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Anyone else see the finish? Carl Edwards airborne, into the catch fence...and runs on foot across the finish line!

Saw it.

Big one Part 2, then the restart. Newman and Little E had it made, THEN here comes Edwards and Kesolowski.

All the sudden, it's a different race.

And then - in fine Talladega fashion all hell breaks loose within a hundred yards ot the Checkered!

EXCELLENT!

Yup, and Kyle spun out the winner...

That catch fence worked as advertised.

Jimmy Johnson is such a whiner...

Stewart didn't get going on the last restart, lost a cylinder. Damnit.

Jeff Gordon screwed the pooch on lap 7.

And I was particularly pleased to see Kyle Busch get his ass handed to him with 10 to go. That little punk ass.

Where did Edwards and Kaselowski come from?

Glad to see no one hurt.

Amazing that more pieces didn't go through the fence.

Jimmy Johnson, once a whiner, always a whiner. Some things will never change.

Now hearing there are injuries among the fans...

Gunships wrote:Where did Edwards and Kaselowski come from?
Glad to see no one hurt.

Amazing that more pieces didn't go through the fence.

Jimmy Johnson, once a whiner, always a whiner. Some things will never change.

Now hearing there are injuries among the fans...

The restarted 8th and 10th on the last restart. Edwards punched to the outside, Kaselowski went with him, they locked bumpers and in a lap - running 10mph faster than Newman and Little E, caught and passed them. It was VERY cool. They were hauling ass.

Hauling ass is an understatement...

Great to see an exciting race without some Busch brothers drama involved. Junior ran strong all day, I thought for sure either him or Ryan Newman were going to pull it off.

I'll be glad when to race moves off of Fox, the pre-race shows are unwatchable, Darrell Waltrip's "boogity" crap got old about 2 years ago, and what's up with the "Digger" garbage?

Gunships wrote:Hauling ass is an understatement...

Great to see an exciting race without some Busch brothers drama involved. Junior ran strong all day, I thought for sure either him or Ryan Newman were going to pull it off.

I'll be glad when to race moves off of Fox, the pre-race shows are unwatchable, Darrell Waltrip's "boogity" crap got old about 2 years ago, and what's up with the "Digger" garbage?

I prefer the Fox broadcasts. The ABC ones are a waste of air time - commentators that can't even spell NASCAR, and ESPN ditto. I'd like fox to have it all the time. WITHOUT the extended pre-race crap.

TNT isn't doing races anymore?

Video of the finish?

Holy crap. Here's the link to the video. It will probably be taken down soon, so watch it while you can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onHXPjnrpbg

Glad to see Carl got out okay.

From ESPN.com regarding injuries to several fans at the traci:

"Officials said none of seven fans sustained life-threatening injuries from the debris that flew into the grandstands.

Dr. Bobby Lewis, Talladega's onsite physician, said two people in the crowd were airlifted from the track to avoid the heavy traffic. One woman had a possible broken jaw, Lewis said, and another had an undisclosed medical issue."

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cu ... id=4102874

davestan_ksan wrote::o Holy crap. Here's the link to the video. It will probably be taken down soon, so watch it while you can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onHXPjnrpbg

Glad to see Carl got out okay.

That reminds me of that silly Will Ferrell film and the final race.

Kind of ironically, I was watching Speed this morning (after the F1 race from Bahrain) and a NASCAR show came on. They had their cut away NASCAR car, and were explaining how they try and keep the cars from flying when they get hit. They showed an incident that was pretty similar to the one today. Glad to hear no one was seriously injured.

Gunships wrote:Anyone else see the finish? Carl Edwards airborne, into the catch fence...and runs on foot across the finish line!

There was me thinking about the Talladega Nights movie - and watching a different clip, the commentator says the same thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXwpsaHu ... re=related

Gunships wrote:Where did Edwards and Kaselowski come from?

The high groove moves much faster than the low groove around both Talladega and Daytona when two cars are drafting together. IIRC Toney Stewart won a race at Talladega on the high side passing a bunch of cars on the last half lap, and Jeff Burton won a Firecracker 400 that way, as well. You get more momentum coming off the turns, esp coming out of 2 and 4, and it carries you past those on the low side.

As for Fox, I've been partial to Darrell Waltrip since he was winning his three titles ('81, '82, and '85), the years when it wasn't cool to be a DW fan (you had to like either Richard Petty or Cale)...so I have no problems whatsoever with his lingo.

edit to add: I'll lay odds that Kezelowski pulls the same trick Ron Bouchard, Bobby Hillin, and a bunch of others pulled...this'll be his only career Cup win.

Yup, and Kyle spun out the winner...

LOL that was funny.

Jimmy Johnson is such a whiner...

Jimmy Johnson, once a whiner, always a whiner. Some things will never change.

Jimmie Johnson has been a whiner ever since he started racing in the series. The only reason why he has all those wins is because he drives top notch equipment for HMS and has Chad "Cheater" Knaus as a Crew Chief. I'm not saying Chad cheats all the time but look at his past record. Knaus is a genius when it comes to setting up & working on the car throughout the race. Jimmie's personality is also very bland and boring. The way he talks makes him sound Gay (Sorry but thats the truth) and he is too vanilla and politically correct for my taste.

I'll be glad when to race moves off of Fox, the pre-race shows are unwatchable, Darrell Waltrip's "boogity" crap got old about 2 years ago, and what's up with the "Digger" garbage?

Agree 1,000%. I hate the long pre-race coverage. I remember a few years ago when they had like 10 minutes of pre-race coverage then the race started. DW and Larry Mac drive me crazy during the race. Digger is stupid and I hope they take it off. I would rather watch the race then see some cartoon dude dig up the ground.

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