Phoenix last week was a mess of blown tires, Chase implications, and track position. In the end it was another Toyota win but this time by Tyler Reddick, his first since Kansas earlier this year. Now, we head to a track that is the most daunting for the Chase drivers as no one knows what kind of racing we’ll see, Talladega. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Talladega Superspeedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Talladega.

Active means any driver who started a race in the 2026 Cup Series season.
Last Talladega Race (04/26/26)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 12 Carson Hocevar 188 19 16th 12th 85.1
2 10 Chris Buescher 188 22 4th 3rd 101.8
3 20 Alex Bowman 188 0 23rd 8th 86.1
4 8 Chase Elliott 188 0 25th 9th 71.4
5 30 Zane Smith 188 0 34th 10th 60.1
6 22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 188 2 12th 4th 75.5
7 24 Ross Chastain 188 22 10th 1st 107.0
8 13 Austin Cindric 188 0 35th 21st 64.2
9 29 Noah Gragson 188 2 8th 19th 62.3
10 34 Kyle Busch 188 0 11th 18th 86.3
11 19 Todd Gilliland 188 0 9th 5th 74.3
12 16 Daniel Suarez 188 0 15th 20th 74.2
13 35 Ty Dillon 188 0 32nd 23rd 58.5
14 1 Tyler Reddick 188 2 7th 15th 67.5
15 3 Denny Hamlin 188 28 36th 22nd 78.8
16 28 A.J. Allmendinger 188 0 31st 16th 61.5
17 14 Christopher Bell 188 31 18th 2nd 91.1
18 11 Ryan Preece 188 21 1st 6th 92.8
19 18 Austin Dillon 188 5 14th 17th 90.3
20 33 Shane Van Gisbergen 188 0 17th 11th 80.7
21 36 Cody Ware 188 0 24th 7th 78.8
22 23 John Hunter Nemechek 187 0 29th 14th 65.6
23 21 Erik Jones 187 0 20th 13th 74.2
24 40 Daniel Dye 186 0 37th 26th 39.0
25 17 Riley Herbst 186 0 39th 25th 35.9
26 32 Connor Zilisch 185 0 22nd 27th 61.0
27 37 Jesse Love 185 0 26th 24th 36.2
28 38 Chad Finchum 182 8 38th 28th 60.7
29 5 Chase Briscoe 180 3 33rd 29th 72.9
30 39 Joey Gase 177 0 40th 30th 30.1
31 6 Brad Keselowski 166 0 2nd 33rd 68.8
32 31 Michael McDowell 149 1 19th 31st 42.4
33 26 Josh Berry 124 0 6th 35th 68.2
34 9 Ty Gibbs 122 17 28th 32nd 63.9
35 7 William Byron 119 0 21st 34th 69.0
36 4 Bubba Wallace 114 3 30th 36th 61.2
37 15 Ryan Blaney 114 0 5th 37th 85.0
38 27 Cole Custer 114 0 13th 38th 50.1
39 25 Joey Logano 114 3 3rd 39th 77.5
40 2 Kyle Larson 114 0 27th 40th 52.0

In the Spring Talladega race Kyle Larson started 2nd, but finished with a 52.0 Driver Rating. This is 2nd lowest Driver Rating for any driver starting 2nd at Talladega, behind only Matt Kenseth in the 2010 Spring race. Photo by David Jensen — Getty Images

