2025 Jack Link's 500
Talladega Superspeedway · 2025 · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | Margin | RAF | LLF | Ldrs | W-Led | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Cindric | 7 | 39 | 0.056 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 188 | 500.1 |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down.
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 188 | 7 | running | 48 | |
| 2 | 25 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 3 | +0.056s | running | 54 |
| 3 | 16 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 10 | +0.080s | running | 43 |
| 4 | 27 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | +0.170s | running | 33 | |
| 5 | 30 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 1 | +0.220s | running | 39 |
| 6 | 28 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 3 | +0.227s | running | 38 |
| 7 | 18 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.249s | running | 30 | |
| 8 | 20 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 188 | 5 | +0.333s | running | 45 |
| 9 | 24 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 2 | +0.341s | running | 28 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.390s | running | 27 | |
| 11 | 14 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 10 | +0.415s | running | 27 |
| 12 | 35 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.423s | running | 33 | |
| 13 | 12 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 188 | 2 | +0.477s | running | 24 |
| 14 | 26 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 188 | +0.495s | running | 29 | |
| 15 | 17 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 20 | +0.527s | running | 22 |
| 16 | 15 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | +0.550s | running | 26 | |
| 17 | 10 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 32 | +0.647s | running | 20 |
| 18 | 34 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 188 | +1.255s | running | 19 | |
| 19 | 1 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | 5 | +1.439s | running | 22 |
| 20 | 32 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 11 | +2.071s | running | 17 |
| 21 | 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 7 | +5.613s | running | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 188 | +15.132s | running | 17 | |
| 23 | 21 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 1 | +29.959s | running | 15 |
| 24 | 19 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +41.749s | running | 18 | |
| 25 | 37 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +47.360s | running | 14 | |
| 26 | 8 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 188 | 12 | +50.802s | running | 14 |
| 27 | 2 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 3 | +50.927s | running | 10 |
| 28 | 31 | 62 | Anthony Alfredo | Beard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 19 | +57.738s | running | 0 |
| 29 | 36 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | +1 lap | running | 8 | |
| 30 | 29 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 187 | 1 | +1 lap | running | 7 |
| 31 | 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 186 | +2 laps | running | 9 | |
| 32 | 39 | 44 | J.J. Yeley | NY Racing Team | Chevrolet | 186 | 2 | +2 laps | running | 5 |
| 33 | 38 | 78 | B.J. McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 71 | +117 laps | overheating | 0 | |
| 34 | 6 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 51 | 2 | +137 laps | accident | 3 |
| 35 | 11 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 51 | +137 laps | accident | 2 | |
| 36 | 22 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 42 | +146 laps | accident | 1 | |
| 37 | 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 42 | +146 laps | accident | 1 | |
| 38 | 4 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 188 | 6 | +0.022s | running | 1 |
| 39 | 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 188 | 24 | +0.131s | running | 1 |
Lap leaders
| # | Driver | Led | Share | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Gibbs | 32 | 17.0% | P17 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 24 | 12.8% | P39 |
| 3 | Chase Briscoe | 20 | 10.6% | P15 |
| 4 | Anthony Alfredo | 19 | 10.1% | P28 |
| 5 | Josh Berry | 12 | 6.4% | P26 |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 11 | 5.9% | P20 |
| 7 | William Byron | 10 | 5.3% | P3 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 10 | 5.3% | P11 |
| 9 | Austin Cindric | 7 | 3.7% | P1 |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 3.7% | P21 |
| 11 | Ryan Preece | 6 | 3.2% | P38 |
| 12 | Bubba Wallace | 5 | 2.7% | P8 |
| 13 | Zane Smith | 5 | 2.7% | P19 |
| 14 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 1.6% | P2 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 3 | 1.6% | P6 |
| 16 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 1.6% | P27 |
| 17 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | 1.1% | P9 |
| 18 | Cole Custer | 2 | 1.1% | P13 |
| 19 | J.J. Yeley | 2 | 1.1% | P32 |
| 20 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 1.1% | P34 |
| 21 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 0.5% | P5 |
| 22 | Ty Dillon | 1 | 0.5% | P23 |
| 23 | John Hunter Nemechek | 1 | 0.5% | P30 |