NASCAR Cup PR

TY DILLON, NO. 42 PETTY GMS CAMARO ZL1, met with the media via teleconference in advance of this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Press Conference Transcript:

Rookie driver Todd Gilliland heads into Sunday’s Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway race knowing he will need friends to help push him all race long to stay in contention for a top finish.

The 2020 Cup Series Rookie of the Year’s 10th-place finish there a year ago this weekend was the best of his first four Cup Series visits and was the first of his two top-10 finishes earned last season.

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are hoping that the speed they showed at Daytona International Speedway in February can be duplicated this weekend at Daytona’s sister track, Talladega Superspeedway.

RFK Racing takes its successful Superspeedway program to Alabama this weekend for the first of two trips to Talladega Superspeedway, where Jack Roush has eight wins all-time, including five in the Cup Series.

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on how he is preparing for Talladega Superspeedway: "I've watched a lot of superspeedway races to see what I can do differently to be in contention at the end of stages and at the end of the race."

Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 2 Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang, won the season’s first superspeedway race as he captured the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Corey LaJoie will pay tribute to late country-music star and former NASCAR competitor Marty Robbins with a vibrant pink and yellow paint scheme featuring Robbins’ No. 777 during the Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR at Darlington Raceway.

Buescher makes his 14th Cup start at Talladega on Sunday, and is coming off one of his best finishes at the 2.66-mile Superspeedway just last fall (sixth).

Chase Briscoe and the No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) visit Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway for the second superspeedway race of the year. Briscoe finished 11th at the 2.66-mile oval last April and returned in October to finish 14th.