Last week at Kansas we got to see total Toyota domination as they led nearly 70% of the laps, and with the way Tyler Reddick handled turn 3/4 to win there is more fire for the lawsuit conspiracy theory. Now we head to a racetrack where anything can happen and with the new stage lengths hopefully there will be less fuel saving. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Talladega Superspeedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Talladega.

Active means any driver who started a race in the 2026 Cup Series season.
Last Talladega Race (10/19/25)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 2 Chase Briscoe 193 16 21st 1st 102.8
2 27 Todd Gilliland 193 11 22nd 7th 100.0
3 18 Ty Gibbs 193 4 1st 6th 96.9
4 10 Bubba Wallace 193 5 5th 27th 101.5
5 12 Cole Custer 193 0 25th 17th 67.2
6 32 Carson Hocevar 193 0 9th 3rd 76.9
7 15 Tyler Reddick 193 3 2nd 11th 85.9
8 7 Christopher Bell 193 0 10th 5th 100.6
9 23 Zane Smith 193 2 7th 22nd 69.4
10 20 Brad Keselowski 193 7 24th 20th 100.2
11 31 Shane Van Gisbergen 193 0 18th 31st 82.4
12 26 Daniel Suarez 193 2 15th 25th 71.8
13 24 Ross Chastain 193 3 16th 12th 70.7
14 28 John Hunter Nemechek 193 11 3rd 9th 75.7
15 5 Ryan Preece 193 1 19th 19th 83.5
16 16 Joey Logano 193 35 6th 18th 105.0
17 1 Michael McDowell 193 5 8th 15th 89.0
18 40 Casey Mears 193 0 27th 29th 46.6
19 3 Kyle Busch 193 26 20th 13th 91.0
20 29 Ty Dillon 193 2 32nd 26th 67.3
21 38 Anthony Alfredo 193 2 29th 16th 68.0
22 33 Austin Hill 193 0 30th 30th 61.7
23 8 Ryan Blaney 193 3 4th 8th 81.3
24 17 Denny Hamlin 193 3 28th 24th 54.8
25 13 William Byron 193 4 13th 4th 76.1
26 19 Kye Larson 193 6 14th 2nd 72.2
27 21 Austin Dillon 191 0 33rd 32nd 40.0
28 39 B.J. McLeod 187 0 31st 33rd 34.7
29 11 Alex Bowman 187 0 11th 10th 42.8
30 14 Chris Buescher 186 4 12th 21st 77.3
31 35 Cody Ware 165 5 26th 23rd 45.3
32 9 Riley Herbst 141 1 17th 14th 54.0
33 6 Josh Berry 133 27 23rd 28th 88.7
34 4 Austin Cindric 77 2 39th 39th 41.2
35 30 Erik Jones 55 0 36th 36th 29.2
36 36 Noah Gragson 51 2 34th 34th 51.0
37 34 A.J. Allmendinger 51 1 35th 35th 30.4
38 37 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 51 0 37th 37th 42.5
39 22 Justin Haley 51 0 38th 38th 67.5
40 25 Chase Elliott 51 0 40th 40th 29.5

– Last Fall there were 24 drivers that led 2+ laps in the race. This tied the 2008 Fall race for most drivers to lead 2+ laps in a Talladega race.

