Kyle Busch gets a push from Marcus Ambrose... He goes into the back of Kasey Kahne to send him around and all hell breaks loose at Talladega... Busch admitted on his in-car communications that it was his fault...
Your victims- Kyle, Kahne, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Ambrose, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, David Stremme, Martin Truex, Junior, and Jeff Burton all either got damage of some sort or are out for the day... 14 of 43...
Not a bad percentage for the haunted speedway to take another chunk out of the sport... a full one-third of the field...
Here's a little bit of it from nascarcrashesmore...
More when we know more...
UPDATE: With 6 laps to go, it all happened again...
It looked like Ricky Stenhouse squeezed JJ Yeley as the cars went four wide and it caused another chain reaction involving Kurt Busch (who was looking to win the race). Ryan Newman ended up with the 78 on top of him. Bowyer, both Labontes, David Stremme, Danica Patrick, Jamie McMurray, and Jeff Gordon were all involved.
Stenhouse called out Yeley in his own in-car communication...
Here's the other big one...
NASCAR, much like Saturday's Nationwide race, only allowed one pass for a green-white-checkered finish. Seven hours after the official start, David Ragan got a big push from his teammate David Gilliand and beat out Johnson, Edwards, and Kenseth.
((HT: NASCAR))
Huzzahs to everyone at Front Row Motorsports for their finish...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Okay, So Who Won At Talladega Saturday...
((HT: NASCAR on ESPN))
The HQ will just show you the video of the finish first and let you come up with an answer...
Initial crossing of the finish line gave it to Kasey Kahne, but NASCAR ruled that Regan Smith had the lead at the time of the caution from the wreck that happened behind all the leaders...
"I was thinking 'Man, I hope we got it," Smith admitted. "I'm pretty sure we got it when the flag came out and I saw the lights come on.' I knew we were ahead. I don't know if it's vindication, but I definitely wanted to win and it certainly wipes that bad memory away."
What Smith was referring to was this from 2008...
The race was delayed three hours by rain and slowed by seven cautions. NASCAR cut the race distance by 10 laps because of darkness.
And don't think there won't be more of this Sunday and that the speedway won't think about installing lights from this moment forward...
The HQ will just show you the video of the finish first and let you come up with an answer...
Initial crossing of the finish line gave it to Kasey Kahne, but NASCAR ruled that Regan Smith had the lead at the time of the caution from the wreck that happened behind all the leaders...
"I was thinking 'Man, I hope we got it," Smith admitted. "I'm pretty sure we got it when the flag came out and I saw the lights come on.' I knew we were ahead. I don't know if it's vindication, but I definitely wanted to win and it certainly wipes that bad memory away."
What Smith was referring to was this from 2008...
The race was delayed three hours by rain and slowed by seven cautions. NASCAR cut the race distance by 10 laps because of darkness.
And don't think there won't be more of this Sunday and that the speedway won't think about installing lights from this moment forward...
Monday, October 8, 2012
The Big One At Talladega Was... Normal...
((HT: NASCAR on ESPN))
Talladega has a mind all of its own when it comes to the racing we see...
Restrictor plates, curses, and usually "The Big One...."
And, what we mean by that for the uninitiated, is a very large wreck that takes out a great deal of the field- usually contenders- that puts some unsuspecting soul at the top of the ladder that you wouldn't normally suspect...
Here's all the fury on the green-white-checkered...
Four-wide is bats***-crazy-insane... and Tony Stewart's trying to block down to the bitter end blew the whole thing up and sent shards across 25 cars...which included 10 of the 12 Chasers...
"It's not safe. It's not. It's bloodthirsty," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said after the race. "If that's what people want, that's ridiculous."
But Stewart did fall on the sword for this one...
"I just screwed up. I turned down and cut across Michael and crashed the whole field," he said. "It was my fault, blocking and trying to stay where I was at.
"I was trying to win the race and I was trying to stay ahead of Matt there and Michael got a great run on the bottom and had a big head of steam, and when I turned down, I turned across the front of his car. Just a mistake on my part but cost a lot of people a bad day."
Brad Keselowski is now 14 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson, 20 ahead of Denny Hamlin, and 37 ahead of both Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer.
Those surprises in the final standings we talked about above...??? Regan Smith was 4th, Travis Kvapil was 8th, and David Gilliland was 15th...
Talladega has a mind all of its own when it comes to the racing we see...
Restrictor plates, curses, and usually "The Big One...."
And, what we mean by that for the uninitiated, is a very large wreck that takes out a great deal of the field- usually contenders- that puts some unsuspecting soul at the top of the ladder that you wouldn't normally suspect...
Here's all the fury on the green-white-checkered...
Four-wide is bats***-crazy-insane... and Tony Stewart's trying to block down to the bitter end blew the whole thing up and sent shards across 25 cars...which included 10 of the 12 Chasers...
