Crew Chief Will and Driver (Trey Rice) fire up another fast lap through the weekend that was and the showdown to come. After some Carolina-weather banter and a quick victory lap for the Panthers’ grind-it-out win over the Jets (and Trey’s… creative math about upsetting Buffalo), the guys dive into Talladega:

• Trucks: Gio Ruggiero nabs a popular W, TRICON keeps flexing, and Lane Riggs’ pre-qual penalty looms large heading to Martinsville. Corey Heim’s already through, but the cut-line math is brutal.
• Xfinity: Austin Hill wins via fuel strategy and superspeedway savvy.
• Cup: Chase Briscoe punches his ticket while Kyle Larson runs dry late—strategy bites hard.

Then it’s a full Martinsville preview across all three series: why the paperclip races different after three series lay rubber, how a chilly night could tweak feel (more grip, less pace), and where the pressure will pop. Trucks are razor-tight (Riggs -6), Xfinity has two virtual locks (Zilisch, Allgaier) with a knife fight brewing for the last spots (Creed, Mayer, Jones, Smith vs. a short-track-strong Carson), and in Cup the guys circle Ryan Blaney as the form pick while Hendrick/JGR/Penske stack the deck. Denny’s Martinsville average (9.8) and a sentimental push for Chase Elliott cap the lap.

If you like strategy calls, pit-stall chess, and cut-line nerves, this one’s got all the throttle.