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Cup Series · 2026 · race 13 of 36

Coca-Cola 600

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Daniel Suárez (#7) Tyler Reddick (#45) Tyler Reddick (#45)
Finish P1 P4 P4
TLS points 7,312 13,763 13,763
ARP 20.45 3.20 3.20
Laps led 17 119 119

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

Official winner — Daniel Suárez (#7): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 17 laps with 20.45 average running position and 7,312 TLS points.

TLS leader — Tyler Reddick (#45): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (13,763 points). Finished P4 with 119 laps led and 3.20 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.20). The official winner ran a worse average position (20.45).

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.

Rain ends the Coca-Cola 600 early

Rain altered the weekend from the start — qualifying was canceled, and the 600-mile race never reached lap 400. Denny Hamlin (#11) won stages 1 and 2 and Tyler Reddick (#45) led a race-high 119 laps, but the final act belonged to the weather.

Lightning brought a caution near lap 353, and rain halted the race soon after. The field red-flagged on lap 367, briefly restarted, then red-flagged again on lap 373 when rain returned. NASCAR declared Daniel Suárez (#7) the winner with Christopher Bell (#20) second — a finish that rewarded Suárez's position when the race was called, not who had dominated the preceding hours.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 21 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 14 17 20.45 7,312
2 8 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 17 44 9.14 11,543
3 2 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 75 3.99 13,467
4 1 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 1 119 3.20 13,763
5 4 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 18 14 5.35 12,960
6 3 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 17 4.40 13,315
7 7 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 6 0 8.97 11,606
8 14 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 33 0 15.51 9,159
9 18 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 31 0 19.29 7,744
10 12 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 19 31 14.46 9,553
11 5 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 3 11 7.79 12,047
12 10 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 32 0 13.33 9,974
13 13 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 21 0 14.78 9,434
14 17 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 4 3 18.62 7,997
15 15 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 26 0 15.72 9,080
16 19 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 22 0 20.05 7,460
17 27 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 0 26.68 4,983
18 16 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 10 0 17.96 8,244
19 – * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 39 0 – 5,908 (i)
20 30 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 20 0 27.68 4,606
21 24 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 30 0 24.71 5,704
22 25 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 24 0 25.61 5,369
23 26 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 23 4 25.80 5,298
24 29 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 28 0 26.71 4,956
25 31 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 35 0 27.93 4,502
26 28 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 15 0 26.70 4,960
27 – Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 13 0 – 5,414 (i)
28 32 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 38 0 32.40 2,826
29 20 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 34 0 20.17 7,378
30 9 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 7 0 12.67 10,059
31 35 * Katherine Legge 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 37 0 35.59 1,598
32 22 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 9 0 20.99 6,445
33 11 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 12 1 10.44 9,726
34 6 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 34 4.06 11,823
35 23 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 27 3 20.49 6,205
36 – * Timmy Hill(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 36 0 – 1,259 (i)
37 33 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 16 0 17.13 2,058
38 34 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 8 0 8.83 1,652
39 36 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 0 26.15 734

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 11 108,805 9.86 699 13,467
2 Tyler Reddick 45 107,477 8.67 320 13,763
3 Ryan Blaney 12 99,651 10.88 249 11,606
4 Kyle Larson 5 98,784 10.75 513 12,960
5 Ty Gibbs 54 95,360 9.77 95 13,315
6 Chris Buescher 17 93,933 11.96 68 10,059
7 Christopher Bell 20 89,549 11.36 369 11,543
8 Chase Elliott 9 85,788 13.54 196 2,058
9 Chase Briscoe 19 85,371 12.94 103 11,823
10 Bubba Wallace 23 84,419 14.44 89 5,369
11 Ryan Preece 60 83,753 15.57 26 9,726
12 William Byron 24 82,189 14.28 34 7,744
13 Austin Cindric 2 81,437 13.17 26 1,652
14 Carson Hocevar 77 81,351 16.91 75 5,298
15 Brad Keselowski 6 79,189 17.61 160 9,080
16 Joey Logano 22 77,224 15.96 114 9,159
17 Ross Chastain 1 75,338 16.56 59 6,205
18 Daniel Suarez 7 74,604 17.39 18 7,312
19 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 65,347 18.28 91 12,047
20 Zane Smith 38 65,026 20.65 41 9,553
21 Erik Jones 43 64,438 20.81 13 9,434
22 Austin Dillon 3 61,965 20.21 5 6,445
23 Josh Berry 21 61,870 20.08 15 7,378
24 Michael McDowell 71 60,807 20.27 24 7,997
25 Riley Herbst 35 58,075 22.17 1 5,704
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 57,577 21.84 2 8,244
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 52,926 23.32 6 9,974
28 Kyle Busch 8 51,197 19.72 19 0
29 Todd Gilliland 34 50,643 23.34 1 4,606
30 John Hunter Nemechek 42 47,366 23.49 19 4,960
31 Noah Gragson 4 46,862 25.51 2 4,956
32 Connor Zilisch # 88 40,685 23.96 0 734
33 Ty Dillon 10 37,129 27.26 3 4,502
34 Cole Custer 41 36,118 26.72 1 7,460
35 Alex Bowman 48 35,215 21.04 0 4,983
36 Cody Ware 51 26,030 30.52 2 2,826
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2,399 30.00 0 0
38 * Katherine Legge 78 1,917 35.70 0 1,598
39 * Casey Mears 66 1,101 36.38 0 0
40 * BJ McLeod 78 821 30.24 0 0
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