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Cup Series · 2026 · race 32 of 36

Bank of America 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Chase Briscoe (#19) Kyle Larson (C) (#5) Kyle Larson (C) (#5)
Finish P1 P6 P6
TLS points 9,780 9,929 9,929
ARP 3.51 2.95 2.95
Laps led 62 97 97

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

Official winner — Chase Briscoe (#19): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 62 laps with 3.51 average running position and 9,780 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (C) (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,929 points). Finished P6 with 97 laps led and 2.95 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.95). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.51).

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.

Briscoe Edges Bell in Charlotte Thriller

The Bank of America 400 featured a tense final lap at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Following a series of cautions and pit cycles, the field tightened up in the closing stages. On the final lap, Chase Briscoe (#19) and Christopher Bell (#20) made contact in turn 4. Despite the contact, Briscoe managed to edge out Bell by a margin of 0.029 seconds to secure the victory.

Early in the race, several incidents shaped the field. A caution on lap 41 caused a multi-car incident involving Ty Gibbs (#54) and others, while a late-race caution on lap 117 was triggered by John H. Nemechek (#42). The final lap also saw an altercation between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#47) and Michael McDowell (#71) in turn 3, which resulted in Stenhouse Jr. spinning.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 2 Chase Briscoe (C) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 62 3.51 9,780
2 3 Christopher Bell (C) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 17 93 3.98 9,654
3 5 Ryan Blaney (C) 12 Ford Team Penske 4 4 7.38 8,741
4 10 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 27 0 12.29 7,426
5 7 Denny Hamlin (C) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 0 8.30 8,496
6 1 Kyle Larson (C) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 1 97 2.95 9,929
7 9 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 10 0 12.24 7,441
8 4 Tyler Reddick (C) 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 3 0 5.84 9,156
9 11 Joey Logano (C) 22 Ford Team Penske 7 0 13.00 7,235
10 15 Chris Buescher (C) 17 Ford RFK Racing 13 0 15.86 6,470
11 – * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 37 0 – 6,939 (i)
12 14 Chase Elliott (C) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 0 15.72 6,506
13 12 Daniel Suarez (C) 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 15 0 14.13 6,932
14 8 Carson Hocevar (C) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 11 0 11.38 7,671
15 23 Ryan Preece (C) 60 Ford RFK Racing 24 0 24.26 4,217
16 13 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 28 0 14.58 6,812
17 6 Austin Cindric (C) 2 Ford Team Penske 5 0 7.43 8,729
18 18 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 21 0 20.09 5,335
19 16 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 19 0 16.67 6,253
20 21 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 0 23.70 4,368
21 25 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 36 0 25.24 3,956
22 27 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 31 0 27.63 3,314
23 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 32 0 21.00 5,092
24 20 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 25 0 23.21 4,499
25 24 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 23 0 24.49 4,158
26 17 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 20 0 18.62 5,729
27 26 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 30 0 26.09 3,729
28 22 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 18 0 24.07 4,252
29 28 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 22 0 28.33 3,116
30 29 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 33 0 29.91 2,695
31 32 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 35 0 31.01 2,399
32 – Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 26 0 – 2,143 (i)
33 36 * BJ McLeod 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 39 0 34.12 1,557
34 35 Ty Gibbs (C) 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 0 31.68 2,163
35 34 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 29 0 31.65 2,170
36 – * Gray Gaulding(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 38 0 – 816 (i)
37 30 Bubba Wallace (C) 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 11 5.05 2,691
38 33 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 16 0 10.05 2,306
39 31 William Byron (C) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 0 6.39 2,588

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 (C) 11 253,599 10.49 989 8,496
2 Ryan Blaney (C) 12 250,279 9.56 1,049 8,741
3 Kyle Larson (C) 5 234,505 10.35 1,215 9,929
4 Chase Briscoe (C) 19 234,417 10.86 649 9,780
5 Christopher Bell (C) 20 233,605 11.11 707 9,654
6 Ty Gibbs (C) 54 227,420 11.48 400 2,163
7 Joey Logano (C) 22 218,247 13.72 725 7,235
8 Tyler Reddick (C) 45 215,121 11.79 524 9,156
9 Bubba Wallace (C) 23 212,914 13.45 264 2,691
10 William Byron (C) 24 211,061 12.87 176 2,588
11 Austin Cindric (C) 2 209,281 13.81 85 8,729
12 Chase Elliott (C) 9 203,976 14.27 318 6,506
13 Chris Buescher (C) 17 197,480 15.37 81 6,470
14 Carson Hocevar (C) 77 195,103 16.08 198 7,671
15 Daniel Suarez (C) 7 182,855 17.01 42 6,932
16 Ryan Preece (C) 60 182,358 17.20 55 4,217
17 Brad Keselowski 6 174,122 18.51 232 3,116
18 Ross Chastain 1 169,260 17.23 134 6,812
19 Josh Berry 21 163,087 19.53 93 7,426
20 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 161,878 18.23 270 7,441
21 Erik Jones 43 157,056 19.22 17 4,499
22 Michael McDowell 71 152,281 19.77 24 6,253
23 Austin Dillon 3 146,706 21.32 5 5,729
24 Riley Herbst 35 140,655 21.09 5 5,335
25 Zane Smith 38 139,354 21.09 77 4,368
26 Alex Bowman 48 132,182 18.39 0 2,306
27 Todd Gilliland 34 129,454 23.18 21 3,314
28 AJ Allmendinger 16 127,995 22.16 9 4,252
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 124,819 22.53 64 2,170
30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 116,729 24.55 7 5,092
31 Noah Gragson 4 112,932 25.36 2 4,158
32 Cole Custer 41 99,316 25.56 3 3,729
33 Connor Zilisch # 88 95,195 24.30 9 3,956
34 Ty Dillon 10 92,667 27.12 3 2,695
35 Cody Ware 51 58,677 31.03 10 2,399
36 Kyle Busch 8 51,197 19.72 19 0
37 * Casey Mears 66 3,318 34.98 0 0
38 * Jimmie Johnson 84 3,088 30.47 0 0
39 * BJ McLeod 78 2,598 32.88 0 1,557
40 * Katherine Legge 78 1,917 35.70 0 0
41 * Kevin Magnussen 91 1,244 23.63 0 0
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