Official race outcomes: NASCAR Cup 2026 Talladega I

Carson Hocevar grew to become NASCAR’s latest winner on Sunday, capturing the checkered flag after 500 miles of NASCAR Cup Sequence motion at Talladega Superspeedway. Chris Buescher completed second and Alex Bowman third.

In the long run, 21 vehicles completed on the lead lap, and a number of other others failed to succeed in the end after a Stage 2 melee that collected a minimum of 25 vehicles.

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Ryan Preece, who gained Stage 1, crashed coming to the checkered flag, whereas Stage 2 winner Ross Chastain went on to complete seventh within the race.

16 completely different drivers led laps throughout Sunday’s Cup race, and Christopher Bell — who additionally crashed on the ultimate lap — led probably the most at 31.

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2026 Talladega I NASCAR Cup Outcomes

1

77

Carson Hocevar

Chevrolet

188

3:23’24.678

 

9

19

 

55

2

17

Chris Buescher

Ford

188

3:23’24.792

0.114

7

22

 

50

3

48

Alex Bowman

Chevrolet

188

3:23’24.818

0.140

8

 

 

37

4

9

Chase Elliott

Chevrolet

188

3:23’24.862

0.184

9

 

 

35

5

38

Zane Smith

Ford

188

3:23’24.886

0.208

9

 

 

34

6

47

Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Chevrolet

188

3:23’24.930

0.252

8

2

 

38

7

1

Ross Chastain

Chevrolet

188

3:23’24.949

0.271

8

22

 

41

8

2

Austin Cindric

Ford

188

3:23’25.075

0.397

11

 

 

29

9

4

Noah Gragson

Ford

188

3:23’25.139

0.461

10

2

 

31

10

8

Kyle Busch

Chevrolet

188

3:23’25.223

0.545

13

 

 

27

11

34

Todd Gilliland

Ford

188

3:23’25.357

0.679

8

 

 

34

12

7

Daniel Suarez

Chevrolet

188

3:23’25.452

0.774

14

 

 

25

13

10

Ty Dillon

Chevrolet

188

3:23’25.462

0.784

13

 

 

24

14

45

Tyler Reddick

Toyota

188

3:23’25.510

0.832

13

2

 

27

15

11

Denny Hamlin

Toyota

188

3:23’25.617

0.939

13

28

 

22

16

16

AJ Allmendinger

Chevrolet

188

3:23’25.621

0.943

10

 

 

21

17

20

Christopher Bell

Toyota

188

3:23’28.001

3.323

7

31

 

29

18

60

Ryan Preece

Ford

188

3:23’28.002

3.324

6

21

 

34

19

3

Austin Dillon

Chevrolet

188

3:23’28.024

3.346

21

5

 

18

20

97

Shane van Gisbergen

Chevrolet

188

3:23’28.099

3.421

14

 

 

17

21

51

Cody Ware

Chevrolet

188

3:23’30.879

6.201

9

 

 

20

22

42

John Hunter Nemechek

Toyota

187

3:23’26.080

1 Lap

11

 

 

15

23

43

Erik Jones

Toyota

187

3:23’28.172

1 Lap

10

 

 

14

24

78

Daniel Dye

Chevrolet

186

3:23’27.137

2 Laps

12

 

 

 

25

35

Riley Herbst

Toyota

186

3:23’27.258

2 Laps

14

 

 

12

26

88

Connor Zilisch

Chevrolet

185

3:23’37.198

3 Laps

13

 

 

11

27

33

Jesse Love

Chevrolet

185

3:23’44.871

3 Laps

11

 

 

 

28

66

Chad Finchum

Ford

182

3:23’46.434

6 Laps

12

8

 

 

29

19

Chase Briscoe

Toyota

180

3:23’50.025

8 Laps

14

3

 

8

30

44

Joey Gase

Chevrolet

177

3:23’43.817

11 Laps

10

 

 

 

31

6

Brad Keselowski

Ford

166

3:23’46.917

22 Laps

8

 

 

15

32

71

Michael McDowell

Chevrolet

149

3:23’48.262

39 Laps

12

1

 

5

33

21

Josh Berry

Ford

124

2:41’08.865

64 Laps

6

 

Accident

9

34

54

Ty Gibbs

Toyota

122

2:02’11.363

66 Laps

7

17

Accident

3

35

24

William Byron

Chevrolet

119

2:00’32.068

69 Laps

9

 

Accident

2

36

23

Darrell Wallace Jr

Toyota

114

1:44’56.157

74 Laps

6

3

Accident

1

37

12

Ryan Blaney

Ford

114

1:44’56.317

74 Laps

5

 

Accident

7

38

41

Cole Custer

Chevrolet

114

1:44’56.428

74 Laps

6

 

Accident

1

39

22

Joey Logano

Ford

114

1:44’56.521

74 Laps

5

3

Accident

9

40

5

Kyle Larson

Chevrolet

114

1:44’56.707

74 Laps

7

 

Accident

1

 

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