By Linda Przygodski, NASCAR Editor - Motorsport.com

It's not every day that a NASCAR Nextel Cup race ends with a sea of beer
cans, t-shirts, and various other debris being tossed onto the track by
angry race fans. But that was Jeff Gordon's greeting from the race fans at
Talladega, as he took the yellow and checkers after a late race caution
secured him the win.

It was anyone's race in the Talladega 499's closing laps, as Dale
Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Gordon raced door-to-door for the lead. A late race
caution caused by the spinning car of Brian Vickers with four laps to go
sealed the deal among the top five cars.

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