Overview
- Carson Hocevar, who broke through Sunday at Talladega, won his first NASCAR Cup Series race with a last-lap pass.
- A push from Alex Bowman helped Hocevar surge past Chris Buescher by 0.114 seconds at the finish.
- The move came after a restart with two laps to go in the Jack Link's 500, with Bowman third, Chase Elliott fourth, and Zane Smith fifth.
- A 26-car crash on Lap 115 in Stage 2 thinned the field, a common risk on draft-heavy superspeedways like Talladega.
- The victory gave Spire Motorsports its second Cup win and extended a season trend of first-time winners following Ty Gibbs’ Bristol breakthrough.