Wow! What a race! They don't call it the fastest track for nothing, right? My race really ended at Lap 7, when Matt Kenseth bumped Jeff Gordon (just a race bump, not a "wanna make you wreck" bump) and sent Jeff slamming into the wall for the first big wreck of the day. The wreck took out last week's winner, Mark Martin, for the rest of the race. Some of the others that got caught up in the wreck were Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne and AJ Allmendinger, who all eventually made it back on to the track, albeit several laps down. With 'Dega being 'Dega and with me being a big NASCAR fan as well as Jeff Gordon fan, I couldn't just turn the TV off and leave. We had Dale Earnhardt Jr fans, Tony Stewart fans and Ryan Newman fans in the house yesterday. At vaying times throughout the race, Jr and Newman both seemed poised to possibly win. So, there was excitement to be had. When the final caution came out just a few laps from the end, we had Jr pushing Newman to the front to break away from the pack. Then, out of nowhere, Carl Edwards gets a nice assist from Brad Keselowski (where the hell did THEY come from) and they head to the front like nobody's business. Just feet from the end, Keselowski makes his move to win the race, diving below Edwards as an opening appears. Unfortunately, Edwards misjudges the space and catches some serious air as he is spun out into the fencing that, fortunately saved alot of spectatctors from being killed. Thank God, the safer barrier held and Edwards was able to climb out and, in classic Ricky Bobby fashion, crossed the finish line on foot. In one swift move, Edwards went from a 1st place finish to a 24th place finish.
Top 5 Winners of 2009 Aaron's 499 in Talladega:
1. Brad Keselowski (#09)
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88)
3. Ryan Newman (#39)
4. Marcos Ambrose (#47)
5. Scott Speed (#82)
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