For the first time since 2011, Hendrick Motorsports managed to place all four of their cars in the top ten at Talladega Superspeedway. They won that race with Jimmie Johnson, but unfortunately for HMS, the best result they could manage this weekend was second.
In the closing laps, the Hendrick duo of William Byron of Alex Bowman led the outside lane while Kyle Larson was the second car on the inside behind eventual race winner Austin Cindric. There were moments where Larson cleared his teammates, but he never chose to move up in front of them. Ryan Preece, who was right behind Larson, did just that and nearly won the race as a result.
