Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a very capable superspeedway racer. His first-ever Cup win came at a drafting track, along with his second, and his third, and now his fourth. Two Cup wins at Talladega and two at Daytona since moving to the series full-time over a decade ago, including a dramatic victory in the 2023 Daytona 500.
But Talladega almost ended very differently for Stenhouse, who crossed the finish line with an obvious hole in the door after getting clobbered by the spinning Austin Cindric in a massive 20+ car crash before the final restart. He kept it straight as the field piled up in his rearview mirror. He went on to win the race over Brad Keselowski to his inside and William Byron to his outside, and the margin of the victory was only 0.006s.
