Ty Dillon Laments Talladega Issue Which “Robbed” Him of Crucial Points – “We’ve Got To Get That Cleaned Up”

Ty Dillon, who returned to full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing in 2025 with Kaulig Racing, has lamented what “robbed us of a lot of finishing positions and points over the last two weeks.”

After a disappointing Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, which he finished 23rd in, Dillon has urged the Kaulig Racing team to “get that cleaned up” as he ran out of gas while running in seventh. He explained to the media after the race:

“We were having a pretty smooth day with our No. 10 Sea Best Chevy and our car was fast. We did our job on pit road pretty much and on the track, we put ourselves in position and where we needed to be at the end.

“We were running in seventh and ran out of the gas. We’ve got to get that cleaned up. Running out of gas has robbed us of a lot of finishing positions and points over the last two weeks.

“We’ve shown a lot of really good speed on the superspeedways, and that’s been really good. It’s nice to see the hard work paying off when we show up at the track. We’ll keep grinding and the finishes we deserve will come.”

Dillon’s teammate AJ Allmendinger started the race in 19th and went on to finish in 24th, despite reaching 7th by the end of Stage 1. He also commented following the race:

“Overall, our day was going well. We were racing our own race there of hanging back and going at the end of the stages. That worked out for the first stage, almost worked out for the second stage, and I thought we were in a decent position in the third stage.

“We ended up with a combination of bad luck and not a great last stop at the end, just having to go around the No. 1 car and everything that happened there. That cost us there at the end and that’s disappointing.”

NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega: Jack Link’s 500 race results

1. Austin Cindric
2. Kyle Larson
3. William Byron
4. Noah Gragson
5. Chase Elliott
6. Carson Hocevar
7. Alex Bowman
8. Bubba Wallace
9. Daniel Suarez
10. Austin Dillon
11. Michael McDowell
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13. Cole Custer
14. Tyler Reddick
15. Chase Briscoe
16. Todd Gilliland
17. Ty Gibbs
18. Erik Jones
19. Zane Smith
20. Ross Chastain
21. Denny Hamlin
22. Riley Herbst
23. Ty Dillon
24. A.J. Allmendinger
25. Justin Haley
26. Josh Berry
27. Kyle Busch
28. Anthony Alfredo
29. Shane van Gisbergen
30. John H. Nemechek
31. Cody Ware
32. J.J. Yeley
33. BJ McLeod – DNF
34. Chris Buescher – DNF
35. Christopher Bell – DNF
36. Brad Keselowski – DNF
37. Ryan Blaney – DNF
38. Ryan Preece – DSQ
39. Joey Logano – DSQ