Keselowski gets push from Busch, wins at Talladega
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 8 months AGO
Brad Keselowski won the Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, where he used a huge push from Kyle Busch to steal the race from Matt Kenseth.
Kenseth was the leader on the green-white-checkered flag restart and lined up on the outside line so that teammate Greg Biffle could push him to the finish. But he got too far away from the pack, making it easy for Keselowski and Busch to catch him.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Aaron's 499
Sunday
At Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Ala.
Lap length: 2.66 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 194 laps, 120.1 rating, 47 points, $305,745.
2. (21) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 194, 106.2, 43, $263,298.
3. (10) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 194, 128.5, 43, $225,701.
4. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 41, $155,090.
5. (6) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194, 118.4, 40, $143,540.
6. (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194, 82.9, 38, $146,554.
7. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 194, 85.6, 37, $137,723.
8. (11) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 194, 87.8, 0, $110,565.
9. (18) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194, 88.4, 36, $120,765.
10. (29) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 194, 83.3, 35, $143,640.
11. (23) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 194, 71.6, 33, $133,013.
12. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, 194, 95.3, 32, $137,716.
13. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 194, 73.8, 31, $115,688.
14. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194, 97.4, 30, $126,613.
15. (2) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 194, 86.6, 29, $139,305.
16. (41) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 194, 56.3, 29, $125,063.
17. (17) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 194, 67.9, 28, $103,330.
18. (25) Casey Mears, Ford, 194, 73.6, 27, $106,138.
19. (9) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 194, 97.7, 26, $93,680.
20. (33) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 193, 96.6, 25, $111,602.
21. (42) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 192, 56, 23, $100,105.
22. (34) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 192, 52.7, 22, $91,380.
23. (22) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 192, 66.9, 22, $132,771.
24. (8) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 190, 88.6, 21, $140,180.
25. (20) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 55.7, 20, $136,016.
26. (30) Joey Logano, Toyota, accident, 184, 62.3, 18, $96,955.
27. (39) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota, accident, 182, 44.8, 0, $85,405.
28. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, accident, 166, 53.1, 16, $114,569.
29. (28) Terry Labonte, Ford, accident, 143, 48.8, 15, $92,655.
30. (38) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, accident, 142, 68.2, 14, $85,955.
31. (7) Carl Edwards, Ford, accident, 142, 66.1, 13, $130,546.
32. (12) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 142, 67.4, 13, $114,146.
33. (1) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident, 142, 66.1, 11, $137,866.
34. (40) Landon Cassill, Toyota, accident, 141, 73.4, 10, $110,250.
35. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, engine, 61, 76.2, 10, $130,691.
36. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, engine, 42, 35.9, 8, $127,763.
37. (36) Bill Elliott, Toyota, electrical, 37, 31, 7, $83,430.
38. (43) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, engine, 32, 28.4, 6, $91,082.
39. (27) David Stremme, Toyota, transmission, 30, 32.5, 5, $79,550.
40. (31) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, engine, 15, 36, 4, $87,275.
41. (37) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, vibration, 7, 28.4, 0, $79,025.
42. (16) Josh Wise, Ford, rear gear, 5, 29.8, 2, $79,355.
43. (35) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 2, 26.3, 1, $78,681.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 378; 2. M.Kenseth, 371; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 369; 4. D.Hamlin, 351; 5. K.Harvick, 333; 6. M.Truex Jr., 332; 7. T.Stewart, 328; 8. J.Johnson, 324; 9. Ky.Busch, 308; 10. C.Bowyer, 302; 11. C.Edwards, 300; 12. B.Keselowski, 299.