TALLADEGA, Ala. — Racing these days at Talladega is much like partying in the infield. You've got to take it slow to start if you want to be around at the finish … but that's when the real action happens.
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA - APRIL 23: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Freight Direct Toyota, and Aric Almirola, driver of the #10 Smithfield Ford, lead the field on a pace lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 23, 2023 in Talladega, Alabama. TALLADEGA, Ala. — Racing these days at Talladega is much like partying in the infield. You’ve got to take it slow to start if you want to be around at the finish … but that’s when the real action happens.
Kyle Busch took the win on the final lap after Bubba Wallace got turned around while blocking Ryan Blaney in Turns 1 and 2. Wallace was leading the race and wanted to prevent Blaney from making a pass. He blocked just a little too much and went spinning around while collecting a bunch of cars behind him.
It was the second big wreck in the final laps as the race went to two overtime attempts. The first overtime attempt made it less than a quarter lap after Ross Chastain tried an extremely aggressive three-wide move for the lead right after the restart. Outside of some pit road shenanigans, probably the most interesting element of the first two stages of the Geico 500 came courtesy of Joey Logano. The two-time champion, well off the lead thanks to a penalty for speeding on pit road, made the unusual – to put it politely – move to place his car in the center lane as the pack approached behind him, rather than moving down to the apron.
The move forced the pack to split around him, and gave Logano time to get up to speed within the pack – speed he wouldn’t have been able to achieve outside of the draft.
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