NASCAR at Talladega 2017 Results: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Earns 1st Cup Win in OT

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off Jamie McMurray and Kyle Busch in a wild overtime finish at the Geico 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

It was Stenhouse's first Cup Series win.

Fox Sports NASCAR shared the exciting finish and momentous occasion for Stenhouse:

"We've been terrible for a long time," Stenhouse said after the race, per ESPN's Marty Smith. "So glad we parked it for my buddy Bryan Clauson. He was with me."

NASCAR shared the corresponding celebrations:

Drivers Darrell Wallace Jr. and Joey Logano tweeted their congratulations:

McMurray ultimately came in second, with Busch in third.

You can see the full results below:

POS	DRIVER	START	PTS
1	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1	49
2	Jamie McMurray	23	36
3	Kyle Busch	10	42
4	Aric Almirola	22	33
5	Kasey Kahne	19	35
6	Kurt Busch	15	35
7	Brad Keselowski	3	40
8	Jimmie Johnson	30	35
9	Paul Menard	9	32
10	David Ragan	29	27
11	Denny Hamlin	11	36
12	Kyle Larson	21	30
13	Ty Dillon	28	24
14	Clint Bowyer	17	23
15	Chris Buescher	34	22
16	Cole Whitt	38	21
17	Elliott Sadler	35	0
18	Matt DiBenedetto	26	19
19	Daniel Suarez	7	18
20	Gray Gaulding	37	17
21	Joey Gase	39	0
22	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2	15
23	Kevin Harvick	6	23
24	Matt Kenseth	4	13
25	Ryan Newman	20	12
26	Brendan Gaughan	32	0
27	Corey LaJoie	36	10
28	Jeffrey Earnhardt	40	9
29	Landon Cassill	25	8
30	Chase Elliott	8	7
31	AJ Allmendinger	27	6
32	Joey Logano	12	10
33	Erik Jones	14	7
34	Michael McDowell	24	3
35	Martin Truex Jr.	13	16
36	Austin Dillon	18	1
37	Trevor Bayne	5	7
38	Danica Patrick	31	4
39	Ryan Blaney	16	11
40	Reed Sorenson	33	1

While Stenhouse also won the pole coming into the race, he wasn't able to win either of the first two stages on Sunday.

Brad Keselowski won Stage 1 to earn the day's first playoff point:

Denny Hamlin, meanwhile, won Stage 2 and the second playoff point.

All's well that ends well for Stenhouse, however.

A relatively clean race was interrupted with just 20 laps to go, as AJ Allmendinger nudged Chase Elliott, sending Elliott sideways and toward the wall. The corresponding crash and pileup left at least 16 cars damaged, per NASCAR, with Austin Dillon, Trevor Bayne, Danica Patrick, Matt Kenseth, Logano, Keselowski, among others, getting caught in the aftermath.

You can see the whole incident below:

NASCAR provided Patrick's perspective on the crash:

A Ryan Newman crash with just three laps to go led to another caution and overtime at Talladega. That set up a breathless finish, with a number of drivers jockeying for position. It looked as though Busch might pull off the win, as he started overtime in the lead. A daring maneuver by McMurray to split two cars, however, gave him in an excellent chance to steal the win.

In the end, however, Stenhouse stole the lead from Busch and was able to just hold off McMurray to earn his first win.

The Cup Series heads to Kansas City next Saturday for the Go Bowling 400.