Cindric kicked off his rookie season in the NASCAR Cup Series with a win in the season’s biggest race, giving him a rare opportunity to challenge for the championship in his first year.
Sunday’s race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway will be the third in the first 10 to be run under superspeedway aero rules, making it the type of racing with which teams are most familiar since the debut of the Next Gen car.
All out for the win
With superspeedway races being the most competitive and unpredictable, Cindric believes teams will go all out in search of a victory, which virtually ensures a playoff berth.
“There’s a lot of guys in the field that really want one win because they see that as their only way to make it in the playoffs. We’ve only got one guy with multiple wins (William Byron), so from that standpoint I would see this being maybe a desperate race already with business picking up in the win column,” Cindric said.
“I definitely look at that as far as a mentality standpoint from my competitors, even in some stages for myself. Obviously, everybody’s got their own motivations to win the race, but I look at it as Talladega certainly has different offsets than Daytona and handling usually doesn’t come into play as much.
“I’m looking forward to building off what I learned at Daytona. We obviously had a lot of strengths and try to build on that.”
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Cindric’s success at Daytona this season combined with Team Penske’s strength on superspeedways in recent years, should make the 23-year-old versatile driver a favorite on Sunday.
However, every driver and team has had the opportunity to take the experience from Daytona – and perhaps even Atlanta – to improve on their superspeedway package.
“Car-wise, I’m interested to see where we qualify and what gains we were able to make just from having the cars longer,” he said.
“I think everyone is kind of in that same boat, so it’ll be interesting to see who has done more…
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