Talladega Superspeedway
2022 Spring Talladega Race Report
The 2022 Spring Talladega race report brings you our second second-time winner, crashes and a little bit of confusion. […]
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway
2021 Fall Talladega Race Report
The 2021 Fall Talladega race report features a sixteenth distinct winner of the season, lots of lead changes, rain and darkness. Let’s dive right in. […]
Talladega Superspeedway
Should Lower-Ranked Drivers Have High Hopes for Talladega?
Lower-ranked drivers smacking their chops when we hit Talladega. But do lower-ranked drivers have a better shot at a good finish here? […]
Talladega Superspeedway
Does Winning the Regular-Season Championship Help Win the Playoffs?
Kyle Larson snatched the regular-season championship right out of Denny Hamlin’s hand. What — if anything — does that mean for his chances in the playoffs? […]
Cautions
How Often Are There Cautions in the Last 10 Laps of a Race?
Every week, someone suggests that NASCAR manufactures cautions in the last 10 laps of a race. So I got to wondering: How often are there cautions in the last 10 laps of a race? And why? […]
Racing
Which NASCAR Drivers are Best at Superspeedways?
If asked who the best superspeedway driver was, most NASCAR fans would say Dale Earnhardt. But what do the numbers say? This post is part of a preseason series on how the 2021 NASCAR schedule […]
Talladega Superspeedway
2020 NASCAR by Numbers: The Drivers
Although Santa’s making a list, we here at Building Speed are also in the list-making mode. In the third part of this seemingly never-ending series, we examine at how individual drivers fared in 2020. Please […]
Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR by the Numbers, 2020 Edition, Part 1
Hard to believe it’s already time for NASCAR by the Numbers, isn’t it? With another season in the record books (and what a year it was!) it’s time to look at what the numbers say […]
Race Reports
Talladega 2020-31 Race Report
Talladega 2020-31 was a race of attrition and mistakes, which is reflected in the large number of cautions and cars that didn’t finish the race or finished laps down. A caution on lap 1 is […]
Race Reports
Talladega Race Report
A battle on the last lap always makes a race better. And we didn’t lose anything having had to skip qualifying. So how did our drivers do? Here’s the Talladega Race Report. Cautions The Caution-O-Gram […]