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Cup Series · 2026 · race 2 of 36

Autotrader 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Tyler Reddick (#45) Bubba Wallace (#23) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P8 P32
TLS points 8,879 9,014 5,400
ARP 6.36 5.86 5.46
Laps led 53 46 48

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Tyler Reddick (#45): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 53 laps with 6.36 average running position and 8,879 TLS points.

TLS leader — Bubba Wallace (#23): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,014 points). Finished P8 with 46 laps led and 5.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — Kyle Larson (#5): lowest average running position (5.46). Finished P32 with 5,400 TLS points and 48 laps led. ARP is an average across all laps — a driver can run near the front all day yet score fewer TLS points if they led fewer laps, completed fewer laps, or lost ground late while keeping a strong average.

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Two overtimes decide Atlanta

Qualifying was canceled due to weather, and the race stretched to 271 laps after multiple cautions and two overtime attempts. Kyle Larson (#5) led 48 laps but fell to P32 after late incidents; Tyler Reddick (#45) led 53 laps and ran up front most of the afternoon but still had to survive chaos to win.

A nine-car crash on lap 224 shuffled the field, and a 13-car pileup on lap 257 brought out a red flag. In the first overtime, Carson Hocevar (#77) made contact with Christopher Bell (#20) and ended Bell's run at the front. On the second overtime restart, Bubba Wallace (#23) led briefly before Reddick (#45) and Hocevar (#77) raced side by side; Reddick cleared in turn 2 and won by 0.164 seconds over Chase Briscoe (#19).

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 2 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 1 53 6.36 8,879
2 7 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 34 27 11.36 7,519
3 6 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 21 0 11.06 7,600
4 24 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 15 2 22.15 4,582
5 15 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 12 0 17.81 5,763
6 20 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 28 1 19.56 5,289
7 13 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 6 1 17.01 5,982
8 1 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 9 46 5.86 9,014
9 19 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 26 0 19.41 5,328
10 9 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 22 6 12.14 7,305
11 5 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 4 11 9.69 7,972
12 16 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 19 0 18.33 5,622
13 14 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 29 10 17.38 5,880
14 11 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 11 0 15.19 6,475
15 17 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 7 0 18.75 5,507
16 25 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 17 0 22.32 4,538
17 10 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 5 10 13.60 6,909
18 4 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 2 26 9.37 8,060
19 27 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 24 0 25.63 3,637
20 23 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 19.96 5,178
21 12 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 32 9 15.89 6,286
22 28 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 27 0 26.42 3,409
23 21 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 36 0 19.43 5,283
24 26 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 23 0 24.41 3,938
25 32 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 28.64 2,682
26 8 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 30 21 9.97 7,491
27 31 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 18 0 27.35 3,006
28 3 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 13 0 5.93 8,498
29 29 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 33 0 26.52 3,219
30 22 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 31 0 15.86 5,183
31 – * JJ Yeley(i) 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 38 0 – 1,318 (i)
32 18 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 16 48 5.46 5,400
33 33 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 0 22.17 2,659
34 30 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 14 0 13.66 3,168
35 37 * BJ McLeod 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 37 0 32.29 752
36 35 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 3 0 16.16 2,375
37 36 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 25 0 19.61 1,590
38 34 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 10 0 7.32 2,598

official winner TLS leader · (i) ineligible for series points (lap points shown for reference, not counted) · legend

Season standings through this race

RankDriverCarSeason points ARPLaps ledThis race
1 Bubba Wallace 23 15,136 8.78 86 9,014
2 Chase Elliott 9 13,897 11.11 13 7,972
3 Tyler Reddick 45 13,724 12.13 54 8,879
4 Joey Logano 22 13,332 12.57 35 8,060
5 Ross Chastain 1 13,089 12.88 12 7,600
6 Ryan Blaney 12 12,830 13.26 8 7,305
7 Brad Keselowski 6 12,712 13.36 10 6,909
8 William Byron 24 12,399 14.26 0 8,498
9 Denny Hamlin 11 11,931 14.49 13 5,880
10 Christopher Bell 20 11,848 14.46 18 6,286
11 Chris Buescher 17 11,566 15.30 4 5,507
12 Zane Smith 38 11,492 15.80 10 5,982
13 Austin Cindric 2 11,473 15.72 26 7,491
14 Chase Briscoe 19 11,055 17.32 50 7,519
15 Noah Gragson 4 10,599 18.39 0 6,475
16 Kyle Larson 5 10,521 10.99 55 5,400
17 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 9,970 19.08 4 5,289
18 Daniel Suarez 7 9,492 20.63 0 5,763
19 Ryan Preece 60 9,226 21.01 0 5,328
20 Michael McDowell 71 9,086 21.26 10 5,178
21 Kyle Busch 8 8,715 14.10 19 3,168
22 Ty Dillon 10 8,586 22.09 3 4,538
23 John Hunter Nemechek 42 8,549 21.53 19 3,637
24 AJ Allmendinger 16 8,546 22.89 1 5,622
25 Cole Custer 41 8,062 22.64 0 3,409
26 Erik Jones 43 8,028 23.03 0 3,938
27 Carson Hocevar 77 7,956 23.68 3 4,582
28 Connor Zilisch # 88 7,836 22.16 0 5,183
29 Alex Bowman 48 7,779 20.65 0 5,283
30 Josh Berry 21 7,635 12.19 0 2,598
31 Riley Herbst 35 7,245 20.68 0 2,659
32 Cody Ware 51 6,610 25.71 2 3,006
33 Ty Gibbs 54 6,369 18.92 0 1,590
34 Austin Dillon 3 5,867 24.67 0 3,219
35 Todd Gilliland 34 5,673 23.26 1 2,682
36 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 5,034 22.47 4 2,375
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2,399 30.00 0 0
38 * Casey Mears 66 1,101 36.38 0 0
39 * BJ McLeod 78 821 30.24 0 752
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