TALLADEGA, Ala. – Grant Enfinger first attended races at Talladega Superspeedway as a fan with his father, Floyd. Sunday afternoon, however, the 31-year-old Fairhope native held off teammate Spencer Gallagher for his first career NASCAR national series win at his home track in the fred’s 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, capping a race filled with excitement as seven teams battled for five transfer spots to the Round of 6 in the Chase for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Only William Byron, who entered with six victories this season including one earlier in this playoff round, was safe, regardless of what happened over the course of 94 thrilling laps.

With the victory, Enfinger became the first Alabama native to win a NASCAR national series race at Talladega Superspeedway since the late Davey Allison, who won in May of 1992.

“It’s unbelievable,” Enfinger, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series Champion, said. “This is my home track. It’s so special with everybody here. It’s pretty unbelievable that we had a truck that good. I think we made the right call [on the final restart] by starting on the top. We had all four GMS trucks running up front and could have won this race. A few months ago, we didn’t even know if we were coming here, and we’re going to celebrate tonight.”

Several drivers, like Christopher Bell, Matt Crafton and Ben Kennedy, just needed to make it through the day with their point totals relatively unscathed to advance and they did just that.

Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek, however, entered today’s race needing to avoid trouble entirely, with both sitting below the transfer line in the final race of the Round of 8. Just 13 laps in, however, Nemechek brought out the first caution after his engine failed on the Alabama Gang Superstretch, effectively ending his championship aspirations and dashing any chance of him moving past the first round of the postseason, as he finished 32nd. Meanwhile, Hemric found his No. 19 Ford collected in multi-car accidents not once, but twice, sustaining damage in crashes on Laps 42 and 59, and while he battled back to finish on the lead-lap in 11th, Johnny Sauter’s 7th place finish eliminated him from title contention. Log on to www.talladegasuperspeedway.com or call 1-877-Go2-DEGA for more information.