Sunday’s Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway delivered some early chaos due to cautions, taking out high drivers like Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Joey Logano. On a day with fairly a couple of surprises, each on the entrance of the sphere and when it comes to DNFs, there’s lots to remove.
Let’s dive into our winners and loers from the NASCAR race immediately.
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Winner: Chase Elliott Earns His Second Win of 2026
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Even when Chase Elliott didn’t make it to victory lane on Sunday, doubtlessly dropping out on the win due to a late warning with almost 10 laps to go, this was going to be an ideal factors day. Fortunately for the No. 9 crew, the work put into having the quickest automotive at Texas Motor Speedway was rewarded on the ultimate restart as Elliott raced his solution to the win. Elliott has now given himself a pleasant little cushion inside the highest 4 of the factors standings via 11 races.
Loser: Christopher Bell’s Dangerous Luck in Texas Continues
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Texas Motor Speedway hasn’t been form to Christopher Bell and the No. 20 crew. Coming into the Würth 400, Bell had completed seventeenth or worse in three of his on the monitor. Issues seemed promising early on Sunday, with Bell main 22 laps and shutting in on a Stage 1 victory. Sadly, as he labored to move teammate Denny Hamlin, Todd Gilliland acquired free and spun straight into the No. 20. Bell’s automotive suffered race-ending harm, leading to a last-place end with simply 1 level at Texas.
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Winner: Riley Herbst Beginning to Show He Belongs
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On a day the place Corey Heim led 69 laps, reigniting requires him to get a full-time trip with 23XI Racing subsequent season, Riley Herbst wanted a powerful exhibiting at Texas Motor Speedway. Mission completed. Herbst picked up 3 stage factors within the second stage and delivered his third top-20 end of the season. Whereas we proceed to imagine that Heim might be driving the No. 35 automotive for 23XI subsequent season, Herbst is doing sufficient in 2026 to doubtlessly earn a trip with Legacy Motor Membership.
Loser: Destiny Finds Joey Logano’s No. 22
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It wasn’t a powerful begin to the day for Joey Logano, who completed twenty third in Stage 1. Fortune did appear to be on his facet, nonetheless, when on Lap 94, William Byron spun out and Logano narrowly averted smashing into the No. 24 automotive. Destiny discovered him moments later. Popping out of his pit field, Logano smashed into the again of Cole Custer when the No. 41 had stopped on pit street to attempt to let Ty Gibbs exit so he might get down into his pit stall. The collision tore the entrance driver’s facet of the No. 22 automotive off, ending his day with a Thirty seventh-place end.
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Winner: Erik Jones’ Delivers Season-Greatest Factors Day
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Coming into the NASCAR race immediately, Erik Jones hadn’t scored greater than 16 factors in a race during the last month. he was coming off three consecutive races with 14 factors in every and, due to the No. 43 crew’s technique after the primary warning in Stage 1, Jones picked up his first Cup Collection stage win of the yr and ended the day with a Twelfth-place end with a season-best 35 factors.
Loser: Ryan Blaney’s Pit Street Expertise
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The excellent news for the No. 12 crew is that it wasn’t the pit crew at fault this time. Ryan Blaney misplaced 11 spots on his first pit cease within the Würth 400 as a result of his automotive stalled leaving his pit field when he put it into the mistaken gear. It got here after Blaney had gained double-digit spots after poor qualifying on Saturday. Sadly, the difficulty with qualifying poorly is that it leaves you with one of many final picks for a pit stall. That got here again to chew Blaney in a while. When Erik Jones got here into his pit stall in an ungainly place, Blaney needed to again up following his cease to maneuver across the automotive. It’s been that sort of season for Blaney on pit street. What’s exceptional, and a testomony to Blaney, is he nonetheless completed tenth regardless of all of this.
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Winner: Alex Bowman Is Getting Again on Monitor
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We nonetheless imagine there’s virtually zero likelihood of Alex Bowman making it into The Chase. With that stated, the motive force of the No. 48 automotive has proven since his return why he could be the best choice for Hendrick Motorsports subsequent season. Coming off a third-place end at Talladega, Bowman certified ninth on Saturday and turned that into his second consecutive top-10. He’s scored 72 factors within the final two races, a large complete for somebody who just some weeks in the past had simply 24 when he returned at Kansas Speedway.
Loser: Kyle Larson Has One other Dangerous Day
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The reigning NASCAR Cup Collection champion got here to Texas Motor Speedway with two DNFs this season and three finishes of thirty second or worse in 11 races. Sadly for Kyle Larson, the No. 5 automotive had extra points on Sunday. He was already having points with the dealing with of the automotive after which he simply misplaced it, spinning out to attract the warning. The harm to the No. 5 compelled it to go behind the wall for repairs, leading to him ending exterior the highest 30 for the fourth time this season.
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Winner: Daniel Suarez Leaves Trackhouse within the Rearview
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Trackhouse Racing’s three drivers all completed exterior the highest 15 within the NASCAR race immediately at Texas. In the meantime, the motive force they didn’t need delivered his third top-10 end of the season via simply 11 races. After qualifying second on Saturday, Daniel Suarez earned 5 stage factors in Stage 2 and largely held down that top-10 working place for the remainder of the day, putting sixth. Suarez is clearly demonstrating that he belongs within the Cup Collection, which’ll make issues much more fascinating when NASCAR foolish season rolls round. It’s additionally evident at this level that Trackhouse was the issue, not Suarez.
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