Chase Elliott Beats Denny Hamlin at Texas Motor Speedway For His Second Win of 2026

Chase Elliott Becomes 2nd Multi-Race Winner of '26James Gilbert - Getty Images

Chase Elliott took home his second win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series victory after leading the most laps in the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Elliott didn't take the lead until after halfway and secured the stage two win before batlling with the Toyota's of Denny Hamlin and Corey Heim in the final stage.

Elliott was leading with 11 laps remaining when Corey Heim solo-spun and hit the wall. The part-time 23XI Racing driver was among many drivers who overcommitted and spun during the seven-caution race.

The first eight drivers, needing track position for a chance at the win, stayed out, while the next four rows of drivers took two tires.

Elliott and Hamlin restarted on the front row, and Elliott pulled ahead with a great start and a push by his Hendrick teammate Alex Bowman in the No. 48.

Bowman and the No. 48 team recorded back-to-back top-three finishes just weeks separated from returning from his vertigo-related leave of absence.

This is the second time this season that Elliott and Hamlin finished 1-2.

Tyler Reddick, the first in the field to take two tires finished fourth after restarting ninth. Chris Buescher recorded a top-five finish at his home track ahead of the front row starters, Spire Motorsports' Daniel Suarez and Carson Hocevar.

Suarez faded from second early and found himself as far back as two laps down before battling back to a sixth-place finish. Carson Hocevar led early and lost stage one to Erik Jones on old tires. Hocevar was looking to carry his momentum coming off his first win last week at Talladega and a Friday night win in the Truck series. The young driver stayed out of trouble for his seventh-place finish, but did ruffle at least Kyle Busch's feathers with how he raced him in the final stage.

William Byron bounced back from a stage two spin that miraculously didn't collect any other drivers to finish eighth I had a Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney.

Blainey made his way through the field twice starting at the back of the pack and then stalling three times on his first pit stop losing the 15+ positions he made up on his initial run.