Kyle Busch may need a Talladega sweep to advance to the third round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Busch crashed out of last week’s race at Texas and finished 34th out of 36 cars. He enters the second race of the second round last among the 12 playoff drivers and is currently 17 points outside the top eight.
Talladega success is much easier said than done, however. Busch’s win in the spring at the track was his first since he won the spring race in 2008. Busch entered 2023 with just four top-10 finishes in his last 14 Talladega races. The 2.66-mile track’s pack-racing nature and its relative randomness can be the place for a quick turnaround. Talladega does not care about recent form. And Busch’s recent form has been awful. Since winning three times over the first 15 races of 2023 and ripping off seven consecutive top 10s over the summer, Busch has four finishes outside the top 30 in his last 11 starts and just three top 20s in that span.
Simply put, Busch hasn’t been good enough lately to be considered a title contender. Maybe that will change on Sunday. But we wouldn’t bet on it.
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