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Pit Stops : Talladega Superspeedway

GEICO 500

Talladega Superspeedway , Lincoln, AL

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 Race 10 of 36 2023 Season
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  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • GEICO 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 11 - FedEx Freight Direct Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the GEICO 500 with a lap of 52.979 seconds, 180.751 mph.
  • This is his 37th pole in 624 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in 35 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2023 and his eighth in 27 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his second in ten races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Kyle Busch avoids 'Big One' to speed to victory at Talladega

Kyle Busch is a Las Vegas native after all, so he was "all in” to stay on track instead of pitting for fuel during a pair of overtimes restarts in the GEICO 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Sunday afternoon. And he ended up, the big winner.

Busch's No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet had just enough gas to make it back to the checkered flag as a half dozen other lead pack cars around him were collected in a multi-car accident while maneuvering forward to challenge for the lead on the final overtime lap.

"We got to gamble," Busch, 37, said he told his crew while contemplating whether to pit for fuel or stay in the lead pack for the final overtime restart – noting afterward he probably wouldn't have been willing to be so daring if he hadn't already earned a victory this season at California's Auto Club Speedway. He didn't even do a celebratory burnout after the race, convinced his Chevrolet didn't have enough fuel at that point.

Busch and 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace exchanged the lead during the final two laps of the race but Wallace's No. 23 Toyota was tagged by Ryan Blaney in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford as those two vied for the lead just after the white flag flew, signaling one lap to go.

Wallace's Toyota turned sideways, hit the wall and triggered a chain-reaction accident that eliminated several other of the frontrunning cars while the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Busch was able to continue forward and take his second win of the season and 62nd of this career. It's Busch's second career win at Talladega – the first coming 15 years (and 55 wins) ago.

"Sometimes you've got to be lucky, you know," said a smiling Busch, who led only three laps in securing the RCR team its 13th Talladega victory. "Sometimes these races come down to that and you've got to take them when they come your way.

"The seas kind of parted there when they [Blaney and Wallace] went up the race track there. They were trying to push-draft and these cars are just not stable enough to do that. I saw the 23 (Bubba Wallace) turn a little bit sideways, and I was like, ‘just get out of the way.' "

Blaney, who led a race best 47 of the 196 laps, looked poised to snap a 55-race winless streak at Talladega before the last lap incident. He was still able to continue after the contact with Wallace, but finished runner-up despite leading the most laps on the afternoon.

"It's just you get big runs and you take them when you can," Blaney said, noting of the contact with Wallace, "I'm glad everyone's okay, but in my mind you can't make a triple move like that, a triple block. You can't block three times, I don't know, the runs are so big and as the leader Bubba's (Wallace) trying to block, which is the right thing to do. But I think he kinda moved three times. I got to go somewhere. I hate for cars to get torn up and I hate for us to be so close to the win.

"I'm not blaming anybody. It's just hard racing at the end of this thing and unfortunate that cars got torn up and we missed out on another win."

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing driver Chris Buescher finished third, followed by Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe and RFK owner-driver Brad Keslowski, who leads all current competitors with six career Talladega wins.

Legacy Motor Club's Erik Jones, Hendrick Motorsports' William Byron, Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell, Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez and Front Row Motorsports' Todd Gilliland rounded out of the top 10.

It was by all accounts, the typical, hard-nosed, tight-quarter racing fans and drivers have come to expect at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway. Sunday's race featured 57 lead changes – the most at Talladega since 2011 (72 lead changes).

It was a markedly different top of the final leaderboard based on the afternoon's efforts. SHR drivers Aric Almirola and Kevin Harvick each led 11 laps and ran among the front pack for most of the day, but were collected in a multi-car accident on the first overtime period. They finished 20th and 21st, respectively.

Wallace, whose 35 laps out front in his No. 23 Toyota finished 28th after the last lap accident.

Also noteworthy, Chase Elliott finished 12th and led seven laps – the first laps he's led since returning to competition last week after missing six races recovering from a broken leg. Pole winner Denny Hamlin led seven laps on the day and finished 15th.

Ironically the race's earlier mishaps didn't happen from aggressive action on the race track but instead in slower miscues on pit road. Tyler Reddick spun his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota getting on pit road making his first stop of the race and only six laps later Briscoe spun his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford on pit road bringing out a yellow flag – only to recover and take that top five finish.

Wallace, who earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series win here at Talladega in 2021, led the most laps (23) in Stage 1. But it was Hendrick Motorsports' Elliott who ultimately drove forward to claim his first stage win of the season leading the final 11 laps.

