Starting from 2nd place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota won the YellaWood 500, his 5th win in 178 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 3rd win & 19th Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 10 races at Talladega Superspeedway. 2nd Place Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford, started from 27th posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 8 races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota, started from 18th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 7 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 23 Bubba Wallace Columbia Toyota, started from 10th place followed by 5th place Car 41 Cole Custer Sysco RaceTrac Ford, started from 12th place. 6th Place Car 77 Carson Hocevar Modo Casino Chevrolet, started from 32nd place followed by 7th place Car 45 Tyler Reddick The Beast Toyota, started from 15th place. 8th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota, started from 7th place followed by 9th place Car 38 Zane Smith Benebone Ford, started from 23rd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 6 Brad Keselowski BuildSubmarines.com Ford, in 10th place, started from 20th place. Shane Van Gisbergen (11th) was the highest finishing rookie. Chase Briscoe (P) leads the point standings by 9 points over Christopher Bell (P).
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 6 Cautions for 28 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 53 for #4, 7, 3, 47, 43, 16, 9, 17, 2 Crash in turn 3. 2nd Caution on lap 62 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 113 for #88 stopped on track. 4th Caution on lap 122 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 167 for #51 spin turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 188 for #24, 17 Crash on the backstretch.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: Michael McDowell, driver of the #71 Carolina Handling Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 77 Lead Changes among 27 drivers; M. McDowell 1; J. Berry 2-3; K. Busch 4; *. Wallace 5-7; J. Berry 8-15; R. Preece 16; K. Busch 17-22; J. Berry 23-27; C. Ware 28; J. Nemechek 29-31; J. Berry 32-33; D. Hamlin (P) 34-36; K. Busch 37; B. Keselowski 38-42; K. Busch 43; B. Keselowski 44-45; A. Cindric 46-47; R. Blaney (P) 48; A. Allmendinger 49; *. Gragson 50-51; J. Logano (P) 52-58; T. Gibbs 59-61; D. Suarez 62-63; T. Dillon 64-65; C. Buescher 66-68; J. Berry 69-73; K. Busch 74-77; *. Alfredo(i) 78-79; C. Briscoe (P) 80; M. McDowell 81; K. Busch 82-83; M. McDowell 84-85; C. Ware 86-88; K. Busch 89; C. Ware 90; K. Busch 91; M. McDowell 92; K. Busch 93-97; J. Berry 98-101; K. Busch 102-103; J. Berry 104; K. Busch 105-106; C. Briscoe (P) 107-110; *. Reddick 111-113; C. Briscoe (P) 114-117; K. Larson (P) 118; C. Briscoe (P) 119-122; R. Chastain 123-124; J. Nemechek 125-131; T. Gibbs 132; *. Herbst # 133; J. Logano (P) 134-149; R. Chastain 150; J. Logano (P) 151-156; *. Gilliland 157-158; J. Logano (P) 159-160; *. Gilliland 161; J. Logano (P) 162; *. Gilliland 163-164; J. Logano (P) 165-167; J. Nemechek 168; R. Blaney (P) 169-170; *. Gilliland 171-173; K. Larson (P) 174; *. Gilliland 175; K. Larson (P) 176; *. Smith 177-178; *. Gilliland 179-180; K. Larson (P) 181; C. Briscoe (P) 182; K. Larson (P) 183; C. Briscoe (P) 184; *. Wallace 185; C. Buescher 186; W. Byron (P) 187-190; K. Larson (P) 191; *. Wallace 192; C. Briscoe (P) 193.
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 54, 45, 42, 12, 23, 22, 38, 71, 77, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 19, 5, 77, 24, 20, 54, 34, 12, 42, 48
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 19: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 19, 2025 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 34
Race Results for the YellaWood 500 – Sunday, October 19, 2025
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 193 Laps – 513.38 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 10/19/2025 @ 06:05 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 193 Running
2. 27. Car 34 * Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 193 Running
3. 18. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 193 Running
4. 10. Car 23 * Bubba Wallace Columbia Toyota 193 Running
5. 12. Car 41 Cole Custer Sysco RaceTrac Ford 193 Running
6. 32. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Modo Casino Chevrolet 193 Running
7. 15. Car 45 * Tyler Reddick The Beast Toyota 193 Running
8. 7. Car 20 Christopher Bell (P) DEWALT Toyota 193 Running
9. 23. Car 38 * Zane Smith Benebone Ford 193 Running
10. 20. Car 6 Brad Keselowski BuildSubmarines.com Ford 193 Running
11. 31. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 193 Running
12. 26. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 193 Running
13. 24. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Hunting Chevrolet 193 Running
14. 28. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 193 Running
15. 5. Car 60 Ryan Preece Trimble Ford 193 Running
16. 16. Car 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 193 Running
17. 1. Car 71 Michael McDowell Carolina Handling Chevrolet 193 Running
18. 40. Car 66 * Casey Mears SI Yachts Ford 193 Running
19. 3. Car 8 Kyle Busch Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 193 Running
20. 29. Car 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 193 Running
21. 38. Car 62 * Anthony Alfredo(i) LIL’ DUDE Wipes Bubble Bum Chevrolet 193 Running
22. 33. Car 33 * Austin Hill(i) United Rentals Chevrolet 193 Running
23. 8. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 193 Running
24. 17. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) National Debt Relief Toyota 193 Running
25. 13. Car 24 William Byron (P) Raptor Chevrolet 193 Running
26. 19. Car 5 Kyle Larson (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 193 Running
27. 21. Car 3 Austin Dillon Breztri Chevrolet 191 Running
28. 39. Car 78 * BJ McLeod(i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 187 Running
29. 11. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 187 Running
30. 14. Car 17 Chris Buescher Kroger/Thomas’ High Protein Bagels Ford 186 Accident
31. 35. Car 51 Cody Ware Arby’s Steak Nuggets Ford 165 Engine
32. 9. Car 35 * Riley Herbst # Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 141 Engine
33. 6. Car 21 Josh Berry Eero Ford 133 Drivetrain
34. 4. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 77 Running
35. 30. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 55 Accident
36. 36. Car 4 * Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 51 Accident
37. 34. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Black’s Tire Chevrolet 51 Accident
38. 37. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JackLinks Non-Vegan Chevrolet 51 Accident
39. 22. Car 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge Assets Chevrolet 51 Accident
40. 25. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 51 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: Nos. 35, 42, 43 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 26 Mins, 29 Secs. Average Speed: 149.178 MPH. Margin of Victory: .145 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 71 lap 119/48.704. Caution Flags: 6 for 28 laps. Lead Changes: 77 among 27 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 26, 2025 – Martinsville Speedway
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