2026 DAYTONA 500
Daytona International Speedway · · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | Margin | RAF | LLF | Ldrs | W-Led | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Reddick | 26 | 41 | 0.308 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 200 | 500 |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down.
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 200 | 1 | running | 58 | |
| 2 | 16 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | +0.308s | running | 35 |
| 3 | 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 200 | 9 | +0.442s | running | 36 |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 2 | +0.477s | running | 33 |
| 5 | 9 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 200 | +0.547s | running | 32 | |
| 6 | 30 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 200 | 9 | +0.573s | running | 41 |
| 7 | 41 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 200 | 4 | +0.610s | running | 39 |
| 8 | 28 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 200 | +0.675s | running | 35 | |
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 200 | +1.209s | running | 28 | |
| 10 | 27 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 200 | 40 | +1.985s | running | 37 |
| 11 | 25 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 200 | +2.076s | running | 27 | |
| 12 | 39 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | +2.714s | running | 25 | |
| 13 | 15 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | +3.897s | running | 31 | |
| 14 | 34 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 3 | +18.412s | running | 23 |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 19 | +19.060s | running | 29 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 7 | +20.346s | running | 21 |
| 17 | 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 2 | +21.123s | running | 20 |
| 18 | 6 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | +22.292s | running | 27 |
| 19 | 35 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | +22.293s | running | 18 |
| 20 | 37 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 12 | +33.462s | running | 17 |
| 21 | 24 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 200 | +37.603s | running | 16 | |
| 22 | 10 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 10 | +44.560s | running | 19 |
| 23 | 20 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | +62.390s | running | 14 | |
| 24 | 23 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 200 | +135.848s | running | 13 | |
| 25 | 19 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 200 | +175.048s | running | 15 | |
| 26 | 11 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 199 | 19 | +1 lap | accident | 19 |
| 27 | 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 199 | 2 | +1 lap | accident | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 67 | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 199 | 8 | +1 lap | running | 0 |
| 29 | 31 | 84 | Jimmie Johnson | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 199 | +1 lap | accident | 0 | |
| 30 | 13 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 3 | +1 lap | running | 8 |
| 31 | 22 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 198 | 3 | +2 laps | running | 7 |
| 32 | 17 | 66 | Casey Mears | Garage 66 | Ford | 195 | +5 laps | running | 6 | |
| 33 | 32 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | +5 laps | running | 5 | |
| 34 | 36 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 193 | 5 | +7 laps | running | 13 |
| 35 | 12 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 191 | 9 | +9 laps | accident | 3 |
| 36 | 2 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 23 | +12 laps | running | 2 |
| 37 | 7 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 137 | +63 laps | accident | 1 | |
| 38 | 40 | 40 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 123 | 3 | +77 laps | accident | 0 |
| 39 | 18 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 123 | 1 | +77 laps | accident | 1 |
| 40 | 21 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 123 | +77 laps | accident | 3 | |
| 41 | 38 | 78 | B.J. McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 | +196 laps | accident | 1 |
Lap leaders
| # | Driver | Led | Share | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Wallace | 40 | 20.0% | P10 |
| 2 | Chase Briscoe | 23 | 11.5% | P36 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 19 | 9.5% | P15 |
| 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19 | 9.5% | P26 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 12 | 6.0% | P20 |
| 6 | Michael McDowell | 10 | 5.0% | P22 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 9 | 4.5% | P3 |
| 8 | Zane Smith | 9 | 4.5% | P6 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 9 | 4.5% | P35 |
| 10 | Corey Heim | 8 | 4.0% | P28 |
| 11 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 3.5% | P16 |
| 12 | Austin Cindric | 5 | 2.5% | P34 |
| 13 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 4 | 2.0% | P2 |
| 14 | Chris Buescher | 4 | 2.0% | P7 |
| 15 | Ty Dillon | 3 | 1.5% | P14 |
| 16 | Shane van Gisbergen | 3 | 1.5% | P30 |
| 17 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 1.5% | P31 |
| 18 | Justin Allgaier | 3 | 1.5% | P38 |
| 19 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 1.0% | P4 |
| 20 | Cody Ware | 2 | 1.0% | P17 |
| 21 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 1.0% | P27 |
| 22 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 0.5% | P1 |
| 23 | Carson Hocevar | 1 | 0.5% | P18 |
| 24 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 | 0.5% | P19 |
| 25 | Todd Gilliland | 1 | 0.5% | P39 |