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Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on racing at Talladega: "It’s obviously not an ideal situation to be where we’re at in the points heading into Talladega (Superspeedway), but it is what it is. I’ve said for years that no one is safe in these playoffs."

Speedway Motorsports executive Jessica Fickenscher has been named Executive Director for the upcoming May 21, 2023, NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Noah Gragson is set to make his 14th career NASCAR Cup Series start in Sunday’s YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. It will be his second Cup Series start at Talladega and his fourth and final with Beard Motorsports.

Talladega Superspeedway is the next stop for the NASCAR Cup Series, a track where Jack Roush’s Fords have long had great success at.

It’s the last superspeedway event of the season as all of Toyota’s Playoff drivers look for strong finishes in Talladega, while the NHRA finishes their run of three straight events near St. Louis. ARCA is back in action as well at Salem Speedway as the series closes out its season.

Briscoe has earned four top-five finishes and five top-10s in 30 races this season, and he’s led 238 laps thus far compared to just 18 during his 2021 Rookie of the Year campaign.

Cole Custer and the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) are set to tackle the season’s sixth and final superspeedway-style race during Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Buescher makes his 15th Cup start at Talladega this weekend where he has two top-10s and a 20.7 average finish.

Keselowski enters the weekend as the winningest active driver at Talladega with six Cup wins, tied for second on the all-time list with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon.

As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway for Sunday’s YellaWood 500, Kyle Busch finds himself in an unfamiliar position.