Top 5 Closest Finishes in NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series History at Talladega Superspeedway

#5: 1994 Diehard 500- 0.025s

Jimmy SoSpencerakes home the win in the 1994 Diehard 500

We kick off the list with the running of the 1994 Diehard 500. The race was run in the middle of the summer in July, as opposed to current times where it is run in late April or Early May. Buzz Aldrin gave the command to start engines this day.

The race was pretty quiet for Talladega standards as there were only 5 cautions for a total of 20 laps. There were also only 24 lead changes, which is also small for Talladega standards. The finish saw Jimmy Spencer hold off Bill Elliott to take home the victory. While the finish didn’t look all that impressive, it was actually closer than you’d think with the margin being 0.025 seconds, which places it at #5 on this list. This was Spencers second and final victory in the Cup series. His first victory came a few weeks prior in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, where he led only one lap, that being the final one.