Cup Series · 2026 · race 23 of 36

Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol

TrackIowa Speedway
ScheduledSun, Aug 9, 2026 · 3:30 PM ET
Laps350
Cars36
Official winnerTy Gibbs (#54)
TLS leaderRoss Chastain (#1) · 11,258

Three ways to measure this race

	Official winner	TLS leader	Best ARP
Driver	Ty Gibbs (#54)	Ross Chastain (#1)	Ross Chastain (#1)
Finish	P1	P7	P7
TLS points	10,051	11,258	11,258
ARP	8.36	4.93	4.93
Laps led	20	40	40

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

Official winner — Ty Gibbs (#54): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 20 laps with 8.36 average running position and 10,051 TLS points.

TLS leader — Ross Chastain (#1): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (11,258 points). Finished P7 with 40 laps led and 4.93 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (4.93). The official winner ran a worse average position (8.36).

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.

Race Notes auto-generated

Official winner: Ty Gibbs (#54), who ranked 4th on TLS with 10,051 points.
TLS leader: Ross Chastain (#1) with 11,258 points, finished P7, ARP 4.93.
Most laps led: Ryan Blaney, 129 laps.
Luck index ▼ Kyle Larson ran 21st on TLS but finished P33 (12 spots worse than they ran).
Luck index ▲ Chris Buescher finished P13 after running 25th on TLS (12 spots better than they ran).

Auto-generated stats from TrueLapScore lap data. Not a written story.

Race results

Fin	TLS rank	Driver	Car	Make	Team	Start	Laps led	ARP	TLS points
1	4	Ty Gibbs	54	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	6	20	8.36	10,051
2	3	Christopher Bell	20	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	22	108	5.44	11,078
3	2	Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	Team Penske	1	129	4.99	11,236
4	9	Josh Berry	21	Ford	Wood Brothers Racing	13	0	10.01	9,475
5	11	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	29	0	11.12	9,085
6	6	Chase Briscoe	19	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	0	9.01	9,824
7	1	Ross Chastain	1	Chevrolet	Trackhouse Racing	9	40	4.93	11,258
8	16	AJ Allmendinger	16	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	25	0	16.89	7,059
9	12	William Byron	24	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	19	0	11.64	8,900
10	7	Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	7	0	9.26	9,736
11	8	Connor Zilisch #	88	Chevrolet	Trackhouse Racing	8	0	9.91	9,482
12	13	Bubba Wallace	23	Toyota	23XI Racing	26	35	13.09	8,369
13	25	Chris Buescher	17	Ford	RFK Racing	27	0	23.42	4,752
14	5	Joey Logano	22	Ford	Team Penske	3	0	8.81	9,865
15	22	Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	32	18	21.21	5,526
16	10	Zane Smith	38	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	14	0	10.88	9,142
17	14	Noah Gragson	4	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	15	0	13.75	8,138
18	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	Chevrolet	HYAK Motorsports	16	0	18.92	6,329
19	15	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Toyota	Legacy Motor Club	21	0	16.23	7,271
20	26	Ryan Preece	60	Ford	RFK Racing	35	0	23.68	4,661
21	18	Riley Herbst	35	Toyota	23XI Racing	28	0	19.81	6,018
22	19	Todd Gilliland	34	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	17	0	20.16	5,893
23	27	Daniel Suarez	7	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	33	0	24.41	4,407
24	20	Ty Dillon	10	Chevrolet	Kaulig Racing	31	0	20.66	5,720
25	23	Michael McDowell	71	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	11	0	21.43	5,451
26	–	Austin Hill(i)	33	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	24	0	–	4,357 (i)
27	28	Brad Keselowski	6	Ford	RFK Racing	4	0	26.07	3,814
28	31	Cole Custer	41	Chevrolet	Haas Factory Team	36	0	28.44	2,986
29	24	Austin Cindric	2	Ford	Team Penske	12	0	22.63	5,014
30	29	Shane Van Gisbergen	97	Chevrolet	Trackhouse Racing	23	0	26.56	3,634
31	30	Carson Hocevar	77	Chevrolet	Spire Motorsports	18	0	28.33	3,016
32	33	Cody Ware	51	Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	34	0	31.99	1,745
33	21	Kyle Larson	5	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	2	0	20.14	5,616
34	32	Alex Bowman	48	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	30	0	23.50	2,633
35	35	Erik Jones	43	Toyota	Legacy Motor Club	10	0	13.20	119
36	34	Tyler Reddick	45	Toyota	23XI Racing	5	0	6.25	123

official winner TLS leader · (i) ineligible for series points (lap points shown for reference, not counted) · legend

Season standings through this race

Rank	Driver	Car	Season points	ARP	Laps led	This race
1	Denny Hamlin	11	176,691	10.18	877	9,085
2	Ryan Blaney	12	168,239	10.30	620	11,236
3	Ty Gibbs	54	159,503	10.36	278	10,051
4	Tyler Reddick	45	152,615	10.57	437	123
5	Kyle Larson	5	152,433	11.14	637	5,616
6	Chase Briscoe	19	150,894	12.13	178	9,824
7	Christopher Bell	20	150,365	11.99	530	11,078
8	Bubba Wallace	23	142,692	14.47	189	8,369
9	Chris Buescher	17	142,270	13.90	75	4,752
10	William Byron	24	139,933	13.93	136	8,900
11	Chase Elliott	9	139,435	14.39	298	5,526
12	Joey Logano	22	138,739	15.14	439	9,865
13	Carson Hocevar	77	137,032	15.61	156	3,016
14	Austin Cindric	2	129,091	15.54	45	5,014
15	Daniel Suarez	7	127,707	16.75	40	4,407
16	Ryan Preece	60	118,491	18.09	33	4,661
17	Ross Chastain	1	116,893	17.26	106	11,258
18	Brad Keselowski	6	116,420	19.12	167	3,814
19	Erik Jones	43	114,306	18.39	17	119
20	Shane Van Gisbergen	97	114,038	17.60	233	3,634
21	Michael McDowell	71	105,829	19.16	24	5,451
22	Zane Smith	38	105,456	19.87	62	9,142
23	Austin Dillon	3	103,313	20.79	5	9,736
24	Riley Herbst	35	102,342	20.58	5	6,018
25	Josh Berry	21	95,429	21.32	17	9,475
26	AJ Allmendinger	16	93,103	20.77	9	7,059
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	90,456	23.09	6	6,329
28	Todd Gilliland	34	88,935	23.26	8	5,893
29	John Hunter Nemechek	42	88,811	21.70	62	7,271
30	Noah Gragson	4	75,737	25.91	2	8,138
31	Alex Bowman	48	74,593	19.96	0	2,633
32	Ty Dillon	10	73,402	26.03	3	5,720
33	Cole Custer	41	68,266	25.17	3	2,986
34	Connor Zilisch #	88	64,471	23.47	8	9,482
35	Kyle Busch	8	51,197	19.72	19	0
36	Cody Ware	51	44,485	30.61	2	1,745
37	* Jimmie Johnson	84	3,088	30.47	0	0
38	* Casey Mears	66	2,171	35.27	0	0
39	* Katherine Legge	78	1,917	35.70	0	0
40	* Kevin Magnussen	91	1,244	23.63	0	0
41	* BJ McLeod	78	1,041	32.47	0	0