Active Talladega Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Todd Gilliland 12.89 2nd 27th 9
2 Carson Hocevar 13.17 1st 35th 6
3 Chase Elliott 14.81 1st 40th 21
4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 15.00 1st 38th 26
5 William Byron 15.59 2nd 36th 17
6 Brad Keselowski 15.91 1st 38th 35
7 Chase Briscoe 16.00 1st 37th 11
8 Ty Dillon 16.60 3rd 33rd 15
T9 Denny Hamlin 16.83 1st 39th 41
T9 Anthony Alfredo 16.83 6th 28th 6
11 Tyler Reddick 17.54 1st 39th 13
12 Austin Cindric 17.67 1st 34th 9
13 Ryan Blaney 17.96 1st 43rd 24
14 Jimmie Johnson 17.97 1st 38th 38
15 Noah Gragson 18.50 3rd 36th 8
16 Daniel Suarez 18.68 8th 34th 19
17 Austin Dillon 19.31 2nd 39th 26
18 Ryan Preece 19.54 3rd 38th 13
19 Erik Jones 19.58 2nd 39th 19
20 Bubba Wallace 19.59 1st 39th 17
21 Ross Chastain 19.60 1st 40th 15
22 Christopher Bell 19.62 5th 39th 13
T23 Joey Logano 20.00 1st 39th 35
T23 Zane Smith 20.00 5th 37th 6
25 Kyle Busch 20.07 1st 41st 42
26 Cole Custer 20.22 5th 38th 9
27 Chris Buescher 20.23 2nd 38th 22
28 Shane Van Gisbergen 20.60 11th 29th 5
29 Gray Gaulding 20.75 9th 30th 4
30 John Hunter Nemechek 20.86 8th 33rd 7
31 Alex Bowman 21.10 2nd 43rd 21
32 Riley Herbst 21.60 9th 32nd 5
33 Kyle Larson 22.00 2nd 42nd 23
34 Casey Mears 22.61 6th 40th 28
35 Austin Hill 23.00 22nd 24th 2
36 A.J. Allmendinger 23.25 5th 37th 24
37 Ty Gibbs 23.88 3rd 37th 8
38 Daniel Dye 24.00 24th 24th 1
39 Michael McDowell 25.90 3rd 43rd 31
40 Connor Zilisch 26.00 26th 26th 1
41 Cody Ware 26.67 12th 38th 12
42 Jesse Love 27.00 27th 27th 1
43 Joey Gase 27.70 17th 37th 10
44 B.J. McLeod 27.91 18th 33rd 11
45 Chad Finchum 28.00 28th 28th 1
46 J.J. Yeley 28.20 11th 42nd 20
47 Harrison Burton 28.71 10th 36th 7
48 Josh Berry 28.80 16th 36th 5
49 Justin Allgaier 31.00 23rd 42nd 6
50 Timmy Hill 32.67 15th 42nd 6
51 Josh Bilicki 33.50 31st 36th 2

– Carson Hocevar and Todd Gilliland are the only active drivers with an Avg. Finish under 14, so don’t be surprised to see them finish near the front this weekend.

Best Active Talladega
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Active Talladega
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Joey Logano 88.52 35 1 Chase Elliott 64.76 21
2 Ryan Blaney 87.88 24 2 Ryan Blaney 64.35 24
3 Brad Keselowski 86.61 35 3 Joey Logano 62.89 35
4 Jimmie Johnson 86.06 32 4 William Byron 59.28 17
5 Chase Elliott 85.20 21 5 Jimmie Johnson 56.77 32
6 William Byron 84.67 17 6 Brad Keselowski 56.48 35
7 Kyle Busch 81.22 42 7 Kyle Busch 56.10 42
8 Ryan Preece 81.01 13 8 Kyle Larson 50.19 23
9 Denny Hamlin 80.25 41 9 Austin Cindric 48.66 9
10 Todd Gilliland 79.96 9 10 Denny Hamlin 47.86 41

– The Penske duo of Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney may run well this weekend as they rank top 3 in both tables above and in the Laps Led% table below, but don’t be surprised if they don’t finish the race as they rank 27th and 39th in Laps Completed%.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Joey Logano 8.65 35 1 Austin Hill 100 2
2 Jimmie Johnson 6.56 38 2 Anthony Alfredo 99.91 6
3 Ryan Blaney 6.50 24 3 Shane Van Gisbergen 99.89 5
4 Denny Hamlin 6.16 41 4 Gray Gaulding 99.74 4
5 Chase Elliott 5.50 21 5 Ryan Preece 99.17 13
6 Brad Keselowski 5.02 35 6 John Hunter Nemechek 99.03 7
7 Josh Berry 4.41 5 7 Daniel Dye 98.94 1
8 Ross Chastain 4.36 15 T8 Connor Zilisch 98.40 1
9 Chad Finchum 4.26 1 T8 Jesse Love 98.40 1
10 Austin Cindric 4.03 9 10 Carson Hocevar 97.63 6
Most Active Talladega Starts Most Active Talladega Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
1 Kyle Busch 42 1 Michael McDowell 3
2 Denny Hamlin 41 T2 Chase Elliott 2
3 Jimmie Johnson 38 T2 Christopher Bell 2
T4 Brad Keselowski 35 T4 Austin Dillon 1
T4 Joey Logano 35 T4 Denny Hamlin 1
6 Michael McDowell 31 T4 Jimmie Johnson 1
7 Casey Mears 28
T8 Austin Dillon 26 T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1
T8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26
T10 A.J. Allmendinger 24 T4 Zane Smith 1
T10 Ryan Blaney 24

