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Cup Series · 2026 · race 11 of 36

Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY

Season

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 9,082 9,114 9,114
ARP 5.11 4.99 4.99
Laps led 87 21 21

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 87 laps with 5.11 average running position and 9,082 TLS points.

TLS leader — Denny Hamlin (#11): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,114 points). Finished P2 with 21 laps led and 4.99 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.99). The official winner ran a worse average position (5.11).

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 holds off Hamlin at Texas

A messy lap-94 pit-road tangle and mid-race contact for Ty Gibbs (#54) were early signs this Würth 400 would be decided late. Kyle Larson (#5) brought out a lap-160 caution; only Brad Keselowski (#6) and Ryan Preece (#60) stayed out before Chase Elliott (#9) cycled to the lead at the end of stage 2.

Elliott (#9) and Hamlin (#11) stayed out on the final stop while much of the field pitted. Elliott (#9) led Hamlin (#11) by 0.394 seconds at the white flag and held on to win after John Hunter Nemechek (#42) spun past the line but reached pit road.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 2 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 14 87 5.11 9,082
2 1 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 21 4.99 9,114
3 8 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 0 11.42 7,391
4 4 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 0 7.39 8,472
5 3 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 3 0 5.97 8,851
6 6 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 2 0 8.83 8,086
7 5 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 1 40 8.21 8,252
8 10 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 14.13 6,665
9 14 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 37 0 16.54 6,018
10 19 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 31 5 19.40 5,252
11 13 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 18 1 15.57 6,280
12 18 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 21 13 19.32 5,273
13 17 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 25 4 18.07 5,609
14 16 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 20 0 17.74 5,698
15 9 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 13 0 13.94 6,717
16 21 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 12 0 20.40 4,985
17 22 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 30 0 21.39 4,719
18 26 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 38 0 25.21 3,697
19 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 22 0 15.28 6,358
20 7 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 6 0 9.67 7,861
21 15 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 33 0 17.12 5,842
22 25 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 0 23.88 4,038
23 11 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 4 14.66 6,499
24 31 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 35 0 29.63 2,503
25 23 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 26 0 22.16 4,496
26 20 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 16 0 20.18 5,025
27 28 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 19 0 26.21 3,415
28 27 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 28 0 25.80 3,524
29 24 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 24 0 23.87 4,039
30 34 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 29 0 32.24 1,797
31 – * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 17 69 – 6,109 (i)
32 33 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 32 0 31.15 2,001
33 – * Chad Finchum(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 36 0 – 819 (i)
34 29 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 11 0 20.69 3,314
35 36 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 27 0 33.02 1,041
36 30 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 10 1 9.64 3,259
37 35 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 23 0 20.31 1,794
38 32 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 22 6.13 2,268

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 93,068 9.79 624 9,114
2 Tyler Reddick 45 90,882 8.96 201 8,472
3 Ryan Blaney 12 85,712 10.60 249 5,252
4 Kyle Larson 5 84,317 10.03 499 3,314
5 Chase Elliott 9 82,415 12.08 196 9,082
6 Chris Buescher 17 81,084 11.95 68 8,851
7 Ty Gibbs 54 78,616 10.68 61 3,259
8 Bubba Wallace 23 77,134 12.92 89 6,018
9 Austin Cindric 2 76,888 13.83 26 6,717
10 Christopher Bell 20 76,163 10.71 325 2,268
11 Carson Hocevar 77 73,878 16.05 71 8,252
12 William Byron 24 73,206 12.72 34 6,665
13 Ryan Preece 60 72,115 15.62 25 5,698
14 Chase Briscoe 19 70,568 14.06 69 6,499
15 Brad Keselowski 6 69,394 16.49 160 5,609
16 Joey Logano 22 66,687 15.36 114 1,794
17 Ross Chastain 1 66,468 16.56 52 5,025
18 Daniel Suarez 7 64,899 17.30 1 8,086
19 Zane Smith 38 54,003 20.87 10 4,038
20 Josh Berry 21 53,093 19.62 15 4,039
21 Erik Jones 43 53,058 21.46 13 5,273
22 Austin Dillon 3 52,698 20.97 5 3,697
23 Riley Herbst 35 51,312 21.36 1 6,280
24 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 49,661 20.62 6 4,719
25 Michael McDowell 71 49,600 21.61 16 3,415
26 Kyle Busch 8 48,452 20.44 19 7,861
27 AJ Allmendinger 16 46,950 22.78 2 4,496
28 Todd Gilliland 34 44,279 23.10 1 2,001
29 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 41,974 23.68 6 6,358
30 Noah Gragson 4 40,674 25.28 2 3,524
31 John Hunter Nemechek 42 40,357 23.63 19 5,842
32 Connor Zilisch # 88 36,772 25.26 0 4,985
33 Ty Dillon 10 31,419 27.23 3 2,503
34 Alex Bowman 48 28,918 19.53 0 7,391
35 Cole Custer 41 26,592 28.07 1 1,041
36 Cody Ware 51 22,410 30.38 2 1,797
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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