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Sunday's originally scheduled Geico 500 would finally see the green flag on Monday afternoon after weather postponed the 188-lap contest at Talladega Superspeedway.

Ryan Newman stayed true to his typical superspeedway strategy Sunday afternoon at Talladega, inserting himself into the conversation late in the race after running safely in the back of the pack for much of the race.

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang -- VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW -- “I just kind of blocked, just trying to block the best we good. Ride the top, ride the bottom.

Due to inclement weather, the NASCAR Cup Series was forced to postpone today’s GEICO 500 until tomorrow, June 22nd, at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch was made available to media via videoconference on Sunday in advance of next week’s race at Pocono Raceway:

Astronaut Doug Hurley, currently 250 miles above earth on board the International Space Station as commander of SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 (DM-2) spaceflight, will give the command to fire engines for Sunday’s (June 21) NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, serving as the Grand Marshal for the GEICO 500.

KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, met with media via teleconference and discussed the upcoming race this weekend at Talladega, bow hunting, his CGR teammate, Matt Kenseth, and more. Full Transcript:

COREY LAJOIE, No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford Mustang – THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR AS A FATHER, SO WITH FATHER’S DAY ON SUNDAY HOW ARE YOU FEELING? “As anybody that has a kid would know it is a lot of work, and you don’t really know what you sign up for."

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Dent Wizard Ford Mustang, has two wins this season and leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drives with five career triumphs at Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski held a media availability earlier this afternoon to talk about his success and other topics with members of the media.

Matt DiBenedetto said he and the No. 21 Quick Lane team are headed into Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with one main goal in mind.