Bob Pockrass
FOX NASCAR Insider
With the unpredictability of Talladega Superspeedway — the place wrecks typically occur, these wrecks typically are huge and greater than seemingly happen close to the tip of the race or the ultimate lap — drivers attempt to enter the occasion with cheap expectations.
We requested the playoff drivers previous to the beginning of the postseason what end they’d take Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. So for context, they didn’t know their present spot within the standings once they gave these solutions.
However they nonetheless are attention-grabbing solutions for positive to the query “What end would you are taking at Talladega?”
Christopher Bell: twentieth.
Ryan Blaney: I might take fortunately 45 factors, regardless of the place that finishes.
Alex Bowman: High-10 with stage factors.
Chase Briscoe: I might take a ninth.
William Byron: I believe a seventh-place end can be nice.
Austin Cindric: A win. I believe that’s the one acceptable reply … FOX: Some say top-5 or top-10 or top-10 with stage factors? Stage factors can be sick. Win each phases and the race. That’s my reply.
Chase Elliott: I’d like to only end at Talladega. [That] can be good. Extra particularly, something within the prime 10 can be an excellent day.
Denny Hamlin: fifteenth.
Kyle Larson: I might take a fifth. I might take any quantity of stage factors and I might take a tenth at Talladega and I might be pleased with that day.
Joey Logano: So in case you would give me 35 factors and I might stroll out of right here and take 35 factors? I’d most likely take 35 and get out of Dodge.
Tyler Reddick: I might take a top-10. Stage factors each phases and a top-10.
Daniel Suarez: A top-5, top-10, it will depend on the place we’re within the standings as a result of that’s an important race within the second spherical. So it relies upon the place we’re at. A top-5 can be good. A top-10 can be okay.
Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports activities. He has spent many years masking motorsports, together with over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Seaside) Information-Journal. Comply with him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
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