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TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY: Driver Quotes

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JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, Sidelined in multi-car incident on lap 142:
WHAT HAPPENED THAT TOOK YOU OUT OF THIS RACE TODAY?
“I don’t know I didn’t really get to see what started that, why that car was way down low and those two got together and got up in front of the field. I don’t know if they were coming off pit road or if they were just racing. I’m not sure. Man this is just one of the most bizarre years that this DuPont Chevrolet team and Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet team has ever gone through. I mean it’s almost comical at this point. That was not fun. I didn’t like hitting the wall. Gosh, I thought I was clear. I was just kind of cruising by on the inside and it looked to me like somebody came down and got Martin (Truex Jr.) and then that turned him into me. That is just the way our season has been going.

“Awesome race car, this temp thing is kind of a joke. They are going to have to fix that. We all knew that was going to be a big issue, but when you can’t really even race because the temps, even in a regular pack are an issue, we have to address that. Talladega is different than Daytona temps are different and we have to recognize that. Nobody is really pushing a whole lot out there even though we know what’s going to happen at the end. I am kind of looking forward to being on the couch watching this race. I’m telling you those last five laps, nobody is going to be sitting down that is for sure.”

Sprint Cup Photos from Talladega Superspeedway

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Brad Keselowski takes Sprint Cup Win in Talladega Superspeedway thriller

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Sprint Cup Photos from Talladega Superspeedway

Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish.

Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The two cars ran bumper-to-bumper until Turn 3 of the final lap, when Keselowski entered the corner high and dived to the bottom of the track, separating his No. 2 Dodge from Busch’s No. 18 Toyota.

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Joey Logano Wins Nationwide race at Talladega Superspeedway

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With a slingshot move past Sprint Cup teammate Kyle Busch five laps into overtime, Joey Logano won Saturday afternoon’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

In a race that saw Eric McClure injured and Danica Patrick using her Chevrolet for payback, Logano beat Busch to the finish line by .034 seconds to win his second NNS race of the season and the 11th of his career.

Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third and took over the points lead from Elliott Sadler. Cole Whitt came home fourth, followed by his JR Motorsports teammate and boss Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Full Race Story – Joey Logano slingshots past Kyle Busch for Nationwide win at Talladega Superspeedway

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IndyCar: POWER WINS AT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK AGAIN

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IndyCarBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Will Power held off Scott Dixon on a restart with 16 laps left to win the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for the second year in a row.

Dixon, who was 3.3709 seconds behind in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, has the distinction of being the race runner-up all three years (twice to Power and in the inaugural race to Helio Castroneves). He broke a tie with teammate Dario Franchitti with 27 second-place finishes on the all-time list and is one behind Castroneves.

Castroneves, the pole sitter, finished third to maintain the points lead in the young season and continue his resurgence after a disappointing 2011 season. He held off Graham Rahal in the No. 38 Service Chip Ganassi Racing car by 0.2245 of a second.
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CASTRONEVES CLAIMS POLE POSITION AT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK

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IndyCarBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Helio Castroneves won an IZOD IndyCar Series pole position for the first time in more than a year, topping a wild qualifying session at Barber Motorsports Park.

Castroneves set a best lap of 1:10.4768 in the Firestone Fast Six to claim the pole position for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Castroneves was the 2010 winner at Barber and the race winner at this season’s opening race at St. Pete.

James Hinchcliffe, driving the No. 27 Team GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for Andretti Autosport, earned his first front-row start.

Honda-powered drivers Scott Dixon, the race runner-up at St. Petersburg, and Mike Conway will share Row 2, while Chevrolet-powered drivers JR Hildebrand and Tony Kanaan will occupy Row 3.
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Chevrolet V-6 Power Ready for Barber Motorsports Park

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Chevrolet Takes IZOD IndyCar Series Manufacturers’ Points Lead to Alabama for Round Two of the Season

IndyCarDETROIT – Following a successful debut for the Chevrolet V-6 in the IZOD IndyCar Series, Barber Motorsports Park (BMP) is the next stop for the five organizations and 11 drivers campaigning the Chevrolet twin-turbocharged, direct-injected 2.2-liter engine powered by renewable E85 ethanol fuel.

Helio Castroneves won the series’ season-opener at St. Petersburg last Sunday to pace four Team Chevy drivers in the top-five.

“Clearly at St. Petersburg, what we learned is that we do have an opportunity to vie for the wins every week,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet’s U.S. Vice President of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. “We had some work to do, so we got right back at it on Monday after the race to be prepared for our next event in Alabama. I’m very pleased with the teams and the drivers that are on the Chevy roster. I’m very pleased.”
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Video – Drivers Preview the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

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Mike Conway, Simon Pagenaud and Scott Dixon preview the 2012 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

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