Michael McDowell has been extremely fast at Talladega of late as he’s won 3 of the last 4 Poles contested here which has given him the lead in the active Talladega Poles table above. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Active Talladega Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
1 Brad Keselowski 6 17.14 T4 Kyle Busch 2 4.76
T2 Ryan Blaney 3 12.50 T9 Carson Hocevar 1 16.67
T2 Joey Logano 3 8.57 T9 Austin Cindric 1 11.11
T4 Chase Elliott 2 9.52 T9 Chase Briscoe 1 9.09
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 7.69 T9 Tyler Reddick 1 7.69
T4 Jimmie Johnson 2 5.26 T9 Ross Chastain 1 6.67
T4 Denny Hamlin 2 4.88 T9 Bubba Wallace 1 5.88

– Team Penske has been strong here at Talladega as drivers that have primarily driven for them hold the first 3 positions in the active Win List above, and all 3 of their current drivers are on the list as well.

Most Active Talladega Top 3’s Best Active Talladega Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Brad Keselowski 9 1 Brad Keselowski 25.71 9
2 Kyle Busch 7 2 William Byron 23.53 4
3 Denny Hamlin 6 3 Ryan Blaney 20.83 5
T4 Ryan Blaney 5 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19.23 5
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5 T5 Kyle Busch 16.67 7
T4 Joey Logano 5 T5 Carson Hocevar 16.67 1
T4 Jimmie Johnson 5 7 Denny Hamlin 14.63 6
8 William Byron 4 T8 Joey Logano 14.29 5
9 Chase Elliott 3
T10 Alex Bowman 2 T8 Chase Elliott 14.29 3
T10 Chris Buescher 2
T10 Austin Dillon 2 10 Jimmie Johnson 13.16 5
T10 Michael McDowell 2

– There are the same amount of active drivers with just 1 Top 3 finish at Talladega (13 drivers) as there are drivers with multiple Top 3 finishes here (13 drivers).

Most Active Talladega Top 5’s Best Active Talladega Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Brad Keselowski 12 1 Brad Keselowski 34.29 12
2 Denny Hamlin 11 2 Chase Elliott 33.33 7
3 Joey Logano 9 3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 30.77 8
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 8 4 William Byron 29.41 5
T4 Kyle Busch 8 5 Denny Hamlin 26.83 11
T6 Chase Elliott 7 6 Joey Logano 25.71 9
T6 Jimmie Johnson 7 T7 Ryan Blaney 25.00 6
8 Ryan Blaney 6 T7 Noah Gragson 25.00 2
9 William Byron 5
T10 Erik Jones 3 9 Austin Cindric 22.22 2
T10 Alex Bowman 3
T10 Kyle Larson 3 10 Kyle Busch 19.05 8
T10 Michael McDowell 3

– If certain things happen this weekend then it is possible for Austin Hill, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and William Byron be tied atop the Top 5% table above after this weekend.

Most Active Talladega Top 10’s Best Active Talladega Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
T1 Brad Keselowski 17 1 Carson Hocevar 50.00 3
T1 Denny Hamlin 17 2 Brad Keselowski 48.57 17
3 Jimmie Johnson 13 3 Chase Elliott 47.62 10
4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 46.15 12
T5 Joey Logano 11 T5 Austin Cindric 44.44 4
T5 Kyle Busch 11 T5 Todd Gilliland 44.44 4
7 Chase Elliott 10 7 Erik Jones 42.11 8
T8 Erik Jones 8 8 Denny Hamlin 41.46 17
T8 Ryan Blaney 8 9 William Byron 41.18 7
T10 William Byron 7
T10 Alex Bowman 7 10 Noah Gragson 37.50 3
T10 Austin Dillon 7

– It should come as no surprise if the Top 10 isn’t filled with Chase drivers this weekend as half of the drivers in the Top 10% table above aren’t in the Chase.

