NASCAR Talladega gave us Carson Hocevar’s first Cup Series win, Corey Day’s first O’Reilly Series win, a massive late-race crash, and a full debate over whether NASCAR drivers are athletes after Stephen A. Smith’s comments.

In Episode 6 of RaceSpace, Chase Holden and NASCAR O’Reilly Series driver Garrett Smithley break down Talladega weekend from the fan side and the driver side. Garrett explains his Talladega qualifying process, pit strategy, and O’Reilly race from inside the No. 0, while Chase and Garrett discuss Carson Hocevar’s breakthrough win, Corey Day and Brent Crews emerging in O’Reilly, the difference between Cup and O’Reilly superspeedway racing, Steve O’Donnell becoming NASCAR CEO, Ben Kennedy moving into the COO role, Kyle Busch’s crew chief change, Katherine Legge returning to the Indy 500, and what to watch for at Texas.

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