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GEICO 500

Track Information
Track Name:	Talladega Superspeedway
Location:	Talladega, Ala.
Track Type:	RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK
Track Length:	2.66 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	33 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	108000
Home Page:	http://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com
Track Weather Info:	Talladega Superspeedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	GEICO 500
Date, Time:	4/29/2018, 2:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#10 of 36 races in the 2018 season
Track Name:	Talladega Superspeedway
Race Distance:	500 miles, 188 laps
* Note: This is a restrictor plate race.

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	155.91 MPH
Average # of cautions:	5 - 28 laps
Average # of lead changes:	37
Average # of drivers leading:	13

GEICO 500 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2017	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Jamie McMurray	Kyle Busch	Aric Almirola	Kasey Kahne
2016	Brad Keselowski	Kyle Busch	Austin Dillon	Jamie McMurray	Chase Elliott
2015	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Jimmie Johnson	Paul Menard	Ryan Blaney	Martin Truex
2014	Denny Hamlin	Greg Biffle	Clint Bowyer	Brian Vickers	AJ Allmendinger
2013	David Ragan	David Gilliland	Carl Edwards	Michael Waltrip	Jimmie Johnson
2012	Brad Keselowski	Kyle Busch	Matt Kenseth	Kasey Kahne	Greg Biffle
2011	Jimmie Johnson	Clint Bowyer	Jeff Gordon	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Kevin Harvick
2010	Kevin Harvick	Jamie McMurray	Juan Montoya	Denny Hamlin	Mark Martin
2009	Brad Keselowski	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Ryan Newman	Marcos Ambrose	Scott Speed
2008	Kyle Busch	Juan Montoya	Denny Hamlin	David Ragan	Brian Vickers

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Kyle Busch - 409

Joey Logano - 350

Kevin Harvick - 335

Clint Bowyer - 322

Brad Keselowski - 303

Denny Hamlin - 284

Martin Truex - 284

Kyle Larson - 279

Kurt Busch - 276

Ryan Blaney - 272

Average finish

Kyle Busch - 4.9

Joey Logano - 7.3

Clint Bowyer - 8.9

Kevin Harvick - 9.8

Denny Hamlin - 10.8

Justin Marks - 12

Kyle Larson - 12.4

Ryan Blaney - 12.6

Martin Truex - 13.1

Aric Almirola - 13.6

Races won

Kyle Busch - 3

Kevin Harvick - 3

Martin Truex - 1

Austin Dillon - 1

Clint Bowyer - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kyle Busch - 7

Kevin Harvick - 6

Martin Truex - 5

Denny Hamlin - 4

Ryan Blaney - 3

Kyle Larson - 3

Joey Logano - 3

Clint Bowyer - 2

Chase Elliott - 2

Brad Keselowski - 2

Top 10 finishes

Kyle Busch - 8

Joey Logano - 8

Kevin Harvick - 7

Clint Bowyer - 6

Ryan Blaney - 5

Brad Keselowski - 5

Kyle Larson - 5

Denny Hamlin - 5

Martin Truex - 5

Erik Jones - 4

Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated.

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Projected Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Position	Driver
1	1	Chase Elliott	2	Ryan Blaney
2	3	Kyle Busch	4	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3	5	Daniel Suarez	6	Brad Keselowski
4	7	Denny Hamlin	8	Clint Bowyer
5	9	Kasey Kahne	10	Trevor Bayne
6	11	Kurt Busch	12	Bowman Alex
7	13	Jimmie Johnson	14	Kyle Larson
8	15	Kevin Harvick	16	Erik Jones
9	17	Martin Truex	18	Austin Dillon
10	19	Paul Menard	20	Jamie McMurray
11	21	William Byron	22	Joey Logano
12	23	Brendan Gaughan	24	Bubba Wallace
13	25	Danica Patrick	26	Daniel Hemric
14	27	Justin Marks	28	Aric Almirola
15	29	Ryan Newman	30	Ty Dillon
16	31	Matt DiBenedetto	32	AJ Allmendinger
17	33	Reed Sorenson	34	David Ragan
18	35	Ross Chastain	36	Cole Custer
19	37	JJ Yeley	38	Gray Gaulding
20	39	Cole Whitt	40	Corey Lajoie
21	41	Michael McDowell	42	Chris Buescher
22	43	Landon Cassill

