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NASCAR Cup Series race number 27 of 36
Sunday, September 6, 2026 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:03:05 Average speed: 123.741 mph Pole speed: no time trials	Cautions: 6 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 1.038 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 29
Green flag passes: 3,926 (12.2 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2026 NASCAR Cup Series results / 2026 standings

Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

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:
Christopher Bell	11	4	1	1	32	5	23	106	83	68	64.2	26	358	97.5	46	12.5	367	126.7
Ty Gibbs	28	13	2	2	28	10	28	126	98	49	38.9	14	312	85.0	0	0.0	367	97.8
Tyler Reddick	1	2	3	1	23	4	-2	83	85	49	59.0	27	364	99.2	74	20.2	367	126.6
Ryan Blaney	24	5	4	1	33	8	15	118	103	64	54.2	13	329	89.6	1	0.3	367	106.8
Kyle Larson	25	7	5	1	33	9	14	95	81	42	44.2	59	277	75.5	99	27.0	367	106.3
Chase Briscoe	7	3	6	1	25	7	23	141	118	65	46.1	15	330	89.9	30	8.2	367	111.7
Josh Berry	14	8	7	1	26	9	14	104	90	67	64.4	13	331	90.2	0	0.0	367	100.0
Bubba Wallace	17	1	8	1	22	6	0	94	94	55	58.5	13	364	99.2	38	10.4	367	110.5
Joey Logano	13	12	9	1	36	12	5	118	113	49	41.5	2	313	85.3	0	0.0	367	85.3
Ryan Preece	3	21	10	2	29	14	3	83	80	16	19.3	2	197	53.7	0	0.0	367	83.3
Carson Hocevar	34	15	11	1	34	15	25	130	105	45	34.6	2	210	57.2	2	0.5	367	77.2
Alex Bowman	10	16	12	5	32	14	-9	102	111	31	30.4	0	217	59.1	0	0.0	367	77.7
Austin Cindric	6	10	13	2	34	9	-21	100	121	50	50.0	7	354	96.5	0	0.0	367	93.9
Chase Elliott	18	11	14	1	24	12	13	128	115	67	52.3	7	317	86.4	1	0.3	367	82.4
Erik Jones	36	17	15	5	36	17	8	117	109	39	33.3	0	135	36.8	0	0.0	367	69.5
Todd Gilliland	21	19	16	1	31	19	11	124	113	26	21.0	2	73	19.9	5	1.4	367	64.0
Michael McDowell	5	14	17	2	27	14	-14	89	103	43	48.3	4	233	63.5	0	0.0	367	73.6
Denny Hamlin	4	6	18	1	30	10	6	77	71	40	51.9	39	231	62.9	68	18.5	367	97.9
Corey Heim	22	30	19	8	37	27	-12	105	117	5	4.8	5	5	1.4	0	0.0	367	52.8
Chris Buescher	35	26	20	12	36	24	1	115	114	5	4.3	1	26	7.1	0	0.0	367	55.1
Daniel Suarez	2	24	21	1	31	20	-15	132	147	25	18.9	3	52	14.2	2	0.5	367	65.2
A.J. Allmendinger	30	22	22	8	34	23	14	114	100	4	3.5	7	2	0.5	0	0.0	367	55.2
Brad Keselowski	12	28	23	2	37	21	-8	77	85	10	13.0	4	89	24.3	0	0.0	367	66.1
John H. Nemechek	19	29	24	6	33	24	-15	127	142	12	9.4	0	15	4.1	0	0.0	367	55.0
Zane Smith	33	18	25	5	36	23	23	130	107	12	9.2	0	13	3.5	0	0.0	367	60.7
Shane Van Gisbergen	26	34	26	1	37	32	-1	110	111	10	9.1	10	6	1.6	1	0.3	366	35.9
Ross Chastain	23	27	27	3	36	25	-16	161	177	10	6.2	5	5	1.4	0	0.0	366	46.9
Austin Hill	32	23	28	5	34	25	-4	123	127	14	11.4	0	10	2.7	0	0.0	366	45.5
Austin Dillon	9	25	29	9	38	28	-19	78	97	3	3.8	0	14	3.8	0	0.0	366	38.2
Riley Herbst	15	20	30	14	37	23	-12	107	119	8	7.5	1	7	1.9	0	0.0	366	54.6
Ty Dillon	27	33	31	22	37	32	-2	93	95	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	366	33.2
Noah Gragson	29	31	32	11	37	32	-5	91	96	5	5.5	0	2	0.5	0	0.0	366	37.3
Cole Custer	16	32	33	13	37	31	-27	114	141	3	2.6	30	1	0.3	0	0.0	366	40.3
Connor Zilisch	31	35	34	14	38	34	-3	59	62	0	0.0	0	1	0.3	0	0.0	365	32.5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	8	36	35	2	37	34	-30	67	97	6	9.0	0	24	6.6	0	0.0	363	35.2
Cody Ware	37	37	36	9	38	36	5	57	52	2	3.5	0	2	0.6	0	0.0	363	26.5
William Byron	20	9	37	4	35	14	10	105	95	47	44.8	5	286	89.7	0	0.0	319	83.8
Chad Finchum	38	38	38	26	38	38	0	26	26	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	243	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.