Talladega Big One Video

Check out the carnage from the “Big One” at the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega.

Talladega Aarons 499 In Car Audio

April 25 -- - It should have stayed in mothballs. In the first race for the Pepsi Challenger in 1983, Darrell Waltrip drilled a dirt bank at Daytona Internaional Speedway, careened back on the track and hit the retaining wall. Twenty-six years later, Jeff Gordon’s day in the Pepsi Challenger was hindered by the same effect — a major wreck on the track. Gordon was involved in a lap 7 wreck at Talladega Superspeedway after being clipped by Matt Kenseth. The front and rear of the car was destroyed. Repairs were made and Gordon finished in 37th. He dropped to 2nd in the series points standings.

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Post Crash Comments

IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU CAN GET THE CAR BACK OUT? “I think this is the same way this Pepsi Challenger ended up in ‘83. So it sure didn’t look good. It was driving good. We were having a good time there. I was actually working well with Matt (Kenseth) getting up to the front through the middle. I am not really sure what happened. I was just kinda cruising along there in the middle. Matt got up there, I think behind, maybe the No. 11 and he went low and so I was just cruising on up the middle.

“Matt went down with the No. 1 car and I guess what it was, whoever that was on the inside, I don’t think, there just wasn’t enough room. He got underneath Matt, Matt came up and I was already there.

“The car is destroyed. That is Talladega. I don’t know if we are going to be able to fix that. I know these guys are going to work real hard to try and get it back out there and get some points. Just unfortunate.

“There are so many different grooves to race out there. Matt went low so I was just going to go up the middle, it had been working so well for us up to that point. Somebody got to the inside him and closed the door.

“Things were going well, we were having a good time. Just cruising up the middle. Matt got hooked up with the No. 1 car. They started to go low and I think somebody got inside of them just as I was getting to the outside or up the middle of Matt. I don’t if he knew I was there, didn’t know I was there or what happened. But, I just got squeezed and started a big wreck.

“I didn’t see anything out of line. There was nothing. I don’t think that wreck was caused by over aggressive driving. I mean, every race and every wreck I look to see what I could have done different. Looking back on it, I wish I would have just stayed behind Matt. But that is always hindsight. We’re sitting here. It is unfortunate. It is not obviously going to be the day we were looking for.”

Carl Edwards & Brad Keselowsk Final Lap Incident Video

Carl Edwards comments on the the final lap of the Aaron’s 499.  Edwards goes on to say that someone will get killed before Nascar changes the double yellow line rule.  Edwards blocked Keselowski coming to the checkered flag which resulted in Edwards getting turned around and flipped airborne into the fence in spectacular fashion by Ryan Newman.  There were 8 minor injuries to fans in that area of the crash.

Here is the call from Fox as it occurred:

New Retro Pepsi Gear Available

The jury is still out on the visual beauty of the new retro Pepsi scheme Jeff is running this weekend at Talladega but if this new “one time” look is for you then the Jeff Gordon store has some merchandise you might like.

We don’t make any profit from this, we’re just passing the word on to you.

http://jeffgordon.shop.sportstoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=1062_16559&page=1

Talladega Aarons 499 Race Information

Race: Sunday, April 26, 2009 in Talladega, AL

Title Sponsor: Aarons

Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:16pm/et

Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team

Television Coverage: FOX 1:00pm/et

SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:30am/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace

Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED

Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds

Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda

Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond

Radio Coverage/Shows/ Team

This Week – Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Satellite Radio

• mrnradio.com
  
• sirius.com

Practice Dates/Times/TV

Practices: Friday, April 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm/et, TV-SPEED

Happy Hour ‘Final’ practice: Friday, April 24, 3:30 – 4:30pm/et, TV-SPEED

Qualifying Information/Times/TV

Qualifying Draw: Friday, April 24, 1:00pm/et

Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Saturday, April 25 at 11:10am/et, TV-SPEED, no scheduled re-air;
AND live via radio at MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.

Then the cars will be Impounded after qualifying

In Car Audio:

Sirius Radio:
Driver List Coming Soon

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Live Leaderboards:

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Special Retro Pepsi Paint Scheme:

Retro Pepsi Paint Scheme for Talladega

Jeff will sport a retro Pepsi paint scheme from Darrell Waltrip’s 1983 season at Talladega on April 26th.
[photos courtesy of dalesrfannumber at simracingdesign.com]