Ty Gibbs wins NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol in April 2026

The NASCAR Cup Series competed at Bristol Motor Speedway and it featured a thrilling finish. After Kyle Larson won the first two stages, Ryan Blaney and Ty Gibbs were in a great spot in the closing laps. However, a late caution caused a split strategy decision, leading to a first career victory in the Cup Series.

Gibbs and the No. 54 team for Joe Gibbs Racing won the Food City 500 at Bristol on Sunday evening, earning their first victory of the 2026 Cup Series season. The driver of the No. 54 car held off Blaney and Larson despite having older tires. Gibbs even had to deal with an overtime restart, barely beating Blaney at the line.

It has been a rough start to the Joe Gibbs Racing driver's career, but everything came together at Bristol. Despite not having the fastest car, Gibbs was able to take advantage of a brilliant strategy call by the No. 54 team. Now, Gibbs can call himself a winner in the Cup Series.

NASCAR results: Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (April 2026)

1. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
2. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
3. No. 5 Kyle Larson
4. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
5. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
6. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
7. No. 22 Joey Logano
8. No. 60 Ryan Preece
9. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
10. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
11. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
12. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
13. No. 17 Chris Buescher
14. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
15. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
16. No. 2 Austin Cindric
17. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
18. No. 3 Austin Dillon
19. No. 38 Zane Smith
20. No. 1 Ross Chastain
21. No. 35 Riley Herbst
22. No. 9 Chase Elliott
23. No. 43 Erik Jones
24. No. 71 Michael McDowell
25. No. 8 Kyle Busch
26. No. 4 Noah Gragson
27. No. 20 Christopher Bell
28. No. 41 Cole Custer
29. No. 10 Ty Dillon
30. No. 24 William Byron
31. No. 51 Cody Ware
32. No. 21 Josh Berry
33. No. 87 Connor Zilisch
34. No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
35. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
36. No. 66 Chad Finchum
37. No. 48 Alex Bowman

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