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RACE RECAP | TALLADEGA (UNOFFICIAL)

Race #7 in the Chase
10 Brad Keselowski
9 Denny Hamlin
8 Jeff Gordon
7 Jimmie Johnson
6 Martin Truex Jr.
5 Joey Logano
4 David Reutimann
3 Juan Pablo Montoya
2 Kevin Harvick

VICTORY LANE

1 After some waiting, replays, and scoring loops, NASCAR hands the win to Clint Bowyer for his 2nd Chase win this season

FULL TALLADEGA RACE RESULTS

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OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-The closest chase in history just got closer as Kevin Harvick is 38 points from leader Jimmie Johnson, and Denny Hamlin is 14 points back.

-Tony Stewart had a tire problem early on and went two laps down

-First caution of the race came when AJ Allmendinger got spun by Brad Keselowski

-Denny Hamlin lost the draft and went a lap down but later gained it back

-Matt Kenseth got caught speeding on pit road

-with 54 laps to go Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr. hit the wall. Also getting damage was Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick. All of these drivers led at some point.

-Marcos Ambrose became a pinball 4 wide and ended up wrecking. Also getting damage was Chase contender Kevin Harvick, Bill Elliott and others

-16 laps to go Jimmie Johnson got the call from Chad Knaus, “it’s time to go”

-The Big One came at the white flag putting AJ Allmendinger on his roof, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart and others involved.

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(October 30, 2010)

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Kyle Busch surged past Aric Almirola a fraction of a second before the two drivers reached the finish line to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The victory was Busch’s sixth in 13 starts in the series this year, his second at Talladega and the 22nd of his career. Johnny Sauter ran third, followed by Matt Crafton and Ricky Carmichael.

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Busch’s margin of victory of .002 seconds tied Ricky Craven’s Cup win over Kurt Busch, Kyle’s brother, at Darlington in 2003 for the closest finish in any of NASCAR’s top three series since the introduction of electronic timing and scoring in 1993.

Chris Fontaine held the lead when Norm Benning’s No. 57 stalled on the track to cause the fourth caution of the race on Lap 86. Fontaine restarted at the front of the field on Lap 89 with Busch beside him. Busch surged into the lead moments later, only to be passed from the outside on Lap 90 by Almirola and Sauter.

Almirola was out front a lap later when Grant Enfinger turned series leader Todd Bodine and ignited a wild wreck that ended with polesitter Ron Hornaday Jr.’s No. 33 Chevrolet sliding through the tri-oval on its roof.

The accident ended an adventurous day for Bodine, who saw his points lead over Almirola trimmed to 216 points with three races left in the season.

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1 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
2 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet
3 2 Kurt Busch Operation Home Front/Miller Lite Dodge
4 87 Joe Nemechek Gator.com Toyota
5 31 Jeff Burton Cat Financial Chevrolet
6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. LgndofHllwdegaAMPEnrgyJuice/NtnlGrd Chev
7 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
8 39 Ryan Newman U.S. ARMY Chevrolet
9 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota
10 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge

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11 12 Brad Keselowski No. 12 Penske Dodge
12 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops Tribute Chevrolet
13 97 Jeff Fuller HeatRedefined.com Toyota
14 29 Kevin Harvick Realtree/Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
15 46 Michael McDowell Whitney’s Collision Centers Chevrolet
16 83 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
17 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota
18 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota
19 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
20 55 Michael Waltrip Aaron’s 55th Anniversary Toyota
21 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
22 71 Chad McCumbee TRG Motorsports/ModSpace Chevrolet
23 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford
24 09 Bobby Labonte Komatsu/TEC Chevrolet
25 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
26 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet
27 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black Ford
28 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
29 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
30 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
31 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/National Guard Chevrolet
32 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
33 19 Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
34 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
35 47 Marcos Ambrose Kleenex/Clorox Toyota
36 43 A J Allmendinger Valvoline Ford
37 9 Aric Almirola Budweiser Ford
38 98 Paul Menard Serta/Menards Ford
39 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
40 37 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford
41 34 Robert Richardson Jr. A&W All American Food Ford
42 7 Robby Gordon Speed Energy Toyota
43 26 Bill Elliott Air Guard Ford