Travis Massier, driver of the No. 13 Chevrolet Silverado, went high off the final turn at Talladega Superspeedway and ran down Austin Collins in the closing feet of the last lap Tuesday night, winning the Output Series' first superspeedway race of 2026 with a gap you could cover with a baseball cap.

Collins, running the No. 74 Toyota Tundra, had led with two laps to go after making the decisive move on Kyle A McCoy's No. 16. He had earned that position the hard way, working from 15th on the starting grid through six cautions and 17 lead changes into the running slot that looked like a certain win. Then Massier arrived at his door, and there was nothing to be done.

McCoy crossed in second, barely a hood's length behind Massier. The finishing order — Massier, then McCoy, then Collins a few bumpers back in third — captured what Talladega demands of its winners: not dominance, but patience, positioning, and the nerve to make the move when one lap is all that remains.

Heading into the night, Nate Amiot led the Output Series standings. Amiot did not race. That absence opened the door for Scott Rickard, and Rickard walked through it, climbing to first in the championship despite finishing seventh in the No. 05 RAM. His points total stands at 321. McCoy sits 15 points back at 306. Ken Campbell, who finished 10th in the No. 15 Silverado, holds 304. Three points separate second and third in a championship fight that tightened again Tuesday night without a single top contender winning.

The first 29 laps belonged to McCoy and Rickard. After a frantic opening nine circuits in which the lead changed five times and four drivers swapped the front position, McCoy grabbed the top spot on lap 9 and held it through lap 29. Rickard tracked him everywhere during that stretch — close enough to draft, not close enough to challenge. The pace charts showed them as the two quickest trucks in the field. The race told you the same story: everywhere McCoy went, the No. 05 was one bumper off his back.

The caution on lap 29 undid all of it. Thad Failor, who had started 23rd and would finish eighth, briefly led at the restart. Martin Morales ran to the front a lap later. McCoy fought back, only to lose the spot to Chris Champeau when another caution on lap 36 scrambled the running order again. Between laps 37 and 46, Champeau, Rickard, Morales, and Campbell all took turns at the point — a rotating cast as drivers traded draft partners and the pack kept bunching behind the leaders.

Rickard brought order to the second half when he restarted at the front on lap 47 and held off the field for the next ten circuits. Champeau ran nose to tail behind him. McCoy made his runs. Joe Slama, driver of the No. 9 Silverado, had his moment. The tightest point in the race came on lap 52, when Champeau's No. 12 RAM and Rickard's No. 05 were scored with no measurable gap between them — dead even through the tri-oval — and Rickard held. It went on like that through lap 56, Rickard with the lead and half the field stacked behind him close enough to exchange paint.

Then Champeau cleared him on lap 57 with six to go. His truck went slow a half-lap later. Caution again.

McCoy inherited the lead when the field was scored under yellow. The green-white-checkered extension added laps to what was already a long night, and when the green flew with three trucks lined up — McCoy, Collins, Massier — there was nothing settled and everything still to play for. They ran together through laps 59, 60, and 61, McCoy at the point, Collins working his way into the draft, Massier shadowing them both.

Collins made his move on lap 62 and came off turn four with a clean run. He took the lead with one lap left.

Massier, who had started 12th and spent most of the race somewhere in the middle of the pack, was there because he had never left position. He had tracked the lead group all night, careful with his truck, waiting for exactly this. He went high on the back straightaway on the final lap, found Collins' door, and drove through it. He led one lap. That was all that mattered.

Thomas Harmon, driver of the No. 38 Silverado, finished fourth — his fifth straight top-five result, a run that has recast his season from a stumbling start into one of the championship's compelling storylines. Harmon carries four career victories at Talladega across 12 seasons; he led two laps early, ran near the front for most of the evening, and finished where his track record says he belongs.

Mackenzie Johnson, making her Output Series debut in the No. 55 Silverado, finished fifth. She led three laps along the way. It was her first start in the series, and nothing about her performance suggested otherwise.

Rickard leads the championship with 321 points. McCoy has 306. Campbell has 304. The series returns next week with Rickard atop the standings for the first time in 2026, and in a season this tight, the next mistake — by anyone in the top three — will matter.