NASCAR Cup Series: Chase Elliott vence em Talladega

Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports/ Chevrolet) venceu a YellaWood 500, no Talladega Superspeedway, 31 ª etapa da NASCAR Cup Series, quinta dos Playoffs e segunda do Round of 12. Foi a sua quinta vitória no ano, e 18ª na categoria. Ryan Blaney (Team Penske/ Ford) e Michael McDowell (Front Row Motorsports/Ford) completaram os tres primeiros.

Faltando sete voltas para o final Daniel Hemric (Kaulig Racing/Chevrolet) ficou parado na pista, acionando a bandeira amarela. Na relargada aproveitou um empurrão de Erik Jones (Petty GMS Motorsports/Chevrolet) para superar Blaney na última volta.
Vencendo com 0s046 de vantagem sobre Blaney. McDowell foi o terceiro.
Com a vitória Elliott garantiu a sua vaga para a próxima fase dos Playoffs.

Ross Chastain (Trackhouse Racing Team/Chevrolet) terminou em quarto, seguido por Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota).

A próxima etapa acontece no Roval do Charlotte Speedway, no dia 09/10.

Final:

1 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 voltas
2 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 188
3 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 188
4 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 188
5 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188
6 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 188
7 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 188
8 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 188
9 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 188
10 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 188
11 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 188
12 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188
13 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 188
14 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 188
15 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 188
16 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 188
17 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188
18 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188
19 Noah Gragson (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188
20 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188
21 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 188
22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 188
23 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 188
24 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 188
25 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 188
26 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188
27 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 188
28 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 187
29 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 187
30 Justin Allgaier (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 186
31 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 184
32 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 184
33 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 182
34 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 179
35 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 44
36 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 23
37 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 23