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PODCAST: Hard Left Turn with Brandon Reed and Pete McCole (10-15-18)

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 10:44PM on Monday 15th October 2018 ( 5 years ago )

Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway proved that the only thing you can predict in a race at Talladega is that you can't predict what will happen at the end of a race at Talladega.

While Kurt Busch ran out of gas, Aric Almirola powered by with a turn and a half to go and went on to record his second career victory.

This week's Hard Left Turn podcast looks at all of the action from Sunday's 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, including:

-Aric Almirola makes up for the heartbreaking near miss at Dover by driving to the victory at Talladega, punching his ticket to the Round of 8 in the process.

-Kurt Busch needed about a cupful of gas to score his second victory of the season.  Afterwards, he had questions about a couple of calls by NASCAR that he felt could have cost him.

-Stewart-Haas Racing dominated Sunday's race in a way we've not seen in a long, long time.

-The so called "Big 3" all had issues of their own on Sunday.  Can they rebound going into Sunday's Playoff cutoff race at Kansas?

-Speaking of the cutoff race, we preview Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, and we break down the Playoff situation going in.

WDUN will have live MRN Radio coverage of the NASCAR race weekend at Kansas Speedway, beginning with Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 beginning at 2:30 pm on 102.9 FM and streaming live on AccessWDUN.  Coverage continues with Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 beginning at 1:30 pm on 102.9 FM, AM 550 and streaming live on AccessWDUN.

For up-to-the-minute motorsports information, follow @WDUNRacing on Twitter and log on to the Around the Track page daily.

 

Aric Almirola celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the 1000Bulbs.com 500 NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Aric Almirola (10) leads the way to the finish line to win the 1000Bulbs.com 500 NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Aric Almirola (10) and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (17) bypasses Kurt Busch (41) as Busch runs out of fuel coming to the checkered flag in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kurt Busch (41), Clint Bowyer (14), Kevin Harvick (4) and Aric Almirola (10) spent much of the day running in the top four during Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Kevin Harvick practices for Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Martin Truex, Jr. (78) leads the field towards turn one after taking the green flag to start the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway on October 22, 2017.
Hard Left Turn podcast hosts Brandon Reed (right) and Pete McCole (left) at work covering a NASCAR race weekend earlier this season.

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