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Cup Series · 2026 · race 31 of 36

South Point 400

Season

Three ways to measure this race

Official winnerTLS leaderBest ARP
Driver Chase Briscoe (#19) Chase Briscoe (C) (#19) Chase Briscoe (C) (#19)
Finish P1 P1 P1
TLS points 9,240 9,240 9,240
ARP 2.52 2.52 2.52
Laps led 175 175 175

This race lined up on all three measures: Chase Briscoe (#19) won the race, led TLS points (9,240), and posted the best average running position (2.52).

Briscoe Wins at Las Vegas

Chase Briscoe (#19) secured the victory at the South Point 400 after a competitive battle. The race saw several strategic pit decisions, including a move by Denny Hamlin (#11) to take the wave on lap 45 to avoid falling a lap down. Early in the race, a caution on lap 44 for Zane Smith (#38) and a debris caution on lap 93 shaped the field.

Stage points were heavily contested among the Chase drivers, with Chase Briscoe (#19) and Christopher Bell (#20) both winning stages. Late in the race, Bubba Wallace (#23) moved into second place on lap 200.

Drama unfolded on the final lap when Kyle Larson (#5) made contact with the wall in turn 4, causing Tyler Reddick (#45) to hit him and slide into the grass. Chase Briscoe (#19) held off Kyle Larson (#5) to win by 1.376 seconds, with Tyler Reddick (#45) finishing third.

Race results

FinTLS rank DriverCarMakeTeam StartLaps ledARPTLS points
1 1 Chase Briscoe (C) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 175 2.52 9,240
2 13 Kyle Larson (C) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 0 12.64 6,528
3 6 Tyler Reddick (C) 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 5 1 9.77 7,298
4 4 Austin Cindric (C) 2 Ford Team Penske 7 33 7.93 7,791
5 2 Ryan Blaney (C) 12 Ford Team Penske 20 10 6.19 8,256
6 7 William Byron (C) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 10.17 7,191
7 5 Chase Elliott (C) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 13 0 9.35 7,411
8 3 Bubba Wallace (C) 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 9 1 7.38 7,938
9 16 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 0 13.92 6,186
10 11 Joey Logano (C) 22 Ford Team Penske 23 0 12.32 6,613
11 14 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 15 0 13.64 6,260
12 9 Carson Hocevar (C) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 10 0 11.57 6,814
13 10 Chris Buescher (C) 17 Ford RFK Racing 14 0 11.96 6,712
14 12 Daniel Suarez (C) 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 11 0 12.38 6,598
15 21 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 19 0 19.56 4,674
16 17 Denny Hamlin (C) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 39 14.13 6,129
17 15 Ty Gibbs (C) 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 0 13.66 6,256
18 18 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 22 0 17.25 5,292
19 25 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 28 0 23.56 3,603
20 22 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 36 0 21.77 4,082
21 20 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 18 0 17.95 5,105
22 – Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 33 0 – 3,601 (i)
23 8 Christopher Bell (C) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 8 10.61 7,046
24 19 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 16 0 17.75 5,140
25 27 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 21 0 26.13 2,901
26 30 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 35 0 27.69 2,485
27 23 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 24 0 21.75 4,071
28 24 Ryan Preece (C) 60 Ford RFK Racing 12 0 23.26 3,656
29 31 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 32 0 30.44 1,745
30 28 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 17 0 26.49 2,795
31 32 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 29 0 32.11 1,301
32 26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 26 0 26.03 2,907
33 29 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 27 0 27.28 2,576
34 33 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 34.01 789
35 35 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 31 0 34.92 546
36 34 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 30 0 34.10 763

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) 11 245,103 10.56 989 6,129
2 Ryan Blaney (C) 12 241,538 9.63 1,045 8,256
3 Ty Gibbs (C) 54 225,257 10.83 400 6,256
4 Chase Briscoe (C) 19 224,637 11.09 587 9,240
5 Kyle Larson (C) 5 224,576 10.59 1,118 6,528
6 Christopher Bell (C) 20 223,951 11.34 614 7,046
7 Joey Logano (C) 22 211,012 13.75 725 6,613
8 Bubba Wallace (C) 23 210,223 13.72 253 7,938
9 William Byron (C) 24 208,473 13.07 176 7,191
10 Tyler Reddick (C) 45 205,965 11.98 524 7,298
11 Austin Cindric (C) 2 200,552 14.01 85 7,791
12 Chase Elliott (C) 9 197,470 14.22 318 7,411
13 Chris Buescher (C) 17 191,010 15.36 81 6,712
14 Carson Hocevar (C) 77 187,432 16.23 198 6,814
15 Ryan Preece (C) 60 178,141 16.98 55 3,656
16 Daniel Suarez (C) 7 175,923 17.10 42 6,598
17 Brad Keselowski 6 171,006 18.19 232 5,140
18 Ross Chastain 1 162,448 17.32 134 2,795
19 Josh Berry 21 155,661 19.76 93 2,485
20 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 154,437 18.42 270 6,186
21 Erik Jones 43 152,557 19.09 17 2,901
22 Michael McDowell 71 146,028 19.87 24 5,105
23 Austin Dillon 3 140,977 21.40 5 3,603
24 Riley Herbst 35 135,320 21.13 5 5,292
25 Zane Smith 38 134,986 21.01 77 763
26 Alex Bowman 48 129,876 18.70 0 6,260
27 Todd Gilliland 34 126,140 23.04 21 2,576
28 AJ Allmendinger 16 123,743 22.10 9 4,674
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 122,649 22.23 64 1,745
30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 111,637 24.66 7 2,907
31 Noah Gragson 4 108,774 25.38 2 4,082
32 Cole Custer 41 95,587 25.54 3 4,071
33 Connor Zilisch # 88 91,239 24.27 9 546
34 Ty Dillon 10 89,972 27.03 3 1,301
35 Cody Ware 51 56,278 31.03 10 789
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 * 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
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