Talladega Superspeedway starting lineup following NASCAR qualifying on April 27, 2019 Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will set the starting order for the Geico 400 at Talladega Superspeedway. View the full 2019 Talladega starting lineup below. 2019 Talladega Menu: MENCS TV | Prac 1 | Prac 2 | Qual | Averages | Race NASCAR changed the rules a little bit after the first practice on Friday. A wicker has been added to the rear spoiler with the idea of slowing the cars down. As of now, drivers only have one 50 minute session with the wicker installed. Beyond that, everything else is new. The restrictor plate has been replaced with a tapered spacer. Aero ducts are installed, the spoiler is now 9 inches and the front splitter is also larger. Cars now have massive runs when sitting in the tow of another car. When they pull out of line, they are smacked with a wall of air grabbing the spoiler. That won’t come into play today as single car qualifying is up next… Talladega Qualifying Round 1 – Report 1 lap: Top 12 advance The cars will head to the race track based on combined practice speeds from Friday. Slowest to fastest is the order. Tyler Reddick won the NXS moments ago. Now, he’s on track again, qualifying the car for Brendan Gaughan. Kurt Busch had his car chief ejected ahead of qualifying. The #1 machine failed the OSS inspection twice. He passed on the third time. Busch failed due to spoiler angle and deck lid. He’ll serve a 15 minute practice penalty next week at Dover. Busch’s lap was not enough to advance into round two of qualifying. Aric Almirola was quickest overal in round one! Talladega Qualifying – Round 1 Results: 1. Aric Almirola (49.791); 2. Austin Dillon (49.847); 3. Brad Keselowski (50.048); 4. Daniel Hemric (50.083); 5. Clint Bowyer (50.115); 6. Ryan Blaney (50.124); 7. Michael McDowell (50.135); 8. Kyle Larson (50.178); 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr (50.204); 10. Alex Bowman (50.218); 11. Joey Logano (50.220); 12. Chase Elliott (50.246); Talladega Qualifying Round 2 – Report 1 lap: 12 cars run for pole Multiple teams made heavy adjustments to the track bar after round one. Chase Elliott wasn’t bottoming out in round one. The crew lowered the left rear to push the limits a little further. They went too far, Elliott’s car was dragging the track throughout his lap in round two. Earlier today, NASCAR confiscated the rear deck lid of Austin Dillon. He’s the second to last car to take the green in round two, he’s significantly quicker than the other 10 cars thus far. Austin Dillon will hold on to take the pole at Talladega Superspeedway! The field is now set. The field will return to the track on Sunday afternoon for the race. View the full 2019 NASCAR starting lineup for Talladega Superspeedway below. Talladega Starting Lineup April 28, 2019 Pos | Driver | Time 1. Austin Dillon 49.734 2. Aric Almirola 49.841 3. Clint Bowyer 49.947 4. Brad Keselowski 49.965 5. Daniel Hemric 50.022 6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 50.037 7. Ryan Blaney 50.080 8. Joey Logano 50.112 9. Alex Bowman 50.164 10. Kyle Larson 50.193 11. Chase Elliott 50.201 12. Michael McDowell 50.251 13. Ty Dillon 50.310 14. Kurt Busch 50.316 15. David Ragan 50.344 16. Daniel Suarez 50.419 17. Paul Menard 50.421 18. Matt Tifft 50.447 19. Kevin Harvick 50.450 20. Martin Truex Jr 50.482 21. Jimmie Johnson 50.519 22. Kyle Busch 50.593 23. Denny Hamlin 50.596 24. Ryan Newman 50.614 25. William Byron 50.699 26. Matt DiBenedetto 50.817 27. Erik Jones 50.821 28. Bubba Wallace 50.870 29. Tyler Reddick 51.170 30. Ryan Preece 51.269 31. Chris Buescher 51.374 32. Landon Cassill 51.382 33. Jeffrey Earnhardt 51.432 34. Ross Chastain 51.800 35. Parker Kligerman 52.081 36. Corey LaJoie 52.100 37. Reed Sorenson 52.184 38. Justin Haley 52.197 39. Stanton Barrett 52.984 40. Cody Ware 53.148 More Talladega tv schedule Links NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway<doc-sep>MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Justin Haley will make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut for Spire Motorsports in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Haley, a three-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series winner, will pilot the No. 77 Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the famed 2.66-mile Alabama track. RELATED: Talladega schedule | Cup entry list | See every spring race winner The