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Brad Keselowski now has the respect he needs to win a championship
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service It was a stroke of genius. Brad Keselowski’s flawlessly executed move on the final lap of the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway was so effective that Kyle Busch didn’t even know what had hit him. Busch was glued to Keselowski’s bumper down the backstretch at the 2.66-mile track, and he was already planning the slingshot move he would make in the tri-oval to beat Keselowski to the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Matt Kenseth blames himself for failure to win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. – Matt Kenseth had a simple explanation for his failure to win the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway: driver error. Kenseth led the field to a green-white-checkered restart on Lap 193 from the outside lane. With a push from Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle, Kenseth surged into the lead, clearing eventual race winner Brad Keselowski and diving to the bottom of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega thriller
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Talladega ‘Ice Cream Man’ honored for years of selfless service
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — It was a chance encounter that led Robert Weaver to a life of service to the deaf and blind children of Alabama. And it was for that life of service that Weaver, affectionately known as the “Ice Cream Man,” was recognized Sunday before the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway as the 2011 recipient of the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award. Over a span of nearly 50 years, Weaver has … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Logano slingshots past Kyle Busch for Nationwide win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – TALLADEGA, Ala. – With a slingshot move past Sprint Cup teammate Kyle Busch five laps into overtime, Joey Logano won Saturday afternoon’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Logano beat Busch to the finish line by .034 seconds to win his second NNS race of the season and the 11th of his career. Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third and took over the points lead … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Unconventional approach at Talladega nets Jeff Gordon 71st career pole
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Gordon took the low road to the pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. In a departure from conventional wisdom — and from the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup field — Gordon chose a lower line for this first lap around the 2.66-mile track, and the strategy paid off on the second lap with his first Coors Light pole award of the season, his third at Talladega and the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Sprint Cup Notebook: Earnhardt: Locking into Chase field early would help
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – TALLADEGA, Ala. – Nine races into the season may be too early to focus on the points standings, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. already is looking ahead to the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ 26-race regular season. Currently second in the standings, four points behind leader Greg Biffle, Earnhardt would like nothing better than to secure his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup before the 26th … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Mike Ford hopes to recapture old magic with Aric Almirola
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — The most fun Mike Ford had as Denny Hamlin’s crew chief occurred during his first two years in that role. By the time Ford was replaced by Darian Grubb in his job at Joe Gibbs Racing, the fun was gone — long gone. In his move to Richard Petty Motorsports as crew chief for Aric Almirola, Ford sees a chance to rekindle the sort of excitement that buoyed … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Will Dale Jr. plus Talladega be a winning equation?
Plenty of intangibles tilt in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s favor this weekend — his history of success at Talladega Superspeedway and his father’s legacy of dominating there among them. One X-factor Earnhardt doesn’t buy into — momentum. Earnhardt has reason for optimism heading into Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 (FOX, 1 p.m. ET), but it’s not based around his runner-up finish last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Instead, NASCAR’s most popular driver suggests that season-to-date performance and confidence play more … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
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