2026 Food City 500
Bristol Motor Speedway · · NASCAR Cup Series
Race summary
| Winner | St | Cars | Margin | RAF | LLF | Ldrs | W-Led | Laps | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Gibbs | 5 | 37 | 0.055 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 505 | 269.2 |
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 | 5 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 505 | 25 | running | 59 | |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 505 | 190 | +0.055s | running | 53 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 505 | 284 | +0.229s | running | 54 |
| 4 | 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 505 | +0.665s | running | 33 | |
| 5 | 3 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 505 | +1.195s | running | 45 | |
| 6 | 35 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 505 | +1.450s | running | 31 | |
| 7 | 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 505 | +1.516s | running | 33 | |
| 8 | 17 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 505 | +1.677s | running | 29 | |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 505 | +1.770s | running | 41 | |
| 10 | 10 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 505 | +1.826s | running | 38 | |
| 11 | 12 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 505 | +1.956s | running | 30 | |
| 12 | 13 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 505 | +2.013s | running | 25 | |
| 13 | 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 505 | +2.077s | running | 24 | |
| 14 | 21 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 505 | +2.350s | running | 23 | |
| 15 | 22 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 505 | +2.624s | running | 22 | |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 505 | +4.904s | running | 23 | |
| 17 | 23 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet | 504 | +1 lap | running | 20 | |
| 18 | 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 504 | +1 lap | running | 19 | |
| 19 | 15 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 504 | +1 lap | running | 18 | |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 504 | +1 lap | running | 17 | |
| 21 | 4 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 504 | +1 lap | running | 19 | |
| 22 | 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 504 | 6 | +1 lap | running | 15 |
| 23 | 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 503 | +2 laps | running | 14 | |
| 24 | 19 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 503 | +2 laps | running | 13 | |
| 25 | 29 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 503 | +2 laps | running | 12 | |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 503 | +2 laps | running | 11 | |
| 27 | 14 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 501 | +4 laps | running | 19 | |
| 28 | 30 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 501 | +4 laps | running | 9 | |
| 29 | 32 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 501 | +4 laps | running | 8 | |
| 30 | 34 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | +5 laps | running | 7 | |
| 31 | 36 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 500 | +5 laps | running | 6 | |
| 32 | 25 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 490 | +15 laps | running | 16 | |
| 33 | 26 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 478 | +27 laps | running | 4 | |
| 34 | 33 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 335 | +170 laps | running | 3 | |
| 35 | 31 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 324 | +181 laps | running | 2 | |
| 36 | 37 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Garage 66 | Ford | 241 | +264 laps | steering | 0 | |
| 37 | 27 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | +342 laps | accident | 1 |
Lap leaders
| # | Driver | Led | Share | Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 284 | 56.2% | P3 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 190 | 37.6% | P2 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 25 | 5.0% | P1 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 6 | 1.2% | P22 |