Active Talladega Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Todd Gilliland 13.13 2nd 27th 8
2 William Byron 14.38 2nd 36th 16
3 Chase Briscoe 14.70 1st 37th 10
4 Chase Elliott 15.35 1st 40th 20
5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 15.36 1st 38th 25
6 Brad Keselowski 15.47 1st 38th 34
7 Carson Hocevar 15.60 6th 35th 5
8 Anthony Alfredo 16.83 6th 28th 6
9 Ty Dillon 16.86 3rd 33rd 14
10 Denny Hamlin 16.88 1st 39th 40
11 Ryan Blaney 17.13 1st 43rd 23
12 Tyler Reddick 17.83 1st 39th 12
13 Jimmie Johnson 17.97 1st 38th 38
14 Cole Custer 18.00 5th 31st 8
15 Bubba Wallace 18.56 1st 39th 16
16 Austin Cindric 18.88 1st 34th 8
17 Daniel Suarez 19.06 8th 34th 18
18 Austin Dillon 19.32 2nd 39th 25
19 Erik Jones 19.39 2nd 39th 18
20 Joey Logano 19.44 1st 39th 34
21 Ryan Preece 19.67 3rd 38th 12
22 Christopher Bell 19.83 5th 39th 12
23 Noah Gragson 19.86 3rd 36th 7
24 Kyle Busch 20.32 1st 41st 41
25 Ross Chastain 20.50 1st 40th 14
26 John Hunter Nemechek 20.67 8th 33rd 6
T27 Riley Herbst 20.75 9th 32nd 4
T27 Shane Van Gisbergen 20.75 11th 29th 4
29 Chris Buescher 21.10 3rd 38th 21
30 Kyle Larson 21.18 2nd 42nd 22
31 Alex Bowman 22.00 2nd 43rd 20
32 Ty Gibbs 22.43 3rd 37th 7
33 Casey Mears 22.61 6th 40th 28
T34 Zane Smith 23.00 9th 37th 5
T34 Austin Hill 23.00 22nd 24th 2
36 A.J. Allmendinger 23.57 5th 37th 23
37 Michael McDowell 25.70 3rd 43rd 30
38 Cody Ware 27.18 12th 38th 11
39 Josh Berry 27.75 16th 36th 4
40 B.J. McLeod 27.91 18th 33rd 11
41 J.J. Yeley 28.20 11th 42nd 20
42 Justin Allgaier 31.00 23rd 42nd 6
43 Timmy Hill 32.67 15th 42nd 6

Part of the reason that Todd Gilliland ranks 1st in the active Avg. Finish table above is that he’s one of just two active drivers with 5+ starts here that has never finished out of the Top 30. Photo by David J. Griffin — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Best Active Talladega
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Active Talladega
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Joey Logano 88.85 34 1 Chase Elliott 65.53 20
2 Ryan Blaney 88.01 23 2 Ryan Blaney 65.11 23
3 Brad Keselowski 87.13 34 3 Joey Logano 63.70 34
4 Jimmie Johnson 86.06 32 4 William Byron 60.57 16
5 Chase Elliott 85.90 20 5 Brad Keselowski 57.21 34
6 William Byron 85.65 16 6 Jimmie Johnson 56.77 32
7 Cole Custer 82.23 8 7 Kyle Busch 56.40 41
8 Kyle Busch 81.10 41 8 Kyle Larson 51.77 22
9 Todd Gilliland 80.66 8 9 Austin Cindric 51.51 8
10 Denny Hamlin 80.29 40 10 Denny Hamlin 48.51 40

– The Penske duo of Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney may run well this weekend as they rank top 3 in both tables above and in the Laps Led% table below, but don’t be surprised if they don’t finish the race as they rank 16th and 29th in Laps Completed%.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Joey Logano 8.86 34 1 Austin Hill 100 2
2 Ryan Blaney 6.79 23 2 Anthony Alfredo 99.91 6
3 Jimmie Johnson 6.56 38 3 Shane Van Gisbergen 99.87 4
4 Denny Hamlin 5.94 40 4 Ryan Preece 99.10 12
5 Chase Elliott 5.78 20 5 John Hunter Nemechek 98.96 6
6 Josh Berry 5.50 4 6 William Byron 98.29 16
7 Brad Keselowski 5.16 34 7 Carson Hocevar 97.16 5
8 Austin Cindric 4.53 8 8 Ty Dillon 96.29 14
9 William Byron 4.13 16 9 Todd Gilliland 95.54 8
10 Kyle Busch 4.02 41 10 Austin Dillon 94.95 25
Most Active Talladega Starts Most Active Talladega Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
1 Kyle Busch 41 1 Michael McDowell 3
2 Denny Hamlin 40 T2 Chase Elliott 2
3 Jimmie Johnson 38 T2 Christopher Bell 2
T4 Brad Keselowski 34 T4 Austin Dillon 1
T4 Joey Logano 34 T4 Denny Hamlin 1
6 Michael McDowell 30 T4 Jimmie Johnson 1
7 Casey Mears 28
T8 Austin Dillon 25 T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1
T8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 25
T10 A.J. Allmendinger 23 T4 Zane Smith 1
T10 Ryan Blaney 23

