Talladega is a 2.66-mile tri-oval superspeedway, with 33-degree banking and a propensity for sending cars home with a lot of damage. It’s also got a reputation for ‘surprise’ winners, although the usual suspects win there more often than not.

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Wins and Average Driver Finishes at Talladega

The average finish for the last five races run (both spring and fall). Note that only drivers running at least 5 races are eligible and only drivers with an average finish of less than 20 earn a spot on the graph. The left graph compares the career average finish (in blue) with the last five races (in red)

But Who Wins?

Good finishes are important, but what we really want are wins! (Oh, and finishing the race)


Lead Changes

SPRING

FALL


Accidents and Spins

SPRING

FALL

Margins of Victory

SPRING

FALL

Talladega Cautions

SPRING

FALL

Lead Lap Finishes at Talladega

You can often see long-term changes in things like how many drivers finish the race on the lead lap.

SPRING

FALL

In the last three races, less than a quarter of the field, on average, finished on the lead lap.

Green-Flag Passing

SPRING

FALL

Driver Career Finishes by Race

The graphs showing driver career finishes at Richmond are also coded by owner. Hatching indicates that the team no longer exists. Note that 2021-03 means the third race in the 2021 season. You can look up more about each race at racing-reference.info.

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Ryan BLANEY

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