Bless NASCAR’s pea-pickin’ hearts. You have to admit that they keep on trying. With both the junior and truck circuits pretty much irrelevant these days due to the inclusion and the total domination of Cup drivers, NASCAR once again is trying to do the right thing.
Talladega is already a stressful race. Add the fact that it's also a Chase elimination race and the stress factor rises even more. That makes sense. That's a given. That way, in a sense, the disagreement between Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick following the Hellmann's 500 on Sunday almost has some merit, even if they are Stewart-Haas Racing teammates.
Talladega had everything on Sunday a race fan or adrenalin junky could desire. It provided incredible action, with leaders driving looking at their mirrors rather than out the windshield, running at close to 200 miles per hour just inches apart.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Two of the heavy favorites to win the championship going into the Chase won't continue on in the pursuit of a championship in 2016 following mechanical failure in Alabama.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- A jack getting stuck under the car of Joey Logano on his first stop didn't stop him from rallying back to score the victory in Alabama.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota posted the fastest time in the final round of qualifying and scored the pole position for the Hellmann's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with a time of 49.509 and a speed of 193.423 mph.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Grant Enfinger spent many years trying to win at Talladega in the ARCA Series to no avail, but it took 94 laps, excellent performance and attrition from other cars to finally secure the Fairhopes, Alabama native his first victory at the Alabama speedway.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Cole Custer will lead the field to the green flag later this afternoon in the state of Alabama. The driver of the No. 00 JR Motorsports Chevrolet scored the pole for the fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola after posting a time of 53.672 and a speed of 178.417 mph.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Among the topics Carl Edwards addressed with the media were if he thinks plate racing is "insane," the unpredictability of plate racing and Talladega not being an elimination race come next season.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (16), top fives (58), top 10s (97) and laps led (4,269).
As good as a season-opening win in Gainesville felt for Matt Hartford, a repeat of that at his home track during this weekend’s FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs
