NASCAR: 3 drivers pulled off an achievement never seen before

This past race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway saw something that had never previously been pulled off before in NASCAR history.

NASCAR playoff weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, which was extended by a day due to rain on Sunday when the Cup Series race was initially scheduled to be held, was historic in more ways than one.

But one thing stands out in that it includes all three national series and had never been pulled off in NASCAR history prior to this weekend.

The Truck Series raced at the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked oval in Lincoln, Alabama on Saturday afternoon, and the Xfinity Series raced at the track later in the day. In fact, the Xfinity Series race had to be shortened due to darkness, as there are no lights at the venue.

The Cup Series then raced there on Monday afternoon, and the race that was initially postponed from Sunday due to rain ended up being shortened by rain anyway.

Throughout the extended race weekend, Tate Fogleman secured his first career Truck Series win, Brandon Brown (Let’s go Brandon!) secured his first Xfinity Series win, and Bubba Wallace secured his first career Cup Series win.

This marked the first time in NASCAR history that a first-time winner was crowned in each of the three national series at a single track on the same weekend.

The Cup Series has been around since 1949, the Xfinity Series has been around since 1982, and the Truck Series has been around since 1995, though these three series are not always in action on the same weekend.

Still, the fact that this had never previously happened in any of the first 26 seasons to feature all three series is somewhat surprising.

But if it was ever going to happen, it was going to happen at Talladega Superspeedway or Daytona International Speedway, given the nature of superspeedway racing and the fact that these two tracks have always had a tendency to produce new winners in all three series — just on different weekends.

Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix Raceway are the only two tracks remaining on this year’s schedule that are scheduled to host the Truck Series, Xfinity Series and Cup Series on the same weekend. The race weekend at the former is scheduled for the final weekend of October, and the race weekend at the latter is scheduled for the first weekend of November.