Congratulations to Brad Keselowski for his first Sprint Cup Series victory. It was a wild, wild finish. Keselowski was drafting behind Carl Edwards. Junior was drafting behind Ryan Newman. There was some distance between the first two cars and the second two cars that were drafting.

Edwards was trying to block high and Keselowski went low. When Edwards' went low to try to block, Keselowski hit Carl sending him into Newman which sent him literally flying through the air and up into the catch fence. Because of the contact with Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr. took over second place. Just a crazy, crazy finish.

When Edwards' car came to a stop on the infield, he couldn't get the car going so he got out of his car and ran across the finish line. He finished 25th, one lap down. Had Edwards crash happened earlier in the race, there surely would have been a red flag for repairs to the fence.

Here's a caution breakdown:

Only seven laps into the race and the big one happened. Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon got together and a chain reaction followed. Involved in the first caution were: Casey Mears, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Kasey Kahne, Max Papis, Elliott Sadler, Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Scott Riggs, A.J. Allmendinger, David Gilliland and Bobby Labonte.

Debris brought out the second caution of the day.

Michael Waltrip tried to squeeze in front of Marcos Ambrose. The only problem was, he wasn't at all even close to being clear. He got loose and went spinning through the infield but didn't hit anything bringing out the third caution. I couldn't tell if he slightly hit Ambrose or not.

Kurt Busch got up on the track a little too high and into the marbles which sent him also spinning down through the infield. He, too, didn't hit anything. It brought out the fourth caution.

The fifth, sixth and seventh caution flags were for debris.

Jeff Burton got into the back of Kyle Busch sending him spinning which brought out the eighth caution. During that same time, Martin Truex Jr. also spun. Neither Truex or Busch hit anything but Busch couldn't get his car restarted. He needed a push to get going and went a lap down.

With the exception of a few clouds this evening in Talladega, the weather appears to be all sunshine for the weekend. Perfect.

Qualifying is scheduled for tomorrow at 11 am on SPEED. I'll have my fingers crossed that Scott Speed can qualify in for the race.

Congratulations to Tony Stewart for his first win of the season and his first win at Talladega. He stayed out of the couple of big ones that took place and came out ahead. He also had the biggest gain in the point standings going from 11th to 7th. Great going Tony!

Here are some other thoughts:

-- Since when do they allow NASCAR officials to pull debris off from racecars during a red flag? The official was making his way to another car but they cut to commerical or something before we could watch him do it again. Did anyone else see that?

-- Carl Edwards pushing his teammate, Greg Biffle in the center of the corner = the BIG ONE. Several Chasers were involved in the mistake by Edwards: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch. Busch had the least damage of the Chasers involved in this wreck. Dave Blaney, Reed Sorenson and Travis Kvapil were also involved in the pileup.

-- Sometimes I think the announcers make things up as they go. Since when is it ever legal to pass below the yellow line at any point during a race at a superspeedway? That's what one of the announcers said when Regan Smith went below the yellow line to pass Stewart on the last lap. Whoever said it was wrong and it looks as though NASCAR placed Smith in the 18th position.

-- Jeff Gordon had a rough day when he got tangled up with David Reutimann who blew a tire. Gordon managed to get back out on the track only to blow up later in the race.

-- The theme of the day was blown tires. Below are a few of the drivers that had tires give way. I may have missed a few though.

-- Brian Vickers blew a right front tire and took out several drivers, Martin Truex Jr., Tony Raines, Jamie McMurray, Kasey Kahne, Mike Skinner and David Gilliland.

-- I was hoping Mike Wallace would have a good race but he also blew a tire. He seemed to be having a pretty good day, too, running in the top-five when he had his misfortune.

-- Denny Hamlin took a HARD hit when his right front tire blew. He went like a rocket up towards that outside wall. I was glad to see him get out of the car okay.

Here are the race results if you want to see where your driver finished.

What did you think of the race?

Here's a look at the Chasers going into the race this weekend at Kansas Speedway(stats provided by NASCAR):

	1 - Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet) 5575 points, 2008 Rundown: • Five wins, 12 top fives, 17 top 10s • Average finish of 11.4 • Led 23 races for 1,299 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 86.7 • One win, four top fives, five top 10s; one pole • Average finish of 17.5 • Finished 13th in April
	2 - Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford) 5565 points, 2008 Rundown: • Six wins, 14 top fives, 22 top 10s • Average finish of 9.3 • Led 17 races for 813 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 70.5 • One top five, three top 10s • Average finish of 24.0 • Finished 40th in April
	3 - Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford) 5545 points, 2008 Rundown: • Two wins, 11 top fives, 14 top 10s • Average finish of 13.0 • Led 14 races for 428 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 68.0 • Average finish of 25.3 • Finished 18th in April
	4 - Jeff Burton (No. 31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet) 5454 points, 2008 Rundown: • One win, five top fives, 15 top 10s • Average finish of 12.0 • Led 10 races for 74 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 80.2 • Two top fives, 10 tops 10s • Average finish of 19.1 • Finished 12th in April
	5 - Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet) 5439 points, 2008 Rundown: • Six top fives, 15 top 10s • Average finish of 13.0 • Led six races for 169 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 75.9 • Three top fives, seven top 10s; one pole • Average finish of 14.3 • Finished 24th in April
	6 - Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet) 5432 points, 2008 Rundown: • 10 top fives, 14 top 10s • Average finish of 14.4 • Led 15 races for 309 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 96.9 • Six wins, 13 top fives, 16 top 10s; one pole • Average finish of 15.0 • Finished 19th in April
	7 - Clint Bowyer (No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet) 5411 points, 2008 Rundown: • One win, four top fives, 13 top 10s • Average finish of 15.1 • Led five races for 152 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 58.4 • One top 10 • Average finish of 26.0 • Finished ninth in April
	8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet) 5385 points, 2008 Rundown: • One win, nine top fives, 14 top 10s • Average finish of 12.5 • Led 19 races for 875 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 86.6 • Five wins, seven top fives, 10 top 10s • Average finish of 14.1 • Finished 10th in April
	9 - Matt Kenseth (No. 14 DEWALT Ford) 5383 points, 2008 Rundown: • Eight top fives, 17 top 10s • Average finish of 16.0 • Led 15 races for 389 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 83.0 • Three top fives, six top 10s • Average finish of 17.5 • Finished 41st in April
	10 - Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Toyota) 5332 points, 2008 Rundown: • One win, nine top fives, 15 top 10s • Average finish of 15.7 • Led 13 races for 701 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 96.8 • Two top fives • Average finish of 14.2 • Finished third in April
	11 - Tony Stewart (No. 20 Home Depot Toyota) 5320 points, 2008 Rundown: • Nine top fives, 14 top 10s • Average finish of 15.0 • Led 12 races for 556 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 94.4 • Eight top fives, 11 top 10s • Average finish of 13.9 • Finished 38th in April
	12 - Kyle Busch (No. 18 M&M's Toyota) 5264 points, 2008 Rundown: • Eight wins, 15 top fives, 17 top 10s • Average finish of 12.5 • Led 21 races for 1,637 laps Talladega Superspeedway Outlook: • Driver Rating of 70.7 • One win • Average finish of 27.3 • Won the April Talladega race

First lets talk about the Nationwide race. Dumb is the only word that comes to mind when thinking of Kevin Lepage. He is responsible for causing the "Big One" in the race. Period. Did you see it? In his interview he really doesn't take any responsibility, which is absolutely ridiculous. You be the judge.

Here it is:

-- Congrats to Tony Stewart for his first Talledega win.

Now on to Sprint Cup.

-- Surprise, surprise, I did not pick the winner. I've got to start picking Kyle Busch I guess. He was the victor yesterday and is just on fire. Here are a few of the thoughts that ran through my head:

-- Good call for Joe Nemechek to qualify without the alternator to give him an advantage. He was a go or go home car anyway. It worked out in the end, he made it into the race, finished 25th and gained two spots in the point standings.

-- Where in the world did Clint Bowyer come from? I didn't see him during the entire race but he pulled off a ninth place finish.

-- Poor Tony Stewart going from hero (winning the Nationwide race) to zero (coming in 38th in the Sprint Cup race). Talk about an up and down weekend.

All for now.

The sandbagger, a.k.a. Jeff Gordon, is your whiner, whoops I mean winner from yesterday. He was also the one crying the most about Jacques Villeneuve debuting in the Cup race yesterday at Talladega Superspeedway.

I couldn't help but feel bad for Villeneuve. Starting his first Cup race and having all this drama unfolding that he should not start at Talladega because well, it's Talladega. Get over it people!

He had a solid qualifying run in which he should have started the race in 6th but because everyone was nervous about the rookie being there, he made the decision to go to the back of the pack to start the race. I think they said he did it to gain the respect of the other drivers. Admirable, but in my opinion, not necessary and unfair.

As stated above, the sandbaggers, Gordon and Jimmie Johnson hung in the back of the field all day until the very end. A lot of the "racing" was one big freight train. It was a bit b-o-r-i-n-g to watch.

More bad luck for Jeff Burton, he blew a motor as did Martin Truex Jr. and Dale Earnhardt Jr., my pick to win. I should have known better.

Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch were involved in a wreck and finished 26th and 36th, respectively.

The rest of the Chase drivers: Denny Hamlin finished 4th, Kurt Busch - 7th, Tony Stewart - 8th, Clint Bower - 11th, Carl Edwards - 14th and Kevin Harvick, who dropped a cylinder finished 20th.

Here are some facts and stats provided by NASCAR:

Talladega Superspeedway Data
Race # 30 of 36 (10-7-07)
Track Size: 2.66 miles
• Banking/Corners: 33 degrees
• Banking/Frontstretch: 16.5 degrees
• Banking/Backstretch: 2 degrees
• Frontstretch: 4,300 feet
• Backstretch: 4,000 feet

Going into the weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, I didn't really look at any statistics and/or facts to decide who I was going to pick to win. Although, I will say that being the first Car Of Tomorrow appearance at a superspeedway, one never knows just what is going to happen.

My pick this weekend will be Tony Stewart...to come in second, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win it. How could you not pick an Earnhardt to win at a superspeedway?

Here's the schedule for the weekend.