Official race results: NASCAR Cup 2026 Talladega I

Carson Hocevar became NASCAR’s newest winner on Sunday, capturing the checkered flag after 500 miles of NASCAR Cup Series action at Talladega Superspeedway. Chris Buescher finished second and Alex Bowman third.

In the end, 21 cars finished on the lead lap, and several others failed to reach the finish after a Stage 2 melee that collected at least 25 cars.

Ryan Preece, who won Stage 1, crashed coming to the checkered flag, while Stage 2 winner Ross Chastain went on to finish seventh in the race.

16 different drivers led laps during Sunday’s Cup race, and Christopher Bell — who also crashed on the final lap — led the most at 31.

2026 Talladega I NASCAR Cup Results

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