Michael McDowell has been extremely fast at Talladega of late as he’s won 3 of the last 4 Poles here which has given him the lead in the active Talladega Poles table above. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Active Talladega Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
1 Brad Keselowski 6 17.65 T4 Kyle Busch 2 4.88
T2 Ryan Blaney 3 13.04 T9 Austin Cindric 1 12.50
T2 Joey Logano 3 8.82 T9 Chase Briscoe 1 10.00
T4 Chase Elliott 2 10.00 T9 Tyler Reddick 1 8.33
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 8.00 T9 Ross Chastain 1 7.14
T4 Jimmie Johnson 2 5.26 T9 Bubba Wallace 1 6.25
T4 Denny Hamlin 2 5.00

– Team Penske has been strong here at Talladega as drivers that have primarily driven for them hold the first 3 positions in the active Win List above, and all 3 of their current drivers are on the list as well.

Most Active Talladega Top 3’s Best Active Talladega Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Brad Keselowski 9 1 Brad Keselowski 26.47 9
2 Kyle Busch 7 2 William Byron 25.00 4
3 Denny Hamlin 6 3 Ryan Blaney 21.74 5
T4 Ryan Blaney 5 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 20.00 5
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5 5 Kyle Busch 17.07 7
T4 Joey Logano 5 T6 Denny Hamlin 15.00 6
T4 Jimmie Johnson 5 T6 Chase Elliott 15.00 3
8 William Byron 4 8 Joey Logano 14.71 5
9 Chase Elliott 3 T9 Noah Gragson 14.29 1
T10 Austin Dillon 2 T9 Ty Gibbs 14.29 1
T10 Michael McDowell 2

– There are more active drivers with just 1 Top 3 finish at Talladega (14 drivers) then there are drivers with multiple Top 3 finishes here (11 drivers).

Most Active Talladega Top 5’s Best Active Talladega Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Brad Keselowski 12 1 Brad Keselowski 35.29 12
2 Denny Hamlin 11 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 32.00 8
3 Joey Logano 9 3 William Byron 31.25 5
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 8 4 Chase Elliott 30.00 6
T4 Kyle Busch 8 5 Noah Gragson 28.57 2
6 Jimmie Johnson 7 6 Denny Hamlin 27.50 11
T7 Chase Elliott 6 7 Joey Logano 26.47 9
T7 Ryan Blaney 6 8 Ryan Blaney 26.09 6
9 William Byron 5 9 Austin Cindric 25.00 2
T10 Erik Jones 3
T10 Kyle Larson 3 10 Chase Briscoe 20.00 2
T10 Michael McDowell 3

If Joey Logano can manage to get a Top 5 finish this weekend then he would become just the 3rd active driver to have 10+ Top 5’s here at Talladega. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Most Active Talladega Top 10’s Best Active Talladega Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
T1 Brad Keselowski 17 T1 Brad Keselowski 50.00 17
T1 Denny Hamlin 17 T1 Todd Gilliland 50.00 4
3 Jimmie Johnson 13 3 Chase Elliott 45.00 9
T4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 11 4 Erik Jones 44.44 8
T4 Joey Logano 11 5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 44.00 11
6 Kyle Busch 10 6 William Byron 43.75 7
7 Chase Elliott 9 7 Denny Hamlin 42.50 17
T8 Erik Jones 8 8 Carson Hocevar 40.00 2
T8 Ryan Blaney 8 9 Austin Cindric 37.50 3
T10 William Byron 7 10 Ryan Blaney 34.78 8
T10 Austin Dillon 7

– No active driver has finished over half of their Cup Talladega races in the Top 10, but Brad Keselowski and Todd Gilliland hope to change that this weekend.

