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Logano slingshots past Kyle Busch for Nationwide win at Talladega

May 5, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

TALLADEGA, Ala. — 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.

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Eric McClure, driver of the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® Toyota, was transported to the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital earlier this afternoon following a late race incident during the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Eric is awake, alert and talking to family members. He is being kept overnight for further observation.

More updates will be released once they occur.

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1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 49.973 191.623
2 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil/AAA Dodge 50.107 191.111
3 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 50.126 191.039
4 43 Aric Almirola VeriFone Sail Ford 50.141 190.981
5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 50.196 190.772
6 16 Greg Biffle 3M/O’Reilly Auto Parts Ford 50.245 190.586
7 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 50.245 190.586
8 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 50.274 190.476

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9 55 Michael Waltrip Aaron’s Color Your Way Toyota 50.335 190.245
10 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford 50.347 190.200

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Richard Childress Racing has won three of the last four races at Talladega Superspeedway, and Childress has more wins (12) than any other owner at the track. Childress began his driving career at the track in 1969, and on Thursday, the NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee will be inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame by NASCAR President Mike Helton.

Kevin Harvick had this to say about his team’s success at Talladega: “I think if you really look a little deeper into that, there’s some days where we just finish the last few laps and run probably slower than we need to run. But that’s always been something that Richard (Childress) has pushed on the guys is to make sure that when you start something, you do your best to not have that DNF on the chart. So, they do a good job at fixing things and getting them back out on the race track. We’ve definitely torn-up our share of stuff at Talladega as well. But it has been a good place for us. Hopefully we can keep putting ourselves in the right spot and keep that record intact.”

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by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

NASCAR’s Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race will produce high speeds on the 2.66-mile tri-oval track with 33 degree banking at Talladega Superspeedway this Sunday, May 6.

For those not able join the renowned infield parties at TSS in Talladega, Alabama before the drop of the green flag, expected action on NASCAR’s longest track can be viewed at 12 p.m. ET on FOX.

TSS and Daytona are NASCAR’s restrictor plate races where fuel intake is reduced to promote slower speeds. Given that the TSS track qualifying record is 212.809 mph and best race speed is 188.354 mph set prior to 1990, NASCAR was smart to restrict speed.

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