Matt DiBenedetto, Brennan Poole searching for Talladega redemption in Xfinity race

After a lengthy review by NASCAR, it was determined that Sadler was ahead at the moment of caution, despite being below the double-yellow line that NASCAR deems out of bounds at both Daytona and Talladega. Poole sat in his car for nearly seven minutes beside Sadler on the frontstretch as the two driver awaited the official decision. 

Poole returns to Talladega in his Chevrolet Camaro this weekend with a paint scheme that is nearly identical to that of the 2016 race where he came so close to victory. To this day, Poole is yet to score a NASCAR win. 

While DiBenedetto won his first NASCAR race at Talladega in the Truck Series in 2022, he's looking for an Xfinity Series win to avenge one of his most painful NASCAR defeats. 

In the Cup Series race at Talladega in the fall of 2020, DiBenedetto took a gamble on fuel and had a chance to spoil the playoff party. Just like with Poole's defeat in 2016, the controversial double-yellow line rule would be a major player. 

Leading as the field came to the white flag, DiBenedetto's checkered dreams all came undone in turn three.

After DiBenedetto threw a late block on William Byron, Denny Hamlin dipped below the yellow line in the middle of Turn 3 to take the lead coming into the tri-oval. Hamlin then beat DiBenedetto by just a few feet at the line, marking the second time the driver of the No. 11 Camry broke DiBenedetto's heart with a late race pass. 

While he would come close to victory again at Talladega in 2021, DiBenedetto's only taste of NASCAR success since is his lone Truck Series win at Talladega, where he was a beneficiary of the "moment-of-caution" rule that denied Poole his Talladega triumph in 2016. 

With an Alabama heartbreak owned by both drivers, they likely feel that Talladega owes them a stroke of good luck. In racing, however you often have to create their own, and at no track does that ring more true than Talladega.