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Cup Series · 2026 · race 14 of 36

Cracker Barrel 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Kyle Larson (#5) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P23 P23
TLS points 7,587 9,943 9,943
ARP 13.79 5.86 5.86
Laps led 57 56 56

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 57 laps with 13.79 average running position and 7,587 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,943 points). Finished P23 with 56 laps led and 5.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (5.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (13.79).

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 wins a Nashville photo finish

Nashville stayed chaotic through the middle stages: cautions on laps 183, 192, and 204 collected multiple cars, and a brake rotor failure for Chris Buescher (#17) on lap 288 brought out a late yellow.

On the final lap Chase Briscoe (#19) went three-wide with Denny Hamlin (#11) before Hamlin (#11) cleared on the backstretch and won by 0.115 seconds. A multi-car crash involving Chase Elliott (#9) and Tyler Reddick (#45) unfolded just past the start/finish line as the race ended.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 11 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 57 13.79 7,587
2 3 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 29 6.15 9,888
3 5 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 31 14 8.06 9,312
4 18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 15 0 20.77 5,487
5 6 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 10 12 9.73 8,810
6 2 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 2 42 6.03 9,923
7 9 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 3 11.76 8,199
8 4 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 7 46 7.41 9,508
9 10 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 11 18 13.37 7,716
10 15 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 17 0 16.98 6,628
11 7 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 13 3 10.33 8,630
12 26 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 30 0 24.44 4,383
13 8 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 1 11.30 8,339
14 14 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 9 1 15.99 6,926
15 12 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 14 0 14.35 7,419
16 27 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 26 0 24.49 4,354
17 16 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 23 1 18.81 6,058
18 30 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 32 0 25.94 3,919
19 13 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 3 10 15.57 7,029
20 21 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 21 0 22.65 4,905
21 25 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 20 0 23.92 4,525
22 32 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 30.45 2,565
23 1 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 56 5.86 9,943
24 22 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 27 0 22.76 4,855
25 – * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 24 0 – 5,782 (i)
26 29 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 36 0 25.32 4,063
27 – Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 25 0 – 3,907 (i)
28 – * Chad Finchum(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 37 0 – 1,522 (i)
29 19 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 22 0 20.32 5,362
30 17 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 14.38 5,711
31 31 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 33 0 25.54 2,894
32 20 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 18 0 14.06 5,087
33 23 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 19 0 15.76 4,741
34 24 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 12 0 14.98 4,636
35 28 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 16 7 14.72 4,201
36 35 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 28 0 31.45 687
37 33 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 35 0 23.23 1,293
38 34 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 38 0 29.01 719

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 45 117,400 8.48 362 9,923
2 Denny Hamlin 11 116,392 10.14 756 7,587
3 Ryan Blaney 12 109,159 10.63 295 9,508
4 Kyle Larson 5 108,727 10.40 569 9,943
5 Ty Gibbs 54 103,699 9.87 96 8,339
6 Christopher Bell 20 99,437 10.99 398 9,888
7 Chris Buescher 17 99,295 12.56 68 5,362
8 Chase Briscoe 19 94,683 12.60 117 9,312
9 Chase Elliott 9 93,987 13.41 199 8,199
10 Bubba Wallace 23 89,506 14.42 89 5,087
11 Carson Hocevar 77 87,979 16.92 75 6,628
12 William Byron 24 87,900 14.29 34 5,711
13 Austin Cindric 2 85,500 14.04 26 4,063
14 Ryan Preece 60 84,440 16.70 26 687
15 Joey Logano 22 84,150 15.96 115 6,926
16 Brad Keselowski 6 83,825 17.43 160 4,636
17 Daniel Suarez 7 81,633 17.26 28 7,029
18 Ross Chastain 1 76,631 17.04 59 1,293
19 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 74,157 17.67 103 8,810
20 Erik Jones 43 73,068 20.06 16 8,630
21 Zane Smith 38 72,742 20.13 59 7,716
22 Michael McDowell 71 68,226 19.85 24 7,419
23 Austin Dillon 3 65,884 20.62 5 3,919
24 Josh Berry 21 64,764 20.47 15 2,894
25 Riley Herbst 35 64,133 21.93 2 6,058
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 61,778 21.33 9 4,201
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 58,413 23.14 6 5,487
28 Todd Gilliland 34 55,548 23.29 1 4,905
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 52,221 23.43 19 4,855
30 Noah Gragson 4 51,216 25.44 2 4,354
31 Kyle Busch 8 51,197 19.72 19 0
32 Ty Dillon 10 41,512 27.06 3 4,383
33 Connor Zilisch # 88 41,404 24.32 0 719
34 Cole Custer 41 40,643 26.52 1 4,525
35 Alex Bowman 48 39,956 20.51 0 4,741
36 Cody Ware 51 28,595 30.52 2 2,565
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2,399 30.00 0 0
38 * Katherine Legge 78 1,917 35.70 0 0
39 * Casey Mears 66 1,101 36.38 0 0
40 * BJ McLeod 78 821 30.24 0 0
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