Talladega-Geico 500

Talladega - Geico 500 - Not the most exciting race, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. WON and that is exciting to me. When they were racing two and three wide, that was exciting, but alot of the race came down to follow the leader. There were some good passing moves when they were mixing up. A few people lead laps, but the Hendricks cars were hard to beat. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson logged 97 of the laps, with Dale Jr. leading the most with 67, making up 164 of the 188 laps. Rookie Ryan Blaney finished 4th proving his qualifying laps was no fluke. Sam Hornish Jr. finished 7th and Josh Wise 10th two newcomers to the top 10.

Congratulations Dale Earnhardt, Jr.!!!

Top Ten Recap:

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 4 - up 3 positions to 5th

2. Jimmie Johnson - started 5 - up 1 position to 3rd

3. Paul Menard - started 7 - up 2 positions to 11th

4. Ryan Blaney - started 3 - up 4 positions to 46th

5. Martin Truex Jr. - started 36 - up 1 position to 2nd

6. Ryan Newman - started 18 - up 1 position to 14th

7. Sam Hornish Jr. - started 12 - up 3 positions to 28th

8. Kevin Harvick - started 24 - remains in 1st

9. Denny Hamlin - started 17 - up 2 positions to 10th

10. Josh Wise - started 34 - up 1 position to 35th

Race for the Chase:

1. W2- Kevin Harvick - finished 8th

2. Martin Truex Jr. - finished 5th - up 1 position

3. W2- Jimmie Johnson - finished 2nd up 1 position

4. W- Joey Lagano - finished 33rd - down 2 positions

5. W- Dale Earnhardt Jr. - WINNER - up 3 positions

6. W- Brad Keslowski - finished 22nd - down 1 position

7. Jamie McMurray - finished 11th - up 2 positions

8. W- Matt Kenseth - finished 25th - down 1 position

9. Kasey Kahne - finished 34th - down 3 positions

10. W- Denny Hamlin - finished 9th - up 2 positions

11. Paul Menard - finished 3rd - up 2 positions

12. Aric Almirola - finished 13th - down 1 position

13. Jeff Gordon - finished 31st - down 3 positions

14. Ryan Newman - finished 6th - up 1 position

15. W- Kurt Busch - finished 12th - up 3 positions

16. Danica Patrick - finished 21st 

Next Race - Kansas Speedway - Spongebob Squarepants 400 - Saturday May 9, 2015 - 7:30 PM est.

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Barbara