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Food City 500 2026Results, Stages & Qualifying

FinalRound 8
  • Track: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
  • Raced: Sun, Apr 12, 3:00 PM ET

Food City 500 2026, round 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series, at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN, April 12, 2026. Ty Gibbs won. Full results, stage results, qualifying and points.

Race Summary

Winner
Ty Gibbs
Laps
505
Lead changes
16
Leaders
7

Laps led: Kyle Larson (283), Ryan Blaney (188), Ty Gibbs (25), Chase Elliott (5), Connor Zilisch (2), Christopher Bell (1), Daniel Suarez (1).

Food City 500 2026 Results

FinStCarDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts
15#54Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50525Running59
21#12Ryan BlaneyTeam PenskeFord505188Running53
38#5Kyle LarsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet505283Running54
42#45Tyler Reddick23XI RacingToyota5050Running33
53#19Chase BriscoeJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5050Running45
635#34Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord5050Running31
720#22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord5050Running33
817#60Ryan PreeceRFK RacingFord5050Running29
911#11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5050Running41
1010#77Carson HocevarSpire MotorsportsChevrolet5050Running38
1112#23Bubba Wallace23XI RacingToyota5050Running30
1213#7Daniel SuarezSpire MotorsportsChevrolet5051Running25
137#17Chris BuescherRFK RacingFord5050Running24
1421#6Brad KeselowskiRFK RacingFord5050Running23
1522#16AJ AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet5050Running22
169#2Austin CindricTeam PenskeFord5050Running23
1723#47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.HYAK MotorsportsChevrolet5040Running20
1824#3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5040Running19
1915#38Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord5040Running18
206#1Ross ChastainTrackhouse RacingChevrolet5040Running17
214#35Riley Herbst23XI RacingToyota5040Running19
2218#9Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5045Running15
2328#43Erik JonesLegacy Motor ClubToyota5030Running14
2419#71Michael McDowellSpire MotorsportsChevrolet5030Running13
2529#8Kyle BuschRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5030Running12
2616#4Noah GragsonFront Row MotorsportsFord5030Running11
2714