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2026 Yellawood 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 34 of 36 Sunday, October 25, 2026 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:07:54 Average speed: 160.534 mph Pole speed: 186.065 mph Cautions: 4 for 18 laps Margin of victory: .041 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 41 Green flag passes: 10,766 (63.0 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2026 NASCAR Cup Series results   /   2026 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts 1 10 5   Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 189 running 23 71 2 17 24   William Byron All-Pro Reconditioning   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 189 running 0 47 3 24 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr NOS Energy   (HYAK Motorsports) Chevrolet 189 running 9 34 4 15 1   Ross Chastain Busch Light Hunting   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 189 running 0 33 5 20 41   Cole Custer Gene Haas Chevrolet 189 running 0 32 6 26 77   Carson Hocevar Spectrum   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 189 running 0 31 7 35 34   Todd Gilliland Bob Jenkins Ford 189 running 6 30 8 9 11   Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 189 running 0 29 9 7 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 189 running 0 28 10 23 71   Michael McDowell RCA   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 189 running 0 27 11 12 3   Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 189 running 0 26 12 21 21   Josh Berry Wurth   (Wood Brothers) Ford 189 running 8 25 13 19 60   Ryan Preece BuildSubmarines.com   (Jack Roush) Ford 189 running 23 33 14 2 33   Austin Hill United Rentals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 189 running 6 0 15 30 10   Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 188 running 0 22 16 11 51   Cody Ware Rocket Doctor   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 188 running 9 21 17 8 54   Ty Gibbs Monster Energy   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 188 running 0 20 18 13 7   Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 188 running 0 19 19 31 38   Zane Smith Patriot Mobile   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 187 running 0 18 20 39 4   Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 186 running 0 17 21 38 44   Joey Gase Johnathan Cohen Chevrolet 186 running 0 0 22 25 23   Bubba Wallace Kroger Health   (23XI Racing) Toyota 185 running 0 15 23 40 66   Gray Gaulding Carl Long Ford 185 running 5 0 24 22 6   Brad Keselowski Consumer Cellular   (Jack Roush) Ford 184 crash 12 21 25 36 78   Daniel Dye Champion Container Corp   (B.J. McLeod) Chevrolet 184 running 1 0 26 14 35   Riley Herbst Monster Energy   (23XI Racing) Toyota 183 crash 2 16 27 28 2   Austin Cindric Menards Knauf   (Roger Penske) Ford 183 crash 0 18 28 29 43   Erik Jones Dollar Tree   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 183 crash 6 11 29 3 88   Connor Zilisch Tootsies Orchid Lounge   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 183 crash 0 12 30 4 97   Shane Van Gisbergen Red Bull   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 183 crash 0 10 31 37 16   A.J. Allmendinger Morris-Shea Bridge Co, Inc.   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 183 crash 0 6 32 5 17   Chris Buescher Kroger / Thomas' Protein English Muffins / Os   (Jack Roush) Ford 183 crash 53 20 33 1 19   Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 183 crash 0 16 34 16 22   Joey Logano Shell-Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 183 crash 23 15 35 6 20   Christopher Bell DEWALT   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 177 suspension 3 2 36 18 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 147 running 0 2 37 33 45   Tyler Reddick Chumba Casino   (23XI Racing) Toyota 137 running 0 1 38 27 12   Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts   (Roger Penske) Ford 131 crash 0 4 39 32 42   John H. Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 131 crash 0 1 40 34 62   Casey Mears The Gracie Foundation Chevrolet   (Beard Motorsports) Chevrolet 131 mechanical 0 1 * Race extended to 189 laps due to overtime. Top 10 in Stage 1: #17, 60, 6, 5, 24, 35, 19, 12, 22, 2 Top 10 in Stage 2: #22, 5, 19, 2, 24, 17, 88, 97, 43, 33

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Ty Dillon 10 unapproved adjustments Ty Dillon 10 unapproved adjustments Cole Custer 41 unapproved adjustments Ricky Stenhouse Jr 47 unapproved adjustments Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 99 99     100 103 4   end of stage 1 #47 104 132 29     133 138 6   #1,4,7,9,11,12,23,42,45,54,60,66 accident backstretch none 139 144 6     145 148 4   end of stage 2 #77 149 183 35     184 187 4   #2,6,7,16,17,19,21,22,35,43,47,48,77,88,97 accident frontstretch #1 188 189 2       Percent of race run under caution: 9.5%             Average green flag run: 34.2 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Austin Hill 1 6 6   Ryan Preece 7 7 1   Josh Berry 8 13 6   Brad Keselowski 14 14 1   Cody Ware 15 21 7   Ryan Preece 22 22 1   Cody Ware 23 24 2   Daniel Dye 25 25 1   Gray Gaulding 26 30 5   Ryan Preece 31 51 21   Chris Buescher 52 52 1   Christopher Bell 53 55 3   Todd Gilliland 56 56 1   Chris Buescher 57 99 43   Josh Berry 100 101 2   Riley Herbst 102 103 2   Joey Logano 104 108 5   Erik Jones 109 111 3   Joey Logano 112 112 1   Brad Keselowski 113 113 1   Joey Logano 114 114 1   Brad Keselowski 115 115 1   Joey Logano 116 116 1   Brad Keselowski 117 125 9   Joey Logano 126 128 3   Chris Buescher 129 130 2   Joey Logano 131 131 1   Kyle Larson 132 138 7   Joey Logano 139 144 6   Chris Buescher 145 151 7   Erik Jones 152 154 3   Kyle Larson 155 165 11   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 166 169 4   Kyle Larson 170 172 3   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 173 173 1   Joey Logano 174 176 3   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 177 177 1   Joey Logano 178 179 2   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 180 182 3   Todd Gilliland 183 187 5   Kyle Larson 188 189 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kyle Larson 2441     2   Denny Hamlin 2368   -73   3   Christopher Bell 2367   -74   4   Chase Briscoe 2362   -79   5   Joey Logano 2341   -100   6   Ryan Blaney 2334   -107   7   Tyler Reddick 2315   -126   8   Ty Gibbs 2258   -183   8   Austin Cindric 2258   -183   10   Carson Hocevar 2243   -198   11   William Byron 2227   -214   12   Bubba Wallace 2223   -218   12   Chase Elliott 2223   -218   14   Daniel Suarez 2201   -240   15   Ryan Preece 2192   -249   16   Chris Buescher 2186   -255   17   Shane Van Gisbergen 739   -1702   18   Ross Chastain 706   -1735   19   Brad Keselowski 704   -1737   20   Michael McDowell 643   -1798