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NASCAR Cup Series race number 10 of 36
Sunday, April 26, 2026 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:23:25 Average speed: 147.504 mph Pole speed: no time trials	Cautions: 6 for 30 laps Margin of victory: .114 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 52
Green flag passes: 9,557 (60.5 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:
Carson Hocevar	12	23	1	1	38	18	0	331	331	115	34.7	5	76	40.4	19	10.1	188	85.1
Chris Buescher	10	2	2	1	33	10	6	330	324	179	54.2	3	127	67.6	22	11.7	188	101.8
Alex Bowman	20	16	3	2	34	13	-7	353	360	156	44.2	1	120	63.8	0	0.0	188	86.1
Chase Elliott	8	25	4	3	38	17	-11	364	375	131	36.0	1	93	49.5	0	0.0	188	71.4
Zane Smith	30	33	5	4	38	22	-7	272	279	111	40.8	5	76	40.4	0	0.0	188	60.1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	22	15	6	1	40	17	16	310	294	158	51.0	4	97	51.6	2	1.1	188	75.5
Ross Chastain	24	10	7	1	24	9	17	307	290	239	77.9	1	162	86.2	22	11.7	188	107.0
Austin Cindric	13	35	8	3	35	22	-12	202	214	103	51.0	2	48	25.5	0	0.0	188	64.2
Noah Gragson	29	7	9	1	36	20	18	266	248	48	18.0	12	56	29.8	2	1.1	188	62.3
Kyle Busch	34	21	10	2	34	15	20	264	244	100	37.9	6	82	43.6	0	0.0	188	86.3
Todd Gilliland	19	8	11	2	40	14	-3	311	314	190	61.1	4	136	72.3	0	0.0	188	74.3
Daniel Suarez	16	20	12	1	33	20	14	302	288	73	24.2	5	28	14.9	0	0.0	188	74.2
Ty Dillon	35	31	13	8	39	24	4	144	140	48	33.3	7	37	19.7	0	0.0	188	58.5
Tyler Reddick	1	9	14	1	39	19	-2	297	299	114	38.4	4	79	42.0	2	1.1	188	67.5
Denny Hamlin	3	36	15	1	39	23	-33	87	120	44	50.6	9	41	21.8	28	14.9	188	78.8
A.J. Allmendinger	28	32	16	4	39	19	-15	243	258	63	25.9	6	71	37.8	0	0.0	188	61.5
Christopher Bell	14	14	17	1	34	12	-2	338	340	176	52.1	5	129	68.6	31	16.5	188	91.1
Ryan Preece	11	1	18	1	30	10	16	334	318	227	68.0	2	147	78.2	21	11.2	188	92.8
Austin Dillon	18	12	19	1	36	13	8	324	316	172	53.1	9	112	59.6	4	2.1	188	90.3
Shane Van Gisbergen	33	11	20	3	40	17	26	308	282	127	41.2	9	105	55.9	0	0.0	188	80.7
Cody Ware	36	24	21	1	37	13	-5	292	297	153	52.4	1	123	65.4	0	0.0	188	78.8
John H. Nemechek	23	30	22	1	35	17	-16	235	251	105	44.7	5	94	50.3	0	0.0	187	65.6
Erik Jones	21	13	23	2	30	14	5	360	355	177	49.2	6	107	57.2	0	0.0	187	74.2
Daniel Dye	40	39	24	9	40	30	-2	121	123	11	9.1	4	4	2.2	0	0.0	186	39.0
Riley Herbst	17	37	25	2	39	29	-18	162	180	4	2.5	2	3	1.6	0	0.0	186	35.9
Connor Zilisch	32	18	26	6	40	24	10	207	197	64	30.9	3	30	16.2	0	0.0	185	61.0
Jesse Love	37	26	27	8	37	26	12	168	156	17	10.1	5	19	10.3	0	0.0	185	36.2
Chad Finchum	38	38	28	1	40	28	4	99	95	43	43.4	5	39	21.4	8	4.4	182	60.7
Chase Briscoe	5	34	29	1	39	26	-23	73	96	38	52.1	3	40	22.2	3	1.7	180	72.9
Joey Gase	39	40	30	21	40	36	3	40	37	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	177	30.1
Brad Keselowski	6	3	31	1	34	22	-7	223	230	93	41.7	0	59	35.5	0	0.0	166	68.8
Michael McDowell	31	22	32	1	40	28	16	190	174	49	25.8	7	19	12.8	1	0.7	149	42.4
Josh Berry	26	6	33	3	37	23	23	214	191	79	36.9	0	61	49.2	0	0.0	124	68.2
Ty Gibbs	9	29	34	1	33	21	-19	170	189	102	60.0	1	66	54.1	17	13.9	122	63.9
William Byron	7	19	35	2	29	21	-12	230	242	103	44.8	1	73	61.3	0	0.0	119	69.0
Bubba Wallace	4	28	36	1	31	24	-27	198	225	72	36.4	1	55	48.2	3	2.6	114	61.2
Ryan Blaney	15	5	37	2	31	21	12	217	205	116	53.5	0	88	77.2	0	0.0	114	85.0
Cole Custer	27	17	38	3	38	30	13	226	213	62	27.4	4	23	20.2	0	0.0	114	50.1
Joey Logano	25	4	39	1	33	23	19	218	199	72	33.0	0	66	57.9	3	2.6	114	77.5
Kyle Larson	2	27	40	1	31	28	-11	227	238	72	31.7	2	29	25.4	0	0.0	114	52.0

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.