Most Active Talladega Stage Wins (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
T1 Bubba Wallace 4 12.50 T3 Ryan Blaney 3 8.33
T1 Brad Keselowski 4 11.11 T6 Austin Cindric 2 12.50
T3 Chase Elliott 3 8.33 T6 William Byron 2 6.25
T3 Chris Buescher 3 8.33 T8 8 drivers tied 1 7.14-2.78

– 15 of the 41 drivers entered in the race this weekend have won a stage at Talladega, so don’t be surprised if we have a repeat stage winner this weekend.

Most Active Talladega Stage T10’s Best Active Talladega Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Ryan Blaney 24 1 Ryan Blaney 66.67 24
2 Chase Elliott 21 2 William Byron 59.38 19
3 Joey Logano 20 3 Chase Elliott 58.33 21
4 William Byron 19 4 Joey Logano 55.56 20
T5 Kyle Larson 16 T5 Kyle Larson 50.00 16
T5 Brad Keselowski 16 T5 Austin Cindric 50.00 8
7 Kyle Busch 15 7 Alex Bowman 46.67 14
8 Alex Bowman 14 8 Brad Keselowski 44.44 16
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 13 9 Jimmie Johnson 43.75 7
10 Chris Buescher 11 10 Kyle Busch 41.67 15

– The tables above show how hard it is to be consistent here at Talladega as the best active Talladega Stage T10% is just 66.67%, and only 4 active drivers have a Stage T10% over 50%.

Most Active Talladega Starts without Win Most Active Talladega Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 30 1 Kyle Busch 41
2 Casey Mears 28 T2 Brad Keselowski 34
3 Austin Dillon 25 T2 Joey Logano 34
4 A.J. Allmendinger 23 4 Casey Mears 28
5 Kyle Larson 22 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 23
6 Chris Buescher 21 T5 Ryan Blaney 23
T7 Alex Bowman 20 7 Kyle Larson 22
T7 J.J Yeley 20 8 Chris Buescher 21
T9 Daniel Suarez 18 T9 Alex Bowman 20
T9 Erik Jones 18 T9 J.J Yeley 20

– Without a Pole this weekend Kyle Busch would be tied for 4th most Talladega starts without a Pole.

Most Active Talladega Starts without Top 3 Most Active Talladega Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Casey Mears 28 1 Casey Mears 28
2 A.J. Allmendinger 23 2 J.J Yeley 20
3 J.J Yeley 20 3 Daniel Suarez 18
4 Daniel Suarez 18 T4 B.J. McLeod 11
5 Christopher Bell 12 T4 Cody Ware 11

– A.J. Allmendinger is the only driver that is in the “without Top 3” table above that is not on the “without Top 5” table as well.

Most Active Talladega Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
1 J.J. Yeley 20
T2 B.J. McLeod 11
T2 Cody Ware 11
T4 Justin Allgaier 6
T4 Timmy Hill 6

This picture describes J.J. Yeley’s (#83) relationship with Talladega perfectly as he is the only driver on every “without” list above. Photo by Matt Sullivan — Getty Images

Most Active Talladega Stages without Stage Win Most Active Talladega Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 Austin Dillon 36 1 B.J. McLeod 22
T1 Daniel Suarez 36 2 J.J. Yeley 18
T1 Erik Jones 36 3 Timmy Hill 8
T1 Kyle Busch 36 T4 Austin Hill 4
T1 Michael McDowell 36 T4 Justin Allgaier 4
6 Alex Bowman 30 6 Casey Mears 2
7 Ross Chastain 28 7 4 drivers tied 0
T8 Christopher Bell 24
T8 Ryan Preece 24
T10 B.J. McLeod 22
T10 Cody Ware 22

– There are 43 active drivers that have ran a race at Talladega with stages, and only the 6 mentioned above have yet to get a Stage T10 here.

Active Talladega Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Bubba Wallace 3 Top 10’s John Hunter Nemechek 2 Stage T10’s
Carson Hocevar 2 Top 10’s Ryan Blaney 2 Stage T10’s
Carson Hocevar 3 Stage T10’s Ty Gibbs 2 Stage T10’s
Christopher Bell 2 Stage T10’s

– Bubba Wallace is the only driver that had a 2+ streak going into the 2025 Fall Talladega race that also has a 2+ streak going into the race this weekend.

