Top 5 Closest Finishes in NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series History at Talladega Superspeedway

#1:2011 Aaron's 499- 0.002s

One of the closest finishes in the history of NASCA

The closest finish in Talladega Superspeedway'a history was also one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history, going along with the Ricky Craven v. Kurt Busch finish at Darlington in 2003 and is surpassed by the Xfinity Series race at Daytona between Elliott Sadler and Tyler Reddick.

The 2011 Aaron’s 499 set the record for most lead changes in NASCAR history, passing the previous year’s race record. This is the record since all of the lead changes happened in regulation, while the 2010 race record was set in overtime.

On the final lap, the tandems of Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick were side by side with Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. In close pursuit. The mistake came in the tri-oval as Martin let Johnson get to the inside of him, a brush between Martin and Earnhardt Jr, killed Martin’s momentum which allowed Johnson to pull ahead and edge Bowyer at the line by a margin of 0.002 seconds. While this was going on, the duo of Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle snuck into the picture on the very outside, which technically made it a four-wide finish.