Sprint Cup Series Official Race Results from Talladega

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 10
45TH ANNUAL AARON'S "499"
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY

Talladega, AL - May 4, 2014
2.66-Mile Oval
188 Laps - 500 Miles Purse: $6,186,747

Race Comments: Denny Hamlin won the Aaron's 499, his 24th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #7, 14, 66 (unapproved adjustments); #18 (engine change).  It looks like 27 cars finished the day on the lead lap, while accidents easily claimed 10 others.

As you can see below (or when you watched) Danica Patrick led some laps, but she's only snagged the front spot of the pack at restrictor plate races. I'd love to see her race it to the front at other tracks.  Or some are saying that this proves that anyone can lead laps at a restrictor plate race.  Sigh.

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TIME OF RACE:3 hours, 17 minutes, 16 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED:152.103 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY:Under Caution

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:  Brian Scott (198.29 mph. 48.293 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Greg Biffle (58 Laps), Dale Jr led 26 and Joey Logano, 25.

Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 31 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
15-17 (Car #2, 10 Accident Turn 1 [None]);
51-54 (Debris Frontstretch [1]);
107-110 (Debris Backstretch [1]);
138-143 (Car #2, 7, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, 38, 48, 51 Accident Turn 4 [1]);
152-156 (Oil On Track From #38 [1]);
176-180 (Car #3, 17, 22, 34, 36, 41, 48, 95 Accident Turn 4 [1]);
184-186 (Car #17, 26, 31, 99 Accident Turn 1 [1]);
188 (Debris Frontstretch [None]).

Lap Leaders:  48 lead changes among 23 drivers.
Scott-pole, Menard 1-5, Patrick 6-7, J. Gordon 8, Patrick 9-12,
Keselowski 13, Menard 14, Cassill 15, Menard 16-19, Kenseth 20,
Logano 21-31, Hamlin 32-34, Edwards 35-37, Logano 38, Edwards 39-40,
Johnson 41, Logano 42-51, Gilliland 52, Ky. Busch 53, Logano 54-56,
Biffle 57-58, Johnson 59, Biffle 60-94, Edwards 95, McDowell 96,
Biffle 97-106, Ragan 107, Mears 108, Earnhardt Jr 109-112,
Bayne 113-118, Earnhardt Jr 119-134, Ambrose 135-137, Sorenson 138, Newman 139,
Mears 140-141, Biffle 142-145, Earnhardt Jr 146-151, Biffle 152-158, Vickers 159-161,
Hamlin 162, Vickers 163, Hamlin 164-165, Vickers 166-167,
Harvick 168-180, Hamlin 181, Harvick 182, Hamlin 183-185, Harvick 186,
Hamlin 187-188.
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NEXT EVENT: May 10, 2014 - 4th Annual 5-hour ENERGY 400 Benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS (400.5 Miles) (267 Laps)

Fin		Car				Series	Bonus		Led
Pos		No		Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Laps
1	-	11	-	Denny Hamlin	188	47	4	Running	12
2	-	16	-	Greg Biffle	188	44	2	Running	58
3	-	15	-	Clint Bowyer	188	41	0	Running
4	-	55	-	Brian Vickers	188	41	1	Running	6
5	-	47	-	AJ Allmendinger	188	39	0	Running
6	-	27	-	Paul Menard	188	39	1	Running	10
7	-	4	-	Kevin Harvick	188	38	1	Running	15
8	-	5	-	Kasey Kahne	188	36	0	Running
9	-	42	-	Kyle Larson #	188	35	0	Running
10	-	17	-	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	188	34	0	Running
11	-	40	-	Landon Cassill	188	0	0	Running	1
12	-	18	-	Kyle Busch	188	33	1	Running	1
13	-	43	-	Aric Almirola	188	31	0	Running
14	-	13	-	Casey Mears	188	31	1	Running	3
15	-	3	-	Austin Dillon #	188	29	0	Running
16	-	7	-	Michael Annett #	188	28	0	Running
17	-	78	-	Martin Truex Jr	188	27	0	Running
18	-	31	-	Ryan Newman	188	27	1	Running	1
19	-	9	-	Marcos Ambrose	188	26	1	Running	3
20	-	98	-	Josh Wise	188	24	0	Running
21	-	26	-	Cole Whitt #	188	23	0	Running
22	-	10	-	Danica Patrick	188	23	1	Running	6
23	-	48	-	Jimmie Johnson	188	22	1	Running	2
24	-	32	-	Terry Labonte	188	20	0	Running
25	-	66	-	Michael Waltrip	188	19	0	Running
26	-	88	-	Dale Earnhardt Jr	188	19	1	Running	26
27	-	51	-	Justin Allgaier #	188	17	0	Running
28	-	23	-	Alex Bowman #	187	16	0	Accident
29	-	1	-	Jamie McMurray	187	15	0	Running
30	-	99	-	Carl Edwards	182	15	1	Accident	6
31	-	83	-	Ryan Truex #	182	13	0	Accident
32	-	22	-	Joey Logano	174	13	1	Accident	25
33	-	41	-	Kurt Busch	174	11	0	Accident
34	-	36	-	Reed Sorenson	174	11	1	Accident	1
35	-	34	-	David Ragan	174	10	1	Accident	1
36	-	95	-	Michael McDowell	174	9	1	Accident	1
37	-	20	-	Matt Kenseth	171	8	1	Running	1
38	-	2	-	Brad Keselowski	160	7	1	Running	1
39	-	24	-	Jeff Gordon	156	6	1	Running	1
40	-	38	-	David Gilliland	150	5	1	Engine	1
41	-	21	-	Trevor Bayne	136	0	0	Accident	6
42	-	33	-	Brian Scott	136	0	0	Accident
43	-	14	-	Tony Stewart	136	1	0	Accident

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