2012 NASCAR Season Tag

Two Sundays ago the NASCAR series hosted its annual fall race at Talladega Superspeedway.  Clint Bowyer took his Chevy took victory lane as he notched his 5th career win and his first in 2011.  And Tony Stewart captured his third win of the Chase last weekend in Martinsville.  Now only three races remain and Carl Edwards holds on to an 8 point lead over Tony Stewart with Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, and Matt Kenseth rounding out the rest of the top 5.  Brad Keselowski made a big jump at Talladega as he moved up 3 spots in the standings with a fourth place finish in the Good Sam Club 500.  After the Tums Fast Relief 500, Keselowski dropped to 4th in the standings and now trails Edwards by 27 points with a 17th place finish.