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Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 87 of 267 laps. He triumphed over Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman in a final sprint to the finish.
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Chase Elliott led 87 of 267 laps (more than any other driver) to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. He beat Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman in a four-lap sprint to the checkered flag.
11 different drivers led laps during the race, which featured several incidents as well. In the end, 20 cars finished on the lead lap and four drivers (Heim, Gibbs, Logano, Bell) recorded DNFs.
After locking out the front row in qualifying, the Spire duo of Daniel Suarez and Carson Hocevar also secured a double top ten for the team in sixth and seventh, respectively.
Erik Jones won Stage 1 after staying out, while Elliott won Stage 2.
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| | | | 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'17.659 | | 7 | 87 | | 69 | | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 267 | 2:56'18.066 | 0.407 | 8 | 21 | | 43 | | 3 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'18.364 | 0.705 | 8 | | | 35 | | 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Toyota | 267 | 2:56'18.446 | 0.787 | 9 | | | 42 | | 5 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 267 | 2:56'18.649 | 0.990 | 8 | | | 36 | | 6 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'18.985 | 1.326 | 9 | | | 36 | | 7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'19.394 | 1.735 | 9 | 40 | | 41 | | 8 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'19.798 | 2.139 | 10 | | | 31 | | 9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 267 | 2:56'19.896 | 2.237 | 9 | | | 28 | | 10 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 267 | 2:56'20.344 | 2.685 | 10 | 5 | | 27 | | 11 | 35 | Riley Herbst | Toyota | 267 | 2:56'20.743 | 3.084 | 7 | 1 | | 29 | | 12 | 43 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 267 | 2:56'20.860 | 3.201 | 9 | 13 | | 35 | | 13 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 267 | 2:56'21.255 | 3.596 | 9 | 4 | | 32 | | 14 | 60 | Ryan Preece | Ford | 267 | 2:56'21.408 | 3.749 | 10 | | | 29 | | 15 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 267 | 2:56'21.737 | 4.078 | 9 | | | 22 | | 16 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'21.935 | 4.276 | 11 | | | 21 | | 17 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'23.012 | 5.353 | 9 | | | 20 | | 18 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'23.353 | 5.694 | 9 | | | 19 | | 19 | 47 | | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'23.858 | 6.199 | 8 | | | 26 | | 20 | 8 | | Chevrolet | 267 | 2:56'26.736 | 9.077 | 9 | | | 22 | | 21 | 42 | | Toyota | 266 | 2:56'18.306 | 1 Lap | 13 | | | 16 | | 22 | 38 | | Ford | 266 | 2:56'22.386 | 1 Lap | 9 | | | 15 | | 23 | 19 | | Toyota | 266 | 2:56'22.886 | 1 Lap | 9 | 4 | | 20 | | 24 | 10 | | Chevrolet | 266 | 2:56'23.180 | 1 Lap | 11 | | | 13 | | 25 | 16 | | Chevrolet | 266 | 2:56'23.476 | 1 Lap | 9 | | | 16 | | 26 | 1 | | Chevrolet | 266 | 2:56'23.629 | 1 Lap | 10 | | | 11 | | 27 | 71 | | Chevrolet | 266 | 2:56'23.700 | 1 Lap | 9 | | | 10 | | 28 | 4 | | Ford | 266 | 2:56'24.055 | 1 Lap | 10 | | | 9 | | 29 | 21 | | Ford | 266 | 2:56'27.091 | 1 Lap | 9 | | | 8 | | 30 | 51 | | Chevrolet | 265 | 2:56'27.750 | 2 Laps | 10 | | | 7 | | 31 | 67 | Corey Heim | Toyota | 254 | 2:43'45.678 | 13 Laps | 7 | 69 | Accident | | | 32 | 34 | | Ford | 254 | 2:56'35.512 | 13 Laps | 21 | | | 5 | | 33 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Ford | 223 | 2:56'41.634 | 44 Laps | 14 | | | | | 34 | 5 | | Chevrolet | 180 | 2:56'38.055 | 87 Laps | 10 | | | 3 | | 35 | 41 | | Chevrolet | 173 | 2:56'30.939 | 94 Laps | 10 | | | 2 | | 36 | 54 | | Toyota | 110 | 1:20'36.074 | 157 Laps | 8 | 1 | Accident | 8 | | 37 | 22 | | Ford | 95 | 1:04'44.281 | 172 Laps | 6 | | Accident | 1 | | 38 | 20 | | Toyota | 68 | 34'39.098 | 199 Laps | 4 | 22 | Accident | 1 |
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Chase Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in 2026.
Chase Elliott led 87 out of 267 laps during the race.
Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman finished second and third, respectively, behind Chase Elliott.
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