NASCAR brought back a Chase format it abandoned years ago. Now every driver remains eligible with three races left. Perhaps the answer was hiding in the filing cabinet all along
Six months without a win was apparently long enough. Tyler Reddick used two tires, one perfectly timed restart and a little aggression to reclaim Victory Lane while the Chase standings went completely bonkers.
MOTORSPORTS TV THIS WEEK (ET)
Friday, October 23 12:30 p.m., NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, FS2 4 p.m., NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway, FS1 Saturday, October 24 11 a.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, ESPN Unlimited 1 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, truTV and HBO Max 3:30 p.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: The Progress Group 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, The CW and ESPN Unlimited Sunday, October 25 1:30 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: USA Sports Pre-Race: Talladega, NBC 2 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, NBC and HBO Max
Winner: Tyler Reddick Average Speed of Race Winner: 103.207 MPH Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 1 Mins, 23 Secs. Margin of Victory: 801 Seconds Caution Flags: 6 for 43 laps Lead Changes: 21 among 10 drivers Stage 1 Top 10: 22,11,20,12,19,24,9,1,45,21 Stage 2 Top 10: 22,19,20,21,23,12,45,11,34,9 Fastest Lap: #12 Lap 2 / 27.101
