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Logano wins Talladega as more stars miss the cut

26 Oct 2015

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Logano wins Talladega as more stars miss the cut

Video replays were needed to be used as Joey Logano won his third race in a row, taking the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The final race of the next phase of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Logano took the race win over Dale Earnhardt Jr. after a crash occurred behind him on the one-and-only ‘Green White Chequered’ finish.

Due to Logano taking the previous races at Charlotte and Kansas, a wide range of implications in terms of the championship would be on the line at NASCAR’s longest track.

With only two caution periods during all but the final five laps, all drivers were trying to position themselves for the finish.

One driver rolling the dice on fuel was Greg Biffle, who held a lead of over 30 seconds and appeared to be able to make it all the way. However, Jamie McMurray had an engine expire and a long clean-up period meant Biffle would ultimately have to pit for fuel.

With NASCAR deciding that just one attempt at a Green White Chequered finish would decide the race, cars were sent spinning as the pack bunched up coming to the green. However, this was not considered an attempt as the leader had not passed the start/finish line; so another re-start was made.

On that restart Kevin Harvick failed to get away quickly and as the field headed towards Turn 1 a massive multicar crash occurred. The yellow lights came on and officials had to use video replays to confirm that Logano was the leader at the time.

That call meant Earnhardt Jr. was second and eliminated from the championship chase.

“I saw the lights come on when I was still in the lead and I thought we had it,” said Logano.

“It is all about how the timing loops are and the camera to make sure that is what happened. It is such a crazy race. That were such long green flag runs, you never see that. To pull it into victory lane here at Talladega is so cool.”

In terms of who is into the next stage of NASCAR’s version of the playoffs; the list is:

Joey Logano
Carl Edwards
Brad Keselowski
Jeff Gordon
Kurt Busch
Martin Truex Jr.
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch

Those eliminated are:

Ryan Newman
Denny Hamlin
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt Kenseth

VIDEO: Race Recap

RESULTS: CampingWorld.com 500 – Talladega Superspeedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	START	LAPS	LAPS LED	STATUS	POINTS	BONUS PTS
1	22	Joey Logano	Ford	10	196	20	Running	47	4
2	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	5	196	61	Running	44	2
3	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	1	196	8	Running	42	1
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	11	196	0	Running	40	0
5	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	15	196	0	Running	39	0
6	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	13	196	2	Running	39	1
7	78	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	43	196	0	Running	37	0
8	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	29	196	2	Running	37	1
9	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	17	196	2	Running	36	1
10	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	14	196	1	Running	35	1
11	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	16	196	11	Running	34	1
12	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	18	196	1	Running	33	1
13	98	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	33	196	3	Running	32	1
14	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	26	196	0	Running	30	0
15	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	7	196	4	Running	30	1
16	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	25	196	0	Running	28	0
17	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Ford	21	196	0	Running	27	0
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	3	196	34	Running	27	1
19	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	2	196	18	Running	26	1
20	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	19	196	18	Running	25	1
21	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	6	196	0	Running	23	0
22	35	Cole Whitt	Ford	34	196	0	Running	22	0
23	32	Bobby Labonte	Ford	35	196	0	Running	21	0
24	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	23	196	0	Running	20	0
25	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	12	196	0	Running	19	0
26	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	4	196	3	Running	19	1
27	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	20	196	0	Running	17	0
28	95	Michael McDowell	Ford	27	195	0	Running	16	0
29	34	Josh Wise	Ford	40	195	0	Running	15	0
30	55	David Ragan	Toyota	22	195	1	Running	15	1
31	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	28	195	0	Running	13	0
32	38	David Gilliland	Ford	38	194	2	Accident	13	1
33	7	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	37	194	0	Accident	11	0
34	40	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	41	194	0	Running	0	0
35	33	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	42	193	0	Running	0	0
36	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	31	193	0	Running	8	0
37	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	8	192	5	Accident	8	1
38	26	J.J. Yeley	Toyota	30	192	0	Running	0	0
39	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	24	182	0	Engine	5	0
40	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	36	177	0	Running	4	0
41	62	Timmy Hill	Ford	32	168	0	Electrical	0	0
42	51	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	39	130	0	Engine	2	0
43	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	9	84	0	Engine	0	0

