Official race results: NASCAR Cup 2026 Bristol spring race

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Ty Gibbs became the 207th different driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race, beating Ryan Blaney in a 0.055s photo finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was the closest Cup finish at Bristol in 35 years.

Blaney had to settle for second while Kyle Larson, who won both stages and led 284 of 500 laps, finished third. Championship leader Tyler Reddick was fourth, and Chase Briscoe was fifth.

Todd Gilliland also earned his first top ten finish for the entire season.

NASCAR Cup results -- 2026 Food City 500 at Bristol

| | | | 1 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 505 | 3:01'49.631 | | 7 | 25 | | | 2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 505 | 3:01'49.686 | 0.055 | 9 | 190 | | | 3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 505 | 3:01'49.860 | 0.229 | 9 | 284 | | | 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Toyota | 505 | 3:01'50.296 | 0.665 | 8 | | | | 5 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Toyota | 505 | 3:01'50.826 | 1.195 | 8 | | | | 6 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Ford | 505 | 3:01'51.081 | 1.450 | 10 | | | | 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 505 | 3:01'51.147 | 1.516 | 11 | | | | 8 | 60 | Ryan Preece | Ford | 505 | 3:01'51.308 | 1.677 | 9 | | | | 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 505 | 3:01'51.401 | 1.770 | 9 | | | | 10 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Chevrolet | 505 | 3:01'51.457 | 1.826 | 8 | | | | 11 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 505 | 3:01'51.587 | 1.956 | 9 | | | | 12 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Chevrolet | 505 | 3:01'51.644 | 2.013 | 12 | | | | 13 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 505 | 3:01'51.708 | 2.077 | 10 | | | | 14 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 505 | 3:01'51.981 | 2.350 | 13 | | | | 15 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 505 | 3:01'52.255 | 2.624 | 11 | | | | 16 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 505 | 3:01'54.535 | 4.904 | 10 | | | | 17 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 504 | 3:01'51.919 | 1 Lap | 8 | | | | 18 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 504 | 3:01'52.223 | 1 Lap | 10 | | | | 19 | 38 | Zane Smith | Ford | 504 | 3:01'52.465 | 1 Lap | 12 | | | | 20 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 504 | 3:01'52.866 | 1 Lap | 8 | | | | 21 | 35 | Riley Herbst | Toyota | 504 | 3:01'57.343 | 1 Lap | 10 | | | | 22 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 504 | 3:02'37.108 | 1 Lap | 11 | 6 | | | 23 | 43 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 503 | 3:01'52.679 | 2 Laps | 9 | | | | 24 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | 503 | 3:01'52.699 | 2 Laps | 10 | | | | 25 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 503 | 3:01'52.816 | 2 Laps | 12 | | | | 26 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Ford | 503 | 3:01'56.610 | 2 Laps | 8 | | | | 27 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 501 | 3:01'52.609 | 4 Laps | 13 | | | | 28 | 41 | Cole Custer | Chevrolet | 501 | 3:01'53.452 | 4 Laps | 7 | | | | 29 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 501 | 3:01'55.359 | 4 Laps | 11 | | | | 30 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 500 | 3:01'52.590 | 5 Laps | 11 | | | | 31 | 51 | Cody Ware | Chevrolet | 500 | 3:01'54.867 | 5 Laps | 10 | | | | 32 | 21 | Josh Berry | Ford | 490 | 3:01'59.271 | 15 Laps | 13 | | | | 33 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Chevrolet | 478 | 3:01'55.333 | 27 Laps | 13 | | | | 34 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet | 335 | 3:01'56.975 | 170 Laps | 13 | | | | 35 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 324 | 3:01'58.372 | 181 Laps | 12 | | | | 36 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Ford | 241 | 1:59'15.198 | 264 Laps | 8 | | | | 37 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 163 | 1:07'29.111 | 342 Laps | 10 | | |

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