One wrong move was all it took for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to lose Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway coming through the trioval to the checkered flag.

This time last year, Ricky Stenhouse climbed into the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet, motored out onto Daytona International Speedway and blistered the 31-degree asphalt highbanks with a flying lap that stopped the clocks at 194.582 mph.Good enough for the pole for the Daytona 500, it was the type...