The streak is at 9 consecutive winners with no repeat winner at Talladega Superspeedway, the longest in monitor historical past, and there’s a very good case it might proceed.
Since Ryan Blaney received consecutive races at Talladega in 2019-20, the final 9 races have featured these winners so as: Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Blaney, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
That leaves a roster of attainable candidates for extending the streak that features two-time Daytona 500 winner William Byron and three-time Talladega winner Joey Logano.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has two wins at Talladega and scored extra top-10 finishes there than another Cup monitor.
The record additionally contains Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, Ryan Preece, Christopher Bell, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Carson Hocevar, Josh Berry, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez and Austin Cindric — all of whom have proven the potential to place themselves in place to win on drafting tracks.
The previous seven drafting monitor races even have been received by completely different organizations. Bell’s victory two months in the past at Atlanta was the primary for Joe Gibbs Racing throughout the Subsequent Gen period (which began in 2022).
Keselowski, who’s mired in his worst begin (thirty first in factors) since his 2010 rookie season, leads lively drivers with six victories at Talladega.
Particulars for Sunday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway
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START: The command to start out engines might be given at 3:08 p.m. by Adam Smith, chief monetary officer for Jack Hyperlink’s. … The inexperienced flag is scheduled to wave at 3:20 p.m.
PRERACE: The Cup storage will open at midday. . … The drivers assembly will start at 2:05 p.m. … Driver introductions will start at 2:30 p.m. … The one centesimal United States Military Band of Fort Knox, Kentucky, will carry out the anthem at 3:01 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 188 laps (500 miles) on a 2.66-mile oval.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 60. Stage 2 ends at Lap 120.
ENTRY LIST: Click on right here for the 39 automobiles entered at Talladega
TV/RADIO: Fox will start its race broadcast at 3 p.m. Motor Racing Community and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio can have radio protection.
FORECAST: WeatherUnderground — Sunshine and clouds with the potential for a stray bathe or thunderstorm. Excessive of 84 levels with mild winds and a 19% likelihood of rain. It’s anticipated to be 82 levels with a 15% likelihood of rain firstly of the Cup race.
LAST TIME: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the ultimate 12 laps of the Oct. 6, 2024 race and held off Brad Keselowski for his second victory at Talladega Superspeedway
A YEAR AGO: Tyler Reddick led the ultimate six laps of the April 21, 2024 race and held off Brad Keselowski for his first victory at Talladega.
