Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

YellaWood 500

Talladega Superspeedway

October 2nd, 2022

Race #31 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • 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