STANDINGS

POS	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	DNF
1	Joey Logano	4000	Leader	32	6	20	26	0
2	Carl Edwards	4000	Leader	32	2	6	14	2
3	Jeff Gordon	4000	Leader	32	0	4	17	1
4	Kurt Busch	4000	Leader	29	2	10	18	0
5	Brad Keselowski	4000	Leader	32	1	7	22	1
6	Martin Truex Jr	4000	Leader	32	1	8	20	2
7	Kevin Harvick	4000	Leader	32	3	20	24	1
8	Kyle Busch	4000	Leader	21	4	8	12	2
9	Denny Hamlin	2209	-1791	32	2	13	17	2
10	Ryan Newman	2194	-1806	32	0	5	14	1
11	Matt Kenseth	2191	-1809	32	5	12	19	3
12	Dale Earnhardt Jr	2181	-1819	32	2	14	19	1
13	Jimmie Johnson	2161	-1839	32	4	12	19	1
14	Jamie McMurray	2159	-1841	32	0	3	8	2
15	Paul Menard	2148	-1852	32	0	2	5	1
16	Clint Bowyer	2123	-1877	32	0	2	12	1
17	Aric Almirola	849	-3151	32	0	3	5	2
18	Kasey Kahne	837	-3163	32	0	3	9	3
19	Greg Biffle	778	-3222	32	0	3	4	0
20	Kyle Larson	777	-3223	31	0	1	9	4
21	Austin Dillon	718	-3282	32	0	1	5	3
22	Casey Mears	685	-3315	32	0	0	1	3
23	Danica Patrick	661	-3339	32	0	0	2	3
24	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	659	-3341	32	0	1	3	2
25	AJ Allmendinger	653	-3347	32	0	0	3	3
26	Sam Hornish Jr	641	-3359	32	0	0	3	2
27	Tony Stewart	627	-3373	32	0	0	2	4
28	David Ragan	617	-3383	32	0	1	1	6
29	Trevor Bayne	601	-3399	32	0	0	2	3
30	Justin Allgaier	506	-3494	32	0	0	1	5
31	Cole Whitt	485	-3515	32	0	0	0	3
32	David Gilliland	471	-3529	32	0	0	0	3
33	Alex Bowman	388	-3612	31	0	0	0	5
34	Brett Moffitt	378	-3622	27	0	0	1	1
35	Matt DiBenedetto	352	-3648	29	0	0	0	1
36	Michael Annett	338	-3662	31	0	0	0	3
37	Josh Wise	249	-3751	23	0	0	1	4
38	Michael McDowell	192	-3808	14	0	0	0	1
39	Jeb Burton	182	-3818	25	0	0	0	4
40	Alex Kennedy	109	-3891	12	0	0	0	0
41	Reed Sorenson	74	-3926	9	0	0	0	0
42	Bobby Labonte	60	-3940	4	0	0	0	1
43	Michael Waltrip	58	-3942	3	0	0	0	0
44	Brian Vickers	32	-3968	2	0	0	0	0
45	Ryan Preece	12	-3988	1	0	0	0	0
46	Will Kimmel III	11	-3989	2	0	0	0	0
47	Mike Wallace	8	-3992	1	0	0	0	0
48	T.J. Bell	7	-3993	1	0	0	0	0
49	Eddie MacDonald	7	-3993	1	0	0	0	0
50	Ron Hornaday Jr	2	-3998	1	0	0	0	1
51	Ryan Blaney	0	-4000	14	0	1	2	4
52	Brian Scott	0	-4000	9	0	0	0	3
53	Landon Cassill	0	-4000	32	0	0	0	6
54	Ty Dillon	0	-4000	4	0	0	0	0
55	J.J. Yeley	0	-4000	30	0	0	0	4
56	Regan Smith	0	-4000	4	0	0	0	0
57	Chase Elliott	0	-4000	5	0	0	0	1
58	Matt Crafton	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
59	Johnny Sauter	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
60	Chris Buescher	0	-4000	6	0	0	0	0
61	Boris Said	0	-4000	2	0	0	0	0
62	Brendan Gaughan	0	-4000	8	0	0	0	2
63	Justin Marks	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
64	Mike Bliss	0	-4000	10	0	0	0	0
65	Travis Kvapil	0	-4000	4	0	0	0	0
66	Joe Nemechek	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
67	B J McLeod	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
68	Jeffrey Earnhardt	0	-4000	2	0	0	0	0
69	Timmy Hill	0	-4000	10	0	0	0	2
70	Joey Gase	0	-4000	2	0	0	0	1
71	Derek White	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
72	Jeff Green	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
73	Erik Jones	0	-4000	1	0	0	0	0
74	Tanner Berryhill	0	-4000	0	0	0	0	0

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