Greg Biffle will start on the outside of the front row alongside Montoya. Martin Truex Jr qualified 3rd followed by Sam Hornish Jr, Clint Bowyer, Regan Smith, Mark Martin, Scott Speed, Brad Keselowski and David Ragan - top 10 starting spots.
Dale Jr starts 11th. Jeff Gordon starts 14th. Tony Stewart will start 29th.
For the complete starting grid, click here.
David Ragan gets his 1st Nationwide Series win @ Talladega! On a green, white, checkered finish, all eyes were on leader Ryan Newman with Dale Earnhardt Jr riding second. Newman blocked a last lap pass attempt from Earnhardt which shuffled the drivers directly behind them. Ragan went 3 wide to go for the win. It's his 1 win in 85 Nationwide Series races.
“I was kind of content with a top five,” said Ragan, who restarted fourth for the final two laps. “I just kind of saw beating and banging there with first and second and said, ‘What the heck? Let’s jump to the outside and see what we can make of it.’ ”
Ragan had a somewhat of an eventful day. On lap 106, Ragan got into the back bumper of his Roush-Fenway Racing teammate, Matt Kenseth - who then went for a wild ride:
Matt Kenseth: “Kyle had a run, and I tried to block the top, but I couldn’t get up there in time. I pulled to the bottom, and I saw David there, but I was well clear, and David hit me as I was turning back down—to bump-draft me. You just can’t hit somebody when they’re turning. The cars aren’t stable enough for that.”
David Ragan: “It looked like Matt was going up the hill. They had a good run, and I thought that I had a good run on the bottom. He came back down about the time that I was there at his left-rear quarter. Certainly I feel bad for the No. 16 team and for (owner) Jack Roush. It cost them a good finish. We’ll chat a little bit, and I’m sure that we’ll move on.”
Ragan crossed the finish .030 seconds ahead of Newman.
Ryan Newman finished 2nd followed by Joey Logano, Tony Raines, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jason Leffler, Jason Keller, Scott Lagasse Jr, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch.
For unofficial race results, click here.
There wasn't the proverbial "big one". Unbelievably, the race ran caution-free for the first 54 laps - a record for a green-flag run for the Series @ Talladega.
There were 6 cautions for 20 laps and 34 lead changes among 15 drivers:
R. Newman 0; B. Vickers 1; S. Lagasse Jr. # 2-3; D. Earnhardt Jr. 4; S. Lagasse Jr. # 5-6; C. Edwards 7-16; M. Waltrip 17; C. Edwards 18-23; J. Logano 24; R. Newman 25-28; C. Edwards 29-31; D. Earnhardt Jr. 32; R. Newman 33; K. Busch 34; C. Edwards 35; M. Waltrip 36; D. Earnhardt Jr. 37-39; Brad Keselowski 40; M. Shepherd 41-43; M. Kenseth 44-46; K. Busch 47; C. Bowyer 48-49; K. Busch 50; B. Vickers 51; K. Busch 52-54; M. Wallace 55; K. Busch 56-74; Brad Keselowski 75-88; Brian Keselowski 89; Brad Keselowski 90-93; K. Busch 94-99; D. Earnhardt Jr. 100-102; M. Kenseth 103; R. Newman 104-119; D. Ragan 120
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 62 points over Carl Edwards.
The Camping World Truck Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 @ Kansas Speedway was called due to stormy weather after 52 of the scheduled 167 laps. The race will resume at 11 am on Monday.
From Nascar.com: About 30 minutes after the race was called, tornado sirens went off at the track and a local TV station showed a twister on the ground to the southwest. Most of the fans had already left by then.
For more on the story, click here: www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-story-severe-weather-042509,0,6642167.story
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