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2009 aarons 499 talladega superspeedway full frame
carl edwards was heading for victory lane when a nudge from rookie brad keselowski sent him careening into the front stretch retaining fence to end a wild and wooly aarons 499 nascar sprint cup race . edwards thrilled the huge crowd after his spectacular wreck within sight of the finish line by climbing out of his smoldering torn up ford and jogging down the track to finish the race on foot . the crowd roared its approval but the crowd was roaring most of the splendid sun splashed alabama afternoon . edwards ended up finishing 24th . newman had tucked in behind edwards and pushed him towards what appeared to be a sure fire edwards win before the bumping incident . keselowski went on down the track to win his first ever sprint cup race with smoke and parts from edwards ford filled the air . it was a day of costly wrecks for many of nascars biggest stars but dale earnhardt jr. brought his hendrick chevrolet home second behind the rookie winner . the action packed race had a total of nine cautions and will go down in talladega history as one of its best races .