F.O.E. is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. The F.O.E. donates more than $10 million a year to local communities, fundraisers, charities and more. As part of its philosophy, the F.O.E. gives back 100 percent of monies raised in the form of grants. Fundraisers are conducted for eight major charities, including kidney, heart, diabetes, cancer and spinal cord injury funds, a children’s fund, memorial foundation and the Golden Eagle Fund. “Our members are incredibly excited to take the next step with Justin in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series,” said F.O.E. Grand Worthy President Carl Burnett. “Justin and the Eagles have been together for many of his career firsts and we can’t wait to experience yet another this weekend in Talladega. This is our third year together and we’re proud to continue to break new ground as a team.” Haley made his professional stock car debut in 2014 and has gone on to record wins in the ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and the Gander Trucks. Last season, Haley parlayed three wins, nine top-five and 18 top-10 finishes into a third-place championship effort behind the wheel of GMS Racing’s No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado. Meanwhile, all three of his Gander Trucks wins came with the F.O.E. livery showcased aboard his entry. The Indiana native, who will turn 20 on Sunday, currently races full time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) for Kaulig Racing where he’s notched six top-10 finishes and sits 11th in points. In his most recent NXS start two weekends ago at Richmond Raceway, Haley started 14th and finished 10th. “This is a dream come true,” explained Haley. “I couldn’t be prouder than to make my Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut with Spire Motorsports and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The F.O.E. has supported my career since the beginning and it feels like our program will come full circle when I make my debut on NASCAR’s biggest stage this weekend at Talladega. I’m incredibly grateful to both Spire Motorsports and the F.O.E. for this opportunity. I’m excited to get on track and see what we can do.” “Justin Haley is a proven winner and a future super star,” said Spire Motorsports co-owner T.J. Puchyr. “Justin has won at several levels and knows what it takes to compete with the best in the business. He’s a very talented, smart racer so we’re confident he’ll do a good job this weekend.” The GEICO 500 from Talladega Superspeedway will be televised live on FOX Sunday, April 28 beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The 10th of 36 races on the 2019 MENCS schedule will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.<doc-sep>The NASCAR Xfinity Series next stop on the schedule is at Talladega Superspeedway for the MoneyLion 300 (Saturday, April 27 at 1 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) which presents a new chapter for all the championship contenders. For the first time this season there are no former Talladega winners or pole-winners entered in the race. Add to that the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus is up for grabs between four of the series hottest drivers – Cole Custer, Austin Cindric, Justin Allgaier and reigning series champ Tyler Reddick – and this weekend’s 300-miler on the series’ fastest track couldn’t be more wide open. The highest finisher among those drivers earns the $100,000 check from Xfinity and qualifies for next week’s Dash 4 Cash. In addition, the highest top-three championship contending Xfinity finishers this week at Talladega will also qualify to compete for the big check next week at Dover International Speedway. RELATED: Talladega entry list | Talladega preview Among those talented drivers, Allgaier, in particular, is eyeing this race to get back in Victory Lane. The veteran is on a remarkable run of six consecutive top-eight finishes at Talladega – including a runner-up showing in 2016 and a third-place finish last year. His average finish (10.0) is tops among those with more than one start Talladega and the worst he’s finished since 2011 is eighth (twice). He’s currently fifth in the driver standings – 87 points behind leader Reddick. Only two-time race winners Cole Custer (227 laps) and Christopher Bell (438 laps) have led more than Allgaier’s 224 laps this season. RELATED: Dash 4 Cash explainer Not only will the JR