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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

Qualifying results for this race:
RankDriverNbrCarTimeSpeed 
1   Ryan Blaney12Ford15.101   127.064  
2   Tyler Reddick45Toyota15.124   126.871  
3   Chase Briscoe19Toyota15.135   126.779  
4   Riley Herbst35Toyota15.147   126.679  
5   Ty Gibbs54Toyota15.164   126.537  
6   Ross Chastain1Chevrolet15.175   126.445  
7   Chris Buescher17Ford15.190   126.320  
8   Kyle Larson5Chevrolet15.192   126.303  
9   Austin Cindric2Ford15.200   126.237  
10   Carson Hocevar77Chevrolet15.201   126.229  
11   Denny Hamlin11Toyota15.225   126.030  
12   Bubba Wallace23Toyota15.231   125.980  
13   Daniel Suarez7Chevrolet15.233   125.963  
14   Christopher Bell20Toyota15.261   125.732  
15   Zane Smith38Ford15.277   125.601  
16   Noah Gragson4Ford15.279   125.584  
17   Ryan Preece60Ford15.282   125.559  
18   Chase Elliott9Chevrolet15.285   125.535  
19   Michael McDowell71Chevrolet15.291   125.486  
20   Joey Logano22Ford15.311   125.322  
21   Brad Keselowski6Ford15.312   125.313  
22   A.J. Allmendinger16Chevrolet15.323   125.224  
23   Ricky Stenhouse Jr47Chevrolet15.331   125.158  
24   Austin Dillon3Chevrolet15.344   125.052  
25   Josh Berry21Ford15.364   124.889  
26   Connor Zilisch88Chevrolet15.368   124.857  
27   Alex Bowman48Chevrolet15.368   124.857  
28   Erik Jones43Toyota15.378   124.776  
29   Kyle Busch8Chevrolet15.389   124.686  
30   Cole Custer41Chevrolet15.404   124.565  
31   John H. Nemechek42Toyota15.467   124.058  
32   Ty Dillon10Chevrolet15.498   123.810  
33   Shane Van Gisbergen97Chevrolet15.514   123.682  
34   William Byron24Chevrolet15.554   123.364  
35   Todd Gilliland34Ford15.593   123.055  
36   Cody Ware51Chevrolet15.613   122.898  
37   Chad Finchum66Ford15.711   122.131  

OP: qualified via owners points
PC: qualified as past champion
PR: provisional
QR: via qualifying race
* - had to qualify on time

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available