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Keselowski wins Talladega, keeps Chase hopes alive

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Four drivers entered Sunday’s race at Talladega needing a win to advance to the next round of the Chase, one being Brad Keselowski. The driver of the No. 2 car did just that, winning Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

“There are going to be some people that ain’t happy that I won, I can understand that,” Keselowski said in victory lane regarding last week’s post-race altercation with Matt Kenseth.

“But I’m a man. I’m not very proud of last week, but I’m proud of today.” he said.

Keselowski and his team Penske teammate Joey Logano are now tied for the points lead with four races to go in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule.

Only 8 drivers remain in the Chase:

  1. Brad Keselowski
  2. Joey Logano
  3. Kevin Harvick
  4. Jeff Gordon
  5. Carl Edwards
  6. Denny Hamlin
  7. Ryan Newman
  8. Matt Kenseth

The four drivers eliminated from the Chase after Talladega are: 

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Jimmie Johnson
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  4. Kasey Kahne.

Here's your UNOFFICIAL finishing order:

Pos. No. Driver
1 2 Brad Keselowski
2 20 Matt Kenseth
3 15 Clint Bowyer
4 40 Landon Cassill(i)
5 31 Ryan Newman
6 33 Travis Kvapil
7 41 Kurt Busch
8 9 Marcos Ambrose
9 4 Kevin Harvick
10 13 Casey Mears
11 22 Joey Logano
12 5 Kasey Kahne
13 3 Austin Dillon #
14 36 Reed Sorenson
15 26 Cole Whitt #
16 66 Michael Waltrip
17 42 Kyle Larson #
18 11 Denny Hamlin
19 10 Danica Patrick
20 55 Brian Vickers
21 99 Carl Edwards
22 12 Ryan Blaney(i)
23 47 AJ Allmendinger
24 48 Jimmie Johnson
25 16 Greg Biffle
26 24 Jeff Gordon
27 78 Martin Truex Jr.
28 98 Josh Wise
29 38 David Gilliland
30 34 David Ragan
31 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
32 21 Trevor Bayne(i)
33 32 Terry Labonte
34 14 Tony Stewart
35 1 Jamie McMurray
36 27 Paul Menard
37 7 Michael Annett #
38 49 Mike Wallace(i)
39 43 Aric Almirola
40 18 Kyle Busch
41 95 Michael McDowell
42 83 JJ Yeley(i)
43 23 Alex Bowman #

# = rookie, (i) = not eligible for points

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