An Interview With JIMMIE JOHNSON and CHAD KNAUS KERRY THARP:  Let's roll into our race winner for today's 42nd Aaron's 499 here at Talladega Superspeedway.  And our race winner Jimmie Johnson.  He drivers the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and is joined up front by crew chief, Chad Knaus. As I mentioned earlier, the margin of victory of the margin of victory of .002... more.

Sam Hornish Jr, driver of the No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger,  finished 13th Saturday in the Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Talladega Superspeedway. The event marked the third NNS race of the 2011 season for Hornish and his second consecutive start driving the Alliance Truck Parts Dodge. Hornish started the race in the 12th position after posting a qualifyin... more.

REUTIMANN, STREMME AND BOWLES TO PILOT THIRD CAMRY FOR RWR --Aspen Dental Headlines Sponsorship in Partial Schedule for Familiar No. 64-- MOORESVILLE, NC (April 18, 2011)--Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that the team will field a third Toyota Camry in a partial 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule. In addition to RWR's No. 62 Pilot Flying J Toyota--... more.

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No Lap Infraction Flag Penalty Lap Assessed Notes 7 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Time Disallowed 21 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Adjustments after Impound 46 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Adjustments after Impound 16 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Adjustments after Impound 7 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Driver Change 7 Pre-Race to t... more.

1 Jack Roush 99 295 0 181 1 0 2 Jeff Gordon 48 290 -5 -5 176 4 2 3 Rick Hendrick 88 276 -19 -14 162 6 3 4 Richard Childress 29 268 -27 -8 154 9 5 5 Walter Czarnecki 22 267 -28 -1 153 5 0 6 Joe Gibbs 18 257 -38 -10 143 2 -4 7 Tony Stewart 39 253 -42 -4 139 7 0 8 John Henry 17 252 -43 -1 138 3 -5 9 Chip Ganassi 42 246 -49 -6 132 8 -1 10 Richard Childress 33 245 -... more.

Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Chase Starts Poles Wins T5s T10s DNF PPos G/L 1. Carl Edwards 9 295 0 0 53 8 2 1 4 6 0 1 0 2. Jimmie Johnson 9 290 -5 -5 48 8 0 1 4 5 0 4 2 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4 276 -19 -14 34 8 1 0 2 5 1 6 3 4. Kevin Harvick 12 268 -27 -8 26 8 0 2 4 5 1 9 5 5. Kurt Busch 5 267 -28 -1 25 8 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 6. Kyle Busch 11 257 -38 -10 15 8 0 1 4 5 2 2 -4 7.... more.

1 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 188 47 4 Running 4 14 2 10 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 188 44 2 Running 15 38 3 1 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger / AARP Chevrolet 188 42 1 Running 3 9 4 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet 188 41 1 Running 4 11 5 38 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 188 40 1 Running 5 9 6 20 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 188... more.

In a wild, three-wide, six-car finish at Talladega Superspeedway, Jimmie Johnson nipped Clint Bowyer by a record-tying .002 seconds to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron’s 499 race. With a push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson surged past Bowyer about six inches from the finish line. The finish tied Ricky Craven’s victory over Kurt Busch at Darlington ... more.

No Lap Infraction Flag Penalty Lap Assessed Notes 70 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Missed Drivers Meeting 79 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Missed Drivers Meeting 40 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Adjustments after Impound 70 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of Field Adjustments after Impound 4 23 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail of Field 27 51 25 Hand... more.

Pos Owner Car # Points Ldr Nxt +/- Top 30 PPos G/L 1 Joe Gibbs 20 267 0 157 1 0 2 Joe Gibbs 18 254 -13 -13 144 7 5 3 Jack Roush 60 252 -15 -2 142 2 -1 4 Delana Harvick 33 247 -20 -5 137 3 -1 5 Sandra Turner 32 245 -22 -2 135 6 1 6 Steve Turner 38 239 -28 -6 129 5 -1 7 Steve Turner 31 231 -36 -8 121 9 2 8 Delana Harvick 2 228 -39 -3 118 10 2 9 Harry Scott Jr. 30 ... more.

Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10 DNFs Money Won PPos G/L 1 Jason Leffler 0 233 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 $210,146 2 1 2 Justin Allgaier 0 231 -2 -2 7 0 0 1 4 0 $240,531 3 1 3 Elliott Sadler 1 228 -5 -3 7 1 0 4 4 0 $196,796 4 1 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4 225 -8 -3 7 1 0 1 5 1 $221,356 1 -3 5 Reed Sorenson 1 224 -9 -1 7 0 0 2 4 1 $221,741 5 0 6 Aric Almirola 2 222 ... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd 1 22 18 Kyle Busch(i) Z-Line Designs Toyota 124 0 Running 4 4 2 7 20 Joey Logano(i) GameStop / Mortal Kombat Toyota 124 0 Running 3 20 87 Joe Nemechek ExtenZe Toyota 124 42 1 Running 1 4 4 16 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 124 0 Running 6 14 5 1 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 124 40 1 Running 3 8 6 5 16 ... more.

In a wild ending that had Mike Wallace’s Chevrolet spinning upside down and landing on its roof, Kyle Busch won Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway when a caution flag on Lap 124 froze the field. Busch got the win on the second attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the race seven laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track.... more.