Following a wild finish in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, four Team Chevy drivers have advanced to the Eliminator round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. The 10-race playoff began with nine Chevy SS drivers vying for this season’s championship title. With only five races remaining in the season, four Chevrolet SS drivers are left standing to try to earn Team Chevy’s 31st driver championship.
Greg Biffle once again flexed his fuel saving muscles and almost left Talladega Superspeedway with the win Sunday afternoon. Biffle stayed out while others pitted and had saved enough fuel to make it to the end when a caution came out and an extended cleanup period ensued. Biffle had to relinquish the lead and come down pit road for fuel due to the extra cleanup time. Biffle was able to make up a few positions on the race ending green-white-checkered finish to cross the finish line 20th in the No. 16 Cheez-It Ford.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Subway Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Finishing Position: 5th - How do you feel about your performance today? “Just really glad to be through this round. My guys just did an amazing job with the car, with the strategy and really excited to go to Martinsville. It’s fun to still be in it and we’ll just go race hard and have some more fun.”
TODD GORDON, crew chief, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TELL US ABOUT THE FINAL LAPS. “I would say we were probably the lowest stressed group coming into today. The final laps there we had a good car. I felt like we could contend and execution in the pits got us to the point where we got off pit road that last fuel only stop first and we were watching it go and seeing what was happening with the 16."
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET SS - WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL RESTART AND YOUR TAKE ON IT: “I couldn’t believe he (Joey Logano) gave me the bottom. I was like ‘man this is a gift.’ I was going to win the race for sure, but that caution came out."
Richard Childress Racing drivers Paul Menard, Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon finished sixth, 12th and 14th, respectively, in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Martin Truex Jr.’s come-from-behind seventh-place finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway advanced the Furniture Row Racing driver to NASCAR’s Eliminator Round of the Chase, equivalent to college basketball’s Elite 8.
Jeff Gordon will start out front in his final race at Talladega Superspeedway after winning the pole position and leading the Chevrolet SS contingent in qualifying for the CampingWorld.com 500.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 3M CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - HOW DEEP DOES THIS EFFORT GO? “It’s very deep. These guys work extremely hard. I know everybody does for these restrictor plate tracks. To be able to get the results like that and they have been doing it all year long on these tracks.
The 2021 CARS Super Late Model Tour champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 121 of 250 laps and reduced his points deficit from 59 to 31 with his third O'Reilly victory of 2026 in Ridgeway, Virginia.
Brandon Jones rallied from deep in the field yet again to lead Toyota with a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Martinsville Saturday evening.
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Menards/Delta Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I think this is a track where you definitely need a good qualifying run because of pit selection."
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, notched a pole-winning lap at 98.492 mph in 19.226 seconds for his sixth Cup pole of 2026, sixth at Martinsville and the 54th of his career.
