2026 Cracker Barrel 400
Nashville Superspeedway · · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | Margin | RAF | LLF | Ldrs | W-Led | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Hamlin | 1 | 38 | 0.115 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 300 | 399.9 |
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 | 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 300 | 57 | running | 62 | |
| 2 | 4 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 300 | 29 | +0.115s | running | 38 |
| 3 | 31 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 300 | 14 | +0.709s | running | 39 |
| 4 | 15 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | +1.080s | running | 41 | |
| 5 | 10 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 300 | 12 | +1.620s | running | 32 |
| 6 | 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 300 | 42 | +1.621s | running | 37 |
| 7 | 29 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | 3 | +1.625s | running | 37 |
| 8 | 7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 300 | 46 | +1.690s | running | 37 |
| 9 | 11 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 300 | 18 | +1.732s | running | 28 |
| 10 | 17 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | +1.985s | running | 27 | |
| 11 | 13 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 300 | 3 | +2.014s | running | 26 |
| 12 | 30 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 300 | +2.886s | running | 25 | |
| 13 | 6 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 300 | 1 | +2.958s | running | 24 |
| 14 | 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 300 | 1 | +5.085s | running | 23 |
| 15 | 14 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 300 | +5.256s | running | 27 | |
| 16 | 26 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 299 | +1 lap | running | 21 | |
| 17 | 23 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 299 | 1 | +1 lap | running | 22 |
| 18 | 32 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 299 | +1 lap | running | 19 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 299 | 10 | +1 lap | running | 28 |
| 20 | 21 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 299 | +1 lap | running | 17 | |
| 21 | 20 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 299 | +1 lap | running | 16 | |
| 22 | 34 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 299 | +1 lap | running | 15 | |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 299 | 56 | +1 lap | running | 23 |
| 24 | 27 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 298 | +2 laps | running | 13 | |
| 25 | 24 | 67 | Corey Heim | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 298 | +2 laps | running | 0 | |
| 26 | 36 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 296 | +4 laps | running | 18 | |
| 27 | 25 | 33 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 293 | +7 laps | running | 0 | |
| 28 | 37 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 | Ford | 289 | +11 laps | running | 0 | |
| 29 | 22 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 286 | +14 laps | accident | 8 | |
| 30 | 8 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 231 | +69 laps | accident | 15 | |
| 31 | 33 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 214 | +86 laps | accident | 6 | |
| 32 | 18 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 203 | +97 laps | accident | 10 | |
| 33 | 19 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 203 | +97 laps | accident | 13 | |
| 34 | 12 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 192 | +108 laps | accident | 4 | |
| 35 | 16 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 172 | 7 | +128 laps | accident | 12 |
| 36 | 28 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 90 | +210 laps | radiator | 1 | |
| 37 | 35 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 81 | +219 laps | accident | 1 | |
| 38 | 38 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 71 | +229 laps | accident | 1 |
Lap leaders
| # | Driver | Led | Share | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 57 | 19.0% | P1 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 56 | 18.7% | P23 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 46 | 15.3% | P8 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 42 | 14.0% | P6 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 29 | 9.7% | P2 |
| 6 | Zane Smith | 18 | 6.0% | P9 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | 4.7% | P3 |
| 8 | Shane van Gisbergen | 12 | 4.0% | P5 |
| 9 | Daniel Suarez | 10 | 3.3% | P19 |
| 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 7 | 2.3% | P35 |
| 11 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 1.0% | P7 |
| 12 | Erik Jones | 3 | 1.0% | P11 |
| 13 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 0.3% | P13 |
| 14 | Joey Logano | 1 | 0.3% | P14 |
| 15 | Riley Herbst | 1 | 0.3% | P17 |