Tyler Reddick scooted away from the carnage on Sunday (April 21) as the NASCAR Cup Series field crashed and Corey LaJoie flipped at Talladega Superspeedway. A late block from Michael McDowell on Brad Keselowski ended both cars’ chances of winning, and despite an early strategy backfiring, Toyota (and Michael Jordan) ended up in victory lane.
Adam Cheek and Tanner Marlar break down an exciting afternoon at the 2.66-mile oval, from the potential Ford rebound gone wrong to how NASCAR can remedy the fuel-saving competition seen at superspeedways this season.
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Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.