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Cup Series · 2026 · race 4 of 36

Straight Talk Wireless 500

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Ryan Blaney (#12) Christopher Bell (#20) Christopher Bell (#20)
Finish P1 P2 P2
TLS points 9,568 11,049 11,049
ARP 7.43 2.70 2.70
Laps led 28 176 176

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

Official winner — Ryan Blaney (#12): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 28 laps with 7.43 average running position and 9,568 TLS points.

TLS leader — Christopher Bell (#20): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (11,049 points). Finished P2 with 176 laps led and 2.70 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.70). The official winner ran a worse average position (7.43).

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.

Blaney edges Bell at Phoenix

The Straight Talk Wireless 500 at Phoenix had cautions throughout, including a lap-217 crash involving Ross Chastain (#1), Austin Cindric (#2), Joey Logano (#22), Bubba Wallace (#23), and Alex Bowman (#48) after a restart.

A late flat tire for Austin Dillon (#3) set up a final pit cycle. On the lap-294 restart Ty Gibbs (#54) led alongside Ryan Blaney (#12) until a backstretch crash collected John Hunter Nemechek (#42) and others. Blaney (#12) cleared the chaos to win by 0.399 seconds over Christopher Bell (#20).

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 5 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 5 28 7.43 9,568
2 1 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 176 2.70 11,049
3 8 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 0 11.21 8,386
4 4 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 12 6.48 9,865
5 2 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 5 5.54 10,159
6 9 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 28 0 12.50 7,983
7 7 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 1 10.04 8,751
8 3 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 0 5.76 10,090
9 12 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 16 0 15.49 7,046
10 25 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 32 0 23.82 4,439
11 22 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 18 0 21.41 5,192
12 17 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 30 0 17.96 6,271
13 16 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 13 4 17.72 6,349
14 10 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 17 0 12.55 7,965
15 26 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 37 0 24.18 4,325
16 14 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 25 0 16.93 6,595
17 32 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 29 0 30.67 2,294
18 23 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 22 0 22.34 4,902
19 18 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 23 0 18.36 6,148
20 11 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 7 0 13.02 7,820
21 – * Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 27 0 – 2,537 (i)
22 30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 21 0 26.30 3,661
23 20 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 26 0 20.05 5,618
24 33 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 31.71 1,969
25 15 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 15 0 17.61 6,381
26 27 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 33 0 24.49 4,214
27 29 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 24 0 25.04 3,823
28 19 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 6 0 17.27 5,949
29 31 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 19 0 26.94 3,118
30 24 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 4 0 19.07 4,826
31 6 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 1 73 3.10 8,864
32 21 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 10 13 17.17 5,292
33 – Anthony Alfredo(i) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 31 0 – 2,318 (i)
34 13 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 3 0 6.48 6,839
35 35 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 36 0 33.04 793
36 34 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 31.66 995
37 28 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 20 0 8.78 3,857

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 Tyler Reddick 45 27,156 8.30 112 10,090
2 Ryan Blaney 12 25,713 9.35 47 9,568
3 Christopher Bell 20 25,630 10.29 194 11,049
4 Bubba Wallace 23 24,847 12.51 86 7,983
5 Joey Logano 22 24,218 11.29 108 8,864
6 William Byron 24 24,120 11.41 2 8,751
7 Denny Hamlin 11 24,016 13.11 18 10,159
8 Chris Buescher 17 21,635 14.81 4 7,965
9 Kyle Larson 5 21,581 10.83 55 8,386
10 Chase Elliott 9 21,450 15.03 13 5,618
11 Ross Chastain 1 21,200 14.51 16 5,949
12 Austin Cindric 2 19,973 14.66 26 6,839
13 Michael McDowell 71 19,040 16.43 15 7,046
14 Ty Gibbs 54 18,798 13.90 17 9,865
15 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 18,333 16.13 6 5,192
16 Brad Keselowski 6 17,905 19.97 10 4,325
17 Ryan Preece 60 17,210 20.18 4 6,349
18 Carson Hocevar 77 17,186 20.92 3 7,820
19 AJ Allmendinger 16 17,174 19.08 2 6,148
20 Chase Briscoe 19 16,880 12.55 58 3,857
21 Zane Smith 38 16,676 20.11 10 3,823
22 John Hunter Nemechek 42 16,515 20.54 19 6,381
23 Daniel Suarez 7 16,057 20.06 0 4,826
24 Ty Dillon 10 14,344 22.65 3 4,214
25 Todd Gilliland 34 13,818 20.74 1 6,271
26 Josh Berry 21 13,811 17.58 13 5,292
27 Austin Dillon 3 13,676 22.90 0 6,595
28 Riley Herbst 35 13,415 22.12 0 4,902
29 Erik Jones 43 13,249 24.89 0 4,439
30 Kyle Busch 8 12,951 19.16 19 2,294
31 Connor Zilisch # 88 12,696 22.78 0 3,118
32 Noah Gragson 4 12,379 24.57 0 995
33 Cole Custer 41 10,327 25.25 0 793
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 9,552 25.08 4 3,661
35 Cody Ware 51 8,984 29.23 2 1,969
36 Alex Bowman 48 8,940 22.13 0 0
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 0
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