Aric Almirola won Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 XFINITY Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, surviving a pair of multi-car wrecks that took out several possible contenders.
The first of the accidents Almirola survived was one that he caused himself.
On the final lap of Stage 2, Almirola tried to give Ryan Reed a push from behind and instead ended up sending Reed’s No. 16 Ford into the outside wall, collecting the No. 62 Chevrolet of Brendan Gaughan in the process.
That sent several cars behind the lead pack scattering every which way, with the cars of pole-sitter Blake Koch, Cole Custer Chris Cockrum and Scott Lagasse Jr.