Motorsports driver Allgaier be a car to watch, but so will Jeffrey Earnhardt, who will be back behind the wheel of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota this week. Earnhardt, the grandson of the late 10-time Talladega Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner Dale Earnhardt, was a major storyline in the series’ first superspeedway race in Daytona Beach in February. He started on the outside pole at Daytona and led a career-best 29 laps in the perennial contending JGR No. 18. This will be Earnhardt’s first start for JGR since Texas last month and first Xfinity Series Talladega start since a career best 12th-place finish there running a part-time schedule for a different team in 2015. Championship leader Reddick is still looking for his first victory this season and Talladega has traditionally been a positive place for him. He finished eighth last year in the Xfinity race and has two top-five finishes in three starts in the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series, winning the pole position in his first race (2014) at the superspeedway.<doc-sep>
NASCAR Xfinity Series starting lineup for Talladega Superspeedway Now, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will set the grid for the MoneyLion 300. It’s NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway. View the full 2019 Talladega Xfinity starting lineup below. 2019 Talladega Menu: NXS TV | Qual | Race Two rounds of single car qualifying are up next for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Drivers get one lap to set a time in each round. Dash for Cash drivers: Tyler Reddick; Justin Allgaier; Cole Custer; Austin Cindric Talladega Xfinity Qualifying Round 1 – Report Single car qualifying (Top 12 advance) Cody Ware is the first car out in round one. After turning his lap, he moved to the apron at a high rate of speed. He lost it on the apron at the entry to turn one. Ware looped it backwards and went up the hill but kept it out of the wall. That’s an eventful way to start this qualifying session. The drivers says rear end fluid was the cause. He was coasting to try and make it back to the pit lane. Meanwhile, Chad Finchum was on his warm-up lap as that happened. He’ll get a chance to cool his car down before returning to the track. Ross Chastain is the last car to turn a lap in round one. He’s close bu no cigar. Michael Annett hangs on to win round one of Xfinity Series qualifying! Talladega Xfinity Qualifying – Round 1 Results: 1. Michael Annett (50.807); 2. Ross Chastain (50.898); 3. Tyler Reddick (50.939); 4. Ryan Sieg (50.939); 5. Justin Haley (50.943); 6. Jeffrey Earnhardt (51.051); 7. Brett Moffitt (51.060); 8. Gray Gaulding (51.096); 9. Chase Briscoe (51.159); 10. Christopher Bell (51.187); 11. Justin Allgaier (51.210); 12. Cole Custer (51.231); Talladega Xfinity Qualifying Round 2 – Report Single car qualifying (Run for pole) Twelve drivers will have a shot at the pole position in this final round of NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying. Less than a tenth of a second separated Chastain and Annett in round one. Tyler Reddick sits at the top of the board with just one car remaining. Michael Annett is two tenths quicker than his time in round one. Annett will start from the pole in the race later today! View the full NASCAR Xfinity starting lineup for Talladega Superspeedway below. Talladega Xfinity Qualifying Results April 27, 2019 Pos | Driver | Time 1. Michael Annett 50.596 2. Tyler Reddick 50.771 3. Ross Chastain 50.797 4. Ryan Sieg 50.836 5. Justin Haley 50.842 6. Brett Moffitt 50.844 7. Jefrey Earnhardt 50.921 8. Gray Gaulding 50.954 9. Chase Briscoe 50.998 10. Christopher Bell 51.043 11. Justin Allgaier 51.074 12. Cole Custer 51.270 13. Brandon Jones 51.247 14. Noah Gragson 51.261 15. John Hunter Nemechek 51.445 16. Josh Williams 51.573 17. Austin Cindric 51.601 18. Chris Cockrum 51.743 19. Timmy Hill 51.814 20. Stephen Leicht 51.869 21. Jeff Green 51.929 22. Landon Cassill 51.945 23. Josh Bilicki 51.966 24. Alex Labbe 52.010 25. BJ McLeod 52.189 26. Matt Mills 52.287 27. Joey Gase 52.399 28. David Starr 52.467 29. Vinnie Miller 52.489 30. Jeremy Clements 52.545 31. Mike Harmon 52.571 32. Brandon Brown 52.716 33. Garrett Smithley 52.734 34. Cody Ware 52.744 35. Max Tullman 52.826 36. Ray Black II 52.837 37. Chad Finchum 52.837 More Talladega TV Schedule Links NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway