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Cup Series · 2026 · race 7 of 36

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Chase Elliott (#9) Denny Hamlin (#11) Denny Hamlin (#11)
Finish P1 P2 P2
TLS points 11,632 14,700 14,700
ARP 8.99 1.34 1.34
Laps led 84 292 292

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

Official winner — Chase Elliott (#9): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 84 laps with 8.99 average running position and 11,632 TLS points.

TLS leader — Denny Hamlin (#11): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (14,700 points). Finished P2 with 292 laps led and 1.34 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (1.34). The official winner ran a worse average position (8.99).

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.

Elliott wins a short-track slugfest

Denny Hamlin (#11) won both stages at Martinsville and looked like the driver to beat until the final restart. Cautions on lap 78 (Cody Ware #51 spun) and lap 105 (contact between Noah Gragson #4 and AJ Allmendinger #16) kept the field bunched.

With 76 laps to go, Bubba Wallace (#23) spun Carson Hocevar (#77), triggering a 10-car crash on the backstretch. On a late restart Chase Elliott (#9) got alongside Hamlin (#11) and won by 0.565 seconds — a classic short-track swap at the end.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 9 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 10 84 8.99 11,632
2 1 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 292 1.34 14,700
3 3 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 9 0 5.08 13,199
4 2 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 0 3.38 13,882
5 6 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 6 6.02 12,825
6 4 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 12 2 5.73 12,940
7 10 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 0 9.17 11,562
8 5 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 6 0 5.88 12,882
9 11 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 13 0 10.36 11,084
10 7 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 3 2 8.82 11,703
11 8 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 5 0 8.94 11,653
12 13 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 17 0 12.36 10,283
13 16 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 23 0 17.76 8,116
14 22 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 27 0 20.65 6,958
15 12 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 0 11.45 10,647
16 14 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 18 14 14.74 9,329
17 15 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 7 0 15.00 9,225
18 21 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 20.12 7,170
19 23 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 16 0 21.60 6,558
20 20 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 22 0 19.93 7,227
21 18 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 19 0 19.49 7,404
22 – Justin Allgaier(i) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 21 0 – 6,292 (i)
23 24 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 29 0 26.73 4,496
24 25 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 34 0 26.75 4,489
25 26 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 30 0 27.35 4,248
26 27 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 0 28.98 3,588
27 30 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 28 0 30.65 2,926
28 29 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 31 0 30.56 2,962
29 33 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 32 0 32.20 2,308
30 34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 33 0 32.69 2,112
31 31 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 24 0 31.19 2,705
32 35 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 35 0 35.93 818
33 – * Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 37 0 – 1,525 (i)
34 19 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 14 0 18.20 7,364
35 28 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 26 0 27.08 3,539
36 17 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 15 0 13.82 7,834
37 31 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 28.95 2,705

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 55,157 8.28 189 10,647
2 Denny Hamlin 11 55,046 10.05 444 14,700
3 William Byron 24 54,011 9.39 34 12,825
4 Ryan Blaney 12 53,864 9.16 54 12,940
5 Christopher Bell 20 52,718 9.92 225 11,562
6 Kyle Larson 5 50,692 9.18 137 11,084
7 Chase Elliott 9 49,031 12.46 103 11,632
8 Ty Gibbs 54 48,195 11.25 18 13,882
9 Austin Cindric 2 46,956 12.81 26 12,882
10 Chris Buescher 17 45,761 13.37 45 6,558
11 Bubba Wallace 23 45,125 13.37 86 7,834
12 Joey Logano 22 44,797 14.03 111 13,199
13 Ryan Preece 60 42,680 16.28 4 10,283
14 Brad Keselowski 6 42,416 16.41 156 8,116
15 Ross Chastain 1 41,656 15.45 30 9,329
16 Daniel Suarez 7 37,642 17.77 0 7,227
17 Carson Hocevar 77 37,373 19.23 6 9,225
18 Chase Briscoe 19 36,834 14.31 62 6,958
19 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 36,242 18.11 6 11,653
20 Zane Smith 38 35,210 19.07 10 7,364
21 Michael McDowell 71 34,421 18.84 15 7,170
22 Erik Jones 43 32,031 21.97 0 7,404
23 Josh Berry 21 31,562 18.98 15 11,703
24 Austin Dillon 3 29,083 22.01 0 4,248
25 Kyle Busch 8 26,722 20.80 19 4,489
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 26,378 22.74 2 2,926
27 Riley Herbst 35 25,710 22.74 0 3,539
28 John Hunter Nemechek 42 25,193 23.79 19 2,308
29 Connor Zilisch # 88 22,971 24.49 0 3,588
30 Todd Gilliland 34 22,372 24.34 1 4,496
31 Noah Gragson 4 20,599 26.44 0 2,962
32 Ty Dillon 10 20,140 26.21 3 2,705
33 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 17,679 26.65 4 2,112
34 Cole Custer 41 16,878 27.62 1 2,705
35 Cody Ware 51 11,770 31.52 2 818
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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