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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off the field in overtime to claim the victory in a dramatic NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – edging Brad Keselowski and William Byron by…
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, beating Brad Keselowski and William Byron by 0.006s in an exciting finish. The race featured a major 28-car accident with five laps to go, affecting eight out of the 12 Playoff contenders. Stenhouse, a non-Playoff driver, claimed his fourth career victory in a thrilling three-wide battle on the final lap. This marks the third time in the Playoffs that a non-Playoff driver has won a race. The dramatic finish was set up by a chain-reaction crash triggered by Keselowski, ultimately sidelining Austin Cindric who needed a win for a Playoff advancement. Stenhouse celebrated his first win since the Daytona 500 in ’23, crediting his team’s hard work and a successful strategy at the superspeedway track.
