NASCAR at Kansas, Talladega next: Ross Chastain wins, Kyle Busch spins, Alex Bowman grins

You see that winning margin for Ross Chastain at Kansas?William Byron gave a brief thrill to many onlookers when he took the low-lane dive into Turn 3 while Ross The Boss was way up in the high line (“high, wide and handsome,” as Barney Hall would say).It made for momentary theatrics but everyone knew how that would shake out as the two cars came off the corner. Still, on paper the Chastain victory margin was less than four tenths of a second — .388, according to the timekeeper.The old eyeballs told us it was roughly five car lengths between the two as Chastain crossed the stripe.Let’s say that’s about 80 feet. Now, consider how wide the typical speedway is at that part of the track.GREAT AMERICAN READCelebrate a fast-paced history of the Daytona 500 with new book; foreword by Richard PettyCare to guess how many cars will fit within that much property while the checkers are flying at Talladega this coming Sunday?With playoff survival and season-salvaging on the line?There’s a lot we do...