Bubba Wallace becomes first 黒人／ボイコット driver to 勝利，勝つ NASCAR race since 1963
Bubba Wallace got his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series victory when he cashed in on a 暴風雨 that ended Monday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway after 117 of a scheduled 188 （競技場の）トラック一周s.
Wallace took the lead on （競技場の）トラック一周 113. A 衝突，墜落 brought out a 警告を与える three （競技場の）トラック一周s later. During the 警告を与える hard rain began to 落ちる and the cars were brought to 炭坑，オーケストラ席 road as the red 旗 waved.
At about 3:30 p.m. CT, 公式の／役人s 宣言するd the race 公式の／役人 because of the wet 跡をつける and 前進するing 不明瞭 on a 跡をつける without lights as Wallace became the first African American to 勝利，勝つ a race in NASCAR's 首相 series since Wendell Scott did it in 1963.
He won in a car owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and 現在の Cup driver Denny Hamlin.
Brad Keselowski was the 最高の，を越す プレーオフs driver as he finished second, .258 seconds behind Wallace.
His Team Penske チーム仲間, Joey Logano who is also still in the プレーオフs, was third.
Fourth was 非，不，無-プレーオフs driver Kurt Busch.
一連の会議、交渉／完成するing out the 最高の，を越す five was 競争相手 Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing.
Up next on the schedule is the プレーオフs cutoff race on Sunday at the Charlotte モーター Speedway 内野 road course.
Below the cutoff line as Cup 長，率いるs to North Carolina are Kevin Harvick (eight points behind eighth place) Christopher Bell (27 points), William Byron (43 points) and Alex Bowman (51 points).
Several プレーオフs drivers -- Bowman, ツバメ Truex, Jr. and Kyle Busch -- got caught up in a big 難破させる on （競技場の）トラック一周 98 of the 188-lapper. Bowman, who was spun from behind by Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and who went nose-first into the 塀で囲む, was knocked out of the race and will likely need to 勝利，勝つ next 週末 to remain in the プレーオフs. Busch and Truex needed 修理s to their cars but were able to stay on the lead （競技場の）トラック一周.
"I had a 急速な／放蕩な car, we were 主要な there," Bowman said. "That's just superspeedway racing.
"We'll go on and try to 勝利，勝つ at the ROVAL (the Charlotte モーター Speedway's 内野 oval, the final event in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 12)."
Eighteen （競技場の）トラック一周s later, Bowman's Hendrick Motorsports チーム仲間, William Byron 衝突，墜落d out of the race when he was 伴う／関わるd in another multi-car 難破させる. He, too, will likely need to 勝利，勝つ next week to 前進する to the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 8.
"We'll go to the ROVAL and try to 勝利，勝つ that won and 前進する that way," Byron said.
A third Hendrick driver, Kyle Larson, was comfortably 巡航するing through the プレーオフs but trouble struck Monday thanks to a slip-up by Byron. On （競技場の）トラック一周 56, Byron clipped and spun Justin Allgaier. Allgaier's car then rammed Larson, 原因（となる）ing major 損失 to the latter's car.
Larson, who has won a series-best six races in 2021 and who was sitting 頂上に the points standings, kept going but with a car knocked out of alignment. That problem 原因（となる）d more problems as he blew a tire after leaving the 炭坑，オーケストラ席s.
Larson finished 37th, four （競技場の）トラック一周s 負かす／撃墜する. He 長，率いるs to Charlotte 22 points above the cutline.
The race was 初めは scheduled to be run on Sunday afternoon. But intermittent にわか雨s 疫病／悩ますd the 跡をつける all morning. At about 2:45 p.m. CT, the cars took to the 跡をつける for warmup （競技場の）トラック一周s. But with one warmup to go, 強い雨 struck the 前線 stretch.
--Field Level マスコミ
