NASCAR XFINITY Driver, Benny Gordon has announced he will make his first start of the 2015 season this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway in the Winn-Dixie 300. Gordon will be driving the #17 VSI - Somerset Regional Water Resources (SRWR) Toyota Camry.
JUST THE FACTS: Sunday's race will be Buescher's first Sprint Cup start at Talladega Superspeedway ... Buescher has one XFINITY Series start at the 2.66-mile oval, a second-place finish last May ... CSX returns to the No. 34 Ford with its "Play It Safe" railroad-safety message.
All-Time Restrictor-Plate Wins Leader: Gordon is the all-time leader in restrictor-plate victories with 12. Dale Earnhardt Sr. ranks second with 11 while Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. is third with eight.
“Talladega is intense. You can run three, sometimes four-wide lap after lap. You really need to be on top of your game at all times and stay razor sharp. So I’ve got to make sure to race smart all day long and be there at the end.
Chris Buescher makes his second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. Last season, Buescher started eighth and finished second. In this season’s first restrictor plate race at Daytona International Speedway, Buescher finished second while pushing his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ryan Reed to his first win.
Reed has one start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Talladega Superspeedway, which came in May 2014. Reed qualified fourth and led the opening 29 laps of the race before getting caught up in a wreck on Lap 62 and finishing in the 24th position.
“I finished second in this race last year and I’m excited to go back. Talladega is a good opportunity for us to win a race, its pure speed and we have fast Speedway cars, so I’m looking forward to this weekend.”
Elliott Sadler makes his seventh NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend in Talladega, AL. Sadler won this race last year and is looking to defend his victory on Saturday afternoon.
“I’m looking forward to Talladega after seeing the speed our cars had at Daytona earlier this season. We need a win to make the Chase and I think that Talladega is great opportunity for us to be able to get that win.
“Our (restrictor) plate program has really been our strong suit over the last few years on this FedEx team. I have learned some things over the last few plate races that have helped, and we have had really good cars in the draft.
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.
