TALLADEGA, Ala. (talladegasuperspeedway.com) – Grant Enfinger first attended races at Talladega Superspeedway as a fan with his father. This afternoon, however, the 31-year-old Fairhope, AL native held off teammate Spencer Gallagher for his first career NASCAR national series win at his home track in the fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, capping a race filled with excitement as seven teams battled for five transfer…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – Martin Truex Jr. overcame an issue in inspection to win the pole for the playoff elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway. Truex turned a lap of 193.423 mph Saturday to earn the top starting spot Sunday. Winner of two races in the first round of the Chase, Truex is winless in round two but above the cutoff…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (talladegasuperspeedway.com) – Tickets to Talladega Superspeedway’s Alabama 500 and fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola on Oct. 22-23 – the most anticipated NASCAR Chase Elimination races of 2016 – go on sale this Friday (June 10) and fans can save up to $10 with Advanced Pricing for a limited time. Advanced Pricing gives fans an opportunity to save money with countless ticket options…
Authorities are refusing to release the name of a man who was shot and killed by police in Alabama last weekend. The deadly shooting in Talladega County is being investigated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, where spokesman Jesse Thornton said Friday the department won’t identify the victim. Thornton says in an email interview the State Bureau of Investigation doesn’t…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – NASCAR has decided that Talladega Superspeedway won’t be an elimination race in next year’s championship Chase. The Alabama track swapped its date with Kansas Speedway in the most significant change to the 2017 schedule released Thursday. Talladega had been the third race in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship to…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – Gus Dean won the ARCA Series race Friday at Talladega Superspeedway when officials called the race three laps from the finish because of impending darkness. An accident brought out the caution with three to go Friday, but ARCA said it was too dark to go back to green. The race was finished under caution. Dean and…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – A test session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has delayed the inevitable conversation between teammates Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. Edwards bumped Busch out of his way on the last lap at Richmond to score his second consecutive victory. Although Busch said nothing disparaging of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, he didn’t seem pleased with the move….
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – It’s been an action-packed week for Tony Stewart following his return to a race car after a back injury sidelined him the first eight races of the season. First, he was fined $35,000 by NASCAR for criticizing the series about safety surrounding lug nuts. He then ran his first race since November and participated in the…
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) – The beloved car “Amelia” will be back at Talladega Superspeedway after Hendrick Motorsports rebuilt the Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to drive on Sunday. Earnhardt drove the car he named Amelia Earhart to four wins in six starts over a 13-month period. He was so confident in the car that he used it for the season-opening…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The crew chief for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been suspended for Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway for a technical violation found last weekend. Nick Sandler was also fined $20,000 on Wednesday for the violation NASCAR discovered in pre-qualifying inspection at Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR this year has stopped commenting on penalties besides citing the broken rule….
