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What finish would playoff drivers take at Talladega? Their answers vary

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October 12, 2024

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Bob Pockrass

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With the unpredictability of Talladega Superspeedway — where wrecks often happen, those wrecks often are big and more than likely occur near the end of the race or the final lap — drivers try to enter the event with reasonable expectations.

We asked the playoff drivers prior to the start of the postseason what finish they would take Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. So for context, they didn’t know their current spot in the standings when they gave these answers.

But they still are interesting answers for sure to the question “What finish would you take at Talladega?”

Christopher Bell: 20th.

Ryan Blaney: I would take happily 45 points, no matter where that finishes.

Alex Bowman: Top-10 with stage points.

Chase Briscoe: I would take a ninth.

William Byron: I think a seventh-place finish would be great.

Austin Cindric: A win. I think that’s the only acceptable answer … FOX: Some say top-5 or top-10 or top-10 with stage points? Stage points would be sick. Win both stages and the race. That’s my answer.

Chase Elliott: I’d like to just finish at Talladega. [That] would be good. More specifically, anything in the top 10 would be a good day.

Denny Hamlin: 15th.

Kyle Larson: I would take a fifth. I would take any amount of stage points and I would take a 10th at Talladega and I would be happy with that day.

Joey Logano: So if you would give me 35 points and I could walk out of here and take 35 points? I’d probably take 35 and get out of Dodge.

Tyler Reddick: I would take a top-10. Stage points both stages and a top-10.

Daniel Suarez: A top-5, top-10, it depends on where we are in the standings because that’s a very important race in the second round. So it depends where we are at. A top-5 would be nice. A top-10 would be okay.

Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.

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Super Formula scraps planned 2025 South Korea race

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October 12, 2024

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Super Formula has cancelled next season’s planned visit to South Korea’s Inje Speedium, and will instead race entirely within Japan in 2025.

Series promoter JRP made the announcement on Saturday ahead of this weekend’s penultimate round of the season at Fuji, although it’s understood that teams had already been informed of the move late last month.

It comes not much more than a month on from the official confirmation of the Inje race, which followed confirmation from Japanese national federation JAF that the series would be venturing to South Korea for its first overseas race since it visited Sepang in 2004.

Addressing reporters at Fuji, JRP boss Yoshihisa Ueno said negotiations with the Inje promoter had been proceeding, but as the conditions could not be met in the agreed timeframe, the decision was made to give up on holding the race in 2025.

However, Ueno did not discount the prospect of the event returning in 2026 as Super Formula pursues a policy of expanding its footprint in Asia.

Besides the Inje race, the remainder of the calendar remains the same compared to the draft unveiled at the end of August, with 12 races (including five double-headers) still representing the highest number of races held in a single year in Super Formula history.

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The removal of Inje from the Super Formula calendar alleviates one of two clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship schedule, as the Korean round was set to fall on the same weekend as the test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Kamui Kobayashi previously told Motorsport.com that he was unsure whether he would continue in Super Formula owing to both that clash and the conflict between the Motegi race and the WEC’s visit to Imola in April, which remains in place.

Additionally, this year’s FIA Prize Gala in the Rwandan capital of Kigali is likely to prevent Kobayashi from attending Super Formula’s post-season test at Suzuka in December.

Provisional 2025 Super Formula calendar:

Round	Date Advertisement	Venue
1-2	7-9 March	Suzuka Advertisement
3-4	18-20 April	Motegi
5	17-18 May	Autopolis Advertisement
6-7	18-20 July	Fuji
8	9-10 August	Sugo Advertisement
9-10	10-12 October	Fuji
11-12	21-23 November	Suzuka Advertisement

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‘It’s even going to be harder’: Carl Edwards breaks down the Roval’s updated layout

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October 12, 2024

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Andrés Pérez talks making ARCA history on NASCAR Daily

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Supercars champion Kostecki claims Bathurst 1000 pole

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Brodie Kostecki has stunned the Supercars paddock with a dazzling Shootout lap to take pole position for Sunday’s Bathurst 1000.

The reigning Supercars Champion put a troubled season on the back burner to set the fastest qualifying lap of the weekend, his Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro lapping the 6.2km track in 2m05.5119s.

“I wasn’t sure I was going to get it, it was not my best lap around here all weekend,” said Kostecki, who will share his car with Todd Hazelwood.

“I had a bad tyre vibration, I was starting to get double vision at one point. I wasn’t feeling very well yesterday and I actually watched the [earlier] co-drivers’ session from the house.”

Cameron Waters looked to have Kostecki’s measure when he was the second-last man out but the Tickford Racing Ford looked to lose a little speed in the third and final sector, and will line up second in the car he will share with James Moffat.

“I really wanted that but Brodie’s lap was awesome,” said Waters. “We are in the mix and the front row is pretty good. I have been focusing pretty hard on the race car and it feels good.”

Broc Feeney, who missed out on provisional pole position in Friday’s qualifying session because of a late red flag, finished the session in third place, sharing the Triple Eight Chevrolet with Jamie Whincup.

Richie Stanaway delivered a brilliant performance to seal fourth. As the first man out in the single-lap session the 32-year-old New Zealander set a benchmark time of 2m05.9286s in his Ford before returning to the Grove Racing garage to watch as the next five drivers tried but failed to match his time.

Stanaway, who does not have a confirmed Supercars seat for 2025, had a wild moment at the first corner but stormed over the rest of the first sector.

After setting the fastest time in Friday qualifying Stanaway’s team-mate Matt Payne dropped to seventh in the shootout after touching the wall at the exit of Forrest’s Elbow.

Points leader Will Brown will start from fifth on the grid for Triple Eight ahead of Erebus’ Jack Le Brocq, whose Chevrolet touched the wall on the way up the hill.

Anton De Pasquale gave the hard-working Dick Johnson Racing Ford team some comfort with the eighth fastest time, while Chaz Mostert will be right behind him in the Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford.

Tenth place went to Andre Heimgartner who, in his first-ever Bathurst shootout, ran wide at the first corner, losing about eight seconds. He will share the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet with Declan Fraser.

The Supercars will return to the hallowed Bathurst track at 8:15am, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time, before the start of the 161-lap classic, set for 11:30am.

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