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Cup Series · 2026 · race 10 of 36

Jack Link's 500

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Carson Hocevar (#77) Ross Chastain (#1) Ross Chastain (#1)
Finish P1 P7 P7
TLS points 4,393 5,961 5,961
ARP 17.76 9.46 9.46
Laps led 19 22 22

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

Official winner — Carson Hocevar (#77): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 19 laps with 17.76 average running position and 4,393 TLS points.

TLS leader — Ross Chastain (#1): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,961 points). Finished P7 with 22 laps led and 9.46 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (9.46). The official winner ran a worse average position (17.76).

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.

Hocevar clears the Talladega wreck

A 25-car crash on lap 115 brought out a red flag and reshuffled the Talladega order. More cautions followed, including lap-124 contact that sent Ty Gibbs (#54) and Michael McDowell (#71) into the wall. Ross Chastain (#1) won stage 2 after getting by Christopher Bell (#20).

Carson Hocevar (#77) was near the front when Erik Jones (#43) got stuck in the infield grass on lap 182. On lap 188, as Austin Dillon (#3), Bell (#20), Todd Gilliland (#51), and Van Gisbergen (#97) crashed behind him, Hocevar (#77) took the Jack Link's 500 win.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 15 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 12 19 17.76 4,393
2 3 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 10 22 10.37 5,789
3 6 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 20 0 13.09 5,275
4 13 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 17.23 4,493
5 21 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 30 0 22.26 3,542
6 14 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 22 2 17.31 4,478
7 1 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 24 22 9.46 5,961
8 20 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 13 0 22.12 3,569
9 19 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 29 2 20.03 3,963
10 10 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 34 0 15.04 4,907
11 9 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 19 0 14.46 5,017
12 18 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 16 0 20.00 3,969
13 28 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 35 0 24.14 3,187
14 16 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 1 2 18.81 4,194
15 23 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 28 23.24 3,356
16 17 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 28 0 19.25 4,111
17 4 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 31 12.04 5,473
18 2 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 11 21 10.10 5,840
19 5 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 18 5 13.12 5,297
20 11 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 33 0 16.66 4,600
21 7 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 36 0 13.51 5,196
22 12 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 23 0 16.66 4,575
23 8 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 21 0 13.87 5,100
24 – * Daniel Dye(i) 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 40 0 – 1,995 (i)
25 33 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 17 0 28.50 2,338
26 29 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 32 0 24.12 3,140
27 – * Jesse Love(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 37 0 – 2,860 (i)
28 – * Chad Finchum(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 38 8 – 2,388 (i)
29 32 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 3 25.72 2,765
30 – * Joey Gase(i) 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 39 0 – 881 (i)
31 22 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 6 0 19.83 3,536
32 35 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 31 1 26.75 2,137
33 30 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 26 0 17.24 2,970
34 27 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 9 17 14.59 3,248
35 25 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 7 0 13.55 3,294
36 31 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 4 3 16.13 2,860
37 24 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 15 0 11.89 3,348
38 36 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 27 0 25.00 1,840
39 26 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 25 3 12.70 3,255
40 34 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 0 20.73 2,331

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 Denny Hamlin 11 83,954 10.27 603 3,356
2 Tyler Reddick 45 82,410 9.11 201 4,194
3 Kyle Larson 5 81,003 8.97 499 2,331
4 Ryan Blaney 12 80,460 9.72 244 3,348
5 Ty Gibbs 54 75,357 10.79 60 3,248
6 Christopher Bell 20 73,895 11.17 303 5,473
7 Chase Elliott 9 73,333 12.78 109 4,493
8 Chris Buescher 17 72,233 12.55 68 5,789
9 Bubba Wallace 23 71,116 12.56 89 2,860
10 Austin Cindric 2 70,171 13.82 26 3,569
11 William Byron 24 66,541 12.58 34 3,294
12 Ryan Preece 60 66,417 15.41 25 5,840
13 Carson Hocevar 77 65,626 16.84 31 4,393
14 Joey Logano 22 64,893 14.87 114 3,255
15 Chase Briscoe 19 64,069 14.01 65 2,765
16 Brad Keselowski 6 63,785 16.33 156 3,536
17 Ross Chastain 1 61,443 16.20 52 5,961
18 Daniel Suarez 7 56,813 18.15 1 3,969
19 Zane Smith 38 49,965 20.56 10 3,542
20 Josh Berry 21 49,054 19.19 15 2,970
21 Austin Dillon 3 49,001 20.55 5 5,297
22 Erik Jones 43 47,785 21.67 0 5,100
23 Michael McDowell 71 46,185 21.15 16 2,137
24 Riley Herbst 35 45,032 21.94 0 2,338
25 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 44,942 20.55 6 4,600
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 42,454 22.84 2 4,111
27 Todd Gilliland 34 42,278 22.30 1 5,017
28 Kyle Busch 8 40,591 21.51 19 4,907
29 Noah Gragson 4 37,150 25.23 2 3,963
30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 35,616 24.52 6 4,478
31 John Hunter Nemechek 42 34,515 24.28 19 4,575
32 Connor Zilisch # 88 31,787 25.75 0 3,140
33 Ty Dillon 10 28,916 27.00 3 3,187
34 Cole Custer 41 25,551 27.58 1 1,840
35 Alex Bowman 48 21,527 20.88 0 5,275
36 Cody Ware 51 20,613 30.19 2 5,196
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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