Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Southern 500 at Darlington

With 12 laps to go, Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson and drove off with the victory in the 77th running of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. It ends a winless streak that dates back to Bristol last September, and is now Bell's 14th career win as a NASCAR Cup driver.

Bell crossed the finish line 1.038s clear of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs, and 2.533s clear of 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick. Bell also won Stage 2, while Reddick won Stage 1.

Nine of the top ten finishers are Chase drivers, and Josh Berry in seventh was the top-finishing driver not part of the postseason.

On older tires, Kyle Larson slid back to fifth in the final run after leading a race-high 99 laps. 12 different drivers took a turn out front with 28 lead changes in the Southern 500 on Sunday, which featured six cautions.

Two cars failed to finish the grueling 500-miler, and they were Chad Finchum in the No. 66 and Chase driver William Byron, who suffered an engine failure.

2026 NASCAR Cup Southern 500 at Darlington race results

cla	#	driver	manufacturer	laps	time	gap	int	pits	laps led	retirement	pts	best time	best lap
1	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	367	4:03'06.079			12	46		73	29.936	345
2	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	367	4:03'07.117	1.038	1.038	14			36	29.982	345
3	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	367	4:03'08.612	2.533	1.495	13	74		46	30.026	239
4	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	367	4:03'09.446	3.367	0.834	13	1		44	30.437	346
5	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	367	4:03'10.011	3.932	0.565	12	99		41	30.066	239
6	19	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	367	4:03'10.389	4.310	0.378	15	30		43	30.026	333
7	21	Josh Berry	Ford	367	4:03'11.319	5.240	0.930	13			34	30.373	291
8	23	Darrell Wallace Jr	Toyota	367	4:03'13.866	7.787	2.547	14	38		44	30.003	239
9	22	Joey Logano	Ford	367	4:03'14.627	8.548	0.761	13			28	30.353	345
10	60	Ryan Preece	Ford	367	4:03'15.280	9.201	0.653	14			31	30.374	2
11	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	367	4:03'15.670	9.591	0.390	13	2		26	30.499	153
12	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	367	4:03'16.167	10.088	0.497	13			25	30.801	3
13	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	367	4:03'18.588	12.509	2.421	12			28	30.460	2
14	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	367	4:03'19.202	13.123	0.614	13	1		23	30.506	332
15	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	367	4:03'19.909	13.830	0.707	13			22	30.918	154
16	34	Todd Gilliland	Ford	367	4:03'21.033	14.954	1.124	13	5		21	30.980	345
17	71	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	367	4:03'21.793	15.714	0.760	13			20	30.644	3
18	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	367	4:03'21.976	15.897	0.183	14	68		35	30.083	2
19	67	Corey Heim	Toyota	367	4:03'22.434	16.355	0.458	13				30.520	190
20	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	367	4:03'22.793	16.714	0.359	13			17	30.869	276
21	7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	367	4:03'22.844	16.765	0.051	14	2		16	30.159	2
22	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	367	4:03'23.581	17.502	0.737	13			15	30.862	193
23	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	367	4:03'24.696	18.617	1.115	12			14	30.854	278
24	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	367	4:03'25.096	19.017	0.400	13			13	30.864	193
25	38	Zane Smith	Ford	367	4:03'27.384	21.305	2.288	16			12	30.910	191
26	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	366	4:03'25.498	1 Lap	1 Lap	12	1		11	31.300	304
27	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	366	4:03'26.023	1 Lap	0.525	13			10	30.646	277
28	33	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	366	4:03'26.215	1 Lap	0.192	13				31.041	193
29	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	366	4:03'27.050	1 Lap	0.835	12			8	30.864	3
30	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota	366	4:03'28.086	1 Lap	1.036	13			7	30.982	190
31	10	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	366	4:03'28.479	1 Lap	0.393	12			6	30.990	277
32	4	Noah Gragson	Ford	366	4:03'28.636	1 Lap	0.157	12			5	30.860	278
33	41	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	366	4:03'29.820	1 Lap	1.184	12			4	31.175	248
34	88	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	365	4:03'29.918	2 Laps	1 Lap	12			3	31.300	154
35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	363	4:03'29.538	4 Laps	2 Laps	16			2	30.595	2
36	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	363	4:03'31.027	4 Laps	1.489	14			1	31.017	276
37	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	319	3:22'37.031	48 Laps	44 Laps	13		Engine	6	30.502	239
38	66	Chad Finchum	Ford	243	3:04'03.988	124 Laps	76 Laps	15		Suspension		31.729	112