Zach Catanzareti

2 months ago | kickinthetires.net | Zach Catanzareti

By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff WriterMore than 2.5 hours after the checkered flag fell at Talladega Superspeedway, two of the race’s top finishers were disqualified. Ryan Preece, who crossed the finish line in second place was DQ’d due to a spoiler infraction. Specifically, the car was found to have three shims instead of two on its spoiler.

2 months ago | kickinthetires.net | Zach Catanzareti

By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff WriterKyle Larson once went seven years with only a single top-10 finish at Talladega Superspeedway. That’s 13 starts with one top 10. And prior to a year ago, the 2021 Cup Series champion had only one top-five in 19 career starts. Now, the Hendrick Motorsports man has managed to press together back-to-back top fives, finishing fourth in the fall and besting his career-best ‘Dega run with a third place Sunday afternoon.

2 months ago | kickinthetires.net | Zach Catanzareti

By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff WriterRyan Preece only had the side-draft to make the difference on the last lap of Sunday’s Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Running side-by-side with Austin Cindric on his inside, Preece lost the drag race to the line, as the 500-miler ended by 0.022 in Cindric’s favor. “I feel like we did everything right today. We just needed that little bit,” Preece said.

2 months ago | kickinthetires.net | Zach Catanzareti

By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff WriterJeb Burton had family, friends and team to console after losing Saturday’s Xfinity race under caution. The result came after minutes of NASCAR reviewing the time of caution when race leader Connor Zilisch got turned and plowed the inside backstretch wall. Burton was three-wide for the lead with Austin Hill and Jesse Love. And though Burton was confident he was a nose ahead, NASCAR found Hill to be the leader at the caution light, granting him the victory.

2 months ago | kickinthetires.net | Zach Catanzareti

By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff WriterKaulig Racing saw a complete driver shake-up for 2025. Out was Daniel Hemric, in was AJ Allmendinger and Ty Dillon. For the first time since 2023, Kaulig is running two full-time cars and the results have been the topic of conversation in the first quarter of the year. “Going into Talladega, we are going to be right on the edge of the playoffs,” Allmendinger said Saturday. “If you asked me after the disappointment at COTA, I wasn’t even looking at the points.