There were 17 lead changes among nine drivers in Stage 2 – with Almirola moving out front in the final feet to the finish line get around Elliott and claim that stage win.

As for the two victories in the opening 10 races of Busch's tenure with Childress, the NASCAR Hall of Fame owner grinned.

"I think he's helping us build RCR back up to where we want it to be," Childress said, glancing with a smile at bottle of race-winning champagne he brought to the winner's press conference.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Laps Actual: 196 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 33 Minutes 25 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 146.575
  • Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
  • Lead Changes: 57
  • Green Flag Passes: 15,033 (92.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • GEICO 500
  • Race Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 37
  • Team : No. 8 - McLaren Custom Grills Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Randall Burnett
  • Kyle Busch won the GEICO 500, his 62nd victory in 652 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his second victory and 10th top-10 finish in 36 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Ryan Blaney (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 18 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Chris Buescher (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 16 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (31st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 11 points over Ross Chastain.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Aggregate of each driver's pit stops during the race.

 
DRIVER
START
FINISH
STATUS
# STOPS
DRIVER / PIT CREW
FASTEST
SLOWEST
AVG TIME
RANK
DRIVER
AVG TIME
RANK
PIT CREW
AVG TIME
RANK

Chris Buescher
10
3
Running
5
31.436
39.625
34.150
1
25.600
28
8.551
1
Joey Logano
8
30
Running
3
31.124
36.566
34.507
2
24.641
10
9.865
2
Christopher Bell
6
8
Running
3
30.773
39.130
35.434
3
24.891
16
10.543
3
Tyler Reddick
13
16
Running
2
32.269
39.231
35.750
4
25.023
18
10.727
4
Ryan Blaney
5
2
Running
3
33.066
38.100
36.135
5
25.393
26
10.742
5
Ross Chastain
23
23
Running
3
35.785
36.506
36.180
6
24.602
6
11.578
11
Daniel Suarez
22
9
Running
4
30.781
40.203
36.208
7
25.055
19
11.152
9
Aric Almirola
2
22
Running
3
33.340
38.467
36.278
8
25.295
22
10.983
7
Chase Elliott
29
12
Running
3
30.785
39.611
36.648
9
25.315
23
11.333
10
Ty Dillon
32
14
Running
3
31.719
39.923
36.728
10
24.795
14
11.933
14
Bubba Wallace
12
28
Accident
3
34.931
39.339
36.849
11
25.972
32
10.878
6
Austin Cindric
15
26
Running
2
36.796
37.582
37.189
12
24.610
7
12.579
17
Kevin Harvick
11
21
Running
3
31.505
40.490
37.328
13
26.290
35
11.038
8
Erik Jones
24
6
Running
4
36.061
40.330
37.393
14
24.464
5
12.929
19
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
33
15
Running
3
32.746
39.956
37.482
15
24.647
11
12.835
18
Michael McDowell
21
35
Running
3
34.347
39.783
37.606
16
25.628
29
11.978
16
Ty Gibbs
3
31
Fuel
2
36.662
38.563
37.612
17
24.616
8
12.996
20
Ryan Preece
16
34
Accident
3
34.989
41.351
37.696
18
25.851
31
11.844
13
Denny Hamlin
1
17
Running
2
37.258
38.686
37.972
19
24.059
1
13.912
23
Kyle Busch
17
1
Running
2
37.838
38.383
38.111
20
24.148
2
13.963
24

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER
LEADER LAP
DRIVER LAP
DRIVER TIME
CREW TIME
TOTAL
TYPE

AJ Allmendinger
43
43
24.412
15.048
39.460
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
122
122
24.826
16.249
41.075
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
40
40
26.333
7.007
33.340
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Aric Almirola
62
62
24.782
12.245
37.027
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
122
122
24.771
13.696
38.467
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
40
40
29.561
6.774
36.335
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Brad Keselowski
123
123
24.945
14.547
39.492
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
62
62
26.922
14.514
41.436
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
122
122
24.047
13.211
37.258
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
44
43
24.072
14.614
38.686
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
143
143
25.359
13.246
38.605
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
123
123
24.829
17.117
41.946
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Joey Logano
40
40
25.118
6.006
31.124
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Joey Logano
143
143
24.419
11.411
35.830
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Joey Logano
62
62
24.387
12.179
36.566
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Kevin Harvick
62
62
24.965
6.540
31.505
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Kevin Harvick
40
40
28.196
11.793
39.989
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Kevin Harvick
122
122
25.710
14.780
40.490
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Kyle Busch
62
62
24.158
13.680
37.838
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Kyle Busch
122
122
24.138
14.245
38.383
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE