Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Cindric and Preece were able to hold off several Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets behind them, not leaving either William Byron or Kyle Larson any room to draft around them in the final laps.

Austin Cindric outlasted Ryan Preece and the rest of the Cup Series field to seize the Talladega victory for his third career win.

LINCOLN, Ala. -- In yet another close finish at a track notorious for them, Austin Cindric edged out Ryan Preece in a photo finish to win the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Cindric, the 2022 Daytona 500 champion and one of the best superspeedway racers in NASCAR, earned his first Talladega win and the third win of his Cup career.