NASCAR – The Ten Most Thrilling Finishes, Highlight Top Ten Races
NASCAR holds the crown for giving the most exciting and trilling races to the fans this season with the few new adjustments in the policies and cars. There was plenty of action on track as well as off track that kept the spectators
interested. Topped with the most trilling finishes, controversies, surprising winners and closest point races in the Chase history, this was NASCAR season 2010.
Amp Energy 500, Talladega Super-speedway
One of the most critical finishes was observed in the Talladega Super-speedway when the NASCAR officials had to take time-out and decided the winner after reviewing the video finish.
Clint Bowyer celebrated the victory before it had been official by a burn-out on the front-stretch. AJ Allmendinger’s car flipped and crashed down the front-stretch which ended the race when Bowyer had a photo finish with team-mate
Kevin Harvick.
Harvick sliced just ahead of Bowyer when they took the white flag, but Bowyer was merely inches ahead of him when the race ended by the terrible crash of Allmendinger and NASCAR waved the yellow flag.
Richard Childress Racing and Bowyer were penalized 150 points for an illegal car after their victory over the first Chase and this win at the Talladega Super-speedway was no less than a sigh of relief for the team.
Aaron’s 499, Talladega Super-speedway
A win for Harvick was highly anticipated after loosing Daytona 500 and the Aaron’s 499 couldn’t have ended any better with Harvick finishing just 0.011 seconds ahead of McMurray. It is indeed probable to say that this was one of
the closest games of the season.
The race featured a total of 88 lead changes among the 29 contenders, as obvious, a record. The race also involved three multi-car wrecks in the final nine laps resulting in NASCAR’s first time ever three additional restarts.
Ford 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway
The final of the Chase had always been gathering attention of spectators but topping with the most drama was a treat to watch. There were three main competitive drivers going into the final Chase within just 46 points of the lead.
Denny Hamlin was leading on the points table but ironically wrecked on lap 24 and Johnson along with Harvick were waiting for an opening as such, that when given, set up a dramatic finish.
Hamlin gained back control but couldn’t muster anywhere less than a 41 point deficit from the fifth consecutive Sprint Cup championship for Jimmie Johnson. Hamlin finished second behind Johnson yet 2 points clear of Harvick, who
finished third on the podium.
For the race winner, Carl Edwards, was a second consecutive victory at the end of the season.
Subway Fresh Fit 600, Phoenix International Race-way
Ryan Newman was the star at the Phoenix International Race-way as he snapped out of his irony of a winless streak, and he did it in dramatic fashion.
It was Newman’s first victory in 78 races after he had won the Daytona 500 in the year 2008. This was also Newman’s first win for the Stewart-Haas Racing which came out from a gutsy two-tire pit stop that led him into contention
charging past Jeff Gordon.
“It was a long time coming for me,” Newman said.
Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Winning the Daytona 500, McMurray was still not considered esteemed enough to have had incorporated by skills, yet his victory at the NASCAR’s second-biggest race at Indianapolis Speedway proved his guts.
The victory made McMurray the third driver in history to have won the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year. It was not only McMurray to have crossed the mile-stone but also the team owner Chip Ganassi making the biggest
mark with his victories in the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and now Brickyard 400, all in the same year.