NASCAR Cup Series

YellaWood 500 highlights: Ryan Blaney victorious at Talladega

Updated Oct. 1, 2023 5:29 p.m. ET

The NASCAR Cup Series' 10-race playoff schedule continued Sunday with the YellaWood 500, as Ryan Blaney came away with the win at the iconic Talladega Superspeedway — and we had you covered with all the action from start to finish!

NASCAR's top stars battled it out over three stages — two 60-lap stages, followed by a final 68 laps — around the 2.66-mile oval track in Alabama.

It was the second race of the round of 12. The 12-driver playoff field included William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell, Martin Truex Jr., Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson. Falling out of the top 12 after the first round was Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace — all of whom aimed to get back on track Sunday.

You can find a full list of winners so far this year, as well as the season's remaining schedule here.

Catch up on our live coverage below!

On the move

Ryan Preece jumped out to an early lead over Joey Logano, Austin Dillon and Byron.

With 25 laps to go in Stage 1, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was challenging Preece for the race lead.

Chaos!

A frantic Stage 1 concluded with Blaney out front, while contact at the end of the stage led to Chastain hitting the wall hard, which ultimately ended his race early.

Just like that, Chastain — who entered Talladega 12 points above the cut line — was out before the halfway mark.

No quit

The rest of the field continued to race hard as the second stage got underway.

Coming through!

A last-lap push propelled Keselowski to the Stage 2 victory.

Heating up

Elsewhere, a gas can caught fire in the middle of pit road, causing more chaos to unfold late in Sunday's race.

Teamwork!

Buescher and Hamlin worked together late the final stage to try and get Hamlin back on the lead lap.

Tough break

Several cars were involved in wreck late in Stage 3, including Keselowski, Dillon, Ty Gibbs and Carson Hocevar.

Hocevar got turned down into Dillon and Gibbs by Keselowski, who ended up going hard into the outside wall. Fresh off of winning Stage 2, Keselowski had his race cut short.

Repairs required

The red flag came out shortly after, as NASCAR worked on the barrier that Dillon and Gibbs hit.

Harvick makes a push

In the final stretch of the race, Harvick took the lead two separate times, fighting to hold onto the top spot in the last 10 laps.

YellaWood 500 victor!

Blaney was neck and neck with Harvick in the final lap and was able to pull ahead at the last moment to claim the victory at Talladega by a margin of a few inches.

PRE-RACE

Setting the stage

Ahead of the action, FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass broke down what and who to watch out for in Saturday's race.

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