EDITOR’S NOTE: Results have been updated after NASCAR disqualified the cars of Ryan Preece and Joey Logano.
Austin Cindric, who had been in position to win at Daytona and Atlanta until the final laps, scored his first victory of the season, winning Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
Cindric beat Ryan Preece by .022 seconds to score his first victory of the season and third of his career. NASCAR disqualified Preece’s car for failing post-race inspection and he was later credited with finishing 38th.
Kyle Larson, who won a stage, overcame a pit road speeding penalty to finish second for his best result at Talladega. William Byron placed third. Joey Logano finished fifth, giving him his first top five of the season. Logano’s car was disqualified for failing inspection after the race and credited with last in the 39-car field.
Byron remains the points leader, holding a 31-point lead on Larson heading into next weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Hendrick Motorsports placed all four of its cars in the top 10 Sunday, marking the second time it had done so at Talladega. Chase Elliott finished fifth and Alex Bowman was seventh to join Larson and Byron in the top 10.
There were 67 lead changes among 23 drivers. The race was slowed by four cautions for 22 laps.
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