AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW- ENERGY&WATER/INTELLIFRESH CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD “My car was actually probably dragging; the No. 1 (Jamie McMurray) could stick to my back bumper and he gave me a heck of a push all the way through (Turns) 3 and 4 and when he did that, I knew we were going to have a shot at it. But as soon as I pulled out, it was kind of a parachute but I had to make a shot at it."
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Kleen Performance Products Ford Mustang, narrowly avoided a multi-car incident following an overtime restart in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon, earning a 13th-place finish.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association team finished 31st on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway after leading eight laps and getting caught up in an incident on Lap 83 while running 19th.
Camry driver Daniel Suarez (seventh) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway.
Chase Elliott earned his second career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole with a fast lap of 49.704 seconds, 192.661 mph in his No. 24 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet SS for Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. He also won the pole position for the season-opening Daytona 500 in February. This marks Elliott’s first pole at the 2.66-mile track.
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - How was your qualifying effort? “We seemed to have pretty good speed."
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford (Qualified 6th) “It was a really good day. The guys brought a real great Fifth Third Ford Fusion down. I told the guys on the radio as soon as I got off turn four I felt like the wind picked up and it definitely has picked up now."
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - HOW MUCH DOES GETTING THE POLE HERE MEAN TO YOU? “It’s obviously really special. They were just telling me that on this day 30 years ago I think Dad set the record here. That is pretty special. "
The Aspen Dental Weekend at Talladega Superspeedway got off to a roaring start on Friday, with a total of five practice sessions between the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards taking to the 2.66-mile oval track.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 93 of 200 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier through a 17-lap shootout to notch his second O'Reilly victory of 2026 at the Lone Star state.
Brent Crews was the top-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus with a fourth-place result on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
