Talladega Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

46 cars on Entry List, 3 will DNQ, No Change to Top 35.
Top 35:
24 JEFF GORDON
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
2 KURT BUSCH
14 TONY STEWART
11 DENNY HAMLIN
33 CLINT BOWYER
18 KYLE BUSCH
99 CARL EDWARDS
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
9 KASEY KAHNE
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31 JEFF BURTON
17 MATT KENSETH
5 MARK MARTIN
16 GREG BIFFLE
42 JUAN P MONTOYA
29 KEVIN HARVICK
39 RYAN NEWMAN
83 BRIAN VICKERS
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
12 DAVID STREMME
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1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
07 CASEY MEARS
44 AJ ALLMENDINGER
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
43 REED SORENSON
96 BOBBY LABONTE
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
6 DAVID RAGAN
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77 SAM HORNISH JR
98 PAUL MENARD
20 JOEY L0GANO
34 JOHN ANDRETTI
7 ROBBY GORDON

GOGH
71 DAVID GILLILAND
82 SCOTT SPEED
78 REGAN SMITH
36 SCOTT RIGGS
87 JOE NEMECHEK
66 DAVE BLANEY
41 JEREMY MAYFIELD
09 BRAD KESELOWSKI
13 MAX PAPIS
64 GEOFF BODINE
50 ERIC McCLURE

[Jonesi]

#64 withdrawn, McDowell in #66 (Blaney had family commitment)

[e2mtt]

Brutal big one. ouch. Harvick, Gordon, Martin all done.

[e2mtt]

Another big one. 9 to go. Robby Gordon's life just got saved by safer-barrier. That was the worst kind of crash ever, where a car gets redirected head-on into a wall.

[call_me_andrew]

There goes my theory. The COT will hit the catchfence at Talladega.

I did like the Talladega Nights finish though.

[harvick#1]

once again, another Hendrick win

Newman needs a new pair of underwear after that, it looked like a bomb went off after the Edwards and Newman hit

[muggle not]

Good driving by kesleowski at the end. Blocking got it comeuppance.

Kenseth was about to drop out of the top 12 in points so he took out a third of the field.

[71minus2]

Wow! What a finish. The 99 got some serious altitude!
Fingers crossed nobody got hurt in the crowd, looked like a lot of debris went their way.

[e2mtt]

Good driving by kesleowski at the end. Blocking got it comeuppance.
...

I'd say over-aggressive blocking caused both Kyle Busch & Carl Edwards to take themselves out.

[muggle not]

I'd say over-aggressive blocking caused both Kyle Busch & Carl Edwards to take themselves out.

I agree. It is about time that the agressive blocking got put in its place.