Record NASCAR crash sees 28 cars collide in chaotic chain reaction... before race miraculously resumes

The biggest clang astatine Talladega successful NASCAR Cup Series past unfolded in Alabama connected Sunday arsenic 28 cars were caught up successful a chaotic wreck.

Only a fistful of drivers survived the heap up astatine Talladega Superspeedway, which occurred with 5 laps to spell of the YellaWood 500, erstwhile contention person Austin Cindric was shoved by Brad Keselowski's Ford.

Keselowski had been tapped by Joey Logano and wrong moments a concatenation absorption near much than 2 twelve cars spinning disconnected the track.

The accident, the largest ever astatine Talladega successful Cup history, besides progressive title hopefuls Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick and Daniel Suarez.

Smoke billowed into the aerial arsenic cars continued to clang into 1 another, portion the fewer lone survivors sped distant from the debris and astir the corner. 

Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, and Denny Hamlin were the lone drivers to reportedly flight the collision, which led to a lengthy hold astatine Talladega.

After the contention yet restarted, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. edged retired Keselowksi to triumph the Cup Series' YellaWood 500 successful a photograph finish.

Following a lengthy red-flag period, Stenhouse led Keselowski connected the restart, but Keselowski pulled up successful Turn 3 connected the last lap.

However, William Byron's hard propulsion gave Stenhouse the momentum helium needed successful his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing car to bushed Keselowski by 0.006s for his 4th vocation triumph and archetypal since the 2023 Daytona 500.

Byron's third-place decorativeness precocious him to the Round of 8. Kyle Larson and Erik Jones rounded retired the apical five.

Reigning bid champ Ryan Blaney wrecked astatine the extremity of Stage 2 and finished 39th.

After being nudged by Bowman, Blaney's No 12 bounced disconnected Shane van Gisbergen connected the inside, angled close and headed nose-first into the frontstretch partition successful a hard crash.