
Thunder take Game 1, expect Suns 'to get better'
Thunder take Game 1 against Suns with a 119-84 victory
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 NASCAR Cup spring race at Kansas Speedway, marking his fifth victory of the season. Chase Briscoe finished third after a strong overtime performance.
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Tyler Reddick has now won five of the first nine races to open the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, passing Kyle Larson in the final seconds of Sunday's race at Kansas Speedway.
Chase Briscoe, who restarted 11th in overtime with four fresh tires, surged all the way up to third by the time the checkered flag flew.
Denny Hamlin led the way at the start of the final two-lap dash, but fell back to fourth in the chaos, while Bubba Wallace finished fifth.
All 37 starters finished the race, and there wasn't a single natural yellow until Cody Ware spun just moments away from the white flag.
Hamlin won Stage 1 while Larson won Stage 2 in Sunday's race, and Hamlin also led the most laps at 131. Reddick only led ten en route to the race win.
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| | | | 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'39.351 | | 8 | 10 | | 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'39.469 | 0.118 | 9 | 78 | | 3 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'39.646 | 0.295 | 9 | | | 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'39.979 | 0.628 | 9 | 131 | | 5 | 23 | Darrell Wallace Jr | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'39.990 | 0.639 | 9 | | | 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 274 | 2:48'40.134 | 0.783 | 9 | | | 7 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'40.475 | 1.124 | 9 | | | 8 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'40.551 | 1.200 | 9 | | | 9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'40.682 | 1.331 | 9 | | | 10 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 274 | 2:48'40.696 | 1.345 | 9 | 1 | | 11 | 60 | Ryan Preece | Ford | 274 | 2:48'40.885 | 1.534 | 9 | | | 12 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 274 | 2:48'41.100 | 1.749 | 9 | | | 13 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'41.121 | 1.770 | 9 | 6 | | 14 | 35 | Riley Herbst | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'41.342 | 1.991 | 9 | | | 15 | 67 | Corey Heim | Toyota | 274 | 2:48'41.378 | 2.027 | 9 | | | 16 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'41.475 | 2.124 | 9 | | | 17 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Ford | 274 | 2:48'46.315 | 6.964 | 8 | | | 18 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'46.869 | 7.518 | 8 | | | 19 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Chevrolet | 274 | 2:48'49.461 | 10.110 | 8 | 1 | | 20 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 273 | 2:48'28.647 | 1 Lap | 10 | 47 | | 21 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 273 | 2:48'44.303 | 1 Lap | 8 | | | 22 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 273 | 2:48'45.052 | 1 Lap | 8 | | | 23 | 43 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 273 | 2:48'46.287 | 1 Lap | 8 | | | 24 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 273 | 2:48'46.558 | 1 Lap | 9 | | | 25 | 41 | Cole Custer | Chevrolet | 273 | 2:48'46.894 | 1 Lap | 7 | | | 26 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 272 | 2:48'44.791 | 2 Laps | 9 | | | 27 | 21 | Josh Berry | Ford | 272 | 2:48'45.271 | 2 Laps | 8 | | | 28 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Ford | 272 | 2:48'46.572 | 2 Laps | 8 | | | 29 | 88 | Connor Zilisch | Chevrolet | 272 | 2:48'46.883 | 2 Laps | 8 | | | 30 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 272 | 2:48'46.937 | 2 Laps | 8 | | | 31 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 271 | 2:48'43.433 | 3 Laps | 8 | | | 32 | 38 | Zane Smith | Ford | 271 | 2:48'44.133 | 3 Laps | 9 | | | 33 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 271 | 2:48'46.229 | 3 Laps | 8 | | | 34 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | 271 | 2:48'48.979 | 3 Laps | 7 | | | 35 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 270 | 2:48'45.405 | 4 Laps | 11 | | | 36 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet | 270 | 2:48'48.194 | 4 Laps | 8 | | | 37 | 51 | Cody Ware | Chevrolet | 268 | 2:48'50.954 | 6 Laps | 8 | |
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 NASCAR Cup spring race at Kansas Speedway.
Tyler Reddick has won five of the first nine races in the 2026 NASCAR Cup season.
Chase Briscoe finished in third place after starting 11th in overtime.
Denny Hamlin led at the start of the final two-lap dash but fell back to fourth place by the end.

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