At-track photos: Tripleheader playoff weekend at Talladega

By Staff Report | Sunday, October 4, 2020

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Denny Hamlin came away with the victory after a chaotic finish in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Round of 12 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after earning his seventh win of the season, advancing to the Round of 8.

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Denny delivered this burnout after making a huge pass for the win coming out of Turn 4 on the final lap.

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This was the battle to the finish line as Hamlin (11), DiBenedetto (21) and William Byron (24) all fought for the top spot in the final moments.

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On the final lap of the race, Brad Keselowski spun trying to battle for position behind the leaders.

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Bubba Wallace (43) heads toward the outside wall in Turn 4 after making contact with Ryan Preece (37) in an effort to switch lanes in the closing laps.

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A wider look as Wallace, Blaney, Austin Dillon and Matt Kenseth crash in Turn 4.

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Kevin Harvick's No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team changes tires and makes repairs after a crash.

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Playoff drivers Joey Logano and Kyle Busch trigger a big wreck in the closing laps of Sunday's race,

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Logano slides down the race track in the No. 22 Ford as Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. wreck behind him.

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The crash also collected Kevin Harvick, while others were able to avoid the incident on the apron.

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A closer look at Logano crashing as Busch and Truex get caught up in the mess.

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This big crash on Lap 108 collected several NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers, including Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch in Sunday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Another angle of the crash that began with Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer in the tri-oval.

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Austin Dillon's No. 3 Richard Childress Racing team repairs the car on pit road under caution.

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A beautiful day for some superspeedway racing in the heart of Alabama.

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The No. 12 Team Penske group of Ryan Blaney changes tires after he hit the wall on Lap 86.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slides into the inside wall, slamming the rear of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet.

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NASCAR Cup Series playoff driver Aric Almirola was among four drivers involved in a crash on Lap 57. Almirola nurses his No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford back to pit road before retiring from the race.

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Playoff driver Kyle Busch continues with significant damage on the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after the Lap 57 crash.

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Ryan Blaney, winner of the past two Talladega Superspeedway races, takes the No. 12 Team Penske Ford to pit road after receiving damage from the Lap 57 wreck.

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Another playoff driver, Alex Bowman, received damage in the crash. The No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team was able to continue after making repairs.

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The No. 22 Team Penske squad of Joey Logano makes repairs on pit road after slight damage to the nose.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. retired from the race after a crash on Lap 8 due to contact from behind by John Hunter Nemechek.

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Brendan Gaughan made his final NASCAR start in Sunday's 500-mile race at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Ryan Blaney fists bumps Brendan Gaughan prior to the race.

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Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson chat on the grid before they climb into their Hendrick Motorsports cars.

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Justin Haley celebrates alongside the winner's trophy and his stout No. 11 Chevrolet after prevailing in Saturday's Ag-Pro 300 race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Justin Haley applies a burnout to the Talladega Superspeedway frontstretch after claiming his third victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, a triumph that moved him into the next round of the playoffs.

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Justin Haley's No. 11 Chevrolet leads the No. 1 Camaro of Michael Annett in the late going at Talladega Superspeedway. Annett was initially scored second behind the race winner, but a technical violation disqualified the No. 1 Chevy and demoted the team to a last-place finish in Saturday's 300-miler.

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Justin Haley leads the pack on the way to receiving the white flag at Talladega Superspeedway. The No. 98 Ford of Chase Briscoe shows smoke in the high lane after a scrape of the outside retaining wall knocked him from victory contention.

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Harrison Burton's battle-scarred No. 20 Toyota sparks on the frontstretch after a final-lap melee ended the race under caution.

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The cars of Austin Cindric (22), Jeffrey Earnhardt (0) and Austin Hill slide on the apron exiting Turn 4 during the final stage of the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Ryan Vargas brings his No. 6 TikTok Chevrolet to the attention of his crew during the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Noah Gragson (9) leads the pack in the late going at Talladega Superspeedway as contenders Chase Briscoe (98), Daniel Hemric (8), Justin Haley (11) and Ross Chastain give chase.

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The NASCAR Xfinity Series field roars through the tri-oval area of Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday's Ag-Pro 300.

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Riley Herbst's No. 18 Toyota skids toward the apron off Turn 4 after contact with Austin Hill's No. 61 during a Lap 43 incident in the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Riley Herbst's No. 18 Toyota veers into the infield grass after making contact with the inside retaining wall at Talladega Superspeedway.

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With the Talladega Mountains in the background, the Xfinity Series field works through Turns 1 and 2 at Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday's 300-miler.

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Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe (98) races to the low side of JR Motorsports teammates Justin Allgaier (7) and Noah Gragson at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Brandon Brown gets ready to load into his No. 68 Chevrolet at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Noah Gragson is flannel-ready for cooler fall temperatures on the pre-race grid at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Raphael Lessard earned his first career NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series victory in the Round of 10 elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway. Two drivers -- Christian Eckes and Todd Gilliland -- were taken out of postseason contention.

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Raphael Lessard heads to Victory Lane with his first Gander Trucks checkered flag in hand.

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A look at the close finish of the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at Talladega that shows Raphael Lessard just ahead of Trevor Bayne at the time of caution.

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Raphael Lessard beat Trevor Bayne by .006 seconds as the caution flag waved, locking the running order, which worked in Lessard's favor.

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A caution on the final lap of the 94-lap race collected a number of trucks, including playoff driver Austin Hill, whose No. 16 Hattori Racing Toyota truck erupted in flames after a hard hit. Hill walked away from the crash under his own power.

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It was a beautiful day for a Gander Trucks elimination race at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway.

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Johnny Sauter pits as the No. 13 ThorSport Racing crew repairs damage on the race truck.

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Close quarters racing down the tri-oval for Sheldon Creed (2), Austin Hill (16), Todd Gilliland (38) and Christian Eckes (18).

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Gus Dean, driver of the No. 56 MASHONIT Chevrolet, takes a massive hit on the inside wall after spinning off the track.

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Another angle of Gus Dean's hard hit.

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Joe Nemechek takes his No. 8 truck back to the garage after a crash on Lap 13 of Saturday's race.

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Joe Nemechek, driver of the No. 8 Ford, drives off the track after an incident as Tate Fogleman, driver of the No. 02 Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet, pits.

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Sheldon Creed, driver of the No. 2 Chevy Truck Month Chevrolet, waits on the grid.

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