Shane van Gisbergen finished 11th in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway for Trackhouse Racing in the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet Camaro.
The #88 Chevrolet Camaro wound up 11th, recovering from being a lap down.
Van Gisbergen spun entering the pit lane during Stage 2 after he hit a puddle, and in Stage 3 copped a speeding penalty that sent him to the back of the queue on the penultimate caution with 23 laps to go.
The penalty really put paid to van Gisbergen’s hopes of a win. The green flag flew with 17 laps to go, and van Gisbergen struggled to make any meaningful headway.
With two laps to go in the scheduled 188-lap contest, the caution came out for the final time when Chris Buescher in the #17 RFK Racing Ford Mustang spun off the nose of William Byron’s #24 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro.
That set up a green-white-chequered with Byron leading alongside his teammate Kyle Larson in the #5 Camaro.
During the caution, van Gisbergen lamented to his team about his inability to make any moves forward
“I’m trying to make it happen, but I’m getting dropped and making a couple of bad choices,” van Gisbergen reported over the radio.
Bubba Wallace, who restarted fourth with two to go, surged to the lead in the #23 23XI Racing Camry when the white flag flew just as Larson shot to the low line in front of Byron.
The decisive moment for Larson came on the back straight when he ran out of fuel and plummeted to the back of the pack.
Heading into the third turn, Wallace led Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe in the #19 Camry, who shot to the low line to take the lead.
Pushed by his teammate Ty Gibbs, Briscoe took the chequered flag while Byron spun off the nose of the #77 Spire Motorsports Camaro driven by Carson Hocevar.
“Ty Gibbs, incredible teammate there,” said Briscoe.
“I mean, I honestly would not have won that race without Ty. An amazing team effort. I can’t believe I won a superspeedway race. I haven’t done it at any level.
“Thank you guys so much. Every time we come to Talladega, this place is sold out. It’s not hit me. We’re going to Phoenix.”
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— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) October 19, 2025
Amid all that, van Gisbergen went from a possible seventh place finish to 11th as he got hung out to dry with no one pushing him entering the tri-oval.
Todd Gilliland fell just short of victory in the #34 Front Row Motorsports Mustang while Gibbs in the #54 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry was third. Wallace was fourth ahead of surprise performer Cole Custer in the #41 Haas Factory Racing Mustang.
The NASCAR Cup Series moves onto Martinsville on October 27 (AEDT) for the penultimate race of the season.
With victory, Briscoe has locked himself into the Championship 4 race at Phoenix. He and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin are the only two drivers who have booked their spot.
Christopher Bell (+37) and Kyle Larson (+36) are the two drivers above the elimination line. William Byron (-36), Joey Logano (-38), Ryan Blaney (-47), and Chase Elliott (-62) are all on the outside looking in.
Results: NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps/Diff
Gap
1
19
Chase Briscoe (P)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
193
2
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
0.145
0.145
3
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
0.162
0.017
4
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota
0.169
0.007
5
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Racing
Ford
0.279
0.11
6
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
0.284
0.005
7
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota
0.335
0.051
8
20
Christopher Bell (P)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
0.354
0.019
9
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
0.403
0.049
10
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford
0.449
0.046
11
88
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
0.479
0.03
12
99
Daniel Suarez
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
0.503
0.024
13
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet
0.507
0.004
14
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
0.533
0.026
15
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford
0.537
0.004
16
22
Joey Logano (P)
Team Penske
Ford
0.553
0.016
17
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
0.573
0.02
18
66
Casey Mears
Garage 66
Ford
0.622
0.049
19
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
0.756
0.134
20
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
0.794
0.038
21
62
Anthony Alfredo
Beard Motorsports
Chevrolet
0.907
0.113
22
33
Austin Hill
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
1.169
0.262
23
12
Ryan Blaney (P)
Team Penske
Ford
2.532
1.363
24
11
Denny Hamlin (P)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota
3.17
0.638
25
24
William Byron (P)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
3.849
0.679
26
5
Kyle Larson (P)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
32.233
28.384
27
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
2 laps
28
78
BJ McLeod
Live Fast Motorsports
Chevrolet
6 laps
4 laps
29
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
6 laps
30
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford
7 laps
1 lap
31
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Ford
28 laps
21 laps
32
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota
52 laps
24 laps
33
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
60 laps
8 laps
34
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford
116 laps
56 laps
35
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota
138 laps
22 laps
36
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
Ford
142 laps
4 laps
37
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet
142 laps
38
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsport
Chevrolet
142 laps
39
7
Justin Haley
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet
142 laps
40
9
Chase Elliott (P)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
142 laps
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