2026 Jack Link's 500
Talladega Superspeedway · · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | Margin | RAF | LLF | Ldrs | W-Led | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Hocevar | 12 | 40 | 0.114 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 188 | 500.1 |
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 | 12 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 19 | running | 55 | |
| 2 | 10 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 188 | 22 | +0.114s | running | 50 |
| 3 | 20 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.140s | running | 37 | |
| 4 | 8 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.184s | running | 35 | |
| 5 | 30 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | +0.208s | running | 34 | |
| 6 | 22 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 2 | +0.252s | running | 38 |
| 7 | 24 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 22 | +0.271s | running | 41 |
| 8 | 13 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 188 | +0.397s | running | 29 | |
| 9 | 29 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | 2 | +0.461s | running | 31 |
| 10 | 34 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.545s | running | 27 | |
| 11 | 19 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 188 | +0.679s | running | 34 | |
| 12 | 16 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.774s | running | 25 | |
| 13 | 35 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.784s | running | 24 | |
| 14 | 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 188 | 2 | +0.832s | running | 27 |
| 15 | 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 28 | +0.939s | running | 22 |
| 16 | 28 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +0.943s | running | 21 | |
| 17 | 14 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 188 | 31 | +3.323s | running | 29 |
| 18 | 11 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 188 | 21 | +3.324s | running | 34 |
| 19 | 18 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 5 | +3.346s | running | 18 |
| 20 | 33 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +3.421s | running | 17 | |
| 21 | 36 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | +6.201s | running | 20 | |
| 22 | 23 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 187 | +1 lap | running | 15 | |
| 23 | 21 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 187 | +1 lap | running | 14 | |
| 24 | 40 | 78 | Daniel Dye | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 186 | +2 laps | running | 0 | |
| 25 | 17 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 186 | +2 laps | running | 12 | |
| 26 | 32 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 185 | +3 laps | running | 11 | |
| 27 | 37 | 33 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 185 | +3 laps | running | 0 | |
| 28 | 38 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 | Ford | 182 | 8 | +6 laps | running | 0 |
| 29 | 5 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 180 | 3 | +8 laps | running | 8 |
| 30 | 39 | 44 | Joey Gase | NY Racing Team | Chevrolet | 177 | +11 laps | running | 0 | |
| 31 | 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 166 | +22 laps | running | 15 | |
| 32 | 31 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 1 | +39 laps | running | 5 |
| 33 | 26 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 124 | +64 laps | accident | 9 | |
| 34 | 9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 122 | 17 | +66 laps | accident | 3 |
| 35 | 7 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 119 | +69 laps | accident | 2 | |
| 36 | 4 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 114 | 3 | +74 laps | accident | 1 |
| 37 | 15 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 114 | +74 laps | accident | 7 | |
| 38 | 27 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 114 | +74 laps | accident | 1 | |
| 39 | 25 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 114 | 3 | +74 laps | accident | 9 |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 114 | +74 laps | accident | 1 |
Lap leaders
| # | Driver | Led | Share | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 31 | 16.5% | P17 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 28 | 14.9% | P15 |
| 3 | Chris Buescher | 22 | 11.7% | P2 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | 22 | 11.7% | P7 |
| 5 | Ryan Preece | 21 | 11.2% | P18 |
| 6 | Carson Hocevar | 19 | 10.1% | P1 |
| 7 | Ty Gibbs | 17 | 9.0% | P34 |
| 8 | Chad Finchum | 8 | 4.3% | P28 |
| 9 | Austin Dillon | 5 | 2.7% | P19 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 3 | 1.6% | P29 |
| 11 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 1.6% | P36 |
| 12 | Joey Logano | 3 | 1.6% | P39 |
| 13 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2 | 1.1% | P6 |
| 14 | Noah Gragson | 2 | 1.1% | P9 |
| 15 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 1.1% | P14 |
| 16 | Michael McDowell | 1 | 0.5% | P32 |