NASCAR 2017 Race 31: Talladega Alabama 500 Schedule, Starting Order and Picks

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Race 5 of the Playoffs


SATURDAY, OCT. 14
10:30 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS1 (Follow Live)
1 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Fred’s 250 (94 laps, 250.04 miles), FOX (Follow Live)
4:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Follow Live) (Canada: TSN GO)

PRESS PASS (Watch Live)
11:45 a.m.: Bobby Allison and Liz Allison
3 p.m. (approx.): Post-Camping World Truck Series race
6 p.m. (approx.): Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

SUNDAY, OCT. 15
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 (188 laps, 500.08 miles), NBC (Follow Live) (Canada: TSN 3)

 

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Starting Order:

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr
2. Chase Elliott
3. Joey Logano
4. Kurt Busch
5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Ryan Blaney
10. Trevor Bayne
11. Kasey Kahne
12. Kyle Larson
13. Danica Patrick
14. Daniel Suarez
15. Denny Hamlin
16. Kyle Busch
17. Jamie McMurray
18. Austin Dillon
19. Matt Kenseth
20. Paul Menard
21. Martin Truex Jr.
22. Kevin Harvick
23. Erik Jones
24. AJ Allmendinger
25. Ty Dillon
26. Aric Almirola
27. Ryan Newman
28. Chris Buescher
29. Michael McDowell
30. Landon Cassill
31. Justin Marks
32. Matt DiBenedetto
33. David Ragan
34. Jeffrey Earnhardt
35. Brendan Gaughan
36. Mark Thompson
37. Joey Gase
38. Cole Whitt
39. Gray Gaulding
40. D.J. Kennington

 

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Playoff Standings:

1. Martin Truex Jr., 3,106 points
2. Kyle Larson, -34
3. Kevin Harvick, -37
4. Chase Elliott, -47
5. Denny Hamlin, -50
6. Kyle Busch, -51
7. Jimmie Johnson, -55
8. Jamie McMurray, -62
9. Matt Kenseth, -63
10. Brad Keselowski, -64
11. Ryan Blaney, -67
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., -72

Look out below Kyle Busch!

 

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I'll go:

Dale Earnhardt, Jr
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott

 

[TimeKeeper]

*Matt Kenseth
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson

 

[crazed 9.6]

nice to see that you found our nascar thread Timekeeper
We do not have the diecast prizes no more but dara keeps us up to par with the nascar events

and yes, I wanna see Kenseth get a win

 

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The big one, with 16 to go.


@StenhouseJr
@mattkenseth
@JimmieJohnson
@KyleBusch
@KevinHarvick
@MartinTruex_Jr

Massive implications, and McMurray as well.

 

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Another wreck ... Blaney, and Harvick.

 

[crazed 9.6]

wow .......

lots of guys out,, but Jr is still in

 

[dara]

Another one... 6 to go. took out Chase Elliott.

 

[crazed 9.6]

Another one... 6 to go. took out Chase Elliott.

this is looking pretty good for Dale Jr thou

 

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Congrats to Brad Keselowski, followed by Newman and Bayne. He also gets a stage, as did Ryan Blaney.

 

[crazed 9.6]

Newman just could not hold off Bad Brad

 

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Playoff standings:

Martin Truex Jr. +53 points above cutoff line
Brad Keselowski +34
Kyle Larson +29
Kevin Harvick +22
Denny Hamlin +21
Chase Elliott +20
Ryan Blaney +9
Jimmie Johnson +7
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Kyle Busch -7
Matt Kenseth -8
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -22
Jamie McMurray -29

Next Sunday at Kansas is an elimination race... but if you win, you are in to the next phase.