Race Report.(car race)

Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO Things change and they don't. Yes, a Ford won at Talladega for the first time in seven years, and Dale Jarrett won for the first time in 98 starts, but there was still a big wreck. Two, actually. The first came on lap 19, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. bumped Jimmie Johnson, who turned Elliott Sadler sideways in Turn One.

Michael Waltrip barrel-rolled twice up the banking, and when it was over seven cars were bashed. The second crash occurred 47 laps later, when Ryan Newman turned Casey Mears in the tri-oval. Scott Riggs' car pirouetted on its nose as it ...

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