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NASCAR Cup Series race number 4 of 36
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ
312 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (312.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:32:12 Average speed: 88.219 mph Pole speed: 135.537 mph	Cautions: 12 for 86 laps Margin of victory: .399 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 23
Green flag passes: 3,112 (13.8 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:
Ryan Blaney	5	17	1	1	32	7	50	102	52	59	57.8	38	260	83.3	28	9.0	312	120.7
Christopher Bell	12	1	2	1	13	3	23	41	18	37	90.2	119	312	100.0	176	56.4	312	139.5
Kyle Larson	2	13	3	2	26	11	2	68	66	46	67.6	1	242	77.6	0	0.0	312	95.1
Ty Gibbs	14	4	4	1	19	6	2	51	49	50	98.0	9	310	99.4	12	3.8	312	103.6
Denny Hamlin	11	3	5	1	16	6	15	64	49	57	89.1	10	311	99.7	5	1.6	312	112.4
Bubba Wallace	28	12	6	2	29	12	34	96	62	60	62.5	1	211	67.6	0	0.0	312	90.8
William Byron	9	8	7	1	33	10	11	89	78	57	64.0	1	271	86.9	1	0.3	312	95.8
Tyler Reddick	8	5	8	3	17	6	8	67	59	63	94.0	8	311	99.7	0	0.0	312	109.0
Michael McDowell	16	11	9	2	33	15	-13	77	90	38	49.4	0	175	56.1	0	0.0	312	81.3
Erik Jones	32	24	10	10	34	24	18	132	114	15	11.4	0	49	15.7	0	0.0	312	62.8
Shane Van Gisbergen	18	33	11	3	36	21	24	118	94	19	16.1	1	107	34.3	0	0.0	312	75.4
Todd Gilliland	30	26	12	3	31	18	28	154	126	34	22.1	0	82	26.3	0	0.0	312	70.0
Ryan Preece	13	14	13	1	34	18	-18	103	121	38	36.9	0	174	55.8	4	1.3	312	73.3
Chris Buescher	17	9	14	3	30	13	-7	49	56	22	44.9	0	209	67.0	0	0.0	312	81.7
Brad Keselowski	37	16	15	1	37	24	-10	149	159	10	6.7	0	18	5.8	0	0.0	312	54.8
Austin Dillon	25	10	16	8	27	17	7	123	116	56	45.5	0	137	43.9	0	0.0	312	71.2
Kyle Busch	29	36	17	10	37	31	-5	83	88	8	9.6	0	14	4.5	0	0.0	312	44.3
Riley Herbst	22	25	18	11	33	22	-9	104	113	13	12.5	0	42	13.5	0	0.0	312	53.5
A.J. Allmendinger	23	20	19	3	26	18	-9	116	125	21	18.1	0	78	25.0	0	0.0	312	59.8
Carson Hocevar	7	6	20	2	31	13	1	77	76	47	61.0	0	236	75.6	0	0.0	312	74.7
Austin Hill	27	31	21	21	37	30	-19	89	108	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	312	39.5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	21	29	22	18	37	26	-12	122	134	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	312	44.5
Chase Elliott	26	19	23	2	31	20	-29	98	127	23	23.5	0	58	18.6	0	0.0	312	54.5
Cody Ware	34	32	24	4	37	32	-17	43	60	0	0.0	0	8	2.6	0	0.0	312	34.5
John H. Nemechek	15	18	25	9	26	18	-7	84	91	19	22.6	0	42	13.5	0	0.0	312	62.0
Ty Dillon	33	22	26	11	35	24	9	148	139	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	311	42.7
Zane Smith	24	21	27	12	37	25	-2	100	102	15	15.0	4	28	9.5	0	0.0	294	52.7
Ross Chastain	6	15	28	2	32	19	14	71	57	36	50.7	4	171	59.8	0	0.0	286	75.4
Connor Zilisch	19	27	29	3	37	27	-2	102	104	0	0.0	0	3	1.1	0	0.0	281	39.2
Daniel Suarez	4	23	30	4	31	21	-25	87	112	17	19.5	2	76	29.9	0	0.0	254	55.2
Joey Logano	1	2	31	1	17	8	-9	21	30	19	90.5	13	252	99.6	73	28.9	253	107.5
Josh Berry	10	30	32	1	32	20	-27	66	93	30	45.5	0	137	54.2	13	5.1	253	55.5
Anthony Alfredo	31	28	33	7	37	29	-28	61	89	3	4.9	0	11	5.1	0	0.0	217	33.3
Austin Cindric	3	7	34	2	19	15	6	31	25	29	93.5	2	216	100.0	0	0.0	216	85.7
Cole Custer	36	35	35	27	36	34	0	44	44	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	159	25.8
Noah Gragson	35	34	36	26	36	34	0	51	51	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	155	25.5
Chase Briscoe	20	37	37	3	20	25	9	31	22	26	83.9	0	129	98.5	0	0.0	131	60.2

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.