Talladega race thread

[MD24]

Aaron's 499

Sunday, April 17

Green Flag 1:20 pm/et

[MD24]

1 24 Jeff Gordon
2 48 Jimmie Johnson
3 5 Mark Martin
4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 27 Paul Menard
6 09 Landon Cassill
7 6 David Ragan
8 22 Kurt Busch
9 83 Brian Vickers
10 33 Clint Bowyer

11 21 Trevor Bayne
12 115 Michael Waltrip
13 42 Juan Montoya
14 00 David Reutimann
15 47 Bobby Labonte
16 43 A.J. Allmendinger
17 16 Greg Biffle
18 78 Regan Smith
19 2 Brad Keselowski
20 99 Carl Edwards

21 1 Jamie McMurray
22 87 Joe Nemechek
23 39 Ryan Newman
24 9 Marcos Ambrose
25 17 Matt Kenseth
26 56 Martin Truex Jr.
27 31 Jeff Burton
28 38 Travis Kvapil
29 11 Denny Hamlin
30 14 Tony Stewart

31 4 Kasey Kahne
32 97 Kevin Conway
33 135 Steve Park
34 18 Kyle Busch
35 36 Dave Blaney
36 20 Joey Logano
37 71 Andy Lally
38 29 Kevin Harvick
39 34 David Gilliland
40 13 Casey Mears

41 32 Terry Labonte
42 7 Sam Hornish Jr.
43 46 Bill Elliott

Did Not Qualify
44 60 Mike Skinner
45 37 Tony Raines
46 66 Michael McDowell

[djparky]

missedf the early laps due to watching F1 Forum- when I tuned it was two by two and not a great deal else happening.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I used to enjoy restrictor plate races= this is not very entertaining

[DazzlaF1]

missedf the early laps due to watching F1 Forum- when I tuned it was two by two and not a great deal else happening.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I used to enjoy restrictor plate races= this is not very entertaining

Not entertaining as a race but resultwise it looks like it could throw up a shock, 6 laps to go and Blaney leads it

[DazzlaF1]

RESULT

1. Johnson
2. Bowyer
3. Jeff Gordon
4. Earnhardt Jr
5. Harvick
6. Edwards
7. Biffle
8. Martin
9. Gilliland
10. Logano

[harvick#1]

I see Johnson passed Martin below the yellow line but was never penalized :rolleyes:

ashamed for Blaney, he was doing so great until Busch, did his usual, version of being Busch.

[Alexamateo]

I didn't see anything penalty worthy. He was back in bounds well before making the pass. It's different, but I enjoyed the race, Heck guys were starting to be lapped at Talladega during the long green flag runs. I haven't seen cars that spread out at Talladega since before restrictor plates.

I do have a question though, Was it Dale Johnson, beating Kevin Bowyer to the line by two inches? Or was it Jimmie Earnhardt nipping Clint Harvick on that last lap? :D

[call_me_andrew]

I used to like restrictor plate racing... then I grew up and developed a sense of taste!

The tandems are better than the pack, but still inferior to unrestricted engines.

[harvick#1]

plate racing produces artificial finishes like these, why are they calling this the best ever???? its Talladega and plate racing. the best finish is still Darlington of 2003 with Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch, that was a real finish.

[Lee Roy]

As far as I'm concerned, the Cup season is only 32 races instead of 36. For me, Daytona and Talladega no longer exist. This new style of "plate" racing is even more ludicrous than it's ever been before.

When they reconfigure those tracks to where they no longer need "plates", I'll put those races back on my "schedule".

[F1boat]

Well, I loved the ending, a close finish is a close finish. It seems that in every board here people are very nostalgic. Can't really blame them - I am similar when we are speaking about F1, but still...

[wedge]

When they reconfigure those tracks to where they no longer need "plates", I'll put those races back on my "schedule".

I'm close to giving up on sticking up for plate races. I'm inclined to agree that one end of banking (not the tri-oval) should be lowered.