Over the weekend the Cup and Xfinity Series raced at the biggest track on the NASCAR circuit – Talladega Superspeedway.  The 2.66 33 degree banked track is often the site of major crashes known as “The Big One!”

Unusual for Talladega, there were no caution flags for on track incidents in the first two stages of the Cup Series race on Sunday.  There were two smaller crashes with The Big One coming on turn four at the end of the race that allowed Tyler Reddick to squeeze through and take the checkered flag.

While Fords dominated the race with the pole, winning both stages, and leading the race when the crash at the end occurred.

Kyle Larson maintains the lead in the point standings despite issues at Talladega.  NASCAR officials determined that there was an issue with the roof rails and had to start the race from the back of the field after not being allowed to make a qualifying run.  Larson also had to make a passthrough penalty once the green flag dropped.  After going a lap down, Larson recovered and finished the race on the lead lap.

NASCAR Cup Series point standings:
Kyle Larson – 359
Martin Truex Jr – 344
Chase Elliott – 337
William Byron – 335
Tyler Reddick – 316
Denny Hamlin – 308
Ryan Blaney – 302
Ty Gibbs – 296
Ross Chastain – 277
Alex Bowman – 261
Bubba Wallace – 257
Chase Briscoe – 256
Christopher Bell – 255
Brad Keselowski – 254
Joey Logano – 245
Chis Buescher – 245
Kyle Busch – 233
Daniel Suarez – 221
Austin Cindric – 192
Erik Jones – 181
Carson Hocevar – 172
John Hunter Nemechek – 164
Ryan Preece – 162
Todd Gilliland – 161
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 160
Michael McDowell- 157
Noah Gragson – 154
Josh Berry – 151
Daniel Hemric – 140
Corey LaJoie – 139
Austin Dillon – 136
Harrison Burton – 117
Justin Haley – 101
Kaz Grala – 92
Zane Smith – 86
David Ragan – 17
Jimmie Johnson – 17
Cody Ware – 13
Derek Kraus – 11
Kamui Kobayashi – 8

Jesse Love won the Xfinity Series race on Saturday afternoon while Chandler Smith holds on to the points lead.

Xfinity Series point standings:
Chandler Smith – 357
Cole Custer – 343
Austin Hill – 341
Jesse Love – 316
Justin Allgaier  – 278
Riley Herbst – 272
AJ Allmendinger – 261
Sammy Smith – 241
Parker Kligerman – 236
Sheldon Creed – 231
Ryan Sieg – 224
Anthony Alfredo – 219
Brandon Jones – 205
Shane van Gisbergen – 194
Sam Mayer – 181
Brennan Poole – 181
Aric Almirola – 160
Parker Retzlaff – 151
Leland Honeyman – 147
Jeremy Clements – 142
Josh Williams – 132
Ryan Ellis – 116
Blaine Perkins – 116
Hailie Deegan – 115
Jeb Burton – 108
Ryan Truex – 107
Kyle Sieg – 105
Kyle Weatherman – 101
Matt DiBenedetto – 81
Garrett Smithley – 70
BJ McLeod – 69
Josh Bilicki – 63
Dawson Cram – 59
Joey Gase – 53
Partrick Emerling – 44
JJ Yeley – 44
Nick Leitz – 41
Jordan Anderson – 40
Carson Kvapil – 40
Sage Karam – 38
Bubba Pollard – 31
Caesar Bacarella – 30
Austin Green – 30
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 30
Logan Bearden – 23
Alex Labbe – 20
Natalie Decker – 19
Brad Perez – 19
Myatt Snider – 18
Dexter Bean – 17
Daniil Kvyat – 16
Patrick Gallagher – 12
Frankie Muniz – 11
RC Enerson -9
CJ McLaughlin – 6
Ed Jones – 2
Ryan Vargas – 2
Akinori Ogata – 1
Chad Finchum – 1