Complete Weekend #NASCAR Schedule for #NSCS & #NCWTS

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS)

 

NASCAR will travel to Lincoln, Alabama for a doubleheader at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Sprint Cup Series. The Xfinity Series is off and will return to action on November 5th at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway (AIMS) opened for racing in 1969. The stands currently capacity are 78 000 seats.

The track is tri-oval shaped and is 4.28 km (2.666 mile) long. Surface is paved with four turns. Banking in turns are 33°, frontstretch 16.5° and backstretch 2°.

Track record, for NASCAR Series, is held by Bill Elliott with 212.809 mph (44.998 sec.) in April 30, 1987.  Elliott is the father to Cup Chase Driver - Chase Elliott. 

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Elliott Seizes Rookie Lead (#nascar)

Growing up as the son of #NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott appears to have prepared Chase  Elliott to emulate his father success.  He was signed by Hendrick five years ago at the tender age of fifteen. 

Chase quickly demonstrated that he possessed similar talent to his father, who won the 1988 Cup Series championship. The younger Elliott scored a Camping World Truck Series victory in 2013 and the next year took the Xfinity Series title.  That made him the first rookie to claim a national division crown.

This year's class of rookies has been declared the most esteemed crop in a decade. Impressively, Chase recently seized the lead in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standing from another second generation driver, Ryan Blaney. 

ROY Standings After Race 5 of the 2016 Season: Auto Club 

Driver	Points
Chase Elliott	60
Ryan Blaney	55
Brian Scott	46
Chris Buescher	44
Jeffrey Earnhardt	23

Snowball Derby Starting Line Up Chasing Chase Elliott

The cars sit on pit road waiting for qualifying for the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway
in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Mark Inabinett/minabinett@al.com)

A 18-year-old Chase Elliott, became the first driver to win the pole for both the Snowflake 100 and the Snowball Derby with track records in both qualifying events.

Elliott, son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, turned in a time of 16.303, shattering the previous record of 16.602.

It took a little longer than expected, but Mason Mingus, the runner-up in the 2013 ARCA Racing Series championship standings, managed to secure a spot in today’s Snowball Derby by winning Saturday’s last chance race.

Mingus will be joined by David Rogers, Cale Gale and Josh Hamner as the four drivers advancing from Saturday’s last chance race.

Rodgers will be making his 29th appearance in the Snowball Derby.

Gale and Hamner finished fifth and sixth, but got the nod after the second and fourth-place finishers were disqualified.

Gale, a winner on the NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series when he sent Kyle Busch into the wall in Miami, is driving Scott Carlson’s No. 21.

“We’ve been working really hard all weekend,” Gale said. “Scott Carlson gave me a great opportunity. We’ll see what we can do. We’ll just keep plugging away at it.”

Brady Boswell and Chris Wimmer — seeking their first appearance in the Snowball Derby — finished second and fourth, respectively, but were DQ’d after their cars failed the postrace inspection.

Here's the starting lineup for the Snowball Derby:

1. Chase Elliott
2. Bubba Pollard
3. John Hunter Nemechek
4. Daniel Hemric
5. Augie Grill
6. Casey Smith
7. Austin Theriault
8. David Ragan
9. Zak Hausler
10. Grant Enfinger
11. Ross Kenseth
12. Erik Jones
13. Stephen Nasse
14. Kyle Benjamin
15. Paul Shafer, Jr.
16. Ben Kennedy
17. Chad Finley
18. T.J. Reaid
19. Preston Peltier
20. Hunter Robbins
21. Mason Massey
22. Derek Thorn
23. Johanna Long
24. Spencer Davis
25. Boris Jurkovic
26. Jeremy Pate
27. Mike Garvey
28. Logan Boyett
29. Landon Cassill
30. Anderson Bowen
31. Mason Mingus
32. Cale Gale
33. David Rogers
34. Josh Hamner
35. Chris Davidson
36. Donnie Wilson
37. Clay Rogers

The crowd check out racing action Saturday night during the Snowflake 100
at Five Flags Speedway. (John Blackie/jblackie@pnj.com)

Chase Elliott became the first driver to win the Allen Turner Hyundai Snowflake 100 three times and the first to win the pro late model race from the pole on Saturday night at Five Flags Speedway.

Who Will Be Kissing The Bricks Next Week?

Jimmie Johnson and his daughter Genevieve kiss the bricks following
his 2012 Brickard 400 win.  (Credit: 288251Getty Images)

Paul Menard celebrates his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win by kissing the
Brickyard bricks in 2011.  (Credit: 288249Getty Images)

Jamie McMurray kisses the bricks following his 2010 Brickyard 400 triumph.
(Credit: 288248Getty Images)

Jimmie Johnson kisses the bricks in 2009 following his Brickyard 400 win.
(Credit: 288238Getty Images)

Jimmie Johnson and Rick Hendrick kiss the bricks together again in 2008 at the Brickyard.
(Credit: 288247Getty Images)

Tony Stewart puckers up for a second time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway following
his 2007 Brickyard 400 triumph.  (Credit: 288246Getty Images)

Jimmie Johnson and team owner Rick Hendrick enjoy the sweet taste of Brickyard success
by kissing the Bricks in 2006. (Credit: 288245Getty Images)

Jeff Gordon not only kisses the bricks in 2004, he becomes NASCAR's first four-time
winner at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  (Credit: 288244Getty Images)

Kevin Harvick kisses the bricks with his Richard Childress
Racing teammates in 2003.  (Credit: 288243Getty Images)

Awesome Bill enjoys an awesome thrill by kissing the bricks in 2002 at the Brickyard.
(Credit: 288242Getty Images)

Jeff Gordon kisses the bricks following his third Brickyard 400 win in 2001.
(Credit: 288241Getty Images)

Bobby Labtone and crew kiss the bricks in 2000.
(Credit: 288240Getty Images)

Dale Jarrett and crew chief Todd Parrott began the brick-kissing tradition in 1996.
(Credit: Indianapolis Motor Speedway)