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Cup Series · 2026 · race 15 of 36

FireKeepers Casino 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Carson Hocevar (#77) Chase Elliott (#9)
Finish P1 P5 P32
TLS points 4,764 6,617 5,158
ARP 14.30 5.08 3.15
Laps led 40 21 67

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 40 laps with 14.30 average running position and 4,764 TLS points.

TLS leader — Carson Hocevar (#77): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (6,617 points). Finished P5 with 21 laps led and 5.08 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — Chase Elliott (#9): lowest average running position (3.15). Finished P32 with 5,158 TLS points and 67 laps led. ARP is an average across all laps — a driver can run near the front all day yet score fewer TLS points if they led fewer laps, completed fewer laps, or lost ground late while keeping a strong average.

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 survives Michigan red flag

Cautions on laps 78 and 90 kept the FireKeepers 400 unsettled early. Chase Elliott (#9) won stage 2, but the race turned on lap 142 when Zane Smith (#38) brought out a caution — on the restart Elliott (#9) and Bell (#20) hit the wall hard enough to require a red flag for SAFER barrier repairs.

After a lap-154 restart crash when McDowell (#71) struck Noah Gragson (#4), Denny Hamlin (#11) took control and led the final 46 laps. Hamlin (#11) won by 11.11 seconds over Erik Jones (#43) — a rare blowout finish on a day defined by repairs and attrition.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 9 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 40 14.30 4,764
2 6 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 10 0 11.71 5,284
3 3 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 13 9 5.55 6,522
4 2 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 7 4 5.19 6,594
5 1 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 2 21 5.08 6,617
6 4 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 11 10 7.04 6,223
7 5 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 18 0 9.72 5,684
8 11 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 19 0 14.55 4,714
9 12 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 14 0 16.25 4,372
10 18 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 0 19.13 3,793
11 14 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 31 0 17.74 4,073
12 16 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 15 0 18.73 3,873
13 8 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 12 0 12.47 5,132
14 13 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 17 0 17.33 4,154
15 26 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 37 0 23.78 2,858
16 19 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 32 1 19.40 3,738
17 23 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 25 0 22.16 3,184
18 10 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 7 14.35 4,753
19 24 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 0 22.35 3,146
20 – Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 28 0 – 2,569 (i)
21 – * JJ Yeley(i) 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 36 2 – 1,790 (i)
22 33 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 29.28 1,744
23 30 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 28.53 1,884
24 20 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 24 0 19.38 3,669
25 17 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 6 17.50 3,854
26 28 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 22.12 2,525
27 21 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 22 0 14.75 3,650
28 29 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 27 0 24.18 2,169
29 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 23 0 21.30 2,589
30 31 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 30 0 26.22 1,826
31 22 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 8 0 14.55 3,471
32 7 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 67 3.15 5,158
33 15 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 16 0 9.74 4,013
34 34 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 26 0 20.84 1,544
35 25 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 3 33 3.86 2,868
36 32 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 21 0 16.59 1,777
37 35 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 34 0 35.10 29

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 11 121,156 10.42 796 4,764
2 Tyler Reddick 45 120,268 8.17 395 2,868
3 Kyle Larson 5 115,321 10.06 573 6,594
4 Ryan Blaney 12 113,873 10.90 295 4,714
5 Ty Gibbs 54 107,553 10.38 102 3,854
6 Chris Buescher 17 103,667 12.81 68 4,372
7 Christopher Bell 20 102,908 11.23 398 3,471
8 Chase Elliott 9 99,145 12.73 266 5,158
9 Chase Briscoe 19 98,476 13.03 117 3,793
10 Bubba Wallace 23 96,028 13.83 98 6,522
11 Carson Hocevar 77 94,596 16.13 96 6,617
12 William Byron 24 92,653 14.29 41 4,753
13 Joey Logano 22 89,834 15.55 115 5,684
14 Austin Cindric 2 89,573 14.29 26 4,073
15 Daniel Suarez 7 87,856 16.58 38 6,223
16 Ryan Preece 60 86,609 17.20 26 2,169
17 Brad Keselowski 6 85,369 17.65 160 1,544
18 Ross Chastain 1 80,369 17.20 60 3,738
19 Erik Jones 43 78,352 19.50 16 5,284
20 Zane Smith 38 76,755 19.44 59 4,013
21 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 75,983 18.24 103 1,826
22 Michael McDowell 71 70,751 20.00 24 2,525
23 Riley Herbst 35 69,265 21.29 2 5,132
24 Austin Dillon 3 67,661 20.35 5 1,777
25 Josh Berry 21 67,622 20.69 15 2,858
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 64,962 21.39 9 3,184
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 61,002 23.01 6 2,589
28 Todd Gilliland 34 57,292 23.69 1 1,744
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 56,375 23.03 19 4,154
30 Noah Gragson 4 54,866 24.73 2 3,650
31 Kyle Busch 8 51,197 19.72 19 0
32 Ty Dillon 10 45,181 26.55 3 3,669
33 Cole Custer 41 44,516 26.00 1 3,873
34 Alex Bowman 48 43,102 20.68 0 3,146
35 Connor Zilisch # 88 41,433 25.04 0 29
36 Cody Ware 51 30,479 30.39 2 1,884
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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