Surprise…Surprise…Surprise at Talladega

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The Aaron’s 499 at Talladega SuperSpeedway was full of surprises.

“Front Row Joe” Nemechek took the pole as one of the drivers who had to qualify on time to make the race. Nemechek gave the Furniture Row team its first pole position.

Racing action through out the restrictor plate race was hotly contested all race long. Fifty-two lead changes among twenty drivers gave the fans their money’s worth.

Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Fed\Ex Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, ran up front most of the day along with eventual race winner Kyle “Rowdy” Busch. Busch had never shown much, in any of his previous starts at the 2.66 mile tri-oval, while part of Hendrick Motorsports. Hamlin had this to say about the quality of racing:

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“If the fans didn’t like that, then they don’t like racing. The whole race was crazy. We were having a lot of fun out there, trying to give the fans a good show.”

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The one disappointment came in the last lap as much of the field was crashing behind the leaders, NASCAR threw the yellow flag after the white had been shown; thus eliminating any suspense for what would have assuredly been a great finish.

That leads us to this weeks BUZZ ON PIT ROW:

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With the last lap wreck behind the leaders, why didn’t NASCAR allow the race to continue under green, to get a winner, like it did in 2007 at Daytona?

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