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2026 Food City 500 entry list Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 8 of 36 Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps* on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:01:50 Average speed: 88.817 mph Pole speed: 127.064 mph Cautions: 9 for 72 laps Margin of victory: .055 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 12 Green flag passes: 2,266 (5.2 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2026 NASCAR Cup Series results   /   2026 standings

Entry list for this race: Nbr Driver Owner Car Crew Chief Sponsor 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Brandon McSwain Busch Light Fishing 2 2 Austin Cindric Roger Penske Ford Brian Wilson Menards / Tarkett 3 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Chevrolet Richard Boswell Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Long Beard XR 4 4 Noah Gragson Bob Jenkins Ford Grant Hutchens Long John Silver's 5 5 Kyle Larson Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Cliff Daniels HendrickCars.com 6 6 Brad Keselowski Jack Roush Ford Jeremy Bullins Consumer Cellular 7 7 Daniel Suarez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Ryan Sparks Nations Guard 8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Chevrolet James Pohlman Bank OZK 9 9 Chase Elliott Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Alan Gustafson NAPA Auto Parts 10 10 Ty Dillon Matt Kaulig Chevrolet Andrew Dickeson Ohio Logistics 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Toyota Chris Gayle National Debt Relief 12 12 Ryan Blaney Roger Penske Ford Jonathan Hassler Discount Tire 13 16 A.J. Allmendinger Matt Kaulig Chevrolet Trent Owens Grizzly Nicotine Pouches 14 17 Chris Buescher Jack Roush Ford Scott Graves Trimble 15 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Toyota James Small Lance 16 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Toyota Adam Stevens Rheem 17 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Ford Samuel Stanley Motorcraft/Quick Lane 18 22 Joey Logano Roger Penske Ford Paul Wolfe Shell-Pennzoil 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota Charles Denike WWE/Chumba Casino 20 24 William Byron Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Rudy Fugle Valvoline 21 34 Todd Gilliland Bob Jenkins Ford Chris Lawson Love's Travel Stops 22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota Davin Restivo Monster Energy Zero Sugar 23 38 Zane Smith Bob Jenkins Ford Ryan Bergenty Aaron's Rent to Own 24 41 Cole Custer Gene Haas Chevrolet Aaron Kramer HaasTooling.com 25 42 John H. Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota Travis Mack Dollar Tree 26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota Justin Alexander AdventHealth 27 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota Billy Scott Comparion Insurance 28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr HYAK Chevrolet Mike Kelley NOS Energy Drink 29 48 Alex Bowman Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Blake Harris Ally 30 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Chevrolet Billy Plourde Costa Oil 31 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Toyota Tyler Allen Monster Energy 32 60 Ryan Preece Jack Roush Ford Derrick Finley Kroger / Muscle Milk 33 66 Chad Finchum Carl Long Ford Carl Long Brian King Roofing 34 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Travis Peterson Delaware Life 35 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Luke Lambert Spectrum 36 88 Connor Zilisch Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Randall Burnett Roto-Rooter 37 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Stephen Doran WeatherTech Vehicles withdrawn from the event are highlighted in green.