MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE NASCAR CUP SERIES JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA
MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE NASCAR CUP SERIES JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA
Ford returns to victory lane with Austrin Cindric and Team Penske!
Photos by Derek Jackson and Fred Hanyon of Motorsport America
Austin Cindric held off Ryan Preece down the stretch to win the Jack Link’s 500 as the NASCAR Cup Series returned to Talladega Superspeedway.
The Fords of Cindric and Preece ran 1-2 side-by-side in front of the Chevrolets of William Byron and Kyle Larson with 17 laps to go. The pair raced tight but clean off Turn 4 for the final time, with Cindric’s No. 2 Team Penske car edging Preece’s No. 60 by 0.022 seconds for his third career win in his 125th start.
On the day’s final pit stop, Cindric’s crew turned in the quickest service on the No. 2 car, which gridded 25th as it hit pit road.
The victory was just Ford’s third in the past 10 Talladega events. Larson and Byron finished third and fourth, while Joey Logano ended up in fifth.
LEGENDARY RACETRACK!
U.S. ARMY BAND AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!USAF KC-135 STRATOTANKER DOES A FLY OVER THE LEGENDARY RACETRACK!PRE-RACE DRIVERS PARADE DOWN THE ALABAMA GANG SUPERSTRETCH!IT’S THE NASCAR SERIES PIT ROAD AS SEEN FROM HIGH ABOVE ON THE TALLADEGA TOWER!PACE LAP BEFORE GREEN FLAG RACING AT TALLADEGA! POLE SITTER ZANE SMITH AND P2 DRIVER KYLE BUSCH!
IT’S THE GREEN FLAG START OF THE JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!
LAP ONE DASH AS POLE SITTER ZANE SMITH AND JOEY LOGANO PULL AWAY FROM KYLE BUSCH!POLE SITTER ZANE SMITH HOLDING OFF JOEY LOGANO AND KYLE BUSCH EARLY IN THE RACE!CHASE ELLIOTT IN HIS 9 PRIME HENDRICK CHEVROLET!AUSTIN CINDRIC QUALIFIED P7 ON THE FOURTH ROW WITH A SPEED OF 181.432 MPH!THE No. 99 WENDY’S FROSTY CAR OF DANIEL SUAREZ!ON THE LAP No. 43 GREEN FLAG PIT STOP, SEVERAL GROUPS OF DRIVERS TOOK TO PIT ROAD. KYLE BUSCH DIDN’T SLOW IN TIME AND CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION WRECK THAT ENDED THE DAY OF DRIVERS RYAN BLANEY AND BRAD KESELOWSKI.KYLE BUSCH AND BRAD KESELOWSKI SHOWING DAMAGE WHEN SEVERAL GROUPS OF CARS PITTED TOGETHER ON THE LAP 43 GREEN FLAG PIT STOP. BUSCH SLOWED LATE, REAR ENDING KESELOWSKI WHO THEN SPUN RYAN BLANEY. BOTH BLANEY AND KESELOWSKI ARE DONE FOR THE DAY.LAP No. 53. IT’S OFFICIAL. BRAD KESELOWSKI IS DONE FOR THE DAY.NASCAR HAD TO CLEAN UP THE MESS CAUSED BY KYLE BUSCH ON LAP No. 43!KYLE LARSON HAS A MIRROR FULL OF RICKY STENHOUSE, JR AS LARSON TAKES THE STAGE ONE WIN!ANTHONY ALFREDO RACING WILLIAM BYRON ON THE SUPERSTRETCH!IT’S FOUR WIDE THROUGH THE TALLADEGA TRI-OVAL!IT’S FOUR WIDE OUT OF TURN TWO AT TALLADEGA!THE NASCAR CUP SERIES FIELD THROUGH THE UNITED RENTALS RESTART ZONE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!PIT ROAD REMAINS CLOSED DURING THE CAUTION, BUT CREWS REMAIN AT THE READY!CARSON HOCEVAR’S CREW UNIFORMS ARE HANDS-DOWN THE BEST IN NASCAR!JOSH BERRY GAS AND GO ON PIT ROAD WITH SUNOCO RACING FUEL!DRIVERS EXIT PIT ROAD IN THE JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!THE MOTOR RACING NETWORK HIGH ATOP THE SUNOCO RACING FUEL SIGN IN TURN TWO AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!ROSS CHASTAIN IS No. 1 IN THIS PHOTO!BUBBA WALLACE CLAIMED P1 IN THE STAGE TWO WIN, SEEN HERE BATTLING FELLOW TOYOTA DRIVER DENNY HAMLIN!WOOD BROTHERS RACING FANS WATCH THEIR FAVORITE DRIVER, JOSH BERRY, DRIVING THE No. 21 FORD FOR THE LEGENDARY RACE TEAM!KYLE BUSCH STARTED P2, BUT FINISHED P27 ON THE LEAD LAP!BUBBA WALLACE WAS STRONG ALL DAY, ENDING THE RACE WITH A P8 FINISH.MICHAEL MCDOWELL FINISHED JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP TEN IN P11 DRIVING HIS No. 71 GUNK CHEVROLET!IT’S TEAM HENDRICK THROUGH THE TRI-OVAL WITH LARSON, BOWMAN, ELLIOTT AND BYRON!ON LAP No. 113, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK SPINS COMING OFF PIT ROAD. THE FIELD STAYS GREEN!IT’S A GAS AND GO FOR COLE CUSTER AS HE FILLS UP WITH SUNOCO RACING FUEL!IT’S A CLEAN WINDSHEILD AND SUNOCO RACING FUEL ON THIS PIT STOP FOR KAULIG RACING’S A.J. ALLMENDINGER!DENNY HAMLIN’S PIT CREW IS ONE OF THE BEST IN NASCAR, AS HAMLIN HAS WON MANY A DASH OFF PIT ROAD!LAST LAP DASH BATTLE BETWEEN FORD DRIVERS AUSTIN CINDRIC AND RYAN PREECE! CINDRIC NIPPED PREECE AT THE LINE BY A MARGIN OF 0.022 SECONDS TO WIN THE 2025 JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!AUSTIN CINDRIC OF TEAM PENSKE CELEBRATES HIS FIRST WIN OF 2025!VICTORY LANE CONFETTI CANONS FOR AUSTIN CINDRIC AT TALLADEGA!TEAM PENSKE DRIVER AUSTIN CINDRIC, WINNER OF THE 2025 NASCAR JACK LINKS 500 AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY!FORD RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE WITH TEAM PENSKE AUSTIN CINDRIC!
