2023 NASCAR Cup Talladega race results

Bubba Wallace led the way on the start of the final lap in second overtime but Ryan Blaney was closing fast to challenge for the lead. Wallace moved his No. 23 Toyota high, low to block and finally on the third attempt got hit by Blaney to trigger a multi-car wreck, which ended the race under caution.

Busch, who had lined up third to start the second overtime, was ahead of Blaney when the caution was displayed and declared the winner.

Busch led just three laps, including the last one. Blaney finished second and Chris Buescher third.

The race was slowed by eight cautions, including two stage breaks. There were 21 different race leaders and 57 lead changes.

Chase Elliott, who finished 12th, earned the Stage 1 win. Aric Almirola, who finished 20th, narrowly beat Elliott for the Stage 2 victory.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led
1	8	Kyle Busch		Chevrolet	196	3:33'25.561			3
2	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	196	3:33'26.727	1.166	1.166	47
3	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	196	3:33'28.510	2.949	1.783
4	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	196	3:33'29.839	4.278	1.329	1
5	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	196	3:33'29.839	4.278	0.000	2
6	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	196	3:33'29.840	4.279	0.001	3
7	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	196	3:33'29.955	4.394	0.115	1
8	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	196	3:33'30.094	4.533	0.139
9	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.094	4.533	0.000	5
10	36	Todd Gilliland		Ford	196	3:33'30.095	4.534	0.001
11	51	J.J. Yeley		Ford	196	3:33'30.097	4.536	0.002
12	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.098	4.537	0.001	18
13	45	Tyler Reddick		Toyota	196	3:33'30.419	4.858	0.321
14	48	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.595	5.034	0.176	8
15	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	196	3:33'30.620	5.059	0.025	7
16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.705	5.144	0.085
17	77	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.716	5.155	0.011
18	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	196	3:33'30.982	5.421	0.266
19	78	B.J. McLeod		Chevrolet	196	3:33'32.331	6.770	1.349	1
20	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	196	3:33'32.332	6.771	0.001	11
21	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	196	3:33'32.333	6.772	0.001	11
22	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	196	3:33'38.798	13.237	6.465	3
23	62	Austin Hill		Chevrolet	196	3:33'39.013	13.452	0.215
24	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	196	3:33'43.679	18.118	4.666
25	15	Riley Herbst		Ford	196	3:33'46.626	21.065	2.947
26	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	196	3:36'35.811	3'10.250	2'49.185
27	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	196	3:36'38.874	3'13.313	3.063	19
28	23	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	195	3:32'23.684	1 Lap	1 Lap	35
29	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	195	3:32'23.935	1 Lap	0.251
30	22	Joey Logano		Ford	195	3:33'42.479	1 Lap	1'18.544	3
31	54	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	194	3:31'32.352	2 Laps	1 Lap	4
32	42	Noah Gragson		Chevrolet	189	3:21'13.627	7 Laps	5 Laps	1
33	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	189	3:21'13.796	7 Laps	0.169
34	41	Ryan Preece		Ford	189	3:21'14.675	7 Laps	0.879	2
35	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	189	3:32'35.893	7 Laps	11'21.218
36	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	183	3:08'56.440	13 Laps	6 Laps	11
37	38	Zane Smith		Ford	141	2:26'51.819	55 Laps	42 Laps
38	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	141	2:26'52.138	55 Laps	0.319