 

Next Gen Stats
Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-31 25.53 Joey Logano 24th T5 2024-10 19.15 Michael McDowell 31st
2 2023-10 23.98 Ryan Blaney 2nd 8 2025-34 18.13 Joey Logano 16th
3 2024-31 21.54 Michael McDowell 37th 9 2023-10 17.86 Bubba Wallace 28th
4 2022-10 20.21 William Byron 15th T10 2022-10 17.02 Kyle Larson 4th
T5 2022-31 19.15 Ross Chastain 4th T10 2025-10 17.02 Ty Gibbs 17th
T5 2022-31 19.15 Aric Almirola 14th

– Leading laps here does not have any correlation to finishing position in the Next Gen car as 8 of the 11 best Laps Led% finished out of the Top 10 and 4 of the 11 finished out of the Top 20.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin.
1 2024-10 Noah Gragson 121.0 3rd 6 2025-10 Ryan Preece 112.2 38th
2 2022-31 Ross Chastain 118.2 4th 7 2023-10 Ryan Blaney 110.4 2nd
3 2022-10 Kyle Larson 118.0 4th 8 2025-10 Joey Logano 110.1 39th
4 2022-31 Chase Elliott 116.7 1st 9 2025-10 Bubba Wallace 110.0 8th
5 2022-31 Erik Jones 113.3 6th 10 2024-10 Todd Gilliland 109.8 8th

– It has been hard to run well consistently at Talladega in the Next Gen car as no driver is in the Driver Rating table above more than once.

Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin.
1 2022-10 Kyle Larson 100 4th 6 2022-10 Martin Truex Jr. 93.62 5th
2 2022-10 Erik Jones 97.34 6th 7 2024-31 Austin Cindric 93.33 32nd
3 2022-10 William Byron 96.28 15th 8 2025-10 Joey Logano 92.02 39th
4 2022-31 Chase Elliott 95.21 1st 9 2022-31 Ross Chastain 91.49 4th
5 2022-10 Chase Elliott 94.15 7th 10 2023-31 William Byron 87.23 2nd

In 8 Next Gen races Kyle Larson, Spring 2022, is the only driver to run every lap in the Top 15. What’s more is no other driver has ran less than 5 laps out of the Top 15 in a Next Gen race here. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)		 Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 12th 8.38 1 37th 26.75
2 16th 11.38 2 25th 26.63
3 24th 12.88 3 11th 25.63
4 7th 13.13 4 9th 25.38
5 18th 14.88 5 39th 25.00
6 28th 15.13 6 35th 24.25
7 19th 16.88 7 38th 24.00
8 17th 17.63 T8 4th 22.75
T9 5th 17.75 T8 22nd 22.75
T9 26th 17.75 10 40th 22.50

– Starting position doesn’t really affect the Next Gen at Talladega in terms of finish, but starting 12th does seem to produce Top 10 finishes as 6 of the 8 drivers to start 12th have finished Top 10.

Best Next Gen Talladega
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Next Gen Talladega
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 William Byron 88.28 8 1 Kurt Busch 78.19 1
2 Kurt Busch 87.40 1 2 Kevin Harvick 71.71 4
3 Kevin Harvick 86.63 4 3 Aric Almirola 65.79 4
4 Kyle Larson 86.05 8 4 Kyle Larson 64.63 8
5 Aric Almirola 85.33 4 5 Kyle Busch 63.19 8
6 Bubba Wallace 84.59 8 6 Chase Elliott 60.89 8
7 Ryan Preece 83.15 6 7 William Byron 59.91 8
8 Chase Elliott 82.46 8 8 Joey Logano 59.84 8
9 Ryan Blaney 81.75 8 9 Bubba Wallace 54.66 8
10 Kyle Busch 81.41 8 10 Ryan Blaney 53.87 8

