Two Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are assured a spot within the Championship 4, whereas the remaining six drivers will likely be left to combat over the ultimate two spots at Martinsville. NASCAR leaves Talladega after a dramatic race from begin to end, that includes an unbelievable variety of lead adjustments and nonstop motion.
Ultimately, Chase Briscoe handed Bubba Wallace on the ultimate lap as Hendrick Motorsports imploded, taking the checkered flag and making certain himself a shot on the title for the primary time in his profession.
This is a glance again on the greatest winners and losers from the Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway:
WINNER: Briscoe and Small will combat for a title of their first 12 months collectively
Watch: Small on unshakeable Briscoe: ‘Nothing phases him … he is a bizarre dude’
Have you learnt what occurs while you take a driver and a crew chief with one thing to show and pair them collectively? You get the No. 19 staff in 2025. Chase Briscoe and crew chief James Small are going to the Championship 4 after a unbelievable drive on Sunday, and a powerful season total. Briscoe might legitimately turn into a champion in his first 12 months as a Joe Gibbs Racing driver, and it feels deserved. That automotive has been depraved quick and these two have been executing each week.Â
LOSER: Hendrick 1-2 unravels in extra time
Watch: Larson: ‘Unlucky’ to expire of gas late at Talladega
It could not have gone a lot worse for Hendrick Motorsports on the finish of Sunday’s race. They managed each lanes with William Byron and Kyle Larson, and but, not a single HMS driver positioned increased than twenty fifth. Larson’s staff miscalculated and he ran out of gas whereas battling for the lead on the ultimate lap. Byron was going to get a prime 5, however he acquired spun out mere seconds from the end line. Now Byron is deep beneath the cutline, and Larson is on the bubble in a nervous week forward for NASCAR’s most profitable staff.
WINNER: The sphere for 27 leaders, 77 lead adjustments, and minimal carnage
Watch: Briscoe punches ticket to Champ 4 as Byron, Larson have points on final lap
The race itself was unbelievable. 27 completely different race leaders and 77 lead adjustments locations it among the many prime 5 in each classes in your complete historical past of the game. There was nonstop motion and motion all through the sphere. Regardless of that, there was just one multi-car accident, which occurred throughout the first stage after a foul bump on the entrance of the pack. Past that, the driving was practically excellent all through the sphere.
LOSER: Penske one way or the other loses management of the race
Ryan Blaney, Workforce Penske Ford
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Earlier than Hendrick’s 1-2 fell aside, the Penske duo of Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney had been in command of the race. Each of those superspeedway aces ought to have been arduous to cross, however their line merely acquired slowly shuffled again by way of the pack till they misplaced all of their monitor place. It was an uncommon exhibiting from each drivers, who ought to have been contending for the win. Neither driver made it again to the entrance, and now certainly one of them should win at Martinsville with a purpose to preserve Penske’s championship win streak alive.
WINNER: Ty Gibbs is a staff participant at Talladega
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Picture by: Chris Graythen – Getty Photos
There was some negativity round Gibbs and his incapability to work along with his teammates. There have been flashpoints within the 2022 Spherical of 8 NASCAR Xfinity Collection elimination race, and just lately in a Cup race at New Hampshire. There, he drew the ire of teammate Denny Hamlin and acquired himself wrecked, however Sunday was a really completely different story. He adopted Briscoe carefully as he reduce a path to the entrance, sticking with him and pushing him out to the win. He was a real staff participant, and Briscoe praised him for it throughout his winner’s interview.
LOSER: Chris Buescher crashes out of the lead with lower than two to go
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Chris Buescher, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
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RFK Racing has had a number of possibilities to go to Victory Lane this 12 months, however they preserve arising brief. Buescher was in an ideal place on Sunday, main the race with two laps to go after taking a monster run from the surface. He then blocked a run from Byron, however an aggressive bump despatched the No. 17 spinning wildly into the within wall, ending his race. He completed thirtieth in a irritating outcome after battling for the win.
Todd Gilliland, Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
Picture by: Logan Riely / Getty Photos
Talladega is the placement of FRM’s best triumph, incomes a surprising 1-2 end there in 2013. For a second, it seemed like historical past may repeat itself as Zane Smith and teammate Todd Gilliland led the race within the closing laps. Whereas they did not finally hoist the trophy, each vehicles nonetheless completed robust with Gilliland putting second to race winner Briscoe, and Smith ending ninth. It is the primary double prime ten outcome since March at COTA.Â
LOSER: Allmendinger’s hatred of superspeedways is bolstered by massive hit
AJ Allmendinger crash, Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
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AJ Allmendinger doesn’t like superspeedway racing, regardless that he is received at such tracks earlier than within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection. And Sunday’s race solely bolstered his hate, as he was cruising out entrance with the race lead in Flip 1 when he acquired hooked into the surface wall. The veteran driver stated the hit knocked the wind out of him, and there have been scary scenes as he lay on the bottom beside his smoldering race automotive. Fortunately, he was okay, however he definitely did not acquire any love for Talladega after that one.
WINNER: Casey Mears with a quiet prime 20 within the No. 66
Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Chris Buescher, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Picture by: Sean Gardner / Getty Photos
Mears made a shock return to the Cup Collection this 12 months as he pursues 600 profession begins throughout all three nationwide divisions and 500 in Cup alone. The part-timer was quiet at Talladega, and completed 18th with out a scratch on his No. 66 Ford. It is his greatest outcome since competing fulltime within the Cup Collection in 2016, and the staff’s greatest exhibiting in any Cup race over the past 5 years!
LOSER: Chase Elliott did not even get an opportunity
Chase Elliott with harm, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Picture by: Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos
Elliott wanted to make up factors in Sunday’s race, however he by no means acquired the prospect. He was working at the back of the lead pack when the one multi-car crash befell, and whereas he ought to have been capable of make it by way of, the unfortunate No. 9 acquired pushed into the wreck, ending his day. Elliott completed fortieth, scoring only one level. He faces a must-win at Martinsville, and if he desires to advance into the Championship 4, he will must combat his teammates for it.
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