one of the finals, with Brisbane playing Gold Coast at Suncorp Stadium and Melbourne taking on North Queensland at AAMI Park.In the fourth game, Canberra will enjoy the backing of an expected sell-out crowd against Cronulla in the nations capital on Saturday.But the Panthers faithful have to make a 150km round trip from the foot of the Blue Mountain for their final in Sydneys eastern suburbs.Its not too bizarre, Moylan said during the launch of the NRL finals on Monday.I think if we had of played at ANZ, its more of a home game for them than us. Here its a neutral ground. I wouldnt say its anyones home game, really.However, Moylan stopped short of saying it was unfair on his club.In fact he is instead motivated by the challenge of leading his team into the business end of the year.The Panthers enter the finals on a five-game winning streak.Its just the way it panned out. We cant do nothing about it, weve just got to come here and play. It doesnt really matter where youre playing, weve still got to win, he said.The club offer buses to go out at most games, Id expect therell be some buses sent down here.The Bulldogs won the only meeting between the two sides this year when rookie Kerrod Holland nailed a conversion on debut to win 18-16. Balenciaga Pas Cher Chine . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Fausse Balenciaga a Vendre . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. 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Race car drivers spend the majority of their time thinking about winning races, competing for a title.Youre dominated by it and it occupies the majority of your professional life.Then theres the risk associated with your profession -- it doesnt dominate you like winning does, but it exists. You acknowledge it and move past it.Thats a glimpse into a drivers mentalityThis weeks a little bit different, because competing at Talladega elevates the risks.Your history there -- or more so the tracks reputation -- makes the risk equation just a bit more prominent in your mind.What does all this mean?It means Talladega with all its volatility is perhaps the single most difficult race for drivers to mentally prepare for.The one thing that protects a driver the most is a fast race car.At any track other than Daytona or Talladega, a fast car affords you the ability to separate from the field. Ultimately there is no safer place on the race track then out front in the lead. Fast cars help carry you there at unrestricted tracks.At Talladega, fast vs. slow hardly exists. There is not enough horsepower to create separation.At Talladega, every driver is in the lead because he or she has their right foot planted to the floorboard. You might ease off momentarily if all lanes are blocked, but its only long enough to avoid making contact, then its down again -- full throttle -- all the way around the 2.66-mile superspeedway.Its not that Talladega cant be fun, but it seems more fun for those with less to lose.Ive never associated all the first-time winners -- David Ragan-type upsets -- with anything other than all those drivers on those given days being willing to take just a bit more risk, perhaps when it mattered most late in the race.You lift, you lose is an expression you hear most often with this track.It oversimplifies the process and requirements for winning here because its much more than that -- but it does spotlight the prevailing attitude about competing at the Alabama track.You have to be brave, courageous and assertive in your decision-making.If youre cautious, you drift backward. If youure uncomfortable, you drift backward.dddddddddddd If youre less willing than others to swap lanes in an attempt to intercept speed and momentum, you drift backward.But heres the difficult part. Unlike other tracks where you could gain some breathing room from drifting backward, at Talladega youve only gone from the front of the pack to the rearYoure still a participant of the 40-car three-wide draft, only now you are more vulnerable, more at risk, because youre not out of the storm, youve just positioned yourself to be right in its path if all hell breaks loose anywhere in front of you.It sounds crazy. It Is!The Bottom LineFor most of the Chase drivers, this is the most concerning race of the season because their championship hopes are pinned on having a safe and productive race.Thats asking a lot from Talladega because safe and productive arent common expressions at the facility.Its fast, its intense, its congested, its unpredictable -- all things you wish to avoid if youre a few points above the cutoff to advance.Drivers are at their best when they race instinctively, but few drivers can drive a full Talladega race on instinct alone.Most need the constant protection and reassurance of knowing when a car is near, inside or outside. They have to ask themselves, Am I clear? Which lane is building momentum?Your spotter hears sounds out of his element, more like an air traffic controller.At 200 mph, all this noise can be mentally exhausting.So dont ask me who will win. I cant tell you.Dale Earnhardt Jr. isnt in the race. He is one of the few drivers capable of racing Talladega instinctively, just as his dad always did.Brad Keselowski would be a good pick, I suppose, but I cant weigh the burden of battling to advance vs. simply driving to win.In other words, I think most championship-contending drivers will mix Talladega craziness with championship-obtaining logic.That is another way of saying I just want a safe and productive day.Good luck with that! ' ' '