For the sixth time in his career, Edwards won back-to-back races. Don't expect him to make it three in a row for the first time, however, as Talladega is his worst track (20.8 average finish).
Busch was certainly unhappy about his teammate's bump that forced him out of a Richmond win, but hey, maybe Carl Edwards will make it up to him by drafting with him at Talladega.
Harvick finished in the top five after leading 63 Richmond laps, but it sure was a quietly solid finish for the 2014 champ. Look for another solid showing at Talladega, where he typically manages to avoid "The Big One."
Through the season's first nine races, Jimmie Johnson is on pace for a career-best average finish of 7.9.
"Amelia" is back, so Junior instantly shoots to the top of the "Talladega favorites" list, even if it didn't do so well in the season-opening Daytona 500.
Logano has increased his top-10 finish count each of the past five seasons. After 28 last year, he's on pace for 24 in 2016.
After failing to win again at his home track, Hamlin will try to right the ship at Talladega in a race he won as recently as 2014 -- from a starting position of 34th.
Toward the end of the Richmond race, it looked like at least one of the Busch brothers would win, as they were running 1-2. To put it bluntly ... nope.
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If Keselowski hadn't already won this season, would people be wondering what's plaguing the No. 2 team? After a career-high top 10s in 2015, the 2012 champ has just four in nine races.
After being on the losing end of the closest finish in Daytona 500 history, want to guess if Truex Jr. is looking forward to the first restrictor-plate race since then?
Should be interesting to see how Elliott does in his first Cup foray at Talladega, but at least he should have some speed in his car: His No. 24 ride is the defending pole-winner.
Kenseth has led multiple laps in eight of nine races this season, but has just two top-10 finishes to show for it.
Based on Kahne's post-race comments at Richmond, it sounds like something clicked internally with the No. 5 team three or four weeks ago. If it keeps up, Kahne should be set for the Chase after missing it last year.
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Dillon has cooled a bit, but certainly wouldn't mind putting the No. 3 Chevrolet back in Victory Lane at Talladega. Perhaps that gives him a little extra juice heading into the weekend.
Something you're going to hear a lot later this week: Blaney finished fourth in last year's running of this race.
Jamie McMurray is fascinating. He has just one top-10 finish, yet is 13th in the standings. Seven drivers who are below him in points have more top 10s.
Larson has yet to finish in the top 10 at Talladega since his debut at the restrictor-plate track in 2014.
Newman has a whopping 28 starts at Talladega under his belt. He's never won, and has an average finish outside the top 20.
Stenhouse has led 38 laps in his Sprint Cup Series career. Eleven of those laps have come at Talladega, where he has an average finish of 12.2.
Allmendinger finished fifth at Talladega in the 2014 spring race. He has an average finish of 25.64 in the other 11 races on his resume at the Alabama track.