“I think it’s more of a, you know, person that doesn’t really know what goes on”.
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Granted, restrictor-plate races aren’t total crap shoots, and for the most part, a well-known driver usually wins.
“Racing has always been that balance of daredevils and chess players”, Keselowski told the Associated Press. Michael McDowell bumped the back of Patrick’s vehicle, sending her hard into Kenseth, who then went flying in the air before crashing against a wall. I have bruises on my arm and my foot, and my chest hurts. Finally, there was a seven-car wreck on the backstretch of the final lap, which included Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Chevy tipping over and sliding on its side. And it ended up being the first of three Big Ones, including the calamity that followed victor Brad Keselowski to the finish line. NASCARs box score showed 35 of the 40 cars were involved in some sort of accident.
“I’m ready to go home”, he said.
On the final lap, Logano and Elliott Sadler were dueling for the win when Logano got turned as he tried to block with the finish line in sight.
Speaking during a promotional tour in his role as executive producer for a miniseries on the France family’s creation and oversight of NASCAR that was produced by NASCAR and CMT, Earnhardt acknowledged that the vehicle did not race all that well at Daytona and Talladega this year, as he spun out on his own in both events.
“I like the races here”, Keselowski said with a victorious grin. I know our moms, wives and girlfriends dont like it. We dont like to be part of crashes. But the threat of the race ending due to rain had drivers racing aggressively and fighting hard to get to the front throughout the second half of the race. Finishing third in the race was Austin Dillon, who said his day “started out pretty good” and “we had a fast vehicle”, Spectators expectations of The Big One, which usually mars races at Talladega Superspeedway, would not be disappointed as there were a few other wrecks, besides the one on the race’s final turn, that could qualify for that status.
“We don’t want to wreck”, said Earnhardt. It still sucks that you have to do it but if I hadn’t broke my back at the end of January, we wouldn’t be in this situation. There was no moments to relax at all. Im sure that kind of expanded peoples comfort zones at the end of the race because we were already so used to running close. “Then some people took it to the edge”. No other racing in NASCAR has white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat drama like plate racing.
“You either do that or leave it like it is and look back on the track record with this package â it’s been pretty decent and it’s had some pretty good races”. “And today we had a lot of wrecks, and they happened”. After his best season finish last week at Richmond, Kasey Kahne was involved in two wrecks Sunday and finished 39th …
Dillon lost a lap after that wreck but regained it with a free pass under caution on Lap 113. He eventually returned to the track, and his steering wheel mysteriously came off in his hand.
Instead of losing control, the six-time Talladega victor briefly managed to use the steering column to steer one-handed. Buescher on the wreck, “I just wanna go home”. Im done, he said. There was a lot of cars in the top ten that we can see you know they just because.
EDWARDS ENDS STREAK: Edwards was seeking his third consecutive victory, but came up short when he suddenly crashed his Toyota. Earnhardt said after the race that he was not happy with the way his auto ran on Sunday, but that his team would “keep grinding”. We had something torn up there, drove down into turn one and I just felt the right front fall down and that was it. Youre kind of just along for the ride..
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Edwards scored back-to-back wins at Bristol and Richmond – where he bumped Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch out of his way on the last lap – and was hoping to make it three straight with a Talladega win. Sixth through 10 were Ty Dillon, who was a relief driver for Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, rookie Ryan Blaney and Trevor Bayne.
