Entry List : Talladega Superspeedway
YellaWood 500
Talladega Superspeedway , Lincoln, AL
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- YellaWood 500
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
- Age: 31
- Team : No 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: James Small
- Chase Briscoe won the Pole Award for the YellaWood 500 with a lap of 51466 seconds, 186065 mph
- This is his 10th pole in 214 NASCAR Cup Series races
- This is his first pole and 19th top-10 start in 2026
- This is his first pole in 12 races at Talladega Superspeedway
- Austin Hill (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2026 and his first in three races at Talladega Superspeedway
- Connor Zilisch (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway It is his fifth in 34 races this season
- Connor Zilisch (third) was the fastest qualifying rookie
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 188
- Laps Actual: 189 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.041 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 7 Minutes 54 Seconds
- Average Speed: 160.534
- Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
- Lead Changes: 41
- Green Flag Passes: 10,766 (63.3 passes per green flag lap)
- Talladega Superspeedway
- YellaWood 500
- Race Winner: Kyle Larson
- Age: 34
- Team : No 5 - HendrickCarscom Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
- Kyle Larson won the YellaWood 500, his 35th victory in 436 Cup Series races
- This is his third victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 24 races at Talladega Superspeedway
- William Byron (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 18 races at Talladega Superspeedway It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2026
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr (third) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 27 races at Talladega Superspeedway
- Connor Zilisch (29th) was the highest finishing rookie
- Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 73 points over Denny Hamlin
