Sunday, April 17, 2011

NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Results from Talladega 4/17

Photos via: Yahoo Sports, Getty Images, AP, & THEHOTLAP.com(by Phil Cavali).

NASCAR Sprint Cup Aaron's 499 from Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL.(188 Laps)

  Kyle Busch, Driver Of The #18 M&M's Pretzel Toyota, Talks
  Martin Truex Jr., Driver Of The #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, Stands
  Brad Keselowski, Driver Of The #2 Miller Lite Dodge, Stands
  Carl Edwards, Driver Of The #99 Aflac Ford, Stands
  Jamie McMurray, Driver Of The #1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, Stands
  Michael Waltrip, Driver Of The #15 Aaron's/Auburn National Champions Toyota, Stands
  Dale Earnhardt Jr., Driver Of The #88 National Guard/Amp Energy Chevrolet, Stands
  Brian Vickers (L), Driver Of The #83 Red Bull Toyota, And Crew Chief Robin Pemberton (R), Listen To The National
  Ryan Newman, Driver Of The #39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, Walks
  Clint Bowyer, Driver Of The #33 BB&T Chevrolet, Prepares
  Greg Biffle, Driver Of The #16 3M Scotch-Blue Painter's Tape Ford, Stands
  Jimmie Johnson (L), Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Holds





TV Network: FOX.

TV Commentators: Darrell Waltrip, Mike Joy, & Larry McReynolds.

Hollywood Hotel: Jeff Hammond & Chris Myers.

Pit Reporters: Dick Bergeren, Krista Voda, Steve Brynes, & Matt Yocum.

Invocation by: Mike Jackson.

National Anthem by: Ashton Shepherd.

Command To Start Engines by: Gene Chizik.

To Back: #7 Robby Gordon(Driver Change in for Sam Hornish Jr.), #16 Greg Biffle, #21 Trevor Bayne, & #46 Bill Elliott(Engine Change).

Green Green Green led by: #24 Jeff Gordon!

  Jeff Gordon, Driver Of The #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet, And Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's
  Jeff Gordon, Driver Of The #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet, And Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's

Lap 28 Caution Flag! #22 Kurt Busch spins #09 Landon Cassill, and Cassill hits #83 Brian Vickers, Vickers spins into the wall. Vickers goes to the garage.

  Brian Vickers, Driver Of The #83 Red Bull Toyota, Crashes
Brian Vickers (83) Spins
  Landon Cassill, Drives
  Crew Chief Robin Pemberton (L) Watches As The #4 Red Bull Toyota Driven By Brian Vickers (not Pictured) Is Unloaded
  Brian Vickers, Driver Of The #83 Red Bull Toyota, Walks Out Of The Garage Area While His Crew Works On The Damaged

Lucky Dog: #71 Andy Lally

Lap 30 Driver Change: #46 J.J. Yeley in for Bill Elliott.

Lap 32 Restart #33 Clint Bowyer leads!

  Clint Bowyer, Driver Of The #33 BB&T Chevrolet, Leads Michael Waltrip, Driver Of The #15 Aaron's/Auburn National

Lap 90 Caution Flag! #22 Busch spins teamate #2 Brad Keselowski and collects #4 Kasey Kahne, #6 David Ragan, #21 Bayne & #9 Marcos Ambrose. Kahne's car is in a big fire! All are ok. Out of the race is: Bayne & Ragan. Going to the garage is: Kahne, Ambrose & Keselowski.

Flames Shoot From Under David Ragan's Car (6) In Turn 3 As
Marcos Ambrose (9), Trevor Bayne (21), David Ragan (6), And Kasey Kahne (4) Lose Control In Turn 3
  Kasey Kahne, Driver Of The #4 Red Bull Toyota, Slides
  Kasey Kahne, Driver Of The #4 Red Bull Toyota, Slides
  Kasey Kahne, Driver Of The #4 Red Bull Toyota, Drives
  Brad Keselowski, Driver Of The #2 Miller Lite Dodge, Has
  Kasey Kahne (R), Driver Of The #4 Red Bull Toyota, Stands
  Crew Members

Lucky Dog: #13 Casey Mears.

Lap 97 Restart #27 Paul Menard leads!

61 to go Caution Flag! Debris.

