Apr 27 2009
Brad Keselowski gets first win in wild Aaron’s 499
The fans sure got their moneys worth and then some at the Nascar Sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 ran yesterday at the Talladega Superspeedway. Brad Keselowski was the winner in a wild finish that included Carl Edwards 99 car launched into the catch fence after it was hit by Ryan Newman 29 car.
That was only one of three big wreck they had yesterday. The first one was on lap 7 and took out a bunch of good cars including my driver Kasey Kahne. Also caught up in the wreck was Sprint Cup points leader Jeff Gordon who ended up losing his lead in the points and now sits in second place. Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer were also in the wreck on lap 7.
The second big wreck happened with 9 laps to go and was a result of Denny Hamlin accidentally getting into Juan Pablo Montoya and turning him. There was several good drivers taken out in this one as well including Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson.
So with Keselowski winning in a wild finish, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second and Ryan Newman got third even though he took a hard hit from Edwards car at the finish line. Marcos Ambrose had his best finish in a Sprint Cup car ending up fourth. Rookie Scott Speed ended up fifth, which is also his best finish in a Sprint Cup race.
Some of my drivers had a good day, Joey Logano got a ninth place finish so good for him. Kasey ended up 36th after getting caught in that lap 7 wreck. Reed Sorenson brought the Kings 43 car home 11th so that was cool. Denny Hamlin was 22nd and Kyle Busch was 25th.
