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Talladega Superspeedway

Superspeedway2.66 mipaved

Banking · Turns 33° · Back 2° · Front 16.5°

Talladega, AL

Cup Series · 2019 · RACE 31 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW · PLAYOFFS

1000Bulbs.com 500

Sun, Oct 13, 20191:00 PM local

S1 55S2 55S3 78188 laps

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What the track usually does

Last 3 completed races here · 2018–2019 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

6.7

n=3

Caution laps

27.3

n=3

Lead changes

26.0

n=3

Leaders

14.0

n=3

Green run

—

n=0

Longest green run

—

n=0

Margin

0.116s

n=2

Pole wins

n=3

Winner's start

8.0

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 40

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
22Joey LoganoP	10	61	3.3³	1³	3³	3³	12.3³	18.8%³	—	8.3³	—	—	—	-19.2³	2³	18.0⁴	—	13.2⁵	—	+10.0⁶	10.2³⁰	8.6³⁰	-0.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.67³⁰	83.5³⁰	55.2%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	0.0%³⁰	3,032¹	2019: P4 from 8 · led 37	3 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 3.3
6Ryan Newman	13	60	13.7³	0³	0³	2³	21.3³	0.0%³	—	19.9³	—	—	—	-12.0³	2³	8.8⁴	—	15.4⁵	—	+6.0⁶	20.1³⁰	7.1³⁰	+5.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	+1.87³⁰	84.8³⁰	34.3%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	0.0%³⁰	2,085¹	2019: P7 from 24	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 13.7
10Aric Almirola	5	59	5.7³	1³	1³	3³	15.3³	4.9%³	—	10.8³	—	—	—	-12.1³	2³	19.3⁴	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.0⁶	10.8³⁰	8.2³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.13³⁰	79.3³⁰	54.0%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	2,101¹	2019: P9 from 2 · led 27	3 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 5.7
88Alex BowmanP	2	59	14.3³	0³	1³	2³	9.0³	5.8%³	—	11.4³	—	—	—	-3.1³	1³	14.8⁴	—	11.0⁵	—	-5.7⁶	13.5³⁰	8.0³⁰	+0.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.17³⁰	88.0³⁰	45.2%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	3,049¹	2019: P2 from 9 · led 7	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.3
11Denny HamlinP	40	57	18.0³	0³	1³	1³	12.3³	1.9%³	—	12.2³	—	—	—	+0.1³	0³	17.0⁴	—	9.6⁵	—	-7.7⁶	10.8³⁰	9.1³⁰	+1.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.30³⁰	86.5³⁰	56.7%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	3.3%³⁰	3,080¹	2019: P36 from 23	3 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 18.0
47Ryan Preece	30	57	3.0¹	0¹	1¹	1¹	30.0¹	0.0%¹	—	28.1¹	—	—	—	-27.0¹	1³	20.0²	—	22.6⁵	—	+1.7⁶	24.0³⁰	8.3³⁰	+0.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	-1.00³⁰	77.7³⁰	10.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	20.0%³⁰	405¹	2019: P3 from 30	1 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 3.0
13Ty Dillon	21	55	15.7³	0³	0³	0³	23.7³	1.2%³	—	21.9³	—	—	—	—	1³	13.8⁴	—	18.6⁵	—	+5.0⁶	23.4³⁰	7.3³⁰	+2.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.90³⁰	78.2³⁰	16.8%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	0.0%³⁰	509¹	2019: P17 from 13 · led 7	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 15.7