Most Active Talladega Stage Wins (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
T1 Bubba Wallace 4 11.76 T3 Ryan Blaney 3 7.89
T1 Brad Keselowski 4 10.53 T6 Austin Cindric 2 11.11
T3 Chase Elliott 3 7.89 T6 William Byron 2 5.88
T3 Chris Buescher 3 7.89 T8 10 drivers tied 1 6.25-2.63

– 17 of the 40 drivers racing this weekend have won a stage at Talladega, so don’t be surprised if we have a repeat stage winner this weekend.

Most Active Talladega Stage T10’s Best Active Talladega Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Ryan Blaney 25 1 Ryan Blaney 65.79 25
2 Chase Elliott 22 2 Chase Elliott 57.89 22
3 Joey Logano 21 3 William Byron 55.88 19
4 William Byron 19 4 Joey Logano 55.26 21
5 Brad Keselowski 17 5 Kyle Larson 47.06 16
6 Kyle Larson 16 6 Alex Bowman 46.88 15
T7 Alex Bowman 15 7 Brad Keselowski 44.74 17
T7 Kyle Busch 15 8 Austin Cindric 44.44 8
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 14 9 Jimmie Johnson 43.75 7
10 Chris Buescher 13 10 Kyle Busch 39.47 15

– The tables above show how hard it is to be consistent here at Talladega as the best active Talladega Stage T10% is just 65.79%, and only 4 active drivers have a Stage T10% over 50%.

Most Active Talladega Starts without Win Most Active Talladega Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 31 1 Kyle Busch 42
2 Casey Mears 28 T2 Brad Keselowski 35
3 Austin Dillon 26 T2 Joey Logano 35
4 A.J. Allmendinger 24 4 Casey Mears 28
5 Kyle Larson 23 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 24
6 Chris Buescher 22 T5 Ryan Blaney 24
7 Alex Bowman 21 7 Kyle Larson 23
8 J.J Yeley 20 8 Chris Buescher 22
T9 Daniel Suarez 19 9 Alex Bowman 21
T9 Erik Jones 19 10 J.J Yeley 20

– Kyle Busch had an amazing Cup Series career, but one thing he could never manage to do was win a Pole at Talladega.

Most Active Talladega Starts without Top 3 Most Active Talladega Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Casey Mears 28 1 Casey Mears 28
2 A.J. Allmendinger 24 2 J.J Yeley 20
3 J.J Yeley 20 3 Daniel Suarez 19
4 Daniel Suarez 19 4 Cody Ware 12
5 Christopher Bell 13 5 B.J. McLeod 11

– There are 15 active drivers that have made 21+ Cup starts at Talladega, and Casey Mears is the only one of those to never get a Top 5 finish here.

Most Active Talladega Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
1 J.J. Yeley 20
2 Cody Ware 12
3 B.J. McLeod 11
4 Joey Gase 10
T5 Justin Allgaier 6
T5 Timmy Hill 6

This picture describes J.J. Yeley’s (#83) relationship with Talladega perfectly as he is the only driver on every “without” list above. Photo by Matt Sullivan — Getty Images

Most Active Talladega Stages without Stage Win Most Active Talladega Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 Austin Dillon 38 1 B.J. McLeod 22
T1 Daniel Suarez 38 2 Joey Gase 20
T1 Erik Jones 38 3 J.J. Yeley 18
T1 Kyle Busch 38 T4 Gray Gaulding 8
T1 Michael McDowell 38 T4 Timmy Hill 8
6 Alex Bowman 32 T6 Austin Hill 4
7 Christopher Bell 26 T6 Josh Bilicki 4
8 Cody Ware 24 T6 Justin Allgaier 4
9 B.J. McLeod 22 T9 Casey Mears 2
T10 A.J. Allmendinger 20 T9 Chad Finchum 2
T9 Connor Zilisch 2
T10 Joey Gase 20 T9 Daniel Dye 2
T9 Jesse Love 2

– Of the 13 drivers on the “without Stage T10” list above, only 6 of them are racing this weekend, and thus have a chance to remove their name from the list.

