Bad things happen at Talladega. If you are not barrel rolling or wall smacking, you just had yourself a nice, pleasant day in Alabama. That kind of thing, in fact, can get you a win, as was the case with Brad Keselowski on Sunday.
"The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading..." and I need to make it clear that restrictor plate racing isn't going away. As usual, yesterday's GEICO 500 was quite the show of excitement and carnage. We saw cars upside down and a whole gaggle of cars caught up in one wreck, 37 lead changes among 17 different drivers and mayhem coming to the finish line.
While Tony Stewart was the driver of record for starting the race, relief driver Ty Dillon drove the car to a top-10 finish at Talladega. After switching out with Stewart under the first caution of the race, the relief driver of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing survived carnage to finish sixth in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
As the field wrecked behind, Brad Keselowski was up front when it mattered and scored the victory at the Alabama roulette wheel. The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford led 46 laps, the most of anyone, and survived a host of wrecks on his way to winning the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jeremy Clements survived a tumultuous finish at Talladega Superspeedway to snare a career-best finish of fourth place in the Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race.
Elliott Sadler's 41st birthday will be one to remember as he scored the victory at the Alabama roulette wheel. The driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet survived a wreck in the tri-oval coming to the checkered flag and had to wait for the official results to take said checkered flag in the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Chase Elliott will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow at Talladega. The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet scored the pole for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway after posting a time of 49.704 and a speed of 192.661 mph.
Talladega is a tough track to provide any type of fantasy insight into. Between the bumper-to-bumper restrictor plate racing, the "big one" and the overall unpredictability of the track, you truly never know what can evolve throughout the duration of a race.
How much has Koch grown? After eight events he holds two top-10s and sits 13th in points. He's had the speed in his No. 11 Camaro, as shown at Bristol where he posted the fastest speed in practice.
Garrett Mitchell (a.k.a. Cleetus McFarland) is back in the No. 4 Niece Motorsports Silverado for his third NCTS start of the season at Talladega Superspeedway.
The 2024 CARS Pro Late Model Tour champion from Willow Park, Texas, will continue to drive TRICON Garage's No. 11 Toyota for the 2027 Truck Series season.
Tyler Ankrum, driver of the No. 18 LIUNA Chevrolet heads down south to Lincoln, Ala. for the fifth race of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Chase at Talladega Superspeedway.
