RCR Post Race Report -- Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
RACE: Good Sam Club 500
TRACK: Talladega Superspeedway
DATE: October 23, 2011
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished first (Clint Bowyer), second (Jeff Burton), 12th (Paul Menard) and 32nd (Kevin Harvick) at Talladega Superspeedway.
Bowyer's win in Sunday's Good Sam Club 500 gave team owner Richard Childress his 100th career victory in NASCAR's elite division.
RCR has won a series-high of 12 times at Talladega Superspeedway, taking home three of the last four trophies at the famed 2.66-mile track.
The win is Bowyer's first of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and fifth in his NSCS career.
RCR teammates Bowyer and Burton combined to lead 15 times for 51 laps.
Bowyer led all 43 drivers entered in the ... FULL STORY »
Hello loyal readers and other folks. Another race weekend has come and gone with some unexpected results, for Duck and I at least, but more on that later. Friday had no NASCAR race cause the Nationwide Series was off this ... FULL STORY »
TALLADEGA, ALA. (October 24, 2011) – Golden Corral will feed America’s families Monday, October 24th with Dave Blaney’s third-place finished in the Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Since the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet finished in the top-10, ... FULL STORY »
DRIVERS: Kasey Kahne (4), Brian Vickers (83)
EVENT: Good Sam Club 500 (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series)
DATE / TRACK: Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 / Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala.
RESULTS: Kahne (start 26, finish 6) / Vickers (start 30, finish 5)
TALLADEGA, Ala. — There ... FULL STORY »
El Monterey/Office Depot Driver Leads Five Times for Race-High 30 Laps
Date: Oct. 23, 2011
Event: Good Sam Club 500 (Round 32 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval)
Start/Finish: 12th/7th (Running, completed 188 of 188 laps)
Winner: Clint Bowyer ... FULL STORY »
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct. 23, 2011) -- Running in 10th-place and charging forward, Regan Smith saw a potentially strong finish fade in an instant when he got collected in an accident with six laps remaining in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at ... FULL STORY »
Accident Relegates Army Driver to 38th-Place Finish
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct. 23, 2011) -- 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 ... FULL STORY »
