Wild Ride for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega's Amp Energy Juice 500 was a 189 lap thrill-fest. David Ragan's top speed of over 205 miles per hour and the 85 lead changes among 26 drivers came close to setting another NASCAR Sprint Cup record. Sam Hornish proved his drafting abilities early in the race pushing Kurt Busch and several other drivers to the front and keeping them there.
The big one came on the last lap as #43 A.J. Allmendinger turned on his roof and smacked the inside wall head on. Clint Bowyer and Juan Pablo Montoya teamed up against Kevin Harvick and #00 David Reutiman. The two RCR teammates took the white flag with Harvick leading, but NASCAR had to look at scoring loops around the track to see who had the lead when the caution flew. Reutiman came in third and Montoya finished in fourth
Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and several other NASCAR Chase contenders took a different approach to the race, falling to the back and hanging there early on, most likely to avoid any trouble with the 'Big One' at the fast restrictor plate track. Gordon and Johnson worked their way through the field to first and second respectively with 11 laps to go'
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