Keselowski wins at Talladega: #2-Brad Keselowski won the GEICO 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway for his 6th win of the season, 3rd at Talladega and his
16th career win.
#20-Kenseth finished 2nd followed by #15-Bowyer, #40-Cassill, #31-Newman, #33-Kvapil, #41-Busch, #9-Ambrose, #4-Harvick and #13-Mears.
The win allows Keselowski to advance to the 3rd round of the Chase.
Polesitter #55-Vickers finished 20th.
#32-Terry Labonte, driving what is expected to be the final race of his career, qualified 9th but had to fall to the back for the start of the race for unapproved adjustments. He was invovled a wreck just past halfway and finished 33rd.
The four drivers eliminated from the Chase after the race were #5-Kahne, #18-Busch, #48-Johnson, and #88-Earnhardt, Jr.
There were 38 lead changes among 19 drivers. There were 6 cautions for 25 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 160.302mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the
Unofficial Race Results page (pdf) and check out the
Penalty Report (pdf) and
Lap Summary Report (pdf).
.(10-19-2014)