By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.–In the type of stunning victory that has typified racing at Talladega Superspeedway since its inception, David Ragan led an extraordinary 1-2 finish for Front Row Motorsports, which had never won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race before Sunday.
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — Regan Smith roared out of the pack during the final 400 yards of a green-white-checkered-flag finish and won Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway as a last-lap multicar wreck erupted behind him. Smith was the leader at the previous scoring loop when [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.–Practice may not have made perfect for Carl Edwards, but it did make him a pole winner, after rain washed out Saturday’s time trials for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Accordingly, the field was set by rainout rules, with the starting order [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Denny Hamlin: I’m ‘taking a knee’ at Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala.–If there’s a timely caution in Sundays Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, Denny Hamlin can turn over his No. 11 Toyota to Brian Vickers without losing a lap. Hamlin’s doctors cleared him to race this weekend, for the first time [...]
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service After almost six hours of hearing testimony and reviewing the facts at the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel voted to uphold the original penalties and fines originally handed down on April 17 to Penske Racing and the No. 2 [...]