Active Talladega Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Carson Hocevar 3 Top 10’s Chris Beuscher 2 Stage T10’s
Zane Smith 2 Top 10’s Ross Chastain 2 Stage T10’s
Todd Gilliland 3 Stage T10’s Ryan Preece 2 Stage T10’s

– Isn’t it funny that the two drivers with beef after Phoenix are the only two drivers to have a Top 10 streak in the table above?

 

Next Gen Stats
Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-31 25.53 Joey Logano 24th T5 2024-10 19.15 Michael McDowell 31st
2 2023-10 23.98 Ryan Blaney 2nd 8 2025-34 18.13 Joey Logano 16th
3 2024-31 21.54 Michael McDowell 37th 9 2023-10 17.86 Bubba Wallace 28th
4 2022-10 20.21 William Byron 15th T10 2022-10 17.02 Kyle Larson 4th
T5 2022-31 19.15 Ross Chastain 4th T10 2025-10 17.02 Ty Gibbs 17th
T5 2022-31 19.15 Aric Almirola 14th

– Leading laps here does not have any correlation to finishing position in the Next Gen car as 8 of the 11 drivers in the table above finished out of the Top 10 and 4 of the 11 finished out of the Top 20.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin.
1 2024-10 Noah Gragson 121.0 3rd 6 2025-10 Ryan Preece 112.2 38th
2 2022-31 Ross Chastain 118.2 4th 7 2023-10 Ryan Blaney 110.4 2nd
3 2022-10 Kyle Larson 118.0 4th 8 2025-10 Joey Logano 110.1 39th
4 2022-31 Chase Elliott 116.7 1st 9 2025-10 Bubba Wallace 110.0 8th
5 2022-31 Erik Jones 113.3 6th 10 2024-10 Todd Gilliland 109.8 8th

– It has been hard to run well consistently at Talladega in the Next Gen car as no driver is in the Driver Rating table above more than once.

Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin.
1 2022-10 Kyle Larson 100 4th 6 2022-10 Martin Truex Jr. 93.62 5th
2 2022-10 Erik Jones 97.34 6th 7 2024-31 Austin Cindric 93.33 32nd
3 2022-10 William Byron 96.28 15th 8 2025-10 Joey Logano 92.02 39th
4 2022-31 Chase Elliott 95.21 1st 9 2022-31 Ross Chastain 91.49 4th
5 2022-10 Chase Elliott 94.15 7th 10 2023-31 William Byron 87.23 2nd

In 9 Next Gen races Kyle Larson, Spring 2022, is the only driver to run every lap in the Top 15. What’s more is no other driver has ran less than 5 laps out of the Top 15 in a Next Gen race here. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)		 Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 12th 7.56 1 25th 28.00
2 16th 11.44 2 37th 26.78
3 24th 12.22 3 9th 26.33
4 28th 15.22 4 39th 26.00
5 18th 15.33 5 11th 24.78
6 7th 15.56 6 38th 24.50
7 19th 16.22 7 4th 24.22
8 20th 16.67 8 31st 23.22
9 13th 17.89 T9 35th 23.00
10 8th 18.11 T9 40th 23.00

– Starting position doesn’t really affect the Next Gen at Talladega in terms of finish, but starting 12th does seem to produce Top 10 finishes as 7 of the 9 drivers to start 12th have finished Top 10, with 6 of those 7 finishing in the Top 5.

Best Next Gen Talladega
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Next Gen Talladega
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Kurt Busch 87.40 1 1 Kurt Busch 78.19 1
2 Kevin Harvick 86.63 4 2 Kevin Harvick 71.71 4
3 William Byron 86.13 9 3 Aric Almirola 65.79 4
4 Aric Almirola 85.33 4 4 Kyle Busch 61.04 9
5 Ryan Preece 84.53 7 5 Chase Elliott 59.64 9
6 Kyle Larson 82.27 9 6 Kyle Larson 59.23 9
7 Ross Chastain 82.11 9 7 William Byron 57.59 9
8 Ryan Blaney 82.11 9 8 Joey Logano 57.13 9
9 Bubba Wallace 81.99 9 9 Ryan Preece 55.39 7
10 Kyle Busch 81.96 9 10 Ross Chastain 53.33 9

– Kurt Busch ran just one Next Gen race at Talladega, but he was very good in that one race as he is atop both tables above.

