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YellaWood 500

Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

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  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 16 Chevrolet

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • 54th Annual YellaWood 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 20 - Sirius XM Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
  • Christopher Bell won the Pole Award for the 54th Annual YellaWood 500 with a lap of 53.026 seconds, 180.591 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 103 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his fourth pole and 20th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in six races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his 24th top-10 start of 2022 and his fourth in 16 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his 15th top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 16th in 31 races this season.
  • Harrison Burton (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Chase Elliott Grabs Thrilling Talladega Victory, Advances in NASCAR Playoffs

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).

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.046 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 15 Minutes 23 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 153.569
  • Cautions: 6 for 25 laps
  • Lead Changes: 57
  • Green Flag Passes: 10,035 (61.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • 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.
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Talladega, Alabama - October 2, 2022 : A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
4 10,000 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 188 116.70 16 1 45 15 1 0.64 0.45 10 5.3 2.50 62.95
2 10,400 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 188 101.20 19 2 42 17 3 1.92 1.35 31 16.5 7.75 68.10
1 6,600 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 188 70.40 29 3 41 26 8 5.13 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 70.60
6 8,700 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing 1 Chevrolet 188 118.20 6 4 40 2 4 2.56 1.80 36 19.2 9.00 52.80
11 10,800 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 188 87.10 3 5 39 -2 2 1.28 0.90 20 10.6 5.00 42.90
7 8,300 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 188 113.30 12 6 38 6 2 1.28 0.90 23 12.2 5.75 50.65
3 4,900 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 188 95.20 34 7 37 27 2 1.28 0.90 1 0.5 0.25 65.15
9 7,700 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 188 88.20 14 8 36 6 4 2.56 1.80 2 1.1 0.50 44.30
8 7,900 Austin Cindric Team Penske 2 Ford 188 70.70 17 9 35 8 5 3.21 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 45.25
17 7,100 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 188 72.20 5 10 34 -5 3 1.92 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 30.35
5 5,800 Landon Cassill Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 188 68.90 33 11 32 22 8 5.13 3.60 1 0.5 0.25 57.85
14 9,500 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 188 93.20 9 12 31 -3 7 4.49 3.15 1 0.5 0.25 31.40
12 7,200 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 188 58.20 20 13 30 7 8 5.13 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 40.60
18 6,900 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 188 99.90 4 14 29 -10 4 2.56 1.80 36 19.2 9.00 29.80
13 6,200 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 31 Chevrolet 188 69.80 21 15 28 6 3 1.92 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 35.35
10 8,900 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 45 Toyota 188 70.20 27 16 27 11 12 7.69 5.40 0 0.0 0.00 43.40
30 9,300 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 188 69.50 1 17 26 -16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
28 10,600 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 188 88.40 2 18 25 -16 2 1.28 0.90 8 4.3 2.00 11.90
23 5,600 Noah Gragson Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 188 81.30 7 19 24 -12 9 5.77 4.05 0 0.0 0.00 16.05
16 9,900 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 188 82.10 26 20 23 6 2 1.28 0.90 3 1.6 0.75 30.65
15 6,700 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 188 83.60 28 21 21 7 6 3.85 2.70 2 1.1 0.50 31.20
20 6,400 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 188 83.60 25 22 20 3 8 5.13 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 26.60
19 5,300 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 188 59.60 30 23 19 7 8 5.13 3.60 0 0.0 0.00 29.60
27 7,400 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing 6 Ford 188 54.70 18 24 18 -6 5 3.21 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 14.25
21 7,600 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 188 56.60 23 25 17 -2 4 2.56 1.80 1 0.5 0.25 17.05
25 9,700 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 188 43.90 22 26 16 -4 7 4.49 3.15 1 0.5 0.25 15.40
33 10,200 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 188 55.30 11 27 15 -16 7 4.49 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 2.15
34 9,100 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 187 60.10 8 28 14 -20 3 1.92 1.35 11 5.9 2.75 -1.90
31 8,100 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 187 64.90 24 29 13 -5 2 1.28 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 8.90
22 5,400 Justin Allgaier Beard Motorsports 62 Chevrolet 186 36.00 31 30 12 1 7 4.49 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 16.15
24 5,200 JJ Yeley Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford 184 35.60 36 31 10 5 2 1.28 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 15.90
26 4,800 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford 184 29.80 37 32 9 5 1 0.64 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 14.45
29 5,000 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford 182 27.50 35 33 8 2 3 1.92 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 11.35
35 5,500 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 180 61.20 13 34 7 -21 3 1.92 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -12.65
32 6,000 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 44 33.20 32 35 6 -3 0 0 0.00 1 2.3 0.25 3.25
36 5,100 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 23 31.00 15 36 5 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -16.00
37 6,300 Ty Gibbs 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 23 27.40 10 37 4 -27 1 0.64 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -22.55