A rookie stole the win from MY driver!! Never mind, he was following the rules!!
(Never know when Yahoo will change the video from any links I include... so, I hope you will get to see it. If not, I'm sure if you Google: Talledega Nascar you would find another video showing the last lap chaos!!)
I'll do my best to explain it in case this video is not the last lap of the Talledega race.
Picture if you will... My favorite driver, Carl Edwards, (#99) is in the lead on the last lap of the last corner & has another driver (Brad Keselowski, #09) "hooked" to his rear bumper as a solid drafting partner. They get into the back straight, yards away from the checkered flag... one goes one way, the other the other way... Carl goes to block & gets bumped because the guy behind him is not allowed to go below the double yellow line to pass. (Nascar may have to rethink that rule!)
So, a wreck ensues... The 3rd "big one" of the day. Well, it didn't collect many cars... but Carl's car did get up into the catch fence & take part of it out. (I guess there were 7 fans injured. Nothing life threatening though! Haven't read this story yet.)
After Carl landed, he hurries up gets out of the car (we're all thinking cause it's on fire) & he sprints off to the checkered flag... in style! Don't know if it really counts... but he's glad he DID finish the race... though crossing the line without his car may not be "official"! 
If you're a fan of Nascar, you'll know that Carl is known for doing back flips when he wins a race... but he said in his post race interview this is the first time he's ever flipped in the car!
Again, I'm glad all are safe, that was a nasty wreck! I pray for the fans that were injured.
(Images used from Yahoo Sports Photo Gallery. Someone really has great reflexes with their camera & wonderful seats to get them shots!!)
I know... I know... there were 187 other laps to the race... & there were TWO other "Big Ones"... but you have to admit, this was the most intriguing part of it all.
The major spins & saves by a couple other drivers pales in comparison. That you'd have to see to even believe... & to appreciate.
They say Talledega is a wild finish... This race lived up to that!
Who says Nascar isn't fun to watch?
Mark my words... Tomorrow's race winner will be CARL EDWARDS... IMHO. 
I don't say this just because he's my favorite... but also becasue he's known for winning on a concrete track.
If you're not a Nascar fan, let me give you a little tid bit of info about tomorrow's race... It's at the track nicknamed "The Monster Mile" at Dover, DE.
They have a concrete monster, kind of like a mascot. After the race they'll put a model car, of the winner, in the monster's hand... Such as this photo of my hubby's favorite Matt Kenseth... the 2006 winner. 
So, I really hope Carl will win tomorrow, so I can get a matching picture like this one of Matt. 
(No, I didn't take it, I got it off the Nascar.com website!)
So, GO CARL!!!
With 16 laps to go, Tony Stewart is trailing Kevin Harvick & is heard on his radio saying "Here Kitty Kitty Kitty" 
(referring to Harvick... I think Tony's crew chief mentioned Kevin was "nervous as a cat"... I think... maybe it was just the race announcers!)
With about 30 laps Tony gave us another good bit of audio... To his crew chief, Greg "Zippy" Zipadeli... he asked, "Do you want a pillow. You looked quite relaxed up there."
Tony ended up taking the lead with about 10 laps to go & didn't look back!! 
Not only that... at one point he was driving about 200 mph with his KNEES!! 
Albeit was only for a couple seconds as he grabbed his water bottle to get a drink... AND the in car camera was on him at the time!
Tony, later on Nascar Victory Lane, said, "I was thirsty!" 
The unofficial results will show that my hubby's favorite driver, Matt Kenseth placed 10th.
This is Tony's 2nd win at his home track of Indianapolis (yes, same place as the Indy 500!)
I had a feeling about Tony for today's race! So much I had him on my roster in the Yahoo Fantasy game!!
As you know by the previous post, I'm a Carl Edwards fan (who placed 18th today), however Tony is in my top 5... mainly because he has my favorite number... 20!! (Which I just found out this was the 20th race of the season!)
Here's another fact for you... If Tony goes on to win the Championship, it would be the 7th time the winner of the Brickyard 400 goes on to win the Cup! (Tony did it in 2005 & current point leader, Jeff Gordon has done it a couple times, too!)
Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the Indy 500 and several F1 races, ended up racing to 2nd! (And I did NOT even THINK to put him on my Yahoo Fantasy team! ARGH!! Hubby thought of it, but went with someone else instead... so we're both "kicking" ourselves over it!)
Oh, Harvick ended up in 7th. Also, right after Tony passed him, his radio chatter was aired & he was yelling... Tight! Getting way to tight! (no sure if exact quote!)
Another notable about the race is that Jeff Green had the 1st accident, AGAIN!!! Right after it, I posed the question in Yahoo Answers if anyone remembers him being in one race this year where he has NOT spun or wrecked. So far no one has said he did. (Update, I guess he's had a couple good races this year.)
Jimmy Johnson was involved in a scary fiery wreck... well, it was actually a blown tire... which was caused by damage from an earlier accident he was in. In an interview, he did say it was the 1st time he had fire in the car... & the reporter had mentioned she could see his eye brows were singed.
(Source: All the driver links are to Nascar.com's site for that particular driver.)
P.S. Tomorrow, I will have a (easy) favor to ask...
hope you'll be able to help!! 
Good night!! 
(Ok, now that I've posted it for the whole world to see... I guess I'll have to make them! LOL) 
Also, the one my hubby was at & didn't take any pics!) The story can be found 