Talladega Superspeedway results from the NASCAR Cup Series in the YellaWood 500
NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Talladega, Alabama. The 2.66-mile oval of Talladega Superspeedway is set to host the YellaWood 500.
View NASCAR race results from Talladega below.
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Chase Briscoe and Austin Hill set the front row. 188 laps of stock car racing are up next…
YellaWood 500
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 98 (1-98 / 188)
Green flag, they run side-by-side into turn one. Hill is shoved to the lead via the inside lane and he pulls up to block a run on the outside.
Lap 7, Ryan Preece is shoved to the lead. Josh Berry pulls even on the inside lane, Berry to the lead.
Lap 14, as most of the field is saving fuel, Brad Keselowski pulls right to the front with no help. The lead continues to change as the entire field is saving fuel. This is the longest stage of the race.
Lap 40, Preece, Keselowski and Buescher have broken away from the pack. They are now 28 seconds ahead of Ty Gibbs in 4th.
Lap 50, the first wave of green flag stops have begun. Preece now leads 4th place by 44 seconds.
Lap 56, Christopher Bell spins coming to the pit lane under green. He tags the inside wall and picks up damage! No caution.
Lap 60, Buescher now leads. The RFK group is now 41 seconds ahead of Blaney in 4th. Bell returns to the pit lane to repair damage, he’s now three laps down.
Lap 82, Zane Smith has blown a tire. No caution as he heads to the pit lane under green.
Chris Buescher wins stage one at Talladega Superspeedway. Only 26 cars are on the lead lap.
Talladega Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Chris Buescher; 2. Ryan Preece; 3. Brad Keselowski; 4. Kyle Larson; 5. William Byron; 6. Riley Herbst; 7. Chase Briscoe; 8. Ryan Blaney; 9. Joey Logano; 10. Austin Cindric
YellaWood 500
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 45 (99-143 / 188)
Buescher leads the field to the pit lane. Riley Herbst wins the race to the pit exit. Buescher is off in 3rd.
Green flag on stage two, Herbst is shoved clear. Logano looks to his outside with help from Keselowski into turn three. Logano to the lead.
Lap 114, Brad Keselowski is shoved to the lead on the outside. Logano leads the train on the inside.
Lap 129, Preece shoves Buescher to the lead.
12 to go in stage two, the outside lane stacks up down the backstretch and Ryan Blaney is turned at the front of the field. Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Preece and many others are collected.
Green with 5 to go in stage two, Larson and Logano run side-by-side for the lead. Logano is shoved clear on the outside lane.
1 to go in stage two, Logano and Larson remain side-by-side. Cindric shoves Logano clears in the tri-oval.
Joey Logano wins stage two at Talladega Superspeedway!
Talladega Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Joey Logano; 2. Kyle Larson; 3. Chase Briscoe; 4. Austin Cindric; 5. William Byron; 6. Chris Buescher; 7. Connor Zilisch; 8. Shane van Gisbergen; 9. Erik Jones; 10. Austin Hill
YellaWood 500
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 45 (144-188 / 188)
Logano leads the field to the pit lane. Zilisch wins the race to the pit exit. 10 cars stay out with Burscher and Erik Jones taking over the front row, they pitted on the previous caution and they should still make it to the end from here.
Green flag on stage three, Buescher is shoved clear via the outside lane. They form three wide behind him.
35 to go, Erik Jones to the lead via the inside lane.
34 to go, Byron shoves Larson to the race lead.
15 to go, they form three wide for the lead as the inside lane loses momentum. Ross Chastain is clear out front but Chastain is now on the tail end of the lead lap.
9 to go, Logano leads as he shoves the lap car of Chastain.
6 to go, Larson shoves Todd Gilliland to the lead on the inside lane. Logano is turned in the tri-oval! He bounces off the wall and flips upside down. Logano goes for a long slide on his roof. Riley Herbst has two big impacts with the inside and outside wall. The red flag is out.
Green, Larson is shoved into the lead.
1 to go, Hill works inside of Larson as Stenhouse Jr works to his outside. Larson drops through the middle and falls outside the top 10!
Hill is out of fuel off turn four. Stenhouse Jr has no help. They all throw blocks on the outside. Larson is coming fast with momentum on the inside!
Kyle Larson wins at Talladega Superspeedway! Wow!
Talladega Superspeedway
Race Results
October 25, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
1) Kyle Larson
Winner
2) William Byron
-0.041
3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
-0.066
4) Ross Chastain
-0.073
5) Cole Custer
-0.165
6) Carson Hocevar
-0.182
7) Todd Gilliland
-0.211
8) Denny Hamlin
-0.442
9) Alex Bowman
-0.461
10) Michael McDowell
-0.485
11) Austin Dillon
-0.516
12) Josh Berry
-0.646
13) Ryan Preece
-0.846
14) Austin Hill
-3.176
15) Ty Dillon
-1 lap
16) Cody Ware
-1 lap
17) Ty Gibbs
-1 lap
18) Daniel Suárez
-1 lap
19) Zane Smith
-2 laps
20) Noah Gragson
-3 laps
21) Joey Gase
-3 laps
22) Bubba Wallace
-4 laps
23) Gray Gaulding
-4 laps
24) Brad Keselowski
-5 laps
25) Daniel Dye
-5 laps
26) Riley Herbst
-6 laps
27) Austin Cindric
-6 laps
28) Erik Jones
-6 laps
29) Connor Zilisch
-6 laps
30) Shane van Gisbergen
-6 laps
31) AJ Allmendinger
-6 laps
32) Chris Buescher
-6 laps
33) Chase Briscoe
-6 laps
34) Joey Logano
-6 laps
35) Christopher Bell
-12 laps
36) Chase Elliott
-41 laps
37) Tyler Reddick
-52 laps
38) Ryan Blaney
-58 laps
39) John H. Nemechek
-58 laps
40) Casey Mears
-58 laps
NASCAR Cup Series
Standings
Pos | Driver | Points
1) Kyle Larson
Leader
2) Denny Hamlin
-73
3) Christopher Bell
-74
4) Chase Briscoe
-79
5) Joey Logano
-100
6) Ryan Blaney
-107
7) Tyler Reddick
-126
8) Austin Cindric
-183
9) Ty Gibbs
-183
10) Carson Hocevar
-198
11) William Byron
-214
12) Chase Elliott
-218
13) Bubba Wallace
-218
14) Daniel Suárez
-240
15) Ryan Preece
-249
16) Chris Buescher
-255
