Michael McDowell was leading coming to the start-finish-line during the GEICO 500, but he ended up wrecking the field on the final lap at Talladega. Denny Hamlin was watching with a keen eye, and he tried to figure out if there was a way the No.
The race at Talladega carried twists at every corner, moreover on the straights. The drivers were stuck in a slipstream train, and this caused the race to be a mundane one, especially for Kyle Busch.
A certain victory from Denny Hamlin’s past came to mind, as he watched Tyler Reddick take the checkered flag at Talladega over the weekend. During the latest episode of his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin harkened back to his 2020 Daytona 500 victory, where he was able to beat Ryan Newman and Ryan Blaney to the line.
Denny Hamlin didn’t envy NASCAR’s responsibility regarding their decision on when to throw the caution as the field raced back to the line at Talladega.
Kyle Busch wasn’t happy after Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, taking to X to air his frustrations with the Next Gen car. Busch, who jumped out of line along with Ty Gibbs in the final laps in hopes of making a run to the front, lost his momentum and fell all the way to the back of the pack.
The Talladega Cup race marked the first win of the 2024 season for 23XI Racing. Tyler Reddick took advantage of the last lap wreck and secured his maiden superspeedway win in the Cup.
Denny Hamlin fell victim to a puddle on the racetrack during Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Hamlin, part of a seven-car pack to hit pit road at once, got loose while deaccelerating to pit road speed and made slight contact with John Hunter Nemechek.
As it tends to happen on superspeedways, Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega came down to the final lap. And coming out of Turn 4, it was pole-sitter Michael McDowell leading the field as he had done for 36 laps throughout Sunday’s race.
We will never be able to talk about this Talladega race without talking about Michael Jordan celebrating in Victory Lane. Denny Hamlin was there with his 23XI Racing co-owner in what made for a unique moment in NASCAR.
After a wild race at Talladega on Sunday, our NASCAR power rankings got a shakeup.
For the first time since becoming the co-owner of 23XI Racing, NBA legend Michael Jordan was able to see his team succeed live from the pit-box. He missed the last five wins of the team scored by Bubba Wallace, Kurt Busch and Tyler Reddick.
Toyota’s Tyler Reddick secured the team their fourth win of the 2024 season at Talladega after surviving a multi-car wreck on the final lap. But the victory was the only positive thing for Toyota on the day as four of their drivers were involved in a big wreck, with three of them doing it to themselves.
Here are four things we learned after a wild GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Michael Jordan is not necessarily known for his public displays of emotion, but that certainly was not the case Sunday after one of his drivers scored a win at the Geico 500.
While Denny Hamlin’s efforts in the race car ended early at Talladega, his 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick picked up the win for him. Reddick raced to his first NASCAR win of the season today in the Geico 500 as he survived a last-lap crash right before the line.
Denny Hamlin shared his thoughts on the wreck he was involved in with Erik Jones and Bubba Wallce during the Geico 500. The veteran NASCAR driver spoke to Fox Sports about the wreck that forced him, Jones and Wallace out of competition.
For the second straight year at Texas Motor Speedway, one of the best drivers in NASCAR crashed late while fighting for the win.
Denny Hamlin's Twitter beef with Marcus Smith is another example of the driver embracing the villain role.
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