2025 Jack Link's 500

2025 Jack Link's 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 10 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
2025 Jack Link's 500 official program
Date	April 27, 2025 (2025-04-27)
Location	Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.66 miles (4.28 km)
Distance	188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.64 km)
Average speed	157.203 miles per hour (252.994 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
Time	52.565
Most laps led
Driver	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	32
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports
Time	47.900
Winner
No. 2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Nielsen ratings	4.041 million
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2), Dan Hubbard (Backstretch), and Tim Catafalmo (3 & 4)

The 2025 Jack Link's 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 27, 2025, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Austin Cindric won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and William Byron finished 3rd. Noah Gragson and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five, and Carson Hocevar, Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace, Daniel Suárez, and Austin Dillon rounded out the top ten. Ryan Preece and Joey Logano originally finished second and fifth, respectively, but were disqualified for spoiler violations.

Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Zane Smith scored the pole for the race with a time of 52.565 and a speed of 182.174 mph (293.181 km/h).^[7]

Stage One Laps: 60

Stage Two Laps: 60

Stage Three Laps: 68

• Lead changes: 65 among 23 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 22
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 10 minutes and 52 seconds
• Average speed: 157.203 miles per hour (252.994 km/h)
• Margin of victory: 0.022 seconds

Fox Sports covered their 25th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and 2010 spring Talladega winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, and Josh Sims handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, & former championship winning crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Lead Turn Announcer for MRN Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Dan Hubbard called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch and Tim Catafalmo called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. MRN Lead Pit Reporter Steve Post, Jason Toy, Alan Cavanna & Jacklyn Drake worked pit road for the radio side for MRN.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 389 2 2 Kyle Larson 358 (–31) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 337 (–52) 1 4 Chase Elliott 317 (–72) 2 5 Christopher Bell 307 (–82) 1 6 Tyler Reddick 303 (–86) 1 7 Bubba Wallace 296 (–93) 2 8 Ryan Blaney 276 (–113) 1 9 Alex Bowman 274 (–115) 1 10 Ross Chastain 246 (–143) 2 11 Joey Logano 246 (–143) 1 12 Chase Briscoe 235 (–154) 1 13 Chris Buescher 230 (–159) 8 14 Austin Cindric 219 (–170) 1 15 A. J. Allmendinger 216 (–173) 1 16 Kyle Busch 210 (–179) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Chevrolet 362 1 2 Toyota 358 (–4) 3 Ford 331 (–31) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.