Lucky Dog: #7 Gordon.

56 to go Restart #27 Menard leads!

49 to go Caution Flag! #20 Joey Logano spins teamate #18 Kyle Busch, Busch spins around collects #17 Matt Kenseth, #11 Denny Hamlin & #43 A.J. Allmendinger. Busch goes to the garage. Kenseth is out of the race. AJ & Hamlin stay on track.

  Kyle Busch, Driver Of The #18 M&M's Pretzel Toyota, And Matt Kenseth, Driver Of The #17 Crown Royal Black Ford, Spin
  Kyle Busch, Driver Of The #18 M&M's Pretzel Toyota, And Matt Kenseth, Driver Of The #17 Crown Royal Black Ford, Spin
  Kyle Busch, Driver Of The #18 M&M's Pretzel Toyota, Denny Hamlin, Driver Of The #11 FedEx Office Toyota, And Matt
  A.J. Allmendinger, Driver Of The #43 Best Buy Ford, Spins
  A.J. Allmendinger, Driver Of The #43 Best Buy Ford, Spins
  Kyle Busch, Driver Of The #18 M&M's Pretzel Toyota, Spins
  Kyle Busch Drives

Lucky Dog: #71 Lally.

44 to go Restart #29 Kevin Harvick leads!

25 to go Caution Flag! Debris.

Lucky Dog: #46 Yeley.

21 to go Restart #33 Bowyer leads!

18 to go #11 Hamlin spins #39 Ryan Newman, Newman hits #42 Juan Pablo Montoya. All stay on track.

15 to go #11 Hamlin spins #39 Newman. Newman gets back going.

15 to go Caution Flag! #42 Montoya cuts a tire and hits the wall. Montoya goes to the garage.

  Juan Pablo Montoya, Driver Of The #42 Target Chevrolet, Drives

Lucky Dog: #15 Michael Waltrip(Only 1 lap down now).

11 to go Restart #36 Dave Blaney leads!

  Dave Blaney, Driver Of The #36 Golden Corral Chevrolet, And Jeff Burton, Driver Of The #31 Cat Financial Chevrolet,

10 to go #29 Harvick takes the lead!

7 to go #36 Blaney takes the lead!

4 to go #99 Carl Edwards takes the lead!

4 to go #22 Busch spins #36 Blaney, Blaney spins around but gets back going.

3 to go #33 Bowyer takes the lead!

2 to go #99 Edwards takes the lead!

Final Lap! #24 Gordon takes the lead!

  Jeff Gordon, Driver Of The #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet, And Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's

Winner is: #48 Jimmie Johnson over #33 Clint Bowyer in a photo finsh!!!!!!!! The finsh margain was 0.002 tied for cloest ever!!!

  Clint Bowyer, Driver Of The #33 BB&T Chevrolet, Jeff Gordon, Driver Of The #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet,
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Crosses
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Crosses
  Clint Bowyer, Driver Of The #33 BB&T Chevrolet, Jeff Gordon, Driver Of The #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet,
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Crosses
  Steve Letarte (L), Crew Chief Of The #88 National Guard/Amp Energy Chevrolet, Shakes Hands With Chad Knaus (R), Crew
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson (FRONT), Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Hugs Teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. (BACK), Driver Of The #
  Jimmie Johnson (C), Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Holds
  Jimmie Johnson (R), Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Celebrates
Jimmie Johnson Celebrates
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Poses
  Jimmie Johnson, Driver Of The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Poses


#46 Bill Elliott (replaced by J.J. Yeley) Red Line Oil Chevy finshed 26th!

