Make no mistake about it, there’s going to be a ton of post race chatter regarding NASCAR’s weekend at the Talladega Super Speedway. The weekend featured the cinderella stories of first time winners, horrific accidents that left fans speechless and everything in between those two major points. With that thought in mind let’s begin with:
HOORAH to young Brad Keselowski for winning his very first NASCAR Sprint Cup race in only his fifth start. His performance during the final two laps of the Aaron’s 499 displayed a great deal of poise one would expect from a series veteran. The 25 year old driver is a protege of Dale Earnhardt Jr and drives his Nationwide Series car. Clearly he’s going to be a major talent in the future that’s likely going to land him a Cup ride with Hendrick Motorsports.
An additional HOORAH goes out to team owner James Finch. Although largely noted for fielding a car in the Nationwide Series, Finch decided to go all in for his latest entry into Cup racing by buying a car, as well as leasing an engine, from Hendrick Motorsports.
HOORAH to the latest safety innovations, regarding front stretch catch fences, that stopped Carl Edwards’ Ford was landing in the grandstands at the end of the race. Granted, there were reports of eight fans suffering minor injuries, due to flying debris, but the catch fence did its job and sent the Edwards car back onto the track.
HOORAH for the extensive safety features in NASCAR’s Car Of Tomorrow. These cars may still be a bear to set up and drive but it’s the one thing you want to be in when a major accident occurs.
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HOORAH to Carl Edwards for showing us that he was still able to keep his famous sense of humor despite the intensity of that wreck. After climbing out of a badly mangled and fiery race car Edwards ran down the front stretch and jumped on top of the start finish line. He just felt like he needed to finish this race.
A never before issued triple HOORAH goes out to Edwards for showing an extreme amount of class during a post race interview. Not only did he congratulate young Brad Keselowski for his first Sprint Cup victory he also made it clear that the young driver did his job and the wreck was not his fault.
However, from that same interview, WAZZUP with Edwards’ statement that said “NASCAR puts us in this box, (referring to the aggressive nature of restrictor plate racing). I guess they’ll keep it that way until somebody gets killed.” The comment brought out a strong reaction from Jim Hunter, NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications, who said “this place is wide enough to race on. You saw that and, yes, there were a lot of accidents. Most of them were caused not by car failure, not by parts and pieces failure, but by over aggressive drivers or a driver making just one little slip. That’s one of the things here. They run so close together here that one little slip can cause a chain reaction.”
HOORAH for the safer barriers being placed on the inside of the straightways at the Talladega Motor Speedway. The need for this became clearly evident following Jeff Gordon’s accident during the 2008 race at Las Vegas. During Sunday’s race the inside safer barriers played a huge role during the second “big one” of the race when Robby Gordon’s Toyota slammed hard into the back stretch wall. The car sustained massive damage but the driver walked away from the wreck uninjured.
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