The 2024 YellaWood 500 was finally done and dusted on Sunday, October 6. The fifth race of the NASCAR playoff season and the second race of the Round of 12 started at 2 pm and lasted for three hours, 26 minutes, and 25 seconds at the Talladega Superspeedway, with 40 entries.
The 2024 YellaWood 500 saw 66 lead changes among 24 drivers and four caution flags.
Who won the NASCAR race today?
Driving the #47 Chevrolet for JTG Daugherty Racing, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., a non-playoff driver, secured his first win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season in a thrilling three-wide photo finish at Talladega.
Stenhouse Jr., who failed to qualify for this year’s playoffs, held off the field in overtime and beat Brad Keselowski and William Byron to the finish line in yet another photo finish of the season. The #47 driver crossed the finish line by a close margin of 0.006 seconds ahead of Keselowski to take the checkered flag. This is the third close finish of the 2024 season.
In a race that saw a 28-car crash with five laps to go, Stenhouse Jr. led 19 of the 195 laps, including the all-important last one after a neck-to-neck battle with Keselowski and Byron. The win marked his first since winning last year’s Daytona 500, second at Talladega, and the fourth of his Cup Series career.
Meanwhile, Brad Keselowski finished runner-up, followed by William Byron, Kyle Larson, and Erik Jones in the top five. Christopher Bell, Justin Haley, Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace, and Denny Hamlin completed the top 10 in the YellaWood 500.
2024 YellaWood 500 Final Results
Here are the final results of the 2024 YellaWood 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway:
- #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- #6 - Brad Keselowski
- #24 - William Byron (P)
- #5 - Kyle Larson (P)
- #43 - Erik Jones
- #20 - Christopher Bell (P)
- #7 - Justin Haley
- #3 - Austin Dillon
- #23 - Bubba Wallace
- #11 - Denny Hamlin (P)
- #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
- #15 - Cody Ware
- #54 - Ty Gibbs
- #77 - Carson Hocevar (R)
- #16 - Shane van Gisbergen (i)
- #48 - Alex Bowman (P)
- #17 - Chris Buescher
- #51 - Corey LaJoie
- #8 - Kyle Busch
- #45 - Tyler Reddick (P)
- #71 - Zane Smith (R)
- #78 - B. J. McLeod (i)
- #38 - Todd Gilliland
- #62 - Anthony Alfredo (i)
- #10 - Noah Gragson
- #99 - Daniel Suárez (P)
- #44 - J. J. Yeley (i)
- #13 - A. J. Allmendinger (i)
- #9 - Chase Elliott (P)
- #14 - Chase Briscoe (P)
- #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
- #2 - Austin Cindric (P)
- #22 - Joey Logano (P)
- #21 - Harrison Burton
- #41 - Ryan Preece
- #4 - Josh Berry (R)
- #34 - Michael McDowell
- #31 - Daniel Hemric
- #12 - Ryan Blaney (P)
- #1 - Ross Chastain
Catch the NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway road course next Sunday, October 13.