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Cup Series · 2026 · race 5 of 36

Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Christopher Bell (#20) Christopher Bell (#20)
Finish P1 P4 P4
TLS points 8,704 9,150 9,150
ARP 4.52 2.86 2.86
Laps led 134 31 31

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

Official winner — Denny Hamlin (#11): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 134 laps with 4.52 average running position and 8,704 TLS points.

TLS leader — Christopher Bell (#20): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,150 points). Finished P4 with 31 laps led and 2.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (4.52).

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.

Hamlin through traffic at Vegas

Christopher Bell (#20) won stage 1 and William Byron (#24) won stage 2, but Denny Hamlin (#11) led 134 laps and controlled the closing act. Pit penalties hit Hamlin (#11) and Gibbs (#54) early, and Chase Briscoe (#19) was penalized for pitting outside his box.

A lap-211 caution after Riley Herbst (#88) spun in turn 4 led to a final round of stops — Kyle Larson (#5) had a slow stop with a right-front issue. Hamlin (#11) worked through lapped traffic and won by 0.502 seconds over Chase Elliott (#9).

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 3 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 134 4.52 8,704
2 6 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 6.91 8,064
3 4 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 26 4.74 8,647
4 1 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 31 2.86 9,150
5 9 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 0 8.78 7,563
6 8 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 10 0 8.61 7,609
7 2 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 62 3.93 8,863
8 21 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 0 20.30 4,476
9 5 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 4 0 6.77 8,102
10 13 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 28 4 14.78 5,954
11 10 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 8 0 9.55 7,356
12 16 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 11 0 15.81 5,678
13 7 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 7 0 7.25 7,974
14 12 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 12 0 12.79 6,488
15 15 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 21 3 15.32 5,810
16 11 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 6 5 11.35 6,874
17 18 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 17 0 17.33 5,272
18 14 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 13 0 15.29 5,818
19 17 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 31 0 15.98 5,634
20 20 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 14 0 18.93 4,844
21 24 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 26 0 24.86 3,242
22 19 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 19 1 17.58 5,186
23 22 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 20 0 22.59 3,847
24 23 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 29 0 22.71 3,801
25 – Justin Allgaier(i) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 22 0 – 1,488 (i)
26 26 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 30 0 27.15 2,620
27 31 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 35 1 29.77 1,922
28 25 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 24 0 25.35 3,098
29 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 23 0 27.56 2,511
30 29 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 0 28.71 2,206
31 30 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 32 0 29.69 1,938
32 28 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 0 27.68 2,470
33 32 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 31.43 1,476
34 33 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 27 0 32.01 1,323
35 34 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 32.59 1,165
36 35 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 16 0 32.96 1,063

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 35,130 8.09 112 7,974
2 Christopher Bell 20 34,780 8.80 225 9,150
3 Bubba Wallace 23 32,949 11.36 86 8,102
4 William Byron 24 32,767 10.07 28 8,647
5 Denny Hamlin 11 32,720 11.40 152 8,704
6 Ryan Blaney 12 32,587 9.75 52 6,874
7 Kyle Larson 5 30,444 9.45 117 8,863
8 Joey Logano 22 30,028 12.10 111 5,810
9 Chase Elliott 9 29,514 13.40 13 8,064
10 Chris Buescher 17 29,244 13.57 4 7,609
11 Ross Chastain 1 26,472 15.07 16 5,272
12 Ty Gibbs 54 26,361 12.88 17 7,563
13 Austin Cindric 2 25,607 14.92 26 5,634
14 Ryan Preece 60 24,566 18.05 4 7,356
15 Brad Keselowski 6 23,859 18.93 14 5,954
16 Zane Smith 38 23,164 18.65 10 6,488
17 Carson Hocevar 77 22,372 20.25 4 5,186
18 Daniel Suarez 7 21,875 19.10 0 5,818
19 Michael McDowell 71 21,660 18.57 15 2,620
20 Chase Briscoe 19 21,356 14.10 58 4,476
21 AJ Allmendinger 16 20,975 19.80 2 3,801
22 John Hunter Nemechek 42 19,757 21.41 19 3,242
23 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 19,396 19.50 6 1,063
24 Austin Dillon 3 19,354 21.49 0 5,678
25 Erik Jones 43 18,093 23.70 0 4,844
26 Riley Herbst 35 17,262 22.22 0 3,847
27 Kyle Busch 8 16,049 20.40 19 3,098
28 Ty Dillon 10 15,820 24.40 3 1,476
29 Josh Berry 21 15,749 20.01 13 1,938
30 Connor Zilisch # 88 15,166 23.76 0 2,470
31 Todd Gilliland 34 15,141 23.00 1 1,323
32 Noah Gragson 4 14,585 25.39 0 2,206
33 Cole Custer 41 12,249 26.15 1 1,922
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 12,063 25.57 4 2,511
35 Cody Ware 51 10,149 29.90 2 1,165
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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