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Heim snags Talladega victory in One-Lap Shootout
Corey Heim won Saturday’s General Tire 200 from the Talladega Superspeedway, taking the lead from Bret Holmes on the final lap and held off Dave Mader III and Nick Sanchez at the checkered flag. Race Recap Ty Gibbs started the 76-lap race on the pole position and shared the front row with Bret Holmes who…
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Harrison Burton has chance at NASCAR history
If Harrison Burton finds Victory Lane in the GEICO 500 Sunday, he will become the seventh driver in the history of NASCAR’s premier series to win in their debut. Burton will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway, looking to become the first driver to win in his first start in over 58…
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Most Talladega starts without a win
The GEICO 500 Sunday will feature 10 past winners of a points race at Talladega Superspeedway in the Cup Series. The five drivers who have made the most starts at the 2.66-mile speedway but have yet to reach Victory Lane include two past champions and former Daytona 500 winners. No. 5 Austin Dillon (15 starts)The…
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‘Mixed emotions’ for Denny Hamlin in second-place finish
He’s leading the points, has scored the most Top-5 and Top-10 runs among the competition, has the best average starting and average finish position, and has led the most laps this season, but a victory has evaded Denny Hamlin through the first-fourth of the 2021 Cup Series season. Eight Top-5 finishes in the opening nine…
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Aric Almirola posts first Top-10 of 2021
Aric Almirola earned his first Top-10 finish of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season with his sixth-place finish in the Toyota Owners 400 Sunday (April 18) at Richmond Raceway. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver started 22nd, earning one stage point in his highest finish of the season. “I really battled for fifth there at the end,…
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Matt DiBenedetto posts first Top-10 of season
It took nine races, but Matt DiBenedetto picked up his first Top-10 finish of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. DiBenedetto took home a ninth-place finish in the Toyota Owners 400 Sunday (April 18) at Richmond Raceway, earning five stage points in the process. “We worked on the car a little bit and made the…
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Alex Bowman scores third career win at Richmond
Alex Bowman picked up his first win of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season in the Toyota Owners 400 Sunday (April 18), passing race leader Denny Hamlin after a restart with 12 laps to go. Bowman led the final 10 circuits at Richmond Raceway to claim the win. “We just had a great race car;…
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MBM Motorsports to return to Cup action
MBM Motorsports will field its No. 66 Cup Series ride at Talladega Superspeedway and select races throughout the rest of 2021,The Racing Experts have learned. Timmy Hill will attempt the GEICO 500 at Talladega (April 25) after he and the team skipped the Martinsville Speedway race and will miss the Richmond Raceway event this weekend…
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Chase Elliott makes NASCAR history at Martinsville
Chase Elliott’s runner-up finish in the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 Sunday (April 11) netted the Hendrick Motorsports driver his 100th Top-10 in a NASCAR Cup Series points-awarding event. Elliott collected 14 stage points and his second runner-up finish of the 2021 season in the Martinsville Speedway race. The 2020 champion is the 73rd…
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completes 300th start
By finishing 15th in the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed his 300th NASCAR Cup Series points-awarding race. Stenhouse started sixth in the Martinsville Speedway race, becoming the 97th driver in the history of the Cup Series to start at least 300 races. After the Martinsville race, Stenhosue remains 14th in…