In the NASCAR races at Talladega, Joey Logano clinched his first stage win of the season in Stage 2 over Austin Cindric, marking his 40th career stage win, placing him fifth all-time. Austin Cindric secured a victory in Stage 1 by four thousandths of a second, his second of the season, narrowly defeating Chase Elliott. The races saw intense competition with no cars a lap down in the initial stages, indicating a tightly contested event. Key performers in the initial stages included Cindric, Elliott, and Kyle Larson, among others.
STAGE 2: 1-10: Logano, Cindric, Larson, Dillon, Chastain, Reddick, Buescher, Elliott, Preece, Gibbs 11-20: Stenhouse, Gragson, Busch, Bowman, Jones, Wallace, Suarez, Berry, Byron, Hemric
CAUTION 2 — Lap 121: Stage 2 end. Joey Logano wins it over Cindric, Larson, Dillon, Chastain, Reddick, Buescher, Elliott, Preece and Gibbs. #NASCAR
Logano wins second stage. Top-10: Logano Cindric Larson Dillon Chastain Reddick Buescher Elliott Preece Gibbs ... then Stenhouse Gragson Busch Bowman Jones Wallace Suarez Berry Byron Hemric Truex McDowell Keselowski Gilliland Hocevar SVG Haley Burton Nemechek Hamlin Ware Briscoe
Stage 2 Results - Cup Talladega 1-Logano 2-Cindric 3-Larson 4-ADillon 5-Chastain 6-Reddick 7-Buescher 8-Elliott 9-Preece 10-Gibbs #NASCAR
Logano takes the Stage 2 win. S2 results: 1. Logano, 10 points (1 playoff point) 2. Cindric, 9 3. Larson, 8 4. Dillon, 7 5. Chastain, 6 6. Reddick, 5 7. Buescher, 4 8. Elliott, 3 9. Preece, 2 10. Gibbs, 1 #NASCAR
Joey Logano wins Stage 2 over Austin Cindric. Both of the opening stages have been all green. 3. Larson 4. Dillon 5. Chastain 6. Reddick 7. Buescher 8. Elliott 9. Preece 10. Gibbs
Stage 2 winner: @joeylogano, his first stage win in 24 races and the 40th of his Cup Series career - fifth all time. #NASCAR | #GEICO500
Joey Logano wins Stage 2.
Stage 2 Joey Logano Austin Cindric Kyle Larson Austin Dillon Ross Chastain Tyler Reddick Chris Buescher Chase Elliott Ryan Preece Ty Gibbs Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Alex Bowman Erik Jones
Joey Logano wins Stage 2, his first stage victory of the season. #NASCAR
Joey Logano wins Stage 2. #NASCAR
Two laps to go in Stage 2. Penske cars of Logano and Cindric in control for now. #NASCAR
Three laps to go in Stage 2. #NASCAR
Joey Logano will pit this lap for two seconds of fuel. #NASCAR
10 to go in Stage 2. #NASCAR
Back to green, Lap 67 for start of Stage 2. #NASCAR
Stage 1 results: 1. @AustinCindric 2. @chaseelliott 3. @WilliamByron 4. @Blaney 5. @KyleBusch 6. @HBurtonRacing 7. @CBellRacing 8. @keselowski 9. @Alex_Bowman 10. @NoahGragson #NASCAR | #GEICO500
Clean and green for all 60 laps of Stage 1. Austin Cindric beats Chase Elliott to the line. 3. Byron 4. Blaney 5. Busch 6. Burton 7. Bell 8. Keselowski 9. Bowman 10. Gragson
STAGE 1: 1-10: Cindric, Elliott, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Burton, Bell, Keselowski, Reddick, Bowman 11-20: Wallace, Gragson, Gilliland, McDowell, Hocevar, Buescher, Gibbs, Chastain, Hemric, Jones
Stage 1: 1. @AustinCindric 2. @chaseelliott 3. @WilliamByron 4. @Blaney 5. @KyleBusch 6. @HBurtonRacing 7. @CBellRacing 8. @keselowski 9. @TylerReddick 10. @Alex_Bowman FREE PASS: @KyleLarsonRacin #nascar
Stage 1 comes to an end. Austin Cindric wins the Stage. S1 results 1. Cindric, 10 points (1 playoff point) 2. Elliott, 9 3. Byron, 8 4. Blaney, 7 5. Busch, 6 6. Burton, 5 7. Bell, 4 8. Keselowski, 3 9. Reddick, 2 10. Bowman, 1 #NASCAR
Stage 1 Results 1-Cindric 2-Elliott 3-Byron 4-Blaney 5-Busch 6-Burton 7-Bell 8-Keselowski 9-Reddick 10-Bowman #NASCAR
Clean and green for all 60 laps of Stage 1. Austin Cindric beats Chase Elliott to the line. 3. Byron 4. Blaney 5. Busch 6. Burton 7. Bell 8. Keselowski 9. Reddick 10. Bowman
Stage 1 winner: @AustinCindric by four thousandths of a second! Fourth career stage win in Cup for Cindric. Second of the season. #NASCAR | #GEICO500
CAUTION 1 — Lap 61: Stage 1 end. Austin Cindric wins it over Elliott, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Burton, Bell, Keselowski, Reddick and Bowman. #NASCAR
Stage 1 top-10 (Lap 60): Cindric elliott Byron Blaney Busch Burton Bell Keselowski Reddick Bowman ... Larson is free pass. Briscoe remains one lap down.
Austin Cindric wins Stage 1, his second stage victory of the season. #NASCAR
Austin Cindric wins Stage 1. #NASCAR
Two laps to go in Stage 1. #NASCAR
The field is now three-by-three. #NASCAR
Two laps to go. #NASCAR
Three laps to go. #NASCAR
Four laps to go. #NASCAR
Five laps to go, they’re trying to form a bottom line, but nothing substantial yet. #NASCAR
Five laps to go. #NASCAR
Six laps to go. Seven of the top 10 in the running order are looking for their first career win: Love, Kligerman, Creed, Williams, SVG, Alfredo, Retzlaff, Perkins. #NASCAR
Six laps to go. #NASCAR
Back to green with 41 laps to go. #NASCAR
Stage Two results from Talladega: P6: @CSmith_Racing P11: @Ryan_Truex P12: @TaylorGray17_ P14: @sheldoncreed #TeamToyota https://t.co/mroDpeJ5o5
Stage 2: 1. @_AustinHill 2. @jesselovejr1 3. @AJDinger 4. @RyanSiegRacing 5. @BrandonJonesRac 6. @CSmith_Racing 7. @pkligerman 8. @rileyherbst 9. @JebBurtonRacing 10. @ColeCuster FREE PASS: None (no cars a lap down). #nascar
Last lap in Stage 2. #NASCAR
Two laps to go in Stage 2. #NASCAR
Stage 1: 1. @jesselovejr1 2. @pkligerman 3. @_AustinHill 4. @CSmith_Racing 5. @AJDinger 6. @Ryan_Truex 7. @shanevg97 8. @BrandonJonesRac 9. @rileyherbst 10. @ColeCuster No Free Pass (No cars a lap down). #NASCAR
10 to go in Stage 1. #NASCAR
Xfinity qualifying results from @TALLADEGA 👇🏻 P6 - @Ryan_Truex P7 - @CSmith_Racing P10 - @sheldoncreed P13 - @TaylorGray17_ #TeamToyota https://t.co/Re6F5bbz4B