Race Results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega

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Kyle Larson took a thrilling win in a wild last-lap rally that led to a photo-finish with William Byron, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate. Larson, who was eighth heading down the backstretch of the final lap, had everything go his way ahead of him, as he sliced and diced his way back to the front.

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished third, while Ross Chastain and Cole Custer rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.

Here are the complete race results from the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway:

YellaWood 500 Race Results

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Diff	Status	Points
1	10	5	Kyle Larson (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	--	Running	71
2	17	24	William Byron (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	0.041	Running	47
3	24	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	0.066	Running	34
4	15	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	189	0.073	Running	33
5	20	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	189	0.165	Running	32
6	26	77	Carson Hocevar (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	0.182	Running	31
7	35	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	189	0.211	Running	30
8	9	11	Denny Hamlin (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	189	0.442	Running	29
9	7	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	0.461	Running	28
10	23	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	189	0.485	Running	27
11	12	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	189	0.516	Running	26
12	21	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	189	0.646	Running	25
13	19	60	Ryan Preece (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	189	0.846	Running	33
14	2	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	189	3.176	Running	0
15	30	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	188	1 lap	Running	22
16	11	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	188	1 lap	Running	21
17	8	54	Ty Gibbs (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	188	1 lap	Running	20
18	13	7	Daniel Suarez (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	188	1 lap	Running	19
19	31	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	187	2 laps	Running	18
20	39	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	186	3 laps	Running	17
21	38	44	* Joey Gase(i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	186	3 laps	Running	0
22	25	23	Bubba Wallace (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	185	4 laps	Running	15
23	40	66	* Gray Gaulding(i)	Garage 66	Ford	185	4 laps	Running	0
24	22	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	184	5 laps	Out	21
25	36	78	* Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	184	5 laps	Running	0
26	14	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	183	6 laps	Out	16
27	28	2	Austin Cindric (C)	Team Penske	Ford	183	6 laps	Out	18
28	29	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	183	6 laps	Out	11
29	3	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	183	6 laps	Out	12
30	4	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	183	6 laps	Out	10
31	37	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	183	6 laps	Out	6
32	5	17	Chris Buescher (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	183	6 laps	Out	20
33	1	19	Chase Briscoe (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	183	6 laps	Out	16
34	16	22	Joey Logano (C)	Team Penske	Ford	183	6 laps	Out	15
35	6	20	Christopher Bell (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	177	12 laps	Out	2
36	18	9	Chase Elliott (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	147	42 laps	Running	2
37	33	45	Tyler Reddick (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	137	52 laps	Running	1
38	27	12	Ryan Blaney (C)	Team Penske	Ford	131	58 laps	Out	4
39	32	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	131	58 laps	Out	1
40	34	62	* Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	131	58 laps	Out	1

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