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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

Practice 1 results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeDiffSpeed# LapsBest Lap
1Austin Cindric2Ford48.025     187.402   133
2Ross Chastain1Chevrolet48.146   0.121   186.931   64
3Corey LaJoie99Ford48.253   0.228   186.517   117
4Bubba Wallace23Toyota48.262   0.237   186.482   85
5Daniel Suarez7Chevrolet48.494   0.469   185.590   83
6Alex Bowman48Chevrolet48.522   0.497   185.483   44
7Erik Jones43Toyota48.585   0.560   185.242   1414
8Corey Heim67Toyota48.599   0.574   185.189   82
9Kyle Larson5Chevrolet48.679   0.654   184.885   77
10Jimmie Johnson84Toyota48.688   0.663   184.850   204
11John H. Nemechek42Toyota48.737   0.712   184.665   1616
12Kyle Busch8Chevrolet48.775   0.750   184.521   55
13Chase Briscoe19Toyota48.815   0.790   184.370   1716
14Austin Dillon3Chevrolet48.870   0.845   184.162   66
15Riley Herbst35Toyota48.877   0.852   184.136   95
16Ty Dillon10Chevrolet48.890   0.865   184.087   99
17Connor Zilisch88Chevrolet48.937   0.912   183.910   104
18Chris Buescher17Ford48.954   0.929   183.846   72
19Justin Allgaier40Chevrolet48.990   0.965   183.711   76
20Chase Elliott9Chevrolet48.994   0.969   183.696   55
21Josh Berry21Ford48.996   0.971   183.688   51
22Ricky Stenhouse Jr47Chevrolet48.998   0.973   183.681   55
23Denny Hamlin11Toyota49.005   0.980   183.655   87
24Ryan Preece60Ford49.007   0.982   183.647   73
25Cole Custer41Chevrolet49.035   1.010   183.542   66
26Anthony Alfredo62Chevrolet49.041   1.016   183.520   55
27Tyler Reddick45Toyota49.043   1.018   183.512   208
28Brad Keselowski6Ford49.066   1.041   183.426   1010
29Carson Hocevar77Chevrolet49.080   1.055   183.374   22
30Christopher Bell20Toyota49.084   1.059   183.359   74
31Ryan Blaney12Ford49.095   1.070   183.318   97
32Joey Logano22Ford49.102   1.077   183.292   1212
33Cody Ware51Chevrolet49.113   1.088   183.251   65
34William Byron24Chevrolet49.189   1.164   182.968   22
35Chandler Smith36Ford49.202   1.177   182.919   44
36Ty Gibbs54Toyota49.237   1.212   182.789   31
37A.J. Allmendinger16Chevrolet49.244   1.219   182.763   82
38Shane Van Gisbergen97Chevrolet49.321   1.296   182.478   106
39Noah Gragson4Ford49.395   1.370   182.205   11
40Zane Smith38Ford49.499   1.474   181.822   11
41B.J. McLeod78Chevrolet49.656   1.631   181.247   93
42Casey Mears66Ford49.810   1.785   180.687   88
43J.J. Yeley44Chevrolet50.126   2.101   179.548   44