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Clint Bowyer	Ford	Ford Hall Of Fans	8 *	11	87	11.5 to 1	428	743	164
2	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Mobil 1	15 *	11.1	158	6.3 to 1	606	771	216
3	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's Flavor Vote	3 *	11.6	100	10 to 1	454	723	192
4	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Ground	7 *	13.2	60	16.7 to 1	328	605	197
5	Ryan Blaney	Ford	DEX Imaging	2 *	14.4	101	9.9 to 1	415	661	289
6	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	28 *	14.5	56	17.9 to 1	258	559	226
7	Martin Truex	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops/5-hour ENE	17 *	14.6	46	21.7 to 1	283	579	236
8	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	Credit One Bank	14 *	14.8	36	27.8 to 1	237	502	216
9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	1 *	15.1	51	19.6 to 1	229	475	219
10	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	22 *	15.4	33	30.3 to 1	205	449	214
11	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	AAA	18 *	15.7	34	29.4 to 1	178	428	214
12	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Alliance Truck Parts	6 *	16.7	34	29.4 to 1	195	450	276
13	Michael McDowell	Ford	K-LOVE RADIO	41 *	16.9	14	71.4 to 1	108	274	166
14	Paul Menard	Ford	Menards/Quaker State	19 *	17.2	31	32.3 to 1	187	408	277
15	Erik Jones	Toyota	Sport Clips	16 *	17.3	31	32.3 to 1	155	364	261
16	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Childress Vineyards	29 *	17.5	18	55.6 to 1	90	274	194
17	Kurt Busch	Ford	Haas Automation/Monster E	11 *	18.1	19	52.6 to 1	98	262	229
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Fifth Third Bank	4 *	18.6	21	47.6 to 1	96	260	253
19	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's for Pros	13 *	19	23	43.5 to 1	136	315	310
20	Trevor Bayne	Ford	AdvoCare	10 *	20.7	7	142.9 to 1	65	158	240
21	Bowman Alex	Chevrolet	Nationwide	12 *	20.8	4	250 to 1	40	122	220
22	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	Bush's Beans	42 *	21.1	10	100 to 1	48	143	259
23	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	ARRIS	5 *	21.5	7	142.9 to 1	35	92	212
24	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	McDonald's	20 *	23.5	4	250 to 1	13	49	204
25	Bubba Wallace	Chevrolet	Food Lion Feeds	24 *	23.9	2	500 to 1	11	33	124
26	William Byron	Chevrolet	AXALTA	21 *	24.5	1	1000 to 1	8	26	107
27	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	30 *	25.1	4	250 to 1	12	34	191
28	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Kroger ClickList	32 *	25.4	2	500 to 1	13	46	269
29	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	WRL General Contractors	9 *	26.1	1	1000 to 1	6	20	233
30	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	Superior Logistics Servic	31 *	26.7	2	500 to 1	11	26	296
31	David Ragan	Ford	MDS Transport	34 *	26.7	0	0 chance	8	30	299
32	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	Smokey Mountain Herbal Sn	26 *	27.9	0	0 chance	9	23	338
33	Justin Marks	Chevrolet	HARRY'S	27 *	28	1	1000 to 1	6	17	341
34	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	Beard Oil Distributing	23 *	28.2	0	0 chance	3	22	420
35	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	40 *	29.4	0	0 chance	5	17	413
36	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	39 *	29.6	0	0 chance	4	8	392
37	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	Adirondack Tree Surgeons	37 *	29.9	0	0 chance	4	7	278
38	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	StarCom Fiber	43 *	30.1	1	1000 to 1	5	9	310
39	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	GoDaddy	25 *	30.7	0	0 chance	2	7	335
40	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	35 *	31.8	0	0 chance	2	3	364
41	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	VIPRacingExperience.com	33 *	33.4	0	0 chance	2	3	532
42	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	Hibachi Box/Pepe's Mexica	38 *	33.7	0	0 chance	1	2	598
43	Cole Custer	Ford	Haas Automation	36 *	34.7	1	1000 to 1	1	1	676

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK.

1.) Aric Almirola's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 6.0. In 4 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Paul Menard's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 7.0. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

3.) Ryan Newman's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 12.2. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 12.2. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kasey Kahne's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 14.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

6.) AJ Allmendinger's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 14.8. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

7.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.2. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

8.) David Ragan's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.2. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

9.) Gray Gaulding's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

10.) Chris Buescher's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 16.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Talladega Superspeedway

1.) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 12.1. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 5 top 10 finishes.

2.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 14.1. In 18 races, he has 5 wins and 11 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.4. In 34 races, he has 1 win and 14 top 10 finishes.

4.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.5. In 24 races, he has 2 wins and 12 top 10 finishes.

5.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.8. In 4 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

6.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 15.9. In 34 races, he has 0 wins and 18 top 10 finishes.

7.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 17.2. In 32 races, he has 2 wins and 12 top 10 finishes.

8.) Aric Almirola's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 17.9. In 17 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

9.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 18.3. In 24 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

10.) Joey Logano's average finish at Talladega Superspeedway is 18.6. In 18 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 1.0. In 3 races, he has 3 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Clint Bowyer's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kurt Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 13.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 10 races is 4.6. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

2.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.2. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.2. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

4.) Clint Bowyer's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.2. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

5.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.6. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.