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The NASCAR Cup Sequence tackled Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Right here’s a have a look at the “Energy Rankings” after the GEICO 500:
Kyle Busch
Win quantity two for Busch as a member of Richard Childress Racing this season got here Sunday at Talladega for Busch, who hadn’t been to Victory Lane on the monitor since 2008. He together with Byron and Larson are the one two-time winners of 2023 with ten races within the books.
Level Standings: fifth
Final Week: NR
2. Ross Chastain
The Trackhouse Racing driver wasn’t in a position to replicate his Talladega win of a 12 months in the past and ended up with a Thirteenth place end. Nonetheless he was robust however simply not in a position to have the items of the draft fall into line for him because the race’s finish drew close to.
Level Standings: 2nd
Final Week: 2nd
3. William Byron
The 2-time winner this season didn’t have the very best day at Talladega with a good seventh place effort. However Byron is second solely to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in laps within the high 5 (1,149) by the primary 10 races of 2023.
Level Standings: 14th
Final Week: sixth
4. Kyle Larson
Per week after profitable at Martinsville Larson was concerned in some of the violent crashes lately at Talladega. He was T-boned by Ryan Preece on lap 189, an incident that destroyed each vehicles however luckily the motive force weren’t injured.
Level Standings: 4th
Final Week: 1st
5. Alex Bowman
He completed outdoors the top-10 with a Thirteenth-place end however Bowman did lead eight laps. He’s attempting to recover from the hump after a stretch of some challenges they final a number of weeks however doesn’t seem like that far off.
Level Standings: ninth
Final Week: eighth
6. Joey Logano
A Thirtieth-place end for Logano who had a automobile significantly better than that quantity. However challenges included a pit highway dashing penalty in addition to getting caught in a multi-car accident within the latter phases of the race added as much as a disappointing Talladega outing.
Level Standings: eleventh
Final Week: third
7. Christopher Bell
The perfect of the Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing secure was once more Bell at Talladega with an eighth place end. He’s been constant this season over the primary ten races with a lot of top-10 performances.
Level Standings: 1st
Final Week: 4th
8. Denny Hamlin
Robust begin to the weekend by profitable the pole however Hamlin solely led seven laps at Talladega. Though he did have some energy late within the race he pale to complete seventeenth on Sunday.
Level Standings: tenth
Final Week: eighth
9. Tyler Reddick
A catastrophe of a begin for Reddick who spun down pit highway early within the race and wasn’t actually in a position to get well from the miscue. The 23XI driver did all he might simply to cross the end line sixteenth when the race was over.
Level Standings: sixth
Final Week: tenth
10. Chase Elliott
Two races again and a few strong performances for Elliott. Sunday at Talladega he got here house with a Twelfth-place end and alongside the way in which racked up probably the most stage factors with good runs totaling 19 factors.
Level Standings: thirty first
Final Week: NR
Dropped Out: Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr.