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2026 Jack Link's 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts 1 12 77   Carson Hocevar Chili's Ride the 'Dente   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 188 running 19 55 2 10 17   Chris Buescher Kroger / Jack Link's   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 running 22 50 3 20 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 running 0 37 4 8 9   Chase Elliott Amazon Prime   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 running 0 35 5 30 38   Zane Smith Aaron's / Boys & Girls Clubs of America   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 188 running 0 34 6 22 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chef Boyardee   (HYAK Motorsports) Chevrolet 188 running 2 38 7 24 1   Ross Chastain Jockey VentraCool Air   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 188 running 22 41 8 13 2   Austin Cindric MenardsFrogTape   (Roger Penske) Ford 188 running 0 29 9 29 4   Noah Gragson Grillo's Pickles / Pabst Blue Ribbon   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 188 running 2 31 10 34 8   Kyle Busch Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 running 0 27 11 19 34   Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops / Fleetguard   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 188 running 0 34 12 16 7   Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 188 running 0 25 13 35 10   Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 188 running 0 24 14 1 45   Tyler Reddick Rockstar Energy Drink   (23XI Racing) Toyota 188 running 2 27 15 3 11   Denny Hamlin King's Hawaiian UBE Coconut Rolls   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 188 running 28 22 16 28 16   A.J. Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 188 running 0 21 17 14 20   Christopher Bell Rheem   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 188 running 31 29 18 11 60   Ryan Preece BuildSubmarines.com   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 running 21 34 19 18 3   Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Long Beard XR   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 running 5 18 20 33 97   Shane Van Gisbergen WeatherTech   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 188 running 0 17 21 36 51   Cody Ware Super.com   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 188 running 0 20 22 23 42   John H. Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 187 running 0 15 23 21 43   Erik Jones Dollar Tree   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 187 running 0 14 24 40 78   Daniel Dye Champion Container Corporation   (B.J. McLeod) Chevrolet 186 running 0 0 25 17 35   Riley Herbst BeatBox   (23XI Racing) Toyota 186 running 0 12 26 32 88   Connor Zilisch Red Bull   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 185 running 0 11 27 37 33   Jesse Love 1-800-PACK-RAT   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 185 running 0 0 28 38 66   Chad Finchum Carl Long Ford 182 running 8 0 29 5 19   Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 180 running 3 8 30 39 44   Joey Gase National Fire Prevention Association Chevrolet 177 running 0 0 31 6 6   Brad Keselowski Castrol   (Jack Roush) Ford 166 running 0 15 32 31 71   Michael McDowell Gunk   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 149 running 1 5 33 26 21   Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane   (Wood Brothers) Ford 124 crash 0 9 34 9 54   Ty Gibbs Saia Freight + Logistics   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 122 crash 17 3 35 7 24   William Byron Phorm Energy   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 119 crash 0 2 36 4 23   Bubba Wallace XFINITY   (23XI Racing) Toyota 114 crash 3 1 37 15 12   Ryan Blaney Wurth   (Roger Penske) Ford 114 crash 0 7 38 27 41   Cole Custer Haas/Autodesk   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 114 crash 0 1 39 25 22   Joey Logano Shell-Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 114 crash 3 9 40 2 5   Kyle Larson Valvoline   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 114 crash 0 1 Top 10 in Stage 1: #60, 6, 22, 17, 12, 21, 45, 4, 34, 1 Top 10 in Stage 2: #1, 20, 17, 47, 34, 60, 51, 48, 9, 38

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 41 Casey Mears 62 The Gracie Foundation Mark Beard Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 99 99     100 104 5   end of stage 1 #16 105 115 11     116 121 6   #2,3,5,6,7,8,11,12,19,21,22,23,24,33,41,42,43,44,45,51,54,66,71,77,88,97 accident 3 [red flag: lap 115, 9:58] none 122 124 3     125 129 5   #54,71 accident turn 4 #8 130 144 15     145 150 6   end of stage 2 #2 151 161 11     162 166 5   debris #10 167 182 16     183 185 3   #43 stalled on track #11 186 188 3       Percent of race run under caution: 16.0%             Average green flag run: 22.6 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Denny Hamlin 1 2 2   Austin Dillon 3 3 1   Chase Briscoe 4 5 2   Denny Hamlin 6 7 2   Chase Briscoe 8 8 1   Denny Hamlin 9 9 1   Chad Finchum 10 17 8   Denny Hamlin 18 40 23   Ryan Preece 41 46 6   Tyler Reddick 47 48 2   Ty Gibbs 49 60 12   Michael McDowell 61 61 1   Ty Gibbs 62 63 2   Austin Dillon 64 64 1   Ty Gibbs 65 67 3   Austin Dillon 68 69 2   Christopher Bell 70 87 18   Ryan Preece 88 100 13   Ricky Stenhouse Jr 101 102 2   Bubba Wallace 103 103 1   Ross Chastain 104 105 2   Bubba Wallace 106 106 1   Ross Chastain 107 110 4   Joey Logano 111 113 3   Bubba Wallace 114 114 1   Ryan Preece 115 116 2   Christopher Bell 117 121 5   Ross Chastain 122 131 10   Christopher Bell 132 135 4   Ross Chastain 136 137 2   Christopher Bell 138 138 1   Ross Chastain 139 139 1   Christopher Bell 140 142 3   Ross Chastain 143 145 3   Noah Gragson 146 147 2   Chris Buescher 148 150 3   Carson Hocevar 151 155 5   Chris Buescher 156 156 1   Carson Hocevar 157 160 4   Chris Buescher 161 165 5   Carson Hocevar 166 166 1   Chris Buescher 167 172 6   Carson Hocevar 173 174 2   Chris Buescher 175 175 1   Carson Hocevar 176 177 2   Chris Buescher 178 178 1   Carson Hocevar 179 180 2   Chris Buescher 181 184 4   Carson Hocevar 185 186 2   Chris Buescher 187 187 1   Carson Hocevar 188 188 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tyler Reddick 484     2   Denny Hamlin 374   -110   3   Ryan Blaney 344   -140   4   Chase Elliott 340   -144   5   Ty Gibbs 322   -162   6   Kyle Larson 315   -169   7   Chris Buescher 309   -175   8   Carson Hocevar 292   -192   9   Christopher Bell 290   -194   10   Brad Keselowski 279   -205   11   William Byron 277   -207   12   Bubba Wallace 276   -208   13   Ryan Preece 269   -215   14   Daniel Suarez 235   -249   15   Joey Logano 234   -250   16   Austin Cindric 226   -258   17   Chase Briscoe 222   -262   18   Ross Chastain 205   -279   19   Shane Van Gisbergen 195   -289   20   Zane Smith 183   -301   20   A.J. Allmendinger 183   -301