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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

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:
Ty Gibbs	5	7	1	1	19	8	1	68	67	63	92.6	35	455	90.1	25	5.0	505	114.6
Ryan Blaney	1	2	2	1	16	3	19	57	38	56	98.2	118	505	100.0	190	37.6	505	133.1
Kyle Larson	8	1	3	1	16	2	10	19	9	18	94.7	75	505	100.0	284	56.2	505	137.1
Tyler Reddick	2	12	4	1	34	12	20	102	82	70	68.6	16	415	82.2	0	0.0	505	95.3
Chase Briscoe	3	5	5	1	17	6	-10	33	43	33	100.0	22	505	100.0	0	0.0	505	111.1
Todd Gilliland	35	14	6	1	37	19	23	93	70	46	49.5	10	234	46.3	0	0.0	505	77.7
Joey Logano	20	8	7	1	26	10	6	109	103	91	83.5	2	368	72.9	0	0.0	505	93.9
Ryan Preece	17	16	8	2	27	15	19	103	84	45	43.7	15	241	47.7	0	0.0	505	83.6
Denny Hamlin	11	3	9	1	18	7	-1	70	71	70	100.0	19	503	99.6	0	0.0	505	100.8
Carson Hocevar	10	4	10	2	16	6	1	97	96	97	100.0	20	505	100.0	0	0.0	505	103.3
Bubba Wallace	12	9	11	3	20	9	2	59	57	59	100.0	5	502	99.4	0	0.0	505	95.4
Daniel Suarez	13	25	12	1	27	19	3	71	68	17	23.9	0	179	35.4	0	0.0	505	69.7
Chris Buescher	7	15	13	4	20	13	-7	82	89	62	75.6	6	398	78.8	0	0.0	505	83.4
Brad Keselowski	21	11	14	3	28	17	17	109	92	63	57.8	13	248	49.1	0	0.0	505	71.9
A.J. Allmendinger	22	20	15	5	24	17	5	115	110	36	31.3	8	163	32.3	0	0.0	505	72.2
Austin Cindric	9	10	16	2	21	12	-3	94	97	71	75.5	5	400	79.2	0	0.0	505	80.2
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	23	21	17	10	26	21	9	81	72	6	7.4	4	17	3.4	0	0.0	504	57.2
Austin Dillon	24	23	18	4	29	19	-2	97	99	3	3.1	0	37	7.3	0	0.0	504	58.5
Zane Smith	15	27	19	5	28	20	3	61	58	16	26.2	2	164	32.5	0	0.0	504	61.3
Ross Chastain	6	18	20	2	24	16	-19	70	89	23	32.9	6	195	38.7	0	0.0	504	71.2
Riley Herbst	4	26	21	2	28	17	-19	65	84	19	29.2	7	171	33.9	0	0.0	504	66.0
Chase Elliott	18	13	22	1	22	15	-31	96	127	57	59.4	2	258	51.2	6	1.2	504	67.8
Erik Jones	28	19	23	16	28	24	10	68	58	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	503	51.2
Michael McDowell	19	22	24	13	28	24	3	66	63	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	503	48.2
Kyle Busch	29	24	25	10	32	25	-3	65	68	0	0.0	1	3	0.6	0	0.0	503	46.9
Noah Gragson	16	17	26	7	26	18	-17	70	87	45	64.3	2	164	32.6	0	0.0	503	57.3
Christopher Bell	14	33	27	1	36	24	17	26	9	16	61.5	19	134	26.7	0	0.0	501	88.4
Cole Custer	30	31	28	25	35	30	-2	34	36	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	501	36.3
Ty Dillon	32	28	29	24	35	30	-7	19	26	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	501	32.8
William Byron	34	32	30	25	36	33	2	12	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	500	32.8
Cody Ware	36	30	31	30	36	32	-3	26	29	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	500	30.7
Josh Berry	25	6	32	1	32	15	-30	53	83	43	81.1	6	302	61.6	0	0.0	490	65.6
Connor Zilisch	26	29	33	1	33	29	-11	24	35	0	0.0	0	4	0.8	0	0.0	478	37.7
Shane Van Gisbergen	33	37	34	29	37	34	0	13	13	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	335	31.7
John H. Nemechek	31	36	35	28	37	34	5	20	15	0	0.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	324	35.5
Chad Finchum	37	34	36	24	37	36	3	6	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	241	23.8
Alex Bowman	27	35	37	27	34	34	-5	13	18	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	163	31.7

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.