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.

Cindric led 166 laps in half of the season’s first 10 races and was the top lap leader in this year’s Daytona 500 with 59. In Sunday’s Talladega race, he only led seven laps, and he exchanged the lead with Ryan Preece five times in the final six laps. Overall, there were 67 lead changes among 23 drivers at the 2.66-mile track.