Two teams blowing everyone else away in NASCAR Cup. Can the others catch up at Talladega?

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The Rick Hendrick Express rolls into Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing nipping at their bumpers. Good luck to everyone else in the NASCAR Cup series. Just a quarter of the way into the 2024 season, there’s already a sense that this is a two-team sprint to the championship.

Chase Elliott celebrates his win in a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Kyle Larson comes out of Turn 4 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, April 14, 2024. FILE - NASCAR driver William Byron attends a media event at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019.

“I would say the way the formats are for NASCAR right now, with no testing and no practice, it lends itself to when someone gets an advantage, they’re hard to overtake for sure,” Keselowski said. He was followed by two more Ford drivers, Team Penske’s Austin Cindric and McDowell’s Front Row teammate, Todd Gilliland .

“There’s a balance,” McDowell said. “You don’t want to be the guy making big, bold moves and putting everyone in compromising positions. But you have to fight hard for track position, because you may not get it back.” The car passed through the inspection line without any issues, but officials said the rails were altered while the car was being pushed to the track to make its qualifying attempt.

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