NASCAR
Chase Elliott looks to score his first Cup points win since last year’s Texas race, while Ryan Blaney seeks to end recent struggles.
Joey Logano told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he and Austin Cindric have talked about what happened at the end of stage two at Talladega.
NASCAR Cup Series standings
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 389 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 364 | 3 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 358 | -31 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 506 | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 337 | -52 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 315 | 2 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 317 | -72 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 307 | -82 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 139 | 1 |
| 6 | Tyler Reddick | 303 | -86 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 296 | -93 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 2 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 276 | -113 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 197 | 2 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 274 | -115 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 107 | 0 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 246 | -143 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 0 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 246 | -143 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 284 | 2 |
| 12 | Chase Briscoe | 235 | -154 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 230 | -159 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 219 | -170 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 166 | 1 |
| 15 | AJ Allmendinger | 216 | -173 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Kyle Busch | 210 | -179 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 209 | -180 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | 202 | -187 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 1 |
| 19 | Michael McDowell | 201 | -188 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 20 | Carson Hocevar | 195 | -194 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Josh Berry | 193 | -196 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 1 |
| 22 | Ty Gibbs | 191 | -198 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| 23 | Zane Smith | 183 | -206 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Austin Dillon | 182 | -207 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 179 | -210 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | John H. Nemechek | 178 | -211 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Justin Haley | 178 | -211 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Todd Gilliland | 176 | -213 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | Ty Dillon | 161 | -228 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Erik Jones | 158 | -231 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 155 | -234 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Brad Keselowski | 133 | -256 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 118 | -271 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 109 | -280 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Shane van Gisbergen | 106 | -283 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 54 | -335 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 34 | -355 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 24 | -365 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | JJ Yeley | 9 | -380 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -382 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Casey Mears | 2 | -387 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Burt Myers | 1 | -388 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -388 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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