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Official race results: NASCAR Cup 2026 at Texas Motor Speedway

Chase Elliott led 87 of 267 laps (more than any other driver) to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. He beat Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman in a four-lap sprint to the checkered flag.

11 different drivers led laps during the race, which featured several incidents as well. In the end, 20 cars finished on the lead lap and four drivers (Heim, Gibbs, Logano, Bell) recorded DNFs.

After locking out the front row in qualifying, the Spire duo of Daniel Suarez and Carson Hocevar also secured a double top ten for the team in sixth and seventh, respectively. 

Erik Jones won Stage 1 after staying out, while Elliott won Stage 2.

cla # driver manufacturer laps time gap pits laps led retirement pts
1 9 USA Chase Elliott Chevrolet 267 2:56'17.659   7 87   69
2 11 USA Denny Hamlin Toyota 267 2:56'18.066 0.407 8 21   43
3 48 USA Alex Bowman Chevrolet 267 2:56'18.364 0.705 8     35
4 45 USA Tyler Reddick Toyota 267 2:56'18.446 0.787 9     42
5 17 USA Chris Buescher Ford 267 2:56'18.649 0.990 8     36
6 7 MEX Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 267 2:56'18.985 1.326 9     36
7 77 USA Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 267 2:56'19.394 1.735 9 40   41
8 24 USA William Byron Chevrolet 267 2:56'19.798 2.139 10     31
9 23 USA Bubba Wallace Toyota 267 2:56'19.896 2.237 9     28
10 12 USA Ryan Blaney Ford 267 2:56'20.344 2.685 10 5   27
11 35 USA Riley Herbst Toyota 267 2:56'20.743 3.084 7 1   29
12 43 USA Erik Jones Toyota 267 2:56'20.860 3.201 9 13   35
13 6 USA Brad Keselowski Ford 267 2:56'21.255 3.596 9 4   32
14 60 USA Ryan Preece Ford 267 2:56'21.408 3.749 10     29
15 2 USA Austin Cindric Ford 267 2:56'21.737 4.078 9     22
16 88 USA Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 267 2:56'21.935 4.276 11     21
17 97 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 267 2:56'23.012 5.353 9     20
18 3 USA Austin Dillon Chevrolet 267 2:56'23.353 5.694 9     19
19 47 USA Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 267 2:56'23.858 6.199 8     26
20 8 USA Kyle Busch Chevrolet 267 2:56'26.736 9.077 9     22
21 42 USA John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 266 2:56'18.306 1 Lap 13     16
22 38 USA Zane Smith Ford 266 2:56'22.386 1 Lap 9     15
23 19 USA Chase Briscoe Toyota 266 2:56'22.886 1 Lap 9 4   20
24 10 USA Ty Dillon Chevrolet 266 2:56'23.180 1 Lap 11     13
25 16 USA AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 266 2:56'23.476 1 Lap 9     16
26 1 USA Ross Chastain Chevrolet 266 2:56'23.629 1 Lap 10     11
27 71 USA Michael McDowell Chevrolet 266 2:56'23.700 1 Lap 9     10
28 4 USA Noah Gragson Ford 266 2:56'24.055 1 Lap 10     9
29 21 USA Josh Berry Ford 266 2:56'27.091 1 Lap 9     8
30 51 USA Cody Ware Chevrolet 265 2:56'27.750 2 Laps 10     7
31 67 USA Corey Heim Toyota 254 2:43'45.678 13 Laps 7 69 Accident  
32 34 USA Todd Gilliland Ford 254 2:56'35.512 13 Laps 21     5
33 66 USA Chad Finchum Ford 223 2:56'41.634 44 Laps 14      
34 5 USA Kyle Larson Chevrolet 180 2:56'38.055 87 Laps 10     3
35 41 USA Cole Custer Chevrolet 173 2:56'30.939 94 Laps 10     2
36 54 USA Ty Gibbs Toyota 110 1:20'36.074 157 Laps 8 1 Accident 8
37 22 USA Joey Logano Ford 95 1:04'44.281 172 Laps 6   Accident 1
38 20 USA Christopher Bell Toyota 68 34'39.098 199 Laps 4 22 Accident 1

Photos from Texas - Sunday

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Josh Berry, Wood Brothers Racing, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing, Joey Logano, Team Penske

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing, Riley Herbst, 23XI Racing, Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing, Riley Herbst, 23XI Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Joey Logano, Team Penske

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Chris Buescher, RFK Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Corey Heim

Texas - Sunday, in photos

General view

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Briscoe, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing, Ryan Preece, RFK Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chad Finchum

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports; Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Corey Heim

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

General view

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Corey Heim

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., HYAK Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ryan Preece, RFK Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chris Buescher, RFK Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., HYAK Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Texas - Sunday, in photos

General view

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Texas - Sunday, in photos

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