Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway promises to be a knockout. The forecast calls for sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, ideal weather to watch all the fast-paced action on the 2.66-mile trioval.
Rocky Ridge Custom Trucks has signed a full-year sponsorship agreement with JR Motorsports and will receive associate branding on Chase Elliott’s No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet starting this weekend at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/VALSPAR RESERVE CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the new drafting format at Talladega, making the Chase on points, his intermediate program, how is mother influenced his racing career, and more.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed his thoughts on knock-out qualifying at Talladega, the influence his mom has had on his life and many other topics.
DARRELL WALLACE JR., No. 20 ToyotaCare Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Are you excited to get back to Nationwide Series competition this weekend?
“Yeah, I’m super excited if I can wake up.
MATT KENSETH No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What is your outlook this weekend at Talladega? “Talladega is always unpredictable. We’ve ran really well here the last couple years. Last spring we led a bunch of laps and I think it’s the thing that ended kind of at night and had a green-white-checkered at the end and got beat so that was disappointing. And, then last fall was kind of a strange ending and just couldn’t really make anything happen."
Roush Fenway Racing’s (RFR) Ryan Reed will have a special guest riding along with him during Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Talladega Superspeedway. American Diabetes Association Youth Ambassador Kathryn Morgan’s name is featured on a decal riding inside the No. 16 American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion, posted the fastest single-lap speed in Friday's final practice session. He spoke about the lap after returning to the garage.
David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 KFC Ford Fusion, registered the second win of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career and first for Front Row Motorsports when he won last year’s Aaron’s 499 here at Talladega Superspeedway. Ragan held a press conference before today’s practice sessions to talk about that day and his hopes for repeating on Sunday.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be making his 500th career NASCAR Cup Series start with Team Penske this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Christian Eckes has been on the brink of returning to victory lane as the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Series (NCTS) Chase enters round three on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS).
For the first time since 2017, NASCAR’s fall weekend at “America’s Home for Racing” will return to the track’s oval as all three of the sport’s national touring series will continue their title runs on the traditional 1.5-mile layout.
