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NASCAR NEWS - Thursday, May 1, 2008
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Stewart wins first race at Talladega as Junior fades
NASCAR rookie Franchitti injures ankle in hard crash
By Sporting News Wire Service
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Pole-sitter Tony Stewart held off a last-
lap challenge from Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Saturday to claim
his first victory at Talladega Superspeedway in any series.
"Boys, we won at Talladega!" Stewart shouted as he crossed
the finish line in the Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series race
.302 of a second ahead of runner-up David Stremme. It was
Stewart's third Nationwide win of the season.
Bobby Hamilton Jr. ran third, Jason Leffler fourth and Mark
Green fifth, as Earnhardt dropped to sixth after Stewart
repelled his last-ditch run on the final lap.
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"I didn't think leading was the place to be," said Stewart,
who led Earnhardt to the line for a restart with two laps
to go in the 117-lap event, after a caution for debris in
Turn 4 had slowed the race on Lap 113. "I still don't
think, even after winning the race, that being the leader
there with two laps to go was the right place to be.
"But we did what we had to do, and they got spread out
behind us, and we got the push we needed there at the
end."
Earnhardt surged to the front on the final lap but faded
on the outside when Stremme stayed with Stewart on the
bottom of the track.
"Me and Tony worked great together the whole race,"
Earnhardt said. It was down to the last lap, and I thought
we had it timed good, but my run wasn't as strong as it
could have been -- and Tony was just so strong."
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The entire complexion of the race changed dramatically
in an instant, 12 laps past the halfway point.
Stewart was leading Earnhardt through Turn 1 on Lap 71
when Kevin Lepage pulled onto the track from the pit
road into the front of the field and triggered a chain-
reaction pileup that collected 14 cars, including the
contending vehicles of Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski,
David Reutimann, Steve Wallace, Reed Sorenson and Kyle
Busch.
Casualties of the wreck included six of the top 10 in
the Nationwide Series standings entering the race and
the other two drivers of the Wallace contingent -- Mike
and Kenny -- all of whom were running in the top 10
when the melee occurred. Mike Wallace sustained minimal
damage and was able to continue.
Edwards, who could not get out of the way when Lepage
entered the racing surface in front of him, was
understandably frustrated.
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"This restrictor-plate racing -- it's a great spectacle,
but somebody could get killed," said Edwards, who escaped
injury in the crash.
Dario Franchitti, driver of the No. 40 Dodge, was injured
during a crash on Lap 11. Franchitti blew a tire, hit the
outside wall and slid down the track in Turn 3 into the
path of Larry Gunselman, whose No. 91 Ford slammed into
the driver's side of Franchitti's Dodge. Conscious and
alert, Franchitti was taken to an ambulance on a stretcher
and transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Gunselman likewise was taken to a local hospital for
evaluation.
NASCAR announced that Franchitti suffered a fractured left
ankle and minor contusions. He was expected to be released
from the hospital Saturday evening but will not race in
Sunday's Aaron's 499. Stremme, who drove for Ganassi last
year, will replace Franchitti. Stremme needed approval
from Rusty Wallace Inc., his Nationwide team, and from
Penske Racing, whom he recently signed with as a test
driver, to have the opportunity.
Clint Bowyer entered the race as the series points leader
but was caught in the same wreck that sidelined Franchitti.
After repairs to his No. 2 Chevrolet, Bowyer returned to
the track and finished 25th, helping him hold on to the
top spot in the standings.
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