Best Next Gen Talladega Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Talladega Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Chandler Smith 11.00 1 1 Joey Logano 9.05 9
2 William Byron 12.11 9 2 Aric Almirola 7.11 4
3 Todd Gilliland 12.89 9 3 Ryan Blaney 6.95 9
4 Carson Hocevar 13.17 6 T4 Michael McDowell 5.78 9
5 Chase Elliott 13.33 9 T4 Ross Chastain 5.78 9
6 Alex Bowman 13.75 8 6 Denny Hamlin 4.73 9
7 Landon Cassill 15.00 2 7 Josh Berry 4.41 5
8 Daniel Suarez 15.89 9 8 Chad Finchum 4.26 1
9 Kurt Busch 16.00 1 T9 Austin Cindric 4.03 9
10 Martin Truex Jr. 16.33 9 T9 Bubba Wallace 4.03 9

How about some love for Chad Finchum! With his performance in the Spring Talladega race this year he is now 8th in the Laps Led% table above. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Next Gen Talladega Win List Next Gen Talladega Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Carson Hocevar 1 16.67 1 Michael McDowell 3
T1 Austin Cindric 1 11.11 2 Christopher Bell 2
T1 Chase Briscoe 1 11.11
T1 Chase Elliott 1 11.11 T3 Aric Almirola 1
T1 Kyle Busch 1 11.11
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 11.11 T3 Zane Smith 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1 11.11
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 11.11 T3 Denny Hamlin 1
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 11.11

– Through 9 Next Gen Talladega races we are still waiting for a driver to win their 2nd Next Gen Talladega race.

Next Gen Talladega Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Ryan Blaney 3 33.33
T1 William Byron 3 33.33
T3 Brad Keselowski 2 22.22
T3 Chris Buescher 2 22.22
T3 Kyle Busch 2 22.22
T6 Carson Hocevar 1 16.67
T6 Alex Bowman 1 12.50
T6 Noah Gragson 1 12.50
T6 Ty Gibbs 1 12.50
T6 11 drivers tied with same % 1 11.11

– Toyota’s have been the fastest cars this year by far, but don’t be surprised if they aren’t up front at the finish of the race this weekend as only Ford and Chevy drivers have multiple Next Gen Top 3’s here.

Most Next Gen Talladega Top 5’s Most Next Gen Talladega Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Brad Keselowski 3 33.33 T1 Chase Elliott 5 55.56
T1 Chase Elliott 3 33.33 T1 William Byron 5 55.56
T1 Kyle Larson 3 33.33 T3 Alex Bowman 4 50.00
T1 Ryan Blaney 3 33.33 T3 Austin Cindric 4 44.44
T1 William Byron 3 33.33 T3 Brad Keselowski 4 44.44
T6 Alex Bowman 2 25.00 T3 Daniel Suarez 4 44.44
T3 Erik Jones 4 44.44
T6 Noah Gragson 2 25.00 T3 Todd Gilliland 4 44.44
T9 Carson Hocevar 3 50.00
T6 7 drivers tied with same % 2 22.22 T9 Noah Gragson 3 37.50
T9 10 drivers tied with same % 3 33.33

– There are 26 drivers that have started 8+ Next Gen Talladega races, and only two drivers, B.J. McLeod and Joey Logano, have yet to get a Top 10 finish here.

Most Next Gen Talladega Stage Wins Most Next Gen Talladega Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
T1 Austin Cindric 2 11.11 T1 Kyle Larson 13 72.22
T1 Bubba Wallace 2 11.11 T1 Chase Elliott 13 72.22
T1 Chase Elliott 2 11.11 3 William Byron 10 55.56
T1 Ryan Blaney 2 11.11 T4 Alex Bowman 8 50.00
T5 Aric Almirola 1 12.50 T4 Austin Cindric 8 44.44
T5 Ryan Preece 1 7.14 T4 Ross Chastain 8 44.44
T5 Ty Gibbs 1 6.25 T4 Ryan Blaney 8 44.44
T5 7 drivers tied with same % 1 5.56 T8 Joey Logano 7 38.89
T8 Tyler Reddick 7 38.89
T10 Ryan Preece 6 42.86
T10 Bubba Wallace 6 33.33
T10 Christopher Bell 6 33.33
T10 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6 33.33

Watch for Hendrick Motorsports to be up front at the end of Stage 1 and 2 as their 4 drivers are all at the top of the Stage T10 above. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images