Sweet 16! Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Field Set; Talladega Superspeedway’s 1000Bulbs.com 500 Set for “Wild Card” Event
Sunday’s regular-season finale for the Brickyard 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event was nothing short of drama-filled action as 16 contenders moved on to the postseason playoffs, leaving a few drivers on the outside looking in. Most notably, seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson. And, for those 16 drivers, there is no easy resting knowing that Talladega Superspeedway’s “wild card” 1000Bulbs.com 500, the second race (of three) in the Round of 12 (Oct. 13), is looming in the distance.