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Best GIFs from Talladega playoff race
By Steve Luvender | Published: October 2, 2022 19
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Enjoy our favorite GIFs from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway, updated live throughout the YellaWood 500.
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I’d like to start a petition to replace the pace car with Johnny Ray’s Big Rig.
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Two by two by two by two by two …
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Windows? Where we’re going, we don’t need windows. (Well, technically, we do. Ty Dillon’s going to need to replace that.)
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Playoff contender Joey Logano was among those sustaining damage in this Lap 24 crash triggered when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Harrison Burton made contact.
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Yes, that’s William Byron pushing Denny Hamlin on the outside line. Yes, the circumstances are a little different from when Byron pushed Hamlin’s car last week at Texas.
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It’s not Corey LaJoie’s day. A flat tire will end the afternoon early for the No. 7.
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Whew! Ryan Blaney snags Stage 1 by inches over Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott.
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Close call!
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No, it wasn’t the plan for Christopher Bell to make his green-flag pit stop sideways.
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Give Stage 2 to Chase Elliott.
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With the final green-flag pit stops in the books, it’s now go time.
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Who said tandem drafting’s dead?
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It’s Chase Elliott, Talladega winner!
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It’s the fifth win of the season for the No. 9, and he’s locked into the Round of 8.
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Dawsonville’s only a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Talladega.
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That’ll be a popular win for fans of the reigning most popular driver.
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Though they were bested by Elliott in the end, the shake-and-bake was strong in the Blaney-Chastain connection today.
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Eleven playoff drivers will need to sweat the Charlotte Roval next week … but not this guy.