NASCAR Cup Series

“It’s always fun coming back home and come back to the place of your first win. Obviously, for me it’s nice because friends and family come down and I get to see them and it just feels good to be here. I’m excited to get back on the track.

“I always feel comfortable racing here at Talladega. I think it started with the ARCA race you were talking about, I was able to win it in I guess ‘Talladega’ fashion using up that whole front stretch to pass Frank Kimmel back to the line and always gave me confidence coming back to be able to be good here. 

KEVIN MEENDERING, CURRENT CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 1 CAMARO SS AT JR MOTORSPORTS AND 2019 CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 48 CAMARO ZL1, DRIVEN BY JIMMIE JOHNSON, ALONG WITH JEFF ANDREWS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS, met with members of the media at the Hendrick Motorsports campus. Full Transcript:

DARIAN GRUBB, CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 24 CAMARO ZL1 WHO WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO THE ROLE OF TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND JEFF ANDREWS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION, met with members of the media at the Hendrick Motorsports campus. Full Transcript:

WILLIAM BRYON, DRIVER, NO. 24 CAMARO ZL1, ALONG WITH JEFF ANDREWS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION AT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS, met with members of the media to discuss the move of Chad Knaus to be William’s crew chief starting in 2019. Full Transcript:

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWES FOR PROS CAMARO ZL1 AND CHAD KNAUS, CREW CHIEF, met with members of the media at the Hendrick Motorsports campus to discuss the news that they will not be paired as driver and crew chief in 2019 after 17 seasons working together. Full Transcript:

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be in action at Talladega Superspeedway while the NASCAR Xfinity Series is off. The Monster Energy Series heads to the second race of the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Camping World Truck Series Playoffs enters the final race of the Round of 8.

Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Talladega Superspeedway ... Richard Childress began his driving career at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969 and is in a tie for the most all-time car owner victories at the storied Alabama-based race track with 12 wins. Dale Earnhardt visited Victory Lane nine times, while Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer swept the 2010 events at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Bowyer added to the Welcome, N.C.-based organization's total by claiming RCR's 100th Cup Series win when NASCAR's senior series visited the facility in October 2011. In 174 starts, RCR also has four pole awards, 42 top-five, 70 top-10 finishes and has led 1,843 laps of competition

Flying around in aircraft formation inches apart at 200 mph. That would be good enough to force me into the Depends, especially if I were in the passenger seat. It is a track that causes skid marks to appear everywhere.

Things have kicked into high gear at Talladega Superspeedway with the track’s pivotal doubleheader NASCAR Playoff weekend just days away. The lineup of pre-race dignitaries has been finalized for the 1000Bulbs.com 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event and the Fr8Auctions 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. They include: