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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

YellaWood 500

Talladega Superspeedway

October 2nd, 2022

Race #31 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 188
Miles Raced : 500.1
Time of Race : 03 Hours 15 minutes 23 seconds
Average Speed: 153.569 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.046 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 25
Lead Changes: 57
Cars in Race : 37
Finished On Lead Lap: 27 (73%)

Chase Elliott celebrates in victory lane — Talladega, Alabama - October 2nd, 2022: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	16	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	58	40	18	6	188	10	4	3	1	Running
2	19	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	45	35	10	1	188	31	7	1	0	Running
3	29	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	34	34	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
4	6	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	38	33	5	0	188	36	5	0	6	Running
5	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	41	32	9	0	188	20	6	2	0	Running
6	12	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	38	31	7	0	188	23	10	10	5	Running
7	34	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	30	30	0	0	188	1	1	0	0	Running
8	14	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	36	29	7	0	188	2	2	0	4	Running
9	17	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	35	28	7	0	188	0	0	4	0	Running
10	5	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	28	27	1	0	188	0	0	0	10	Running
11	33	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	188	1	1	0	7	Running
12	9	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	188	1	1	0	0	Running
13	20	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
14	4	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	23	23	0	0	188	36	7	0	0	Running
15	21	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	31	22	9	0	188	0	0	0	2	Running
16	27	45	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	21	21	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
17	1	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	20	20	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
18	2	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	30	19	11	0	188	8	5	8	3	Running
19	7	48	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	188	0	0	9	0	Running
20	26	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	21	17	4	0	188	3	1	7	0	Running
21	28	41	Cole Custer	Ford	16	16	0	0	188	2	1	0	0	Running
22	25	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	20	15	5	0	188	0	0	6	0	Running
23	30	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
24	18	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	13	13	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Running
25	23	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	15	12	3	0	188	1	1	0	8	Running
26	22	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	11	11	0	0	188	1	1	0	0	Running
27	11	22	Joey Logano	Ford	16	10	6	0	188	0	0	5	0	Running
28	8	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	187	11	3	0	0	Running
29	24	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	8	8	0	0	187	0	0	0	0	Running
30	31	62	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	186	0	0	0	0	Running
31	36	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	184	0	0	0	0	Running
32	37	51	Cody Ware	Ford	5	5	0	0	184	0	0	0	0	Running
33	35	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	182	0	0	0	0	Running
34	13	16	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	180	0	0	0	9	Electrical
35	32	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	44	1	1	0	0	Accident
36	15	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	1	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	10	23	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
BJ McLeod	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Bubba Wallace	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Reddick	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Gibbs	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Austin Cindric	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	8	11	Yellow
Joey Logano	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	29	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	29	Yellow
Justin Allgaier	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	29	Yellow
Noah Gragson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	23	29	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	24	29	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Safety violation	Tail End	61	65	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	61	65	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	98	102	Green
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	119	126	Green/Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	160	163	Green
Kevin Harvick	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	160	162	Green
Daniel Hemric	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	178	0	Green/Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Talladega Superspeedway
54th Annual YellaWood 500
Race Winner: Chase Elliott
Age: 26
Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Chase Elliott won the 54th Annual YellaWood 500, his 18th victory in 252 Cup Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 14 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Ryan Blaney (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 17 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2022.
Michael McDowell (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 24 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Todd Gilliland (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 2 points over Ryan Blaney.

Race Recap

Chase Elliott Grabs Thrilling Talladega Victory, Advances in NASCAR Playoffs

October 2nd, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Always the unquestionable fan favorite at NASCAR's famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Georgia-native Chase Elliott made a last-lap pass to claim the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 victory Sunday afternoon - having to better one of his best friends, Ryan Blaney, to earn the first automatic bid into the next round of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

With a lap to go, Elliott pulled his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet from the bottom lane to the top lane and got a huge push from behind by Petty GMS Racing driver Erik Jones - the momentum enough to edge fellow Playoff competitor Blaney by a slight .046-second at the line and give him a chance to hoist his series-best fifth trophy of the season; 18th of his seven-year NASCAR Cup Series career.

"Moments like that, you have to really cherish and you guys are what makes this special to me," Elliott, 26, told the cheering fans. "So, thank you sincerely, I really appreciate it."

"It was a wild last couple laps. I wasn't super crazy about being on the bottom and fortunately I got just clear enough off of [Turn] 2 to slide up in front of Erik [Jones] and he gave me some great shoves, obviously a Team Chevy partner there. Just had a good enough run to get out front and then was able to stay far enough in front of Ryan [Blaney] at the line to get it done.

"These things are so so hard to win, you gotta enjoy them and just appreciate everyone's effort today."

Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell was third, followed by two more Playoff drivers, Trackhouse Racing's Ross Chastain and Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin.

Chastain and Stewart-Haas Racing's Aric Almirola led the most laps on the day - each out front 36 laps - in an afternoon that featured the most lead changes of the season (57) set by 17 different drivers.

Although it was a typically dramatic superspeedway ending, the action was tame by Talladega standards. Only one of the six caution periods was for a multi-car accident. Two were scheduled "stage breaks" and the other two for single car incidents. The final caution -which set up the two-lap shootout ending - came for Daniel Hemric's stalled car on pit road.

That bunched up the field again and ultimately positioned Elliott (who restarted on the inside of the third row) to make his run forward. Blaney, who led 31 laps in the No. 12 Penske Racing Ford , had been trading the lead with Jones in the laps immediately before that final caution flag.

"I thought about it," Blaney said, of making a different move for the lead. "The second lane was kind of the strongest, definitely the second half of the race. And I thought about (throwing a block on Elliott) but when you go to the middle without a Ford or teammate behind you, the chances of getting split are so high.

"As much as I trust Chase, I don't trust him enough for him not to take me three-wide and leave me in the middle so I chose to stay down in front of (fellow Ford driver) Michael (McDowell). He was awesome at pushing me on the last restart and giving me great shots. Just a little bit too late.

"Maybe I could have faked the top and gone to the bottom there on the front stretch, but I don't know if I could have gotten there anyway, but overall, not a bad day. Just probably going to replay in my head five different things I could have done different."

It was a big boost for Elliott, who had a rough outing last week in the opening race of this Playoff round in Texas. Elliott crashed out and finished 32nd and came into Talladega ranked eighth - after earning the regular season championship and leading the standings for a season-best 23 weeks prior to Sunday.

The opening four 2022 Playoff races have been won by non-Playoff drivers - an unprecedented occurrence. So Elliott's advancement to the next round is the first "automatic" move by a Playoff-eligible driver.

Beyond Elliott, Blaney now leads the points standings - 32 points ahead of Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Austin Cindric in ninth place with the top eight drivers advancing to the Round of 8 next Playoff round.

Chastain is ranked third, followed by Hamlin and Penske Racing's Joey Logano, who finished 27th on Sunday. Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, Hendrick Motorsports' driver Kyle Larson - who finished 18th at Talladega - is ranked sixth in the standings, followed by Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez and Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe in that final eighth place position.

Cindric is tied with Briscoe in points. William Byron (-11), Christopher Bell (-33) and Alex Bowman (-54) complete the current Playoff 12.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman did not race this week as he is recovering from concussion-like symptoms after an accident in Texas last week. Team owner Rick Hendrick said Bowman would be re-examined by doctors this week in hopes of getting clearance to return to competition.

The next race, the Bank of America ROVAL 400, is Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL (2 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) - the final road course event of the season. Larson is the defending race winner. Blaney won the inaugural race at the Charlotte ROVAL and Elliott is a two-time winner there as well (2019 and 2020).