A non-playoff driver has received a NASCAR Cup Series race for the second week in a row.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. beat Brad Keselowski in an time beyond regulation picture end after the most important crash in NASCAR historical past.
Stenhouse received a push from William Byron to get previous Keselowski in the trioval. Keselowski, a six-time winner at Talladega, did not get sufficient momentum from Kyle Larson behind him to get previous Stenhouse earlier than the end line.
An enormous crash took out practically everybody at the entrance of the sector with lower than 5 scheduled laps to go. Austin Cindric was main the underside line race when he received turned forward of everybody else forward of Turn 3 when Joey Logano gave Keselowski a shove into Cindric.
Keselowski and Stenhouse escaped unscathed as they have been in a position to keep away from the wreck.
The wreck was merely the byproduct of what occurs at the tip of superspeedway races in the Cup Series as of late. Drivers know they should push one another to make passes. And when a push is not sq. on a driver's bumper, chaos can ensue.
“I don't think we could have done anything much different,” Logano stated in regards to the pushing among the many drivers in the low line.
Officially, 28 drivers have been concerned in the crash.
It's the primary win for Stenhouse since he received the 2023 Daytona 500. All 4 of Stenhouse's profession Cup Series wins have come at both Daytona or Talladega and it is his second win for the single-car JTG-Daugherty Racing crew.
Next week's race at the Charlotte Roval (2 p.m. ET, NBC) is the final race in the second spherical of the playoffs. Four of the 12 playoff drivers shall be eradicated after the race, and Byron is the one driver who has already clinched a spot in the spherical of eight.
NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings
1. William Byron | clinched Round of 8
2. Christopher Bell | +57
3. Kyle Larson | +52
4. Denny Hamlin | +30
5. Alex Bowman | +26
6. Ryan Blaney | +25
7. Tyler Reddick | +14
8. Chase Elliott | + 13
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9. Joey Logano | -13
10. Daniel Suarez | -20
11. Austin Cindric | -29
12. Chase Briscoe | -32
Positions 9-12 shall be eradicated after subsequent week’s race at the Charlotte Roval.
YellaWood 500 outcomes
1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2. Brad Keselowski
3. William Byron
4. Kyle Larson
5. Erik Jones
6. Christopher Bell
7. Justin Haley
8. Austin Dillon
9. Bubba Wallace
10. Denny Hamlin
11. Martin Truex Jr.
12. Cody Ware
13. Ty Gibbs
14. Carson However
15. Shane van Gisbergen
16. Alex Bowman
17. Chris Buescher
18. Corey LaJoie
19. Kyle Busch
20. Tyler Reddick
21. Zane Smith
22. BJ McLeod
23. Todd Gilliland
24. Anthony Alfredo
25. Noah Gragson
26. Daniel Suarez
27. JJ Yeley
28. AJ Allmendinger
29. Chase Elliott
30. Chase Briscoe
31. John Hunter Nemechek
32. Austin Cindric
33. Joey Logano
34. Harrison Burton
35. Ryan Preece
36. Josh Berry
37. Michael McDowell
38. Daniel Hemric
39. Ryan Blaney
40. Ross Chastain
