| Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Make | Laps | Pts | Status | Laps Led |
| 1 | 11 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 188 | 57 | Running | 45 |
| 2 | 9 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 188 | 53 | Running | 7 |
| 3 | 30 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | Chevrolet | 188 | 34 | Running | - |
| 4 | 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 188 | 35 | Running | 37 |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | Chevrolet | 188 | 35 | Running | - |
| 6 | 14 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 188 | 36 | Running | - |
| 7 | 24 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 188 | 35 | Running | - |
| 8 | 29 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan(i) | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | Running | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 188 | 28 | Running | 27 |
| 10 | 22 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 188 | 30 | Running | 4 |
| 11 | 36 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Ford | 188 | 26 | Running | - |
| 12 | 16 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 188 | 31 | Running | - |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 188 | 24 | Running | 10 |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 188 | 37 | Running | - |
| 15 | 7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 188 | 29 | Running | 4 |
| 16 | 17 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 188 | 21 | Running | - |
| 17 | 13 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 188 | 30 | Running | 7 |
| 18 | 37 | 27 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 188 | 19 | Running | - |
| 19 | 27 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 188 | 18 | Running | 4 |
| 20 | 20 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 188 | 17 | Running | 11 |
| 21 | 25 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 188 | 28 | Running | - |
| 22 | 33 | 81 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Toyota | 187 | 0 | Accident | - |
| 23 | 15 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 187 | 14 | Accident | - |
| 24 | 10 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 187 | 17 | Accident | 1 |
| 25 | 6 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 187 | 15 | Accident | 16 |
| 26 | 34 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 27 | 35 | 96 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 186 | 0 | Running | - |
| 28 | 40 | 51 | Cody Ware | Ford | 184 | 9 | Running | - |
| 29 | 3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 182 | 8 | Running | - |
| 30 | 31 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 181 | 7 | Accident | - |
| 31 | 26 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 181 | 7 | Accident | 1 |
| 32 | 38 | 77 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | Accident | - |
| 33 | 21 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 178 | 4 | Running | - |
| 34 | 32 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | Running | - |
| 35 | 39 | 52 | Stanton Barrett | Chevrolet | 132 | 2 | Suspension | - |
| 36 | 23 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 80 | 1 | Accident | - |
| 37 | 18 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | Ford | 11 | 1 | Accident | - |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 11 | 1 | Accident | - |
| 39 | 28 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 10 | 1 | Accident | - |
| 40 | 12 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 10 | 1 | Accident | - |
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 5 Mins, 59 Secs.
Average Speed: 161.331 MPH
Margin of Victory: Under Caution
Stage 1 Top 10: 13, 88, 3, 9, 41, 6, 24, 17, 18, 95
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 88, 24, 12, 3, 1, 42, 8, 22, 18
Race Comments: Chase Elliott won the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, his fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: #6, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 51 (unapproved adjustments) and #62 (driver change). Race Recap
Caution Flags: 6 for 21 laps; Laps: 12-16 (#43, 11, 34, 4, 14, 36 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 57-60 (Stage 1 conclusion [10]); 112-116 (Stage 2 conclusion [81]); 133-136 (Debris on backstretch [27]); 183-184 (#10, 19, 37, 77, 95 Incident backstretch [Red flag 8:47] [38]); 188-188 (#17, 24, 42, 38, 81 Incident backstretch [None]).
Lead Changes: 37 among 15 drivers; A. Dillon 0; B. Keselowski 1-7; J. Logano 8; R. Blaney 9; J. Logano 10-13; *. Gaughan(i) 14; J. Logano 15-16; A. Almirola 17-30; J. Logano 31-32; A. Almirola 33; K. Larson 34; A. Almirola 35-46; M. Truex Jr 47-49; T. Dillon 50-56; C. Elliott 57-60; A. Bowman 61-67; B. Keselowski 68-70; J. Logano 71-73; R. Blaney 74-75; K. Busch 76; R. Blaney 77; R. Stenhouse Jr 78-90; K. Busch 91-92; R. Stenhouse Jr 93; C. Elliott 94-112; *. Gaughan(i) 113-114; C. Elliott 115-132; *. Gaughan(i) 133-134; E. Jones 135-138; J. Logano 139-143; M. Truex Jr 144-151; J. Logano 152-154; M. DiBenedetto 155; R. Chastain(i) 156-164; R. Stenhouse Jr 165-166; J. Logano 167-173; K. Busch 174; J. Logano 175-184; C. Elliott 185-188.
