2025 YellaWood 500


The 2025 YellaWood 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 19, 2025, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 193 laps, extended from 188 laps due to an overtime finish, on the asphalt superspeedway, it was the 34th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.
Chase Briscoe won the race. Todd Gilliland finished 2nd, Gilliland's best career finish, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Bubba Wallace and Cole Custer rounded out the top five, and Carson Hocevar, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, Zane Smith, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes playoff driver. denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Qualifying

Michael McDowell scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.481 and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One
Laps: 60
Stage Two
Laps: 60

Final Stage results

Stage Three
Laps: 68

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 77 among 27 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 6 for 28
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 26 minutes, and 29 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

NBC covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Kyle Rickey and former championship winning crew chief Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field races through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the action from turn 1, Tim Catalfamo called the action for MRN when the field races down the back straightaway, and Chris Wilner called the race from the Sunoco tower just outside of turn 4. Steve Post, Jason Toy, Jacklyn Drake and PRN Radio's Brad Gillie called the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet1,236
2Toyota1,220
3Ford1,135

  • Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.