NASCAR Talladega 2013 results: David Ragan pulls surprise, wins wild Talladega

In the sort of shocking triumph that has exemplified dashing at Talladega Superspeedway since its initiation, David Ragan advanced an uncommon 1-2 completion for Front Row Motorsports, which had never won a Nascar Sprint Cup Series race before Sunday.

David Gilliland, pushed Ragan to the lead on the last circuit in a green-white checkered-banner complete that took Sunday's Aaron's 499 four laps past its booked separation of 188 laps. Gilliland returned second, accompanied by post sitter Carl Edwards, Michael Waltrip and progression guide Jimmie Johnson.

Ragan's triumph accompanied a monstrous wreck that took the race to extra time and to close obscurity.

On Lap 183, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. tired a far reaching move to the outside, however contact with J.j. Yeley's auto triggered a multicar skirmish that wiped out Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Danica Patrick and Clint Bowyer, around others.

That set up the two-lap dash in extra time with Matt Kenseth in the lead and Edwards alongside him on the front column. Kenseth, who headed 142 laps dropped to eighth at the completion.

Michael Mcdowell blew a tire and hit the divider on Lap 174 to make the fourth alert of the race and group a field that had gotten fragmented throughout a sequence of green-banner pit stops that finished on Lap 168. The point when Nascar tossed the yellow, Johnson advanced a six-auto breakaway that incorporated Kenseth, Busch, Edwards, Bowyer and Waltrip.

The alert, nonetheless, carried 19 other lead-lap autos go into play and the gigantic wreck at the close of the backstretch updated the amusement totally.

Nascar regulated the race on Lap 122 and ceased it after Lap 125 when gives that had been gauge for race day arrived not long after 3 p.m. Et. Edwards had nosed in advance of Stenhouse minutes prior and was ahead at the final scoring circle the autos crossed after the yellow.

That left the Fords of Edwards, Stenhouse, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski at the front of the field when Nascar red-hailed the race, driving drivers and fans to sit back and watch if the occasion might continue.

A stoppage of 3 hours later, 36 minutes, the race restarted after pit stops, and Kenseth rapidly surged to the front.

As the autos approached Turn 1 on lap 43, a tap from Kyle Busch's No. 18 Toyota turned Kasey Kahne's No. 5 Chevrolet into the outside divider and triggered a wreck that harmed 16 autos, around them the Chevys of Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick, the Toyota of Brian Vickers (after a driver change with Denny Hamlin) and the Ford of Greg Biffle.

"I know I got in the back of the 5 (Kahne), and I conjecture I was attempting to head off to the outside of him," Kyle Busch said. 'but he recently climbed before me, and I wasn't wanting it, and I tried to head off to the outside of him, and before I could get to the outside of him I got in the back of him.

"I just loathe that I made a whale of a scuffle for every living soul. I scorn that. A ton of autos got torn up, and its extremely promptly in the race to be doing any of the aforementioned sorts of moves, if he made it or I made it. Just I disdain it that we all got crashed in that bargain."

Both Kahne and Kyle Busch went by the infield consideration focus after the wreck, and both were discharged in short request.

"I only sort of got shot through the inside (of the field) there, only a considerable measure of force originating from behind," Kahne said of the movement promptly soon after the accident. "Felt the No. 18 prodding me, and before I know it, I was turning.

"You simply can't prod with the aforementioned autos. We studied that at Daytona. He was prodding me and turned me in the divider, then after that (it) happened once more, with the goal that is the thing that it is."

Kahne said he and Kyle Busch didn't talk in the consideration focus.

"No, I didn't converse with him," Kahne said. "I suppose we both most likely comprehend what happened, and we'll decipher it from that point."

Complete Finishing Order Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway:

1. (19) David Ragan, Ford, 192, $373108.

2. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, 192, $235153.

3. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 192, $207720.

4. (14) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 192, $155620.

5. (8) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 192, $176426.

6. (34) Regan Smith(i), Chevrolet, 192, $146048.

7. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 192, $155540.

8. (6) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 192, $154906.

9. (36) Scott Speed, Ford, 192, $107115.

10. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 192, $146226.

11. (9) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 192, $149716.

12. (27) David Stremme, Toyota, 192, $117663.

13. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #, Ford, 192, $151441.

14. (3) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 192, $131244.

15. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 192, $153696.

16. (40) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 192, $112502.

17. (12) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 192, $115355.

18. (20) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 192, $139238.

19. (26) Josh Wise(i), Ford, 192, $99405.

20. (39) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 192, $107805.

21. (38) Michael Mcdowell, Ford, 191, $97830.

22. (42) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 191, $97105.

23. (28) Jamie Mcmurray, Chevrolet, 191, $122750.

24. (22) Casey Mears, Ford, 189, $103680.

25. (30) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 189, $122844.

26. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 188, $123971.

27. (25) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 187, $137755.

28. (29) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 187, $98380.

29. (37) Terry Labonte, Ford, Accident, 185, $90180.

30. (33) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Accident, 182, $116325.

31. (43) Jj Yeley, Chevrolet, Accident, 182, $91330.

32. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Accident, 182, $123838.

33. (23) Danica Patrick #, Chevrolet, Accident, 182, $89555.

34. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 148, $109230.

35. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, Engine, 143, $117188.

36. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 141, $107155.

37. (13) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 138, $134383.

38. (32) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 128, $91085.

39. (41) Joe Nemechek(i), Toyota, Engine, 53, $79085.

40. (24) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Accident, 47, $122021.

