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Talladega Superspeedway plays host to the NASCAR Cup Series as Michael McDowell and the No. 34 team look to play Playoff spoiler this weekend.

This will mark the second straight week that all three of NASCAR's top national series will be competing in playoff races at the same track as Talladega Superspeedway hosts the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series on consecutive days.

Noah Gragson, driver of the No. 10 Beef-a-Roo Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Stewart-Haas Racing comes into the 188-lap race around the 2.66-mile oval with three straight finishes of 18th or better.

In his 39 career Cup Series outings at Talladega, Truex has three top-five finishes, nine top-10s, and he’s led a total of 111 laps. His average Talladega finish is 21.0.

RFK has seen its fair share of success at the Alabama track, amassing 287 starts, eight wins, 47 top-fives and 98 top-10s across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

Fourth was also Briscoe’s best result in four career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Talladega. In April 2019, Briscoe finished fourth after leading nine laps.

Ryan Blaney lined up sixth to take the restart with 26 to go and worked his way back into the top-five before taking the checkered flag fourth to open the Round of 12.

LaJoie earned his eighth top-15 finish of the season and his first top-15 in 16 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas.

Chris Buescher led RFK with an 11th-place finish in the Fastenal Ford Sunday afternoon at Kansas Speedway, while teammate Brad Keselowski earned stage two points and went on to finish 22nd in the Solomon Plumbing Ford.

Solid Effort by Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet Team at Kansas Speedway