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NASCAR Cup Series race number 1 of 36
Sunday, February 15, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:23:56 Average speed: 147.107 mph Pole speed: 183.651 mph	Cautions: 5 for 32 laps Margin of victory: .308 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 65
Green flag passes: 15,158 (90.2 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2026 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2026 standings

Driver	Start	Mid Race	Finish	High Pos.	Low Pos.	Avg. Pos.	Pass Diff.	Green Flag Passes	Green Flag Times Passed	Quality Passes	Pct. Quality Passes	Fastest Lap	Top 15 Laps	Pct. Top 15 Laps	Laps Led	Pct. Laps Led	Total Laps	DRIVER RATING

Loop data for this race:
Tyler Reddick	26	27	1	1	38	18	12	486	474	202	41.6	3	83	41.5	1	0.5	200	81.7
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	16	34	2	1	41	29	-6	216	222	45	20.8	9	25	12.5	4	2.0	200	67.0
Joey Logano	3	25	3	1	34	16	-3	486	489	160	32.9	7	85	42.5	9	4.5	200	90.9
Chase Elliott	4	17	4	1	33	13	-23	474	497	328	69.2	2	144	72.0	2	1.0	200	94.9
Brad Keselowski	9	9	5	2	35	13	-33	483	516	360	74.5	2	141	70.5	0	0.0	200	91.1
Zane Smith	30	6	6	1	30	15	19	539	520	236	43.8	0	100	50.0	9	4.5	200	86.2
Chris Buescher	41	2	7	1	41	12	2	413	411	289	70.0	3	142	71.0	4	2.0	200	100.8
Riley Herbst	28	14	8	3	39	19	37	499	462	238	47.7	4	90	45.0	0	0.0	200	65.6
Josh Berry	14	20	9	1	39	17	-25	430	455	257	59.8	2	107	53.5	0	0.0	200	85.1
Bubba Wallace	27	13	10	1	35	12	-13	466	479	277	59.4	2	129	64.5	40	20.0	200	101.9
Noah Gragson	25	28	11	2	40	22	15	414	399	193	46.6	7	76	38.0	0	0.0	200	78.1
William Byron	39	18	12	1	40	23	57	471	414	93	19.7	6	43	21.5	0	0.0	200	75.5
Daniel Suarez	15	31	13	1	40	24	23	400	377	33	8.3	9	26	13.0	0	0.0	200	62.1
Ty Dillon	34	26	14	1	39	22	20	478	458	93	19.5	5	40	20.0	3	1.5	200	70.4
Kyle Busch	1	10	15	1	39	15	-10	465	475	200	43.0	4	105	52.5	19	9.5	200	74.6
Kyle Larson	8	7	16	1	31	17	27	498	471	224	45.0	2	95	47.5	7	3.5	200	74.5
Cody Ware	33	35	17	1	39	24	5	350	345	163	46.6	3	58	29.0	2	1.0	200	51.0
Carson Hocevar	6	33	18	1	40	25	6	231	225	55	23.8	4	40	20.0	1	0.5	200	59.4
A.J. Allmendinger	35	32	19	1	40	27	-15	327	342	4	1.2	12	3	1.5	1	0.5	200	54.0
Ross Chastain	37	1	20	1	37	15	21	551	530	321	58.3	5	121	60.5	12	6.0	200	87.1
Erik Jones	24	29	21	2	35	22	-22	401	423	72	18.0	7	26	13.0	0	0.0	200	57.3
Michael McDowell	10	21	22	1	37	23	9	275	266	51	18.5	5	44	22.0	10	5.0	200	50.6
Ty Gibbs	20	16	23	2	35	18	31	445	414	162	36.4	7	79	39.5	0	0.0	200	71.6
Cole Custer	23	15	24	1	39	19	-47	383	430	224	58.5	4	95	47.5	0	0.0	200	59.4
Ryan Preece	19	30	25	3	38	23	-16	360	376	178	49.4	7	67	33.5	0	0.0	200	63.1
John H. Nemechek	11	19	26	1	38	18	3	424	421	164	38.7	2	81	40.7	19	9.5	199	58.3
Ryan Blaney	5	5	27	1	31	15	13	484	471	167	34.5	2	87	43.7	2	1.0	199	73.6
Corey Heim	29	12	28	1	38	17	-17	508	525	251	49.4	4	96	48.2	8	4.0	199	73.8
Jimmie Johnson	31	36	29	5	40	30	-37	218	255	88	40.4	2	32	16.1	0	0.0	199	39.2
Shane Van Gisbergen	13	3	30	1	32	19	6	290	284	193	66.6	4	87	43.7	3	1.5	199	82.1
Denny Hamlin	22	8	31	1	31	12	-8	450	458	350	77.8	2	156	78.8	3	1.5	198	78.4
Casey Mears	17	37	32	15	40	37	-34	7	41	2	28.6	3	1	0.5	0	0.0	195	30.3
Connor Zilisch	32	38	33	1	40	29	18	281	263	79	28.1	0	19	9.7	0	0.0	195	46.7
Austin Cindric	36	4	34	1	36	22	7	268	261	127	47.4	1	69	35.8	5	2.6	193	60.2
Christopher Bell	12	23	35	1	30	14	-44	512	556	309	60.4	3	124	64.9	9	4.7	191	70.3
Chase Briscoe	2	39	36	1	39	24	-9	121	130	97	80.2	10	78	41.5	23	12.2	188	82.5
Austin Dillon	7	40	37	2	40	28	2	192	190	127	66.1	1	64	46.7	0	0.0	137	62.7
Justin Allgaier	40	11	38	1	40	24	54	309	255	170	55.0	2	64	52.0	3	2.4	123	75.5
Todd Gilliland	18	22	39	1	35	26	18	287	269	114	39.7	1	49	39.8	1	0.8	123	70.8
Alex Bowman	21	24	40	3	36	29	27	248	221	66	26.6	3	29	23.6	0	0.0	123	57.8
B.J. McLeod	38	41	41	23	38	41	12	18	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	23.2

Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position.Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers.

Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.