41. (35) David Reutimann, Toyota, Accident, 43, $71085.

42. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Accident, 42, $85085.

43. (15) Trevor Bayne, Ford, Engine,

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Ragan wins wild race at Talladega

Talladega, Ala. (Ap)

A couple of Davids killed the Goliaths at Talladega Superspeedway.

David Ragan caught with partner David Gilliland in a two-lap extra minutes sprint, and together they picked off a percentage of the top drivers in Nascar to head to the front and prod Ragan into Victory Lane.

It was the second profession triumph for Ragan -he additionally won at Daytona in July 2011 -and Gilliland completed second for a 1-2 completion for Front Row Motorsports.

''i had an extraordinary partner. David Gilliland gave us an incredible prod. I owe him a lot,'' Ragan said. ''i'll unquestionably purchase him lunch without much fanfare or something.''

The triumph came a day after Regan Smith won the Nationwide Series race and Ragan was overwhelmed with fizzled complimentary wires on Twitter.

''all fans-please send all congratulations to (at)regansmith. Not this Ragan..... He is the Winner today!! Haha,'' he tweeted Saturday night.

Presently Ragan has his particular score -in the nick of time to fit the bill for the Sprint All-Star race in two weeks.

Gilliland needed the score yet was substance settling for a day his group earned its first vocation triumph.

''what an incredible day for Front Row Motorsports, an underfunded group coming in here and having the ability to finalize 1-2 is awesome,'' Gilliland said. ''i'm exceptionally glad for David Ragan. I know he might have done the same for me. I had a heck of a run, we were prodding, I was bolted to his guard and I wasn't set to give him a chance to go.''

The race took seven hours to finish after drizzle halted it for 3 hours and 36 minutes halfway through the occasion. With obscurity rapidly shutting in, contact between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. what's more J.j. Yeley triggered an alarming accident that sent Kurt Busch's auto airborne and on highest point of Ryan Newman's auto.

Newman has been in various nerve racking mischances at Daytona and Talladega, where Nascar utilizes restrictor plates to control the paces, and was sharp with his reaction in the wake of leaving the infield consideration focus. He said he just halted to do a live Tv talk with to condemn autos even now having the capacity to go airborne.

''they can assemble more secure race autos, they can manufacture more secure dividers. Yet they can't get their takes off of their (interjection) far enough to keep them on the circuit, and that is pretty disappointing,'' Newman said. ''i needed to determine I get that focus over. Y'all can resolve who "they" is.''

He likewise was disturbed Nascar proceeded the race with dimness surrounding the track so rapidly.

''that's no route to end a race,'' he said. ''that's simply downtrodden judgment in restarting the race, abject judgment. That is to say, you got what you needed, however underprivileged judgment and running in the dim and running in the downpour. That is it, thank you.''

Nascar sent the race into additional time after the last mischance for one endeavor at a green-white-checkered completion, and it appeared to be just as it may have been Matt Kenseth's race to score.

He headed a race-elevated 142 laps and was the pioneer on the last restart yet was passed via Carl Edwards on the first lap of extra minutes. He tried to get the lead back and was fighting Edwards with no drafting friend. He never saw the pack nearing behind him and, with no place to go, dropped out of dispute in a split second.

''carl just got a rocket restart there, and he cleared me down the backstretch,'' Kenseth said. ''he just got a gigantic run some way or another. I was still second. I supposed we still had a shot. I tried to get around Carl however he blocked, which you may as well. We got genuine wide getting up there and got pretty far to the top, and I simply didn't watch the runs from the fellows path in the back.

''i saw David in the nick of time yet he was going too quick. Assuming that I pulled before him I was only set to get wrecked. I simply needed to do what needs to be done and attempt to discover the opening, which there wasn't one. It was a frustrating end to the day however man, we had an extraordinary car.'

That is when Ragan and Gilliland came charging all of a sudden, clearing past Edwards and Jimmie Johnson and to the front.

''that was crazy,'' Edwards said. ''i blocked every living soul I could. I was doing everything I could. I blocked Matt and I considered, `oh, we've got it.' And then I saw Jimmie nearing and I blocked him and I considered, `who is that back there?' It was this Ford cargo train impending and I simply can't stay before them.''

Edwards wound up third for a scope of the top three spots for Ford.

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Michael Waltrip, who turned 50 without much fanfare and was running his first race since the Daytona 500, was fourth, and Daytona 500 victor Jimmie Johnson was fifth.

Smith fulfilled sixth and was emulated by Martin Truex Jr., Kenseth, Scott Speed and Aric Almirola.

Denny Hamlin effectually came back from a pressure break in a vertebra by turning 23 laps preceding getting out of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for supplanting driver Brian Vickers throughout the first alert. Hamlin moved out through a top bring forth and Vickers slid in through the window rapidly enough to keep the No. 11 on the lead lap.

''it was everything about only making a cursory effort and getting the technique of making a comeback, getting that started,'' Hamlin said. ''this is the first week of a comeback. This is set to be the begin of everything, so anything that Brian gets us for focuses today is strictly a reward and we're set to begin one week from now in Darlington with our hair on fire.''

Anyhow it was brief trust for Hamlin.

A minor 18 laps later, before Hamlin had even finished his media meetings, Joe Gibbs Racing partner Kyle Busch triggered a 16-auto collision on Lap 43 that gathered Vickers. Hamlin hurried to his carport stall to review the harm on the auto, where Vickers sat with the window net still up.

Vickers fulfilled 34th in Hamlin's auto.

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