October 3, 2005
Dale Jarrett Wins a Wild Race at Talladega
(Filed under: Race Recap)
What can you say about NASCAR racing at Talladega? It's just wild. Wild enough for Dale Jarrett to win for the first time in 98 races. Wild enough for four Chase racers to get swept up in accidents (or blamed for them, in the case of Jimmie Johnson) and finish in 25th or worse, more than a few laps down. Wild enough for one Chase racer to have a tire go down, brush the wall, and come back to finish 8th (Kurt Busch).
The final laps were pretty intense as it was anybody's race. The announcers kept talking about Jarrett's car, though he opted not to run with the front runners most of the race. His car came charging back out of nowhere and passed Tony Stewart on the last lap. Kyle Petty's spin brought out the caution and the field was frozen with the win going to Jarrett.
One of the best sights of the race was seeing Petty's bent and mangled race car squealing towards the finish line as Petty forced it across the stripe so he could actually finish all 190 laps (though NASCAR scored Petty in 24th position, one lap down).
Posted by kevin at October 3, 2005 4:22 PM
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