
Jack Link’s 500
Zane Smith scored his first NASCAR Cup Series pole and led the field to green for the Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. After a few cautions for crazy wrecks, Kyle Larson came out the Stage 1 winner. After a long green-flag run and clean green-flag pit stops, Bubba Wallace scored the Stage 2 win.
Rich MARvelous Move of the Race
Toyota fans, look away. You don’t want to read about the Rich MARvelous Move this week.

As the Toyota camp was on a tear to the front, Ross Chastain hopped in front of Denny Hamlin and said, “Not so fast!”
Rather than repeating the play-by-play, I’ll let Kevin Harvick walk you through this big, bold move by the No. 1.
BIG. MOVES.
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While it was a manufacturer’s move, neither Chevy nor Toyota came out on top. When the dust settled and the checkered flag waved, Austin Cindric just barely beat Ryan Preece across the line to win at ‘Dega.
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