As predicted, it was a chaotic weekend when all three of the racing series ran races at Talladega Superspeedway. 

In the Cup Series, the race ended with an overtime finish after the biggest wreck in Talladega history involved 28 cars – many of them playoff drivers.  With several playoff drivers no longer in the race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr crossed the finish line first by just 0.006 seconds for his second super speedway win.  It was the second week in a row that the race was won by a no- playoff driver.  William Byron has earned enough points that he has secured a spot in the next round of the playoffs ahead of the cut-off race this weekend at The Roval.

After his bad day on the track at Talladega, Ryan Blaney falls four spots in the standings.  William Byron holds on to the lead in the standings and the playoffs.

Cup Series Point Standings:
William Byron – 3,122
Christopher Bell –3,105
Kyle Larson – 3,100
Denny Hamlin – 3,078
Alex Bowman – 3,074
Ryan Blaney – 3,073
Tyler Reddick – 3,062
Chase Elliott – 3,061
Joey Logano – 3,048
Daniel Suarez – 3,041
Austin Cindric – 3,032
Chase Briscoe – 3,092
Ty Gibbs – 2,144
Martin Truex Jr – 2,130
Brad Keselowski – 2,104
Harrison Burton – 2,048
Ross Chastain – 812
Chris Buescher – 810
Bubba Wallace – 789
Kyle Busch – 684
Carson Hocevar – 579
Todd Gilliland – 560
Michael McDowell – 548
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 522
Noah Gragson  – 516
Ryan Preece – 491
Josh Berry – 491
Austin Dillon – 478
Corey LaJoie – 456
Erik Jones – 452
Justin Haley – 448
Zane Smith – 442
Daniel Hemric – 442
John Hunter Nemechek – 392
Kaz Grala – 178
Cody Ware – 130
Joey Hand – 43
Jimmie Johnson – 40
Derek Kraus – 32
David Ragan – 17
Kamui Kobayashi – 8
Will Brown – 6
Juan Pablo Montoya – 5
Cam Waters – 2

In the Xfinity Series Sammy Smith was facing being eliminated next week after the cut-off race at The Roval; but now he has secured himself a spot in the playoffs after winning the race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Justin Allgaier’s streak of bad luck seems to be continuing after being involved in a big crash.  He is now in danger of being eliminated from the playoffs next week.  Shane van Gisbergen, Sam Mayer, and Parker Kligerman also dropped in the standings and are facing elimination.

Chandler Smith takes over the lead in the standings by 27 points over Cole Custer.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Chandler Smith – 2,122
Cole Custer – 2,095
Austin Hill – 2,095
Sheldon Creed – 2,090
Jesse Love – 2,080
Riley Herbst – 2,078
Sammy Smith – 2,066
AJ Allmendinger – 2,065
Justin Allgaier – 2,058
Shane van Gisbergen – 2,055
Sam Mayer – 2,052
Parker Kligerman – 2,049
Ryan Sieg – 705
Brandon Jones – 596
Anthony Alfredo – 549
Brennan Poole – 498
Josh Williams – 454
Leland Honeyman – 426
Parker Retzlaff – 410
Jeb Burton – 410
Jeremy Clements – 393
Ryan Ellis – 383
Kyle Sieg – 358
Kyle Weatherman – 354
Aric Almirola – 344
Matt DiBenedetto – 324
Blaine Perkins – 304
Ryan Truex – 303
Carson Kvapil – 227
Josh Bilicki – 215
Hailie Deegan – 174
Garrett Smithley – 171
Austin Green – 138
David Starr – 134
Joey Gase – 131
Patrick Emerling – 127
Connor Zilisch – 97
Joe Graf Jr – 93
BJ McLeod – 78
JJ Yeley – 78
Jordan Anderson – 75
Ed Jones – 70
Logan Bearden – 62
Nick Leitz – 59
Sage Karam – 49
CJ McLaughlin – 47
Caesar Bacarella – 46
Alex Labbe – 46
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 32
Brad Perez – 32
Bubba Pollard – 31
Natalie Decker – 27
Chad Finchum – 27
Justin Bonsignore – 25
Patrick Gallagher – 25
Carson Ware – 24
Conor Daly – 23
Greg van Last – 21
Thomas Annunziata – 20
RC Emerson – 19
Myatt Snider – 18
Preston Pardus – 18
Dexter Bean – 17
Nathan Byrd – 17
Daniil Kvyat – 16
Andre Castro – 16
Glen Reen – 10
Ryan Vargas – 10
Boris Said – 9
Mike Skeen – 7
Armani Williams – 4
Morgan Baird – 4
Timothy Viens – 2
Gus Dean – 1
Alon Day – 1

Grant Enfinger jumped four spots in the standings after winning the Truck Series race on Friday afternoon; but with six wins and 213 stage points this season, Corey Heim holds on to the point and playoff standings.

Craftsman Truck Series  Standings:
Corey Heim – 3078
Christian Eckes – 3,077
Grant Enfinger – 3,066
Ty Majeski – 3,053
Rajah Caruth – 3,048
Taylor Gray – 3,040
Nick Sanchez – 3,030
Tyler Ankrum –3,030
Daniel Dye – 2,089
Ben Rhodes – 2,057
Layne Riggs – 515
Tanner Gray 499
Stewart Friesen – 472
Matt Crafton – 455
Chase Purdy – 440
Jake Garcia – 406
Dean Thompson – 399
Bret Holmes – 360
Bayley Currey – 349
Ty Dillon – 334
Kaden Honeycutt – 305
Timmy Hill – 304
Matt Mills – 295
Lawless Alan – 269
Spencer Boyd – 233
Stefen Parsons – 215
Jack Wood – 215
Mason Massey – 207
Conner Jones – 157
Connor Mosack – 148
William Sawalich – 141
Thad Moffitt – 128
Mason Maggio – 105
Keith McGee – 77
Dawson Sutton – 73
Luke Fenhaus – 72
Brenden Queen – 68
Brett Moffitt – 59
Johnny Sauter – 56
Colby Howard – 55
Jason M. White – 42
Cory Rooper – 36
Bryan Dauzat – 31
Andres Rerez De Lara – 28
Justin S. Carroll – 28
Connor Hall – 27
Marco Andretti – 27
Cam Waters – 25
Corey Day – 24
Clay Greenfield – 22
Clint Bowyer – 22
Justin Mondeik – 20
Kris Wright – 18
Dawson Cram – 17
Carter Fartuch – 16
Norm Benning – 16
Vicente Salas – 15
Codie Rohrbaugh -14
Frankie Muniz  – 14
Memphis Villarreal – 12
Dale Quarterley – 11
Stephen Mallozzi – 11
Jennifer Jo Cobb – 11
Toni Breidinger – 10
Tyler Tomassi – 9
Akinori Ogata – 7
Josh Reaume – 4
Matthew Gould – 4
Blake Lothian -3
Clayton Green – 3
Trey Hutchens III – 3
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 1
Jerry Bohlman – 1
Jayson Alexander – 1