Chase Elliott wins NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas in May 2026

The NASCAR Cup Series competed at Texas Motor Speedway, and it was almost a race of survival. Christopher Bell was wrecked from the lead near the end of Stage 1, while Joey Logano had to retire after a pit road incident. At the end of the day, a Hendrick Motorsports driver claimed a popular victory on Sunday.

Chase Elliott and the No. 9 team for Hendrick Motorsports won the Würth 400 at Texas, earning their second victory of the 2026 Cup Series season. Elliott was able to hold off Denny Hamlin in a late restart, but the No. 9 car was elite in the second half of the race. The Hendrick Motorsports competitor led the most laps after winning Stage 2.

Elliott has been one of the best Cup Series drivers during the 2026 NASCAR season, and Texas was an excellent example of the No. 9 team's potential. Elliott figures to compete for the regular-season championship, but he has a lot of ground to make up on 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick.

NASCAR results: Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (May 2026)

1. No. 9 Chase Elliott
2. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
3. No. 48 Alex Bowman
4. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
5. No. 17 Chris Buescher
6. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
7. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
8. No. 24 William Byron
9. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
10. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
11. No. 35 Riley Herbst
12. No. 43 Erik Jones
13. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
14. No. 60 Ryan Preece
15. No. 2 Austin Cindric
16. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
17. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
18. No. 3 Austin Dillon
19. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20. No. 8 Kyle Busch
21. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
22. No. 38 Zane Smith
23. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
24. No. 10 Ty Dillon
25. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
26. No. 1 Ross Chastain
27. No. 71 Michael McDowell
28. No. 4 Noah Gragson
29. No. 21 Josh Berry
30. No. 51 Cody Ware
31. No. 67 Corey Heim
32. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
33. No. 66 Chad Finchum
34. No. 5 Kyle Larson
35. No. 41 Cole Custer
36. No. 54 Ty Gibbs