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2026 Food City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts 20 6 1   Ross Chastain Busch Light Fishing   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 504 running 0 17 16 9 2   Austin Cindric Menards / Tarkett   (Roger Penske) Ford 505 running 0 23 18 24 3   Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Long Beard XR   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 504 running 0 19 26 16 4   Noah Gragson Long John Silver's   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 503 running 0 11 3 8 5   Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 505 running 284 54 14 21 6   Brad Keselowski Consumer Cellular   (Jack Roush) Ford 505 running 0 23 12 13 7   Daniel Suarez Nations Guard   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 505 running 0 25 25 29 8   Kyle Busch Bank OZK   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 503 running 0 12 22 18 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 504 running 6 15 29 32 10   Ty Dillon Ohio Logistics   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 501 running 0 8 9 11 11   Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 505 running 0 41 2 1 12   Ryan Blaney Discount Tire   (Roger Penske) Ford 505 running 190 53 15 22 16   A.J. Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 505 running 0 22 13 7 17   Chris Buescher Trimble   (Jack Roush) Ford 505 running 0 24 5 3 19   Chase Briscoe Lance   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 505 running 0 45 27 14 20   Christopher Bell Rheem   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 501 running 0 19 32 25 21   Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane   (Wood Brothers) Ford 490 running 0 16 7 20 22   Joey Logano Shell-Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Ford 505 running 0 33 11 12 23   Bubba Wallace WWE/Chumba Casino   (23XI Racing) Toyota 505 running 0 30 30 34 24   William Byron Valvoline   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 running 0 7 6 35 34   Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 505 running 0 31 21 4 35   Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar   (23XI Racing) Toyota 504 running 0 19 19 15 38   Zane Smith Aaron's Rent to Own   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 504 running 0 18 28 30 41   Cole Custer HaasTooling.com   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 501 running 0 9 35 31 42   John H. Nemechek Dollar Tree   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 324 running 0 2 23 28 43   Erik Jones AdventHealth   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 503 running 0 14 4 2 45   Tyler Reddick Comparion Insurance   (23XI Racing) Toyota 505 running 0 33 17 23 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr NOS Energy Drink   (HYAK Motorsports) Chevrolet 504 running 0 20 37 27 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 163 crash 0 1 31 36 51   Cody Ware Costa Oil   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 500 running 0 6 1 5 54   Ty Gibbs Monster Energy   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 505 running 25 59 8 17 60   Ryan Preece Kroger / Muscle Milk   (Jack Roush) Ford 505 running 0 29 36 37 66   Chad Finchum Brian King Roofing   (Carl Long) Ford 241 steering 0 0 24 19 71   Michael McDowell Delaware Life   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 503 running 0 13 10 10 77   Carson Hocevar Spectrum   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 505 running 0 38 33 26 88   Connor Zilisch Roto-Rooter   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 478 running 0 4 34 33 97   Shane Van Gisbergen WeatherTech   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 335 running 0 3 * Race extended to 505 laps due to overtime. Top 10 in Stage 1: #5, 20, 12, 19, 21, 11, 77, 35, 23, 2 Top 10 in Stage 2: #5, 12, 11, 77, 19, 21, 54, 22, 23, 2

To the back: Name Nbr Reason William Byron 24 unapproved adjustments Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 62 62     63 70 8   #6,47 accident turn 2 #88 71 126 56     127 136 10   end of stage 1 #88 137 144 8     145 151 7   #20 spun turn 2 #34 152 160 9     161 168 8   #97,48,42,34 accident turn 4 #10 169 251 83     252 260 9   end of stage 2 #35 261 312 52     313 320 8   #35,8,71,43 accident #38 321 382 62     383 390 8   #88 accident turn 2 #7 391 477 87     478 485 8   #9 spun turn 2 #6 486 497 12     498 503 6   #8,35 accident turn 1 #2 504 505 2       Percent of race run under caution: 14.3%             Average green flag run: 43.3 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ryan Blaney 1 43 43   Kyle Larson 44 63 20   Ryan Blaney 64 64 1   Chase Elliott 65 70 6   Kyle Larson 71 130 60   Ryan Blaney 131 131 1   Kyle Larson 132 254 123   Ryan Blaney 255 255 1   Kyle Larson 256 314 59   Ryan Blaney 315 315 1   Kyle Larson 316 337 22   Ryan Blaney 338 480 143   Ty Gibbs 481 505 25 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tyler Reddick 386     2   Ryan Blaney 324   -62   3   Denny Hamlin 300   -86   4   Ty Gibbs 281   -105   5   Chase Elliott 264   -122   6   Kyle Larson 260   -126   7   William Byron 245   -141   8   Bubba Wallace 236   -150   9   Christopher Bell 231   -155   10   Chris Buescher 230   -156   11   Brad Keselowski 229   -157   12   Joey Logano 218   -168   13   Carson Hocevar 209   -177   13   Ryan Preece 209   -177   15   Daniel Suarez 192   -194   16   Shane Van Gisbergen 177   -209   17   Chase Briscoe 176   -210   18   Austin Cindric 172   -214   19   Michael McDowell 171   -215   20   A.J. Allmendinger 156   -230   21   Ross Chastain 153   -233