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Newman’s car fails post-race inspection UPDATE:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

NASCAR Numbers:

12: The number of laps led by Brad Keselowski in Sunday's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, a race he had to win to advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Keselowski led laps 187 through 192, and after surrendering the top spot...

The Four drivers eliminated from Chase’¦comments:

#5-Kasey Kahne: DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING AFTER JUST MISSING MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE CHASE BY THREE POINTS: 'You just try and get the best finish you can. Basically the restart before, they all checked up in front of me so I went high to get momentum...

Newman’s car fails post-race inspection:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

Keselowski wins at Talladega:

#2-Brad Keselowski won the GEICO 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway for his 6th win of the season, 3rd at Talladega and his 16th career win. #20-Kenseth finished 2nd followed by #15-Bowyer, #40-Cassill, #31-Newman, #33-Kvapil, #41-Busch, #9-Ambrose...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Talladega:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 11th (40) 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 40th (41) 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 9th (39) 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 5th (11) 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 21st (15) 6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 26th (43) 7) #11-Denny Hamlin, ...

Race Fast Facts – Talladega:

Brad Keselowski won the 46th Annual GEICO 500 , his 16th victory in 193 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his sixth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2014. This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 12 races at Talladega Superspeedway. Matt Kenseth...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Talladega, race 32 of 36] drivers who won in round 2, automatically advanced to the Eliminator round 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3121 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3117, -4 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 3117, -4 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings – Eliminator Round Reset:

1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins], 4000 points 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 4000 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 4000 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 4000 6) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000 7) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins], 4000 8) #2-Brad Keselowski [6 wins], 4000...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Talladega, race 32 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C8), 1115 2) #22-Joey Logano(C1), 1077, -38 3) #2-Brad Keselowski(C3), 1043, -72 4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1023, -92 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C2), 1022...

Confusion reigns about Talladega qualifying:

NASCAR's new qualifying format put Brian Vickers on the pole at Talladega Superspeedway but left many drivers angry and confused, and three full-time teams failed to make Sunday's race. Kevin Harvick called the format 'the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life,' ...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Talladega:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #22-Joey Logano, 40th 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 41st 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 39th 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 11th 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 15th 6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 43rd 7) #11-Denny Hamlin, 38th 8) #5-Kasey Kahne, 8th 9) #20-Matt Kenseth...

Kenseth and Hamlin don’t regret actions at Charlotte:

Are you disappointed or regret your actions from last weekend? Kenseth: 'None of it ' you never want to get into confrontations, at least I don't. I like to avoid them. I'm definitely not built for fighting and it's not really in my genes ' not something I ever ...

NASCAR issues penalties for Charlotte post-race:

NASCAR has assessed behavioral penalties to drivers #2-Brad Keselowski and #14-Tony Stewart for their involvement in post-race incidents on Oct. 11 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Keselowski has been fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation for the next four NASCAR...

Tempers flare after race UPDATE:

After the race, #2-Brad Keselowski and ninth-place finisher #11-Denny Hamlin traded insults on pit road, as NASCAR officials and their crews kept them apart in the wake of a late race incident between their two cars. Keselowski clipped Hamlin's rear bumper on the cool...

Clinch scenarios at Talladega:

The restrictor-plate madness of Talladega Superspeedway could easily deliver multiple championship twists and turns before the end of next Sunday's GEICO 500. And the only two drivers that are immune to such chaos are Kansas winner #22-Joey Logano and Saturday night...

Tempers flare after race:

After the race, #2-Brad Keselowski and ninth-place finisher #11-Denny Hamlin traded insults on pit road, as NASCAR officials and their crews kept them apart in the wake of a late race incident between their two cars. Keselowski clipped Hamlin's rear bumper on the cool...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Charlotte:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 4th (13) 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 5th (1) 3) #99-Carl Edwards, 8th (10) 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 7th (5) 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 9th (3) 6) #4-Kevin Harvick, WON (7) 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd (2) ...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Charlotte, race 31 of 36] drivers who have won in round 2, automatically advances to round 3 after Talladega 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3088 2) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win] 3082, -6 [26] 3) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3081, -7 [25...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Charlotte, race 31 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C6), 1096 2) #22-Joey Logano(C1), 1044, -52 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(C12), 1009, -87 4) #2-Brad Keselowski(C10), 996, -100 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C3...