62Brendan Gaughan	28	55	14.0³	0³	0³	1³	29.0³	1.2%³	—	22.1²	—	—	—	—	1³	20.5⁴	—	14.8⁵	—	+1.3⁶	32.7³	7.8³	+16.0³	0.0³	+11.50²	61.0²	5.7%²	—	—	—	—	—	0.33³	33.3%³	0¹	2019: P8 from 29 · led 5	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 14.0
19Martin Truex Jr.P	18	54	23.0³	0³	0³	0³	11.3³	1.9%³	—	19.2³	—	—	—	-1.7¹	0³	19.3⁴	—	7.6⁵	—	-11.0⁶	13.9³⁰	10.1³⁰	+3.7³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.30³⁰	77.0³⁰	54.3%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	6.7%³⁰	3,095¹	2019: P20 from 20 · led 11	3 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 23.0
48Jimmie Johnson	4	54	17.3³	0³	0³	1³	14.3³	0.0%³	—	14.7³	—	—	—	+0.9³	1³	18.3⁴	—	14.6⁵	—	-11.7⁶	12.8³⁰	9.3³⁰	-3.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	+1.03³⁰	79.6³⁰	54.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	740¹	2019: P33 from 21	3 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 17.3
4Kevin HarvickP	15	53	23.3³	0³	1³	1³	7.7³	10.2%³	—	8.0³	—	—	—	+11.4³	2³	26.3⁴	—	3.4⁵	—	+2.3⁶	7.3³⁰	10.6³⁰	-3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.33³⁰	65.9³⁰	63.7%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	3,074¹	2019: P38 from 19	3 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 23.3
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	7	53	11.0³	0³	2³	2³	8.3³	3.5%³	—	14.6³	—	—	—	-8.3³	2³	20.8⁴	—	21.0⁵	—	-14.0⁶	14.8³⁰	8.8³⁰	-5.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.93³⁰	83.3³⁰	42.7%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	13.3%³⁰	563¹	2019: P25 from 6 · led 16	3 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 11.0
9Chase ElliottP	1	53	11.7³	1³	2³	2³	7.0³	7.9%³	—	10.6³	—	—	—	-6.7³	1³	29.8⁴	—	13.0⁵	—	+6.7⁶	11.5³⁰	11.4³⁰	-2.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.57³⁰	83.2³⁰	54.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	16.7%³⁰	3,025¹	2019: P1 from 11 · led 45	3 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.7
24William ByronP	3	53	23.3³	0³	0³	0³	16.7³	3.3%³	—	12.1³	—	—	—	+8.9³	1³	19.5⁴	—	10.8⁵	—	+3.7⁶	12.1³⁰	6.7³⁰	-2.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.47³⁰	83.4³⁰	45.4%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	3.3%³⁰	3,032¹	2019: P21 from 25	3 st · 0 W · best P20 · avg 23.3
14Clint BowyerP	8	53	20.7³	0³	1³	1³	4.3³	0.0%³	—	15.7³	—	—	—	+7.9³	2³	22.8⁴	—	10.4⁵	—	-4.7⁶	10.1³⁰	11.8³⁰	-5.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.73³⁰	78.5³⁰	55.0%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁰	20.0%³⁰	3,028¹	2019: P29 from 3	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 20.7
21Paul Menard	14	53	18.3³	0³	0³	1³	20.0³	1.4%³	—	16.5³	—	—	—	—	2³	19.8⁴	—	15.8⁵	—	+7.3⁶	15.5³⁰	5.2³⁰	-0.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.27³⁰	91.9³⁰	37.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	656¹	2019: P16 from 17	3 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 18.3
1Kurt Busch	24	53	7.3³	0³	1³	2³	5.7³	19.9%³	—	10.0³	—	—	—	-8.8³	1³	24.5⁴	—	23.2⁵	—	-9.7⁶	12.3³⁰	9.3³⁰	-0.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.80³⁰	82.5³⁰	53.8%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.03³⁰	3.3%³⁰	2,084¹	2019: P6 from 14	3 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 7.3
3Austin Dillon	20	52	22.0³	0³	0³	0³	15.3³	0.0%³	—	19.5³	—	—	—	+9.0³	1³	14.8⁴	—	17.4⁵	—	+9.7⁶	15.7³⁰	8.9³⁰	-4.6³⁰	0.0³⁰	-2.13³⁰	73.1³⁰	36.3%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	10.0%³⁰	558¹	2019: P14 from 1	3 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 22.0
