![]() He added his name to the list of championship contending drivers that also have a single win at the track that includes Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch. earned his first win in the Cup Series by winning the first race of the 2017 season at Talladega back in May. They are not in the playoffs so playing spoiler is in their minds. (Photo courtesy of /by Robert Laberge/NASCAR via Getty Images)Ĭlint Bowyer and last year’s winner of this race Joey Logano also have two wins apiece. with 10 wins.īrad Keselowski will be looking to add to his four career Talladega wins and earn an automatic advance to the next round on the Chase Grid.Ĭhase Grid drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray each have two wins at “Dega” and will have the same goal as Brad, earning the automatic advance by winning the race. Playing the role of spoiler to the Chase Grid drivers this weekend with a win would make the only driver to have won more times than him at the track in NASCAR’s top division his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr. You know he will be trying to do just that to move him out of a tie at number two on the all-time winners at the track with Jeff Gordon. could add to his six career wins at Talladega. He cannot win the championship in his final season as a full-time NASCAR driver, but Dale Jr. ![]() When it comes to winning at “Dega” Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Photo courtesy of /by Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images) NOTE: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2017 races (25 total) among active drivers at Talladega Superspeedway. Which active drivers have done the best at competing and calculating at “Dega” over their careers? Here is a look at those stats.ĭriver names in red are current championship contenders. (Photo courtesy of /by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) This weekend’s Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway will feature 55 laps of racing for stages one and two and end with a third and final stage of 78 laps to total 188 laps (500 miles) of racing while calculating if a maneuver is worth the risk. Stage racing has changed the bonus points structure and added the coveted playoff points to the equation, adding even more for the drivers to consider. ![]() The drivers will have to constantly balance the risk versus reward factor in their mind as they rocket around the 2.66-mile track each and every lap. ![]() Some playoff drivers, like Kyle Busch, had disastrous finishes in last week’s race and cannot afford to have another one this week if they hope to advance in the playoffs. The bigger issue for those drivers that are still championship contenders is that being caught in the “Big One” could also cause the loss of many valuable points that will be needed to advance to the next round of The Chase. The obvious negative to being caught in the “Big One” is that it eliminates your chance at winning the race. ![]() When these multi-car crashes reach double digits (which happens often in pack racing) for the number of cars involved the name given to the accident is the “Big One.” The “Big One” happened earlier this year in the season’s first race at the track commonly just called “ Dega.” (Photo courtesy of /by Jerry Markland/Getty Images) When even a very small mistake is made in a large pack of cars racing in the draft it typically leads to a chain reaction crash that collects multiple cars. When the cars run that fast that close somebody is bound to make a mistake, even a very small mistake. When there is pack racing the cars run at 200 plus mph just inches apart. When the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competes on the super speedways on the circuit it means there will be pack racing. The NASCAR playoffs move to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend where 11 of the 12 remaining Chase Grid drivers will be in fear of the “Big One.” (Photo courtesy of /by Jerry Markland/Getty Images) (Photo courtesy of /by Jerry Markland/Getty Images) ![]()
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