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Wheel2Wheel: From 'Dega to Richmond

Jump in as FanHouse writers Holly Cain and Geoffrey Miller try to put a cap on the weekend that was Talladega and look ahead to the always exciting spring race in Richmond with a little thing we like to call Wheel2Wheel.

NASCAR Feuds

    While Carl Edwards' wreck stole the show at Talladega, two of NASCAR's biggest stars will be thrust into the spotlight Saturday. Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. traded paint at both of last year's Richmond races. Click through to see their two dustups and other top feuds.

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    Race: Crown Royal presents Dan Lowry 400 Date: May 3, 2008
    Feud: Kyle Busch spins out leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. with three laps to go.
    Memorable Quote: Kyle Busch: "The deal with Jr. ... man, it was racing."

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    Race: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Date: Sept. 7, 2008
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt spins out leader Kyle Busch on lap 212.
    Memorable Quote: Dale Jr.: "I really ain

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    Race: Subway Fresh Fit 500
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed with 11 laps to go after he and Casey Mears made contact. Earnhardt then spun Mears on the cool-down lap and Mears retaliated by bumping into the back of Earnhardt's car on pit road.
    Memorable Quote: Mears: "I guess he was a little bent out of shape about it, because he spun me out after the checkered flag."

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    Race: Subway Fresh Fit 500
    Feud: Robby Gordon, left, gets upset with Michael Waltrip after contact with Waltrip's No. 55 Toyota sends Gordon into the Phoenix International Speedway wall.
    Memorable Quote: Gordon: "I

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    Race: Daytona 500
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt Jr's clip of Brian Vickers triggers a 9-car accident
    Memorable Quote: Earnhardt: "What the hell am I supposed to do? ... If he wasn't so damn reckless, we would have never had that problem."

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    Race: Gatorade Duel 150 Date: Feb. 12, 2009
    Feud: Ryan Newman wrecked by David Reutimann
    Memorable Quote: Newman: "Reutimann is a good name for him -- because he rooted a man right out of there and sent me up into the wall."

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    Race: Amp Energy 500 Date: Oct. 7, 2008
    Feud: Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick clash four days after race
    Memorable Quote: Harvick after race: "I know that [Edwards'] fans won't be very proud of him sitting back there riding around like a pansy."

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    Race: CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 (Nationwide) Date: May 24, 2008
    Feud: Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski mix it up under a caution
    Memorable Quote: Hamlin: "If he throws a rock, I'll throw a concrete block back."

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    Race: Food City 500 Date: March 17, 2008
    Feud: Kevin Harvick wrecks Tony Stewart with two laps left
    Memorable Quote: Stewart: "I thought I left him plenty of room. I was far enough ahead of him that I didn't see where he hit me or when he hit me. But I'm sure, somehow, it's my fault."

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Q: What was your first reaction to all of the events and drama that Talladega produced this weekend?

Holly Cain: The accident began only a few yards below my seat in the Talladega press box. At most tracks, the press box is an elevator-ride atop the grandstands, but at Talladega it sits only about 15 rows up.

The last lap was sensory-overload, but that's what you expect at Talladega.

Injured Fan, 17, Leaves Alabama Hospital

For Blake Bobbitt, 187 laps of last Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway were pretty much the same as the rest of the 142,000 fans on hand -- fast and exciting. Then, on the lap 188, Carl Edwards' No. 99 flew into the catch fence in front of her, ripping apart and spewing a chunk of metal into her face and shattering her jaw.

Talk about a bad experience at your first NASCAR race.

Numbers: Keselowski's 'Dega Shocker

Takin' a glance at Brad Keselowski's upset win in last Sunday's action at Talladega Superspeedway:

0.175 - Seconds Keselowski finished ahead of second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

1
- Total number of laps led by Keselowski in his Sprint Cup career

1 - Number of Miss Sprint Cup girls doused with champagne in victory lane by Keselowski

Blame NASCAR for Edwards' Scary Ride


Let's face it: NASCAR's own rules nearly killed multiple spectators Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway.

The scary last-lap crash in the Aaron's 499 involving Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman and first-time winner Brad Keselowski is just the concoction NASCAR has cooked up with their set of rules governing the cans and cannots of racing at restrictor plate tracks.

At issue, primarily, is the much discussed yellow line rule that prohibits a driver from going below to advance a position.



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