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TALLADEGA, Ala. Tashaun Gipson Jaguars Jersey . -- A pair of Davids slayed the Goliaths at Talladega Superspeedway. David Ragan hooked up with teammate David Gilliland in a two-lap overtime sprint, and together they picked off some of the top drivers in NASCAR to drive to the front and push Ragan into Victory Lane. It was the second career victory for Ragan -- he also won at Daytona in July 2011 -- and Gilliland finished second for a 1-2 finish for Front Row Motorsports. "I had a great teammate. David Gilliland gave us a great push. I owe him a lot," Ragan said. "Ill definitely buy him lunch this week or something." The victory came a day after Regan Smith won the Nationwide Series race and Ragan was flooded with misfired congratulatory messages on Twitter. "All fans- please send all congrats to (at)ReganSmith. Not this Ragan..... He is the Winner today!! Haha," he tweeted Saturday night. Now Ragan has his own win -- just in time to qualify for the Sprint All-Star race in two weeks. Gilliland wanted the win but was content settling for second on a day his team earned its first career victory. "What a great day for Front Row Motorsports, an underfunded team coming in here and being able to finish 1-2 is awesome," Gilliland said. "Im very proud of David Ragan. I know he would have done the same for me. I had a heck of a run, we were pushing, I was locked to his bumper and I wasnt going to let him go." The race took seven hours to complete after rain stopped it for 3 hours, 36 minutes midway through the event. With darkness quickly closing in, contact between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and J.J. Yeley triggered a frightening crash that sent Kurt Buschs car airborne and on top of Ryan Newmans car. Newman has been in numerous harrowing accidents at Daytona and Talladega, where NASCAR uses restrictor-plates to control the speeds, and was sharp with his criticism after exiting the infield care centre. He said he only stopped to do a live television interview to criticize cars still being able to go airborne. "They can build safer race cars, they can build safer walls. But they cant get their heads out of their (expletive) far enough to keep them on the race track, and thats pretty disappointing," Newman said. "I wanted to make sure I get that point across. Yall can figure out who they is." He also was upset NASCAR continued the race with darkness closing in on the track so quickly. "Thats no way to end a race," he said. "Thats just poor judgment in restarting the race, poor judgment. I mean, you got what you wanted, but poor judgment and running in the dark and running in the rain. Thats it, thank you." NASCAR sent the race into overtime after the final accident for one attempt at a green-white-checkered finish, and it seemed as though it might have been Matt Kenseths race to win. He led a race-high 142 laps and was the leader on the final restart but was passed by Carl Edwards on the first lap of overtime. He tried to get the lead back and was battling Edwards with no drafting partner. He never saw the pack coming behind him and, with nowhere to go, fell out of contention in the blink of an eye. "Carl just got a rocket restart there, and he cleared me down the backstretch," Kenseth said. "He just got a huge run somehow. I was still second. I thought we still had a shot. I tried to get around Carl but he blocked, which you should. We got real wide getting up there and got pretty far to the top, and I just didnt watch the runs from the guys way in the back. "I saw David at the last minute but he was going too fast. If I pulled in front of him I was just going to get wrecked. I just had to bite the bullet and try to find the hole, which there wasnt one. It was a disappointing end to the day but man, we had a great car. Thats when Ragan and Gilliland came charging out of nowhere, sweeping past Edwards and Jimmie Johnson and to the front. "That was crazy," Edwards said. "I blocked everybody I could. I was doing everything I could. I blocked Matt and I thought, Oh, weve got it. And then I saw Jimmie coming and I blocked him and I thought, Who is that back there? It was this Ford freight train coming and I just couldnt stay in front of them." Edwards wound up third for a sweep of the top three spots for Ford. Michael Waltrip, who turned 50 this week and was running his first race since the Daytona 500, was fourth, and Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson was fifth. Smith finished sixth and was followed by Martin Truex Jr., Kenseth, Scott Speed and Aric Almirola. Denny Hamlin successfully returned from a compression fracture in a vertebra by turning 23 laps before getting out of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for replacement driver Brian Vickers during the first caution. Hamlin climbed out through a roof hatch and Vickers slid in through the window quickly enough to keep the No. 11 on the lead lap. "It was all about just going through the motions and getting the process of making a comeback, getting that started," Hamlin said. "This is the first week of a comeback. This is going to be the start of everything, so anything that Brian gets us for points today is strictly a bonus and were going to start next week in Darlington with our hair on fire." But it was short-lived hope for Hamlin. A mere 18 laps later, before Hamlin had even completed his media interviews, Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch triggered a 16-car accident on lap 43 that collected Vickers. Hamlin scurried to his garage stall to survey the damage on the car, where Vickers sat with the window net still up. Vickers finished 34th in Hamlins car. Malik Jackson Jaguars Jersey . 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