The NASCAR Cup Series arrived at Talladega Superspeedway and the drama was through the roof. Between four-wide racing and a 28-car pileup that made NASCAR history, the playoffs were drastically impacted. Chris Buescher won Stage 1, while Austin Cindric won Stage 2; however, a non-playoff driver found his way to victory lane.
[autotag]Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[/autotag] won the 2024 YellaWood 500 at Talladega, earning his first win of the year. Stenhouse was able to use a late push in the final moments to beat Brad Keselowski by a margin of 0.006 seconds. It is the third-closest finish of the 2024 NASCAR season and the seventh-closest in the sport’s history in the Cup Series,
RICKY STENHOUSE JR. WINS AT TALLADEGA!
0.006 SECONDS! #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/uRXYhyA1eU
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 6, 2024
Stenhouse hadn’t entered victory lane since the 2023 Daytona 500, so this win was special for JTG Daugherty Racing. The driver of the No. 47 car was strong after the final pit stops and earned the victory. Stenhouse now has at least one win in two straight seasons.
NASCAR results from Talladega in October 2024:
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 24 William Byron (P)
- No. 5 Kyle Larson (P)
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 20 Christopher Bell (P)
- No. 7 Justin Haley
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin (P)
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 15 Cody Ware
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 16 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 48 Alex Bowman (P)
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 51 Correy LaJoie
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick (P)
- No. 71 Zane Smith
- No. 78 B.J. McLeod
- No. 38 Todd Gilliland
- No. 62 Anthony Alfredo
- No. 10 Noah Gragson
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez (P)
- No. 44 J.J. Yeley
- No. 13 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 9 Chase Elliott (P)
- No. 14 Chase Briscoe (P)
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 2 Austin Cindric (P)
- No. 22 Joey Logano (P)
- No. 21 Harrison Burton
- No. 41 Ryan Preece
- No. 4 Josh Berry
- No. 34 Michael McDowell
- No. 31 Daniel Hemric
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney (P)
- No. 1 Ross Chastain