We’ve got to talk about it. Can a winless drought end on Sunday? It’s Talladega week and with the ultimate wildcard race, anything can happen. Here’s a list of the notable winless droughts heading in.

Ryan Newman (134 races, 131 attempts)

Last win: Phoenix 3/19/2017

Stats: Has four top 10’s in his last six Talladega starts. He was second in last year’s playoff race and was leading heading to the checkered flag back in February at Daytona before his frightening crash.

Jimmie Johnson (125 races, 124 attempts)

Last win: Dover 6/4/2017

Stats: 33rd and 38th last year. Has one top five in his last 13 Dega starts and has seven finishes of 12th or worse in his last 10 tries.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (121 races)

Last win: Daytona 7/1/2017

Stats: The Daytona 500 pole sitter has a chance to earn his first victory in nearly two years. Stenhouse, has four top 10 finishes in his last five Dega starts and is driving a car that finished well with AJ Allmendinger in it too. Allmendinger, had three top 10 finishes in four superspeedway starts in 2018. Ryan Preece drove it to an eighth place run in last year’s Daytona 500. This may be a car to beat when it’s all said and done.

Matt Kenseth (103 races – 42 attempts)

Last win: Phoenix 11/12/2017

Stats: Not typically a very good superspeedway race. He has just four top 10 finishes since 2007 at Talladega.

Clint Bowyer (87 races)

Last win: Michigan 6/10/2018

Stats: Just one top five since 2014.

Aric Almirola (71 races)

Last win: Talladega 10/14/18

Stats: Probably the top sleeper. Almirola, was ninth and fourth respectively in the two Talladega race last year. Furthermore, he has eight straight top 10’s there including a win in the 2018 playoff race.

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Michael McDowell (0-for-351)

He finished fifth in last year’s Daytona 500 as well as fifth in last year’s Talladega playoff race too.

Matt DiBenedetto (0-for-206)

He’s never really had good race cars at Talladega before. That’s why he has four straight sub 26th place finishes and five in his last six tries. Now, he has a Wood Brothers Ford with Penske power.

Ty Dillon (0-for-156)

He’s a big sleeper on superspeedway’s. Dillon, was sixth and fourth respectively at Daytona in 2019. He was 17th and 10th at Talladega. In fact, in six Talladega starts, he’s finished outside the top 15 just once.

Corey LaJoie (0-for-123)

He was eighth in February’s Daytona 500. He was 11th in the spring race at Talladega and seventh in the Fall race in 2019 too.

Bubba Wallace (0-for-106)

He nearly won the Daytona 500 a few years ago. The Petty cars used to be pretty good on superspeedway’s. A decent shot on Sunday to gain his first trip to victory lane in his home state of Alabama.