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NASCAR playoffs at Talladega results: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the YellaWood 500 in three-wide photo finish

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LINCOLN, Ala. -- In yet another contribution to the year of the photo finish in NASCAR, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. prevailed in a three-wide photo finish to win the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, beating both Brad Keselowski and William Byron to the line in an overtime finish. Stenhouse's margin of victory over Keselowski was 0.006, the third closest finish of the season.After they made it past a 28 car crash -- the largest in the modern history of NASCAR -- with five laps to go, overtime set up a duel between Stenhouse and Keselowski, with Stenhouse receiving drafting help from Byron and Keselowski getting drafting help from Kyle Larson. Keselowski was momentarily clear of Stenhouse on the final lap, but a push from Byron allowed Stenhouse to get alongside Keselowski again and drag race him to the finish line before Byron swung out to try and win the race himself. Stenhouse's win is the fourth of his Cup Series career, his second at Talladega, and his first since winning the Dayto...