18Kyle BuschP	26	52	16.3³	0³	0³	1³	16.7³	0.9%³	—	10.7³	—	—	—	-2.1³	0³	18.5⁴	—	20.2⁵	—	-4.7⁶	12.3³⁰	10.1³⁰	+3.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.13³⁰	79.6³⁰	61.1%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.00³⁰	6.7%³⁰	3,080¹	2019: P10 from 22 · led 4	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 16.3
42Kyle LarsonP	12	52	25.0³	0³	0³	0³	22.0³	0.2%³	—	21.4³	—	—	—	+2.0³	1³	18.8⁴	—	12.2⁵	—	-7.7⁶	13.7³⁰	11.5³⁰	-0.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.67³⁰	90.2³⁰	44.6%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.23³⁰	20.0%³⁰	3,063¹	2019: P24 from 10 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.0
8Daniel Hemric	29	52	5.0¹	0¹	1¹	1¹	5.0¹	0.0%¹	—	21.2¹	—	—	—	-9.0¹	1³	26.0²	—	26.0⁵	—	-3.0⁶	17.9³⁰	8.9³⁰	-5.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.13³⁰	79.4³⁰	24.6%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	13.3%³⁰	425¹	2019: P5 from 5	1 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 5.0
43Darrell Wallace Jr.	27	51	24.7³	0³	0³	0³	20.0³	0.9%³	—	20.4³	—	—	—	—	1³	17.3⁴	—	16.4⁵	—	+2.0⁶	24.7³⁰	7.0³⁰	+1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.10³⁰	73.7³⁰	15.9%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	420¹	2019: P39 from 28	3 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.7
95Matt DiBenedetto	31	51	26.7³	0³	0³	0³	28.7³	1.6%³	—	27.6³	—	—	—	—	0³	17.5⁴	—	14.2⁵	—	-5.0⁶	20.7³⁰	9.5³⁰	+2.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	-2.17³⁰	84.1³⁰	31.4%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	13.3%³⁰	585¹	2019: P31 from 26 · led 1	3 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 26.7
37Chris Buescher	23	50	20.7³	0³	0³	0³	27.3³	0.2%³	—	20.7³	—	—	—	+6.3³	1³	16.0⁴	—	23.6⁵	—	+13.3⁶	21.7³⁰	7.3³⁰	+3.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.77³⁰	88.1³⁰	29.7%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	599¹	2019: P30 from 31	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 20.7
12Ryan BlaneyP	9	49	20.7³	0³	0³	0³	16.3³	1.8%³	—	9.6³	—	—	—	+6.8³	2³	28.5⁴	—	14.4⁵	—	+11.7⁶	13.1³⁰	10.8³⁰	-1.8³⁰	0.0³⁰	-1.00³⁰	82.5³⁰	54.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.10³⁰	13.3%³⁰	3,010¹	2019: P15 from 7 · led 4	3 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 20.7
41Daniel Suarez	19	48	12.7³	0³	0³	1³	14.3³	0.2%³	—	15.3³	—	—	—	-7.3³	2³	36.3⁴	—	17.6⁵	—	+5.0⁶	14.6³⁰	8.9³⁰	-0.9³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.43³⁰	91.8³⁰	48.3%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	6.7%³⁰	730¹	2019: P12 from 16	3 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 12.7
2Brad KeselowskiP	6	48	24.3³	0³	0³	0³	10.7³	9.1%³	—	11.3³	—	—	—	+12.3³	2³	29.8⁴	—	12.2⁵	—	-8.7⁶	10.2³⁰	10.8³⁰	-1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.17³⁰	75.7³⁰	51.5%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	6.7%³⁰	3,052¹	2019: P13 from 4 · led 10	3 st · 0 W · best P13 · avg 24.3
77Blake Jones	35	46	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³	—	—	30.0³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	first start here	—
