Alex Bowman Finishes Third at Talladega and Yes, That’s a Big Deal
It wasn’t a win, but for Alex Bowman, surviving Talladega without crashing and finishing third felt like something much bigger.
It wasn’t a win, but for Alex Bowman, surviving Talladega without crashing and finishing third felt like something much bigger.
Half the field was wiped out, the Big One went bigger than ever, and somehow Carson Hocevar kept it together long enough to win at Talladega.
For 114 laps it was patience and precision; on Lap 115 it was pandemonium, as Talladega’s ‘Big One’ swallowed contenders and rewrote the race.
Another Sunday, another reminder that being close doesn’t count for much in NASCAR.
Four wins say mastery. The last two finishes say something far more painful.
Logic packed up and left somewhere around three laps to go.
It took less than two laps for Carson Kvapil’s Kansas run to go from leading the field to upside down on the backstretch.
In a room usually reserved for contenders, AJ Allmendinger showed up with something far less glamorous—realism and a plan to survive Kansas.
Four tires made sense; Bristol didn’t care.
Two tires ruined most days—just not Todd Gilliland’s Sunday.