  Crew Members
  Bill Elliott, Driver Of The #46 RED LINE Chevrolet, Walks

Final Results

FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 2 48 Jimmie Johnson  Chevrolet Lowe's 47/1 188 Running
2 10 33 Clint Bowyer  Chevrolet BB&T 44/2 188 Running
3 1 24 Jeff Gordon  Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger  42/1 188 Running
4 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy  41/1 188 Running
5 38 29 Kevin Harvick  Chevrolet Budweiser 40/1 188 Running
6 20 99 Carl Edwards  Ford Aflac 39/1 188 Running
7 17 16 Greg Biffle  Ford 3M Scotch-Blue Painter's Tape  38/1 188 Running
8 3 5 Mark Martin  Chevrolet Carquest / Go
Daddy.com 37/1 188 Running
9 39 34 David Gilliland  Ford Taco Bell  35/0 188 Running
10 36 20 Joey Logano  Toyota The Home Depot  35/1 188 Running
11 16 43 A.J. Allmendinger  Ford Best Buy  33/0 188 Running
12 5 27 Paul Menard  Chevrolet Schrock Cabinetry / Menards  33/1 188 Running
13 26 56 Martin Truex Jr.  Toyota NAPA Auto Parts  32/1 188 Running
14 14 00 David Reutimann  Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine  30/0 188 Running
15 18 78 Regan Smith  Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies  30/1 188 Running
16 27 31 Jeff Burton  Chevrolet Cat Financial  29/1 188 Running
17 30 14 Tony Stewart  Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1  27/0 188 Running
18 8 22 Kurt Busch  Dodge Shell / Pennzoil-AAA  27/1 188 Running
19 37 71 Andy Lally * Ford Interstate Moving Services  25/0 188 Running
20 - 7 Robby Gordon  Dodge Fast Five / Speed Energy  24/0 188 Running
21 21 1 Jamie McMurray  Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker  24/1 188 Running
22 40 13 Casey Mears  Toyota GEICO 23/1 188 Running
23 29 11 Denny Hamlin  Toyota FedEx Office  21/0 188 Running
24 15 47 Bobby Labonte  Toyota Bush's Baked Beans  21/1 188 Running
25 23 39 Ryan Newman  Chevrolet Haas Automation  20/1 188 Running
26 43 46 Bill Elliott / J.J. Yeley  Chevrolet Red Line Oil  18/0 188 Running
27 35 36 Dave Blaney  Chevrolet Golden Corral  18/1 188 Running
28 12 115 Michael Waltrip  Toyota Aaron's / Auburn National Champions  16/0 187 Running
29 28 38 Travis Kvapil  Ford Long John Silver's / TMone  0 184 Running
30 13 42 Juan Montoya  Chevrolet Target 14/0 177 Running
31 6 09 Landon Cassill  Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit  0 170 Running
32 24 9 Marcos Ambrose  Ford Dewalt 13/1 157 Running
33 19 2 Brad Keselowski  Dodge Miller Lite  12/1 154 Running
34 41 32 Terry Labonte  Ford C&J Energy  10/0 152 Engine
35 34 18 Kyle Busch  Toyota M&M's Pretzel  10/1 144 Accident
36 25 17 Matt Kenseth  Ford Crown Royal Black  9/1 139 Accident
37 31 4 Kasey Kahne  Toyota Red Bull  8/1 139 Running
38 9 83 Brian Vickers  Toyota Red Bull  6/0 115 Running
39 7 6 David Ragan  Ford UPS "We Love Logistics"  6/1 89 Accident
40 11 21 Trevor Bayne  Ford Good Sam Club / Camping World  0 89 Accident
41 22 87 Joe Nemechek  Toyota NEMCO Motorsports  0 5 Vibration
42 33 135 Steve Park  Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing  0 4 Electrical
43 32 97 Kevin Conway  Toyota Extenze 0 1 Electrical
* Denotes Rookie


Points
Sprint Cup After Talladega
1.Carl Edwards #99 Aflac Ford Roush Fenway
2.Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowes Chevy Hendrick
3.Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 U.S. National Guard Chevy Hendrick
4.Kevin Harvick #29 Budweiser Chevy Childress
5.Kurt Busch #22 Shell Pennezoil Dodge Penske
6.Kyle Busch #18 M&M's Toyota Gibbs
7.Ryan Newman #39 HAAS Automation Chevy Stewart Haas
8.Matt Kenseth #17 Crown Royal Ford Roush Fenway
9.Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Target Chevy Earnhardt Ganassi
10.Clint Bowyer #33 BB&T Chevy Childress
13.Jeff Gordon #24 AARP Chevy Hendrick
11.Paul Menard #27 Schrock Cabinetry Chevy Childress
34.Bill Elliott #46 Red Line Oil Chevy Whitney

Next Race is: 4/30 from Richmond International Raceway in Richmond,VA.

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