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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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A New Champion, Surprise Winners and Broken Records Highlight a Storybook Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \ – “You come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar Little, The Wire. From the 2007 season – Jimmie Johnson’s first as a defending champion – through 2010, exactly 100 drivers started at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. All took aim at Johnson’s throne. All missed. A shocking victor claimed NASCAR’s most famous race to open the 2011 season, as Trevor Bayne, 20, became the youngest driver to ever … Read entire article »
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Late Accident Ends Busch’s Chances for Victory at Talladega
Kyle Busch was in the top-10 for much of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, but a late-race accident on the backstretch forced him to settle for a disappointing 35th-place finish. Talladega and its sister track, Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, are the only two restrictor-plate tracks on the NASCAR schedule. At Talladega, as was the case in the season-opening Daytona 500, drivers had to align themselves in two-car drafts to make any headway toward the front of the field. The system creates a dicey game of bumper cars that sometimes leads to drivers involuntarily spinning out their drafting partners. Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Pretzel Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), was a victim of that dicey game of bumper cars as his … Read entire article »
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Johnson nips Bowyer at the line to win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—At the end of 188 laps and 500 miles, Jimmie Johnson won Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 by inches, tying a record with his razor-thin .002-second margin of victory. With a push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson edged Clint Bowyer in a wild four-wide finish at the 2.66-mile track. The victory was Johnson’s first of the season, his second at Talladega and the 54th of his Sprint Cup career, tying him with 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Lee Petty for ninth on the all-time list. The winning margin tied Ricky Craven’s victory over Kurt Busch at Darlington in 2003 for the closest since the introduction of electronic timing and scoring in 1993. Jeff Gordon ran third and Earnhardt fourth, as Hendrick drivers claimed three … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Radios will play a key role at Talladega
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Gone are the days when the only voices a driver could hear on his in-car radio were those of his crew chief and spotter. At Talladega this weekend, most drivers also will be able to communicate with teammates and potential drafting partners in order to deal with the two-car hookups that have become commonplace at restrictor-plate tracks. Many teams have added a second radio just to handle the extra traffic. As a trial run, Kevin Harvick will be able to tune to multiple channels in his No. 33 Nationwide car in Saturday’s Aaron’s 312, but he’s not sure he’s comfortable with the concept. “It seems like everybody has just gone that way,” Harvick said of the expanded opportunities for communication. “My Cup car is … Read entire article »
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