William Byron has probably been the best driver in the Next Gen car at Talladega as he is the only driver that is in both tables above and both tables below. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Talladega Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Talladega Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 William Byron 9.25 8 1 Joey Logano 9.97 8
2 Chandler Smith 11.00 1 2 Ryan Blaney 7.81 8
3 Todd Gilliland 13.13 8 3 Aric Almirola 7.11 4
4 Chase Elliott 14.50 8 4 Michael McDowell 6.43 8
5 Landon Cassill 15.00 2 5 Josh Berry 5.50 4
6 Chase Briscoe 15.25 8 6 Ross Chastain 5.05 8
7 Alex Bowman 15.29 7 7 Austin Cindric 4.53 8
8 Kyle Larson 15.38 8 8 William Byron 4.40 8
9 Carson Hocevar 15.60 5 9 Bubba Wallace 4.33 8
10 Kurt Busch 16.00 1 10 John Hunter Nemechek 4.19 4
Next Gen Talladega Win List Next Gen Talladega Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Austin Cindric 1 12.50 1 Michael McDowell 3
T1 Chase Briscoe 1 12.50 2 Christopher Bell 2
T1 Chase Elliott 1 12.50 T3 Aric Almirola 1
T1 Kyle Busch 1 12.50
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 12.50 T3 Zane Smith 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1 12.50
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 12.50 T3 Denny Hamlin 1
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 12.50

– It’s been easier to get a Pole here in the Next Gen car than a race win as 2 drivers have multiple Next Gen Poles here, but no one has won here more than once in the Next Gen.

Next Gen Talladega Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Ryan Blaney 3 37.50
T1 William Byron 3 37.50
T3 Brad Keselowski 2 25.00
T3 Kyle Busch 2 25.00
T5 Noah Gragson 1 14.29
T5 Ty Gibbs 1 14.29
T5 12 drivers tied 1 12.50

– Toyota’s have been the fastest cars this year by far, but don’t be surprised if they aren’t up front at the finish of the race this weekend as only Ford and Chevy drivers have multiple Next Gen Top 3’s here.

Most Next Gen Talladega Top 5’s Most Next Gen Talladega Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Brad Keselowski 3 37.50 1 William Byron 5 62.50
T1 Kyle Larson 3 37.50 T2 Brad Keselowski 4 50.00
T1 Ryan Blaney 3 37.50 T2 Chase Elliott 4 50.00
T1 William Byron 3 37.50 T2 Daniel Suarez 4 50.00
T5 Noah Gragson 2 28.57 T5 Erik Jones 4 50.00
T5 Austin Cindric 2 25.00 T5 Todd Gilliland 4 50.00
T5 Chase Briscoe 2 25.00 T5 Alex Bowman 3 42.86
T5 Chase Elliott 2 25.00 T5 8 drivers tied with same % 3 37.50
T5 Denny Hamlin 2 25.00
T5 Kyle Busch 2 25.00
T5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 25.00
T5 Ross Chastain 2 25.00

– There are 26 drivers that have started 7 or 8 Next Gen Talladega races, and only two drivers, B.J. McLeod and Joey Logano, have yet to get a Top 10 finish here.

Most Next Gen Talladega Stage Wins Most Next Gen Talladega Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
T1 Austin Cindric 2 12.50 1 Kyle Larson 13 81.25
T1 Bubba Wallace 2 12.50 2 Chase Elliott 12 75.00
T1 Chase Elliott 2 12.50 3 William Byron 10 62.50
T1 Ryan Blaney 2 12.50 4 Austin Cindric 8 50.00
T5 Aric Almirola 1 12.50 T5 Alex Bowman 7 50.00
T5 Ty Gibbs 1 7.14 T5 Ryan Blaney 7 43.75
T5 Brad Keselowski 1 6.25 T7 Bubba Wallace 6 37.50
T5 Chase Briscoe 1 6.25 T7 Joey Logano 6 37.50
T5 Chris Buescher 1 6.25 T7 Ross Chastain 6 37.50
T5 Joey Logano 1 6.25
T5 Kyle Larson 1 6.25 T7 Tyler Reddick 6 37.50
T5 William Byron 1 6.25

– Watch for Hendrick Motorsports to be up front at the end of Stage 1 and 2 as their 4 drivers all rank top 5 in the Stage T10% table above.