TALLADEGA, Ala. -- If you went by Elliott Sadler's post-race photo op after he collected $100,000 in the NASCAR XFINITY Grand National Series Dash 4 Cash, you'd think it was just a run of the mill afternoon. What the race results don't tell you, however, was that he rallied from a speeding penalty that put him a lap down to finish fifth.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Spencer Gallagher wasn't one of the primary contenders all day. He didn't win a stage, nor did he lead more than one lap. But that one lap was the one that mattered, when all was said and done.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The field was four laps shy of the end of the first stage of the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway when the Big One was triggered.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The final run to the finish had five lead changes, and Aric Almirola took the lead with four laps remaining to win a competitive XFINITY Series Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The late Barney Hall once said "They don't race 'em anywhere in the world like they do at Talladega," and there's truth to that statement.
NASCAR travels to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the XFINITY Series Sparks Energy 300 and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500. The XFINITY races airs Saturday at 1 p.m. and the Cup Series race will be broadcast Sunday at 2 p.m., both on FOX.
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.
Matt Tifft will lead the field to the green flag for this afternoon's race at Talladega. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for today's NASCAR XFINITY Series Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway with a time of 52.857 and a speed of 181.168 mph.
