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WALKING ON AIR; AT TALLADEGA, KESELOWSKI SCORES BREAKTHROUGH WIN AS NASCAR AVOIDS MAJOR TRAGEDY.(NEWS)
Byline: AL PEARCE
TWO STOCK CARS WENT airborne during NASCAR's three-day weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. On Saturday, David Ragan bumped Matt Kenseth during the Nationwide Series race. Kenseth's car rode along the backstretch apron, rolled onto its sides and roof, then lifted and flipped four times. Almost 24 hours later, Brad Keselowski did much the same to Carl Edwards on the last lap of the Cup race.
Upon impact, Edwards's car turned left, lifted and came down on Ryan Newman's car. That jolt launched Edwards again, this time into the catch fencing, spraying parts and pieces through and against the fence. Afterward, he climbed from his car and jogged uninjured 200 yards to the start/ finish line. Not so fortunate were seven fans who were injured by debris. None had life-threatening injuries, though some suffered broken bones.
Keselowski led only the final 300 yards to win the Aaron's 499, his first victory in his fifth start. (As Talladega's eighth breakthrough winner, he should know this: The other seven combined for only three more career wins.) Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second, and then came Newman, Marcos Ambrose, rookie Scott Speed, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, rookie Joey Logano and Jeff Burton. After leading almost to the flag, Edwards was scored a lap down in 24th. After the race, he aimed his frustration more at NASCAR than at ...
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