34Michael McDowell	22	45	37.3³	0³	0³	0³	15.3³	0.0%³	—	26.3³	—	—	—	+12.3³	2³	13.3⁴	—	19.6⁵	—	-7.3⁶	21.4³⁰	8.5³⁰	-3.2³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.30³⁰	68.4³⁰	18.9%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	16.7%³⁰	396¹	2019: P40 from 12	3 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 37.3
32Corey Lajoie	33	45	21.5²	0²	0²	0²	38.0²	0.0%²	—	28.8²	—	—	—	—	2³	23.8⁴	—	26.2⁵	—	+0.3⁶	29.2³⁰	7.2³⁰	+3.3³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.43³⁰	47.3³⁰	4.2%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	10.0%³⁰	334¹	2019: P11 from 36	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 21.5
20Erik Jones	11	45	22.0³	0³	0³	1³	16.0³	0.7%³	—	28.4³	—	—	—	+5.4³	0³	15.8⁴	—	33.6⁵	—	+5.7⁶	15.7³⁰	13.4³⁰	-1.1³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.73³⁰	76.9³⁰	46.4%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.20³⁰	10.0%³⁰	2,037¹	2019: P19 from 27 · led 4	3 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 22.0
51Austin Theriault	37	44	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2³	—	—	33.3⁴	—	—	32.5⁴	1.5⁴	-0.8⁴	0.0⁴	+0.25⁴	12.3⁴	0.0%⁴	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁴	25.0%⁴	15¹	first start here	—
15Ross Chastain	34	44	25.0³	0³	0³	0³	35.0³	1.8%³	—	32.5³	—	—	—	-4.7³	1³	20.3³	—	28.4⁵	—	+2.7⁶	33.5²⁹	5.0²⁹	+5.1²⁹	0.0²⁹	+1.00²⁹	31.0²⁹	3.6%²⁹	—	—	—	—	—	0.00²⁹	10.3%²⁹	0¹	2019: P26 from 34 · led 9	3 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 25.0
38David Ragan	17	43	22.7³	0³	0³	1³	14.3³	0.0%³	—	24.5³	—	—	—	-14.2³	2³	28.3⁴	—	24.6⁵	—	+4.3⁶	22.1³⁰	6.2³⁰	-4.0³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.70³⁰	74.7³⁰	18.2%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.17³⁰	16.7%³⁰	330¹	2019: P23 from 15	3 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 22.7
52Spencer Boyd	39	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1³	—	—	36.0²	—	—	35.5²	2.8²	-0.5²	0.0²	0.00²	9.0²	0.0%²	—	—	—	—	—	0.50²	50.0%²	0¹	first start here	—
00Landon Cassill	25	42	28.0²	0²	0²	0²	35.0²	0.0%²	—	33.7²	—	—	—	+4.0¹	1³	19.7³	—	30.2⁵	—	-4.0⁶	31.0³⁰	5.2³⁰	+1.4³⁰	0.0³⁰	+0.83³⁰	31.8³⁰	4.0%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.07³⁰	10.0%³⁰	0¹	2019: P34 from 32	2 st · 0 W · best P22 · avg 28.0
96Parker Kligerman	32	41	27.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	25.5¹	—	—	—	—	0³	23.0²	—	29.8⁵	—	+0.3⁶	32.2¹¹	5.2¹¹	+4.5¹¹	0.0¹¹	+0.36¹¹	90.9¹¹	9.9%¹¹	—	—	—	—	—	0.18¹¹	18.2%¹¹	0¹	2019: P27 from 35	1 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 27.0
66Joey Gase	36	40	22.5²	0²	0²	0²	35.5²	0.0%²	—	29.9³	—	—	—	-4.0¹	0³	26.0²	—	33.8⁵	—	-1.3⁶	38.6⁸	3.8⁸	+4.3⁸	0.0⁸	+0.67⁹	6.6⁹	0.0%⁹	—	—	—	—	—	0.00⁸	12.5%⁸	0¹	2018: P18 from 37	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 22.5
27Reed Sorenson	38	40	27.5²	0²	0²	0²	37.5²	0.0%²	—	35.0²	—	—	—	+2.0²	1³	—	—	34.6⁵	—	+7.7⁶	36.1²⁰	5.4²⁰	+3.3²⁰	0.0²⁰	+0.10²⁰	12.6²⁰	0.0%²⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.10²⁰	30.0%²⁰	93¹	2019: P18 from 37	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.5
36Matt Tifft	16	38	37.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	18.0¹	0.0%¹	—	25.1¹	—	—	—	+5.5¹	2³	22.5²	—	26.4⁵	—	-6.3⁶	29.0³⁰	5.6³⁰	+2.5³⁰	0.0³⁰	-0.53³⁰	58.7³⁰	6.2%³⁰	—	—	—	—	—	0.13³⁰	13.3%³⁰	316¹	2019: P37 from 18	1 st · 0 W · best P37 · avg 37.0