Contenders and Pretenders - Spring Talladega

Hello everyone! One of your three proud leaders of Nascar Amino, Tanor Campos, here and welcome to the ninth installment of Contenders and Pretenders! Unfortunately, Contenders and Pretenders took an unexpected break before Nascar did, but hopefully, I can remain consistent for the remainder of the year. Anyways, back onto the topic of the 2025 Nascar Cup Series season, the most recent Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was completely dominated by Kyle Larson, who led 411 of the scheduled 500 laps! Talladega Superspeedway will play host to the return of Nascar Cup Series racing as 39 drivers will try to punch their ticket into the postseason by scoring the win in what might be golden opportunity for everyone so anyways let's get started with the ninth installment of Contenders and Pretenders on Nascar Amino!

Major Pretender

78 Bj McLeod - First Race Since Atlanta

44 JJ Yeley - First Race Since Darlington Raceway

51 Cody Ware - 30th or Worse In 4 Of The Last 5

42 JHN - 4 Straight Finishes Outside The Top 20

10 Ty Dillon - Scored His Worst Finish Of The Year

71 M.McDowell - 2 Straight Finishes Outside Top 25

16 Aj Allmendinger - Scored His 3rd Top 10 Finish

41 Cole Custer - 26th Or Worse In 5 Of The Last 6

88 SVG - 31st or Worse In 5 Of The Last 6 Races

Slight Pretender

77 Carson Hocevar - 2 Top 20 Finishes In The Last 3

4 Noah Gragson - 1 Top 20 Finish In The Last 3 Races

47 RSJ - 1 Top 20 Finish In The Last 4 Races

62 Anthony Alfredo - 2025 Nascar Cup Series Debut

43 Erik Jones - 1 Top 20 Finish In The Last 3 Races

38 Zane Smith - Today's Pole Sitter At Talladega

22 Joey Logano - 47 Points Above The Cutoff

54 Ty Gibbs - Scored His Best Finish Of The Year

21 Josh Berry - Locked Into The Playoffs

3 Austin Dillon - Scored His 1st Top 10 Finish In 2025

Possible Contender

35 Riley Herbst - Leader Of The ROTY Standings

34 Todd Gilliland - Scored His Worst Finish Of The Year

6 B.Keselowski - First Top 20 Finish Since Las Vegas

7 Justin Haley - Rodney Childers Departs Spire

60 Ryan Preece - 3 Points Above The Cutoff

23 Bubba Wallace - 53 Points Above The Cutoff

17 Chris Buescher - 29 Points Above The Cutoff

99 Daniel Suarez - 1st Non-Top 30 Finish Since COTA

45 Tyler Reddick - 76 Points Above The Cutoff

2 Austin Cindric - 1 Top 15 Finish In The Last 4 Races

Major Contender

1 Ross Chastain - 31 Points Above The Cutoff

20 Christopher Bell - Locked Into The Playoffs

5 Kyle Larson - Locked Into The Playoffs

8 Kyle Busch - 2 Points Above The Cutoff

19 Chase Briscoe - 15 Points Above The Cutoff

48 Alex Bowman - 46 Points Above The Cutoff

12 Ryan Blaney - 77 Points Above The Cutoff

9 Chase Elliott - 80 Points Above The Cutoff

11 Denny Hamlin - Locked Into The Playoffs

Race Winner

William Byron

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