RICK WARE RACING
YellaWood 500
Date: Oct. 6, 2024
Event: YellaWood 500 (Round 31 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval)
Format: 188 laps, broken into three stages (60 laps/60 laps/68 laps)
Note: Race extended seven laps past its scheduled 188-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.
Race Winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of JTG Daugherty Racing (Chevrolet)
Stage 1 Winner: Chris Buescher of RFK Racing (Ford)
Stage 2 Winner: Austin Cindric of Team Penske (Ford)
RWR Race Finish:
● Cody Ware (Started 24th, Finished 12th / Running, completed 195 of 195 laps)
● Corey LaJoie (Started 28th, Finished 18th / Running, completed 195 of 195 laps)
RWR Points:
● Corey LaJoie (29th with 456 points)
● Cody Ware (36th with 130 points)
RWR Notes:
● Ware’s 12th-place result is his best finish in nine NASCAR Cup Series starts at Talladega.
● Ware’s finish is his second-best of the season. His best was a fourth-place result in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Aug. 24.
● Ware led one time for one lap.
● LaJoie earned his 13th top-20 of the season and seventh top-20 in 13 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Talladega. His best finish remains fourth, earned in October 2023.
● LaJoie led one time for five laps.
● This is the first time in 2024 that both RWR cars led laps during a race.
Race Notes:
● Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the YellaWood 500 to score his fourth career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his second at Talladega. His margin of victory over second-place Brad Keselowski was .006 of a second.
● There were four caution periods for a total of 24 laps.
● Only 22 of the 40 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
Sound Bites:
“I feel pretty good about how our day went. We led some laps, had both cars up front, and came out with a decent finish. The No. 15 team has done well on the speedways this year and I’m really glad we were able to keep that going and have a good showing for Arby’s in our first race with them.” – Cody Ware, driver of the No. 15 Arby’s Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday, Oct. 13 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. The race begins at 2:00 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
