The bad luck bug will just not go away for David Starr and the SS Green Light Racing team as the engine in his Build Your Future Campaign/Zachry Toyota dropped a valve 37 laps into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Coca-Cola 250 Powered by fred's at the Talladega Superspeedway.
It's been a wacky superspeedway year for Ryan Newman, and Sunday's Sprint Cup race provided the same scenario for the U.S. Army driver, whose potentially winning car was once again a magnet for trouble.
CLINT BOWYER NO. 33 CHEVROLET 100 YEARS CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ON HIS VICTORY:
"I told him( Richard Childress) , this is Chevrolet's 100th Anniversary, what an awesome paint scheme, so proud of the paint scheme, this is Richard's 100th race that he has won in the Cup series, so I told him congratulations, I guess I am going to have to race his ass for the 101st ( laughs) ,but just thank you to Cheerios"
FORD TALLADEGA FINISHING ORDER
11th Carl Edwards
14th Greg Biffle
15th Trevor Bayne
18th Matt Kenseth
19th Marcos Ambrose
21st Travis Kvapil
22nd David Gilliland
28th David Ragan
31st AJ Allmendinger
34th Terry Labonte
39th...
Roush Fenway Racing leaves Talladega Superspeedway holding the first and second positions in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup point standings. Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle hung in the back of the field for the majority of Sunday’s 500-mile Sprint Cup race,.....
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Fourth "It was interesting the whole race. Our Miller Lite Dodge was fast all day. I worked really hard with Dave Blaney all day. He was a great, great helper and I owe a lot of credit to him. We stayed smart and brought it up front at the end."
With its sixth victory of the 2011 season, by Clint Bowyer at Talladega Superspeedway, Richard Childress Racing reached historic NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win No. 100, a major milestone in the storied history of one of NASCAR's most prolific teams.
From neighboring towns and faraway states, the camping crowd has begun to roll into Martinsville Speedway for the upcoming TUMS Fast Relief 500 weekend.
In his fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start at Talladega Superspeedway, Jason White brought home Joe Denette Motorsports its second top-five of the 2011 season, finishing fifth in the Coca-Cola 250 presented by Fred's on Saturday evening. The solid effort was the veteran driver's career-best finish at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