"It's not safe. It's not. It's bloodthirsty," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said after the race. "If that's what people want, that's ridiculous."
But Stewart did fall on the sword for this one...
"I just screwed up. I turned down and cut across Michael and crashed the whole field," he said. "It was my fault, blocking and trying to stay where I was at.
"I was trying to win the race and I was trying to stay ahead of Matt there and Michael got a great run on the bottom and had a big head of steam, and when I turned down, I turned across the front of his car. Just a mistake on my part but cost a lot of people a bad day."
Brad Keselowski is now 14 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson, 20 ahead of Denny Hamlin, and 37 ahead of both Kasey Kahne and Clint Bowyer.
Those surprises in the final standings we talked about above...??? Regan Smith was 4th, Travis Kvapil was 8th, and David Gilliland was 15th...
Monday, May 7, 2012
NASCAR Talking To Danica
((HT: ESPN on ABC/NASCAR))
Here's what happened after the Nationwide race Saturday...
So, now it appears that the guys in the truck are going to speak to the JR Motorsports driver after her attempt to rub out Sam Hornish, Junior...
As you saw, Hornish apologized after the race (whether Patrick believed it or not) and still got put in the wall for his efforts as, apparently, he had a tire going down.
So much for remembering their Indy days...
Here's what happened after the Nationwide race Saturday...
So, now it appears that the guys in the truck are going to speak to the JR Motorsports driver after her attempt to rub out Sam Hornish, Junior...
As you saw, Hornish apologized after the race (whether Patrick believed it or not) and still got put in the wall for his efforts as, apparently, he had a tire going down.
So much for remembering their Indy days...
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Kurt Busch Channels Ricky Bobby
((HT: NASCAR on FOX/youtube))
Because, after all, it's all about me...
Admittedly, when TBH informed the HQ about the idea that Kurt Busch and Phoenix Racing had for the Talladega race, we were looking forward to seeing Laughing Clown Malt Liquor on the hood of the 51 car since Wonder said "No."
Party poopers...
But they were having a good day until the eventual winner did the following...
Kurt finished 20th...
Good for the 51 car- sounds like they made lemonade...
Because, after all, it's all about me...
Admittedly, when TBH informed the HQ about the idea that Kurt Busch and Phoenix Racing had for the Talladega race, we were looking forward to seeing Laughing Clown Malt Liquor on the hood of the 51 car since Wonder said "No."
Party poopers...
But they were having a good day until the eventual winner did the following...
Kurt finished 20th...
Good for the 51 car- sounds like they made lemonade...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Eric McClure transported to hospital after bad crash
It always happens at Talladega. Sometimes its in the Truck race, sometimes the ARCA race, sometimes the Nationwide and usually the Sprint Cup race.
On Saturday, it was at the Nationwide race. Specifically, the Aarons 312.
Eric McClure was part of a pack of cars that went every way, including sidelways late in the race. McClure's car hit the safety wall.
It hit hard. Very hard.
Reportedly, McClure was conscious and speaking, but he was hauled off on a stretcher and flown to the hospital via helicopter.
If we find out an update, we will post it here.
In the meantime, here's the video:
On Saturday, it was at the Nationwide race. Specifically, the Aarons 312.
Eric McClure was part of a pack of cars that went every way, including sidelways late in the race. McClure's car hit the safety wall.
It hit hard. Very hard.
Reportedly, McClure was conscious and speaking, but he was hauled off on a stretcher and flown to the hospital via helicopter.
If we find out an update, we will post it here.
In the meantime, here's the video:
Friday, May 4, 2012
Talladega Weekend Starts Early With A Big One...
((HT: Speed/NASCAR/youtube))
Usually, the "Big One" happens on Sunday race day at Talladega, on the back stretch, when people get absolutely silly trying to get track position.
The ARCA race was the Friday appetizer and made sure people remembered what's going on during the rest of the weekend...
The carnage (excuse the HQ's unintentional pun) started on Lap 11...
Mike Affarano had his hands full with 20 to go...
The HQ thinks it's 6-and-a-half turns...
Oh, it was really cool to see 77-year-old James Hylton work his way through the field and Brandon McReynolds, son of Larry Mac, got a big push from Chad Hackenbracht for the win...
Dad was pleased...
Usually, the "Big One" happens on Sunday race day at Talladega, on the back stretch, when people get absolutely silly trying to get track position.
The ARCA race was the Friday appetizer and made sure people remembered what's going on during the rest of the weekend...
The carnage (excuse the HQ's unintentional pun) started on Lap 11...
Mike Affarano had his hands full with 20 to go...
The HQ thinks it's 6-and-a-half turns...
Oh, it was really cool to see 77-year-old James Hylton work his way through the field and Brandon McReynolds, son of Larry Mac, got a big push from Chad Hackenbracht for the win...
Dad was pleased...
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