NASCAR at Talladega: Winners and Losers from the Geico 500

Sunday’s Geico 500, race No. 6 of the Chase, lived up to the hype. It was hold-your-breath stuff for nearly all of its 188 laps, as NASCAR’s best jockeyed to be in the right place at the right time at nearly 200 miles per hour. When it came down to the final 20 laps, the fans were given everything they could ever want—except for a Dale Earnhardt Jr. victory.  No, the win went to Brad Keselowski, his sixth of the season and the 16th of his career. “I can’t believe it. Talladega is such a wild card, and to be able to win here you have to catch breaks and make your own breaks, a little of both,” the winner told a live national television audience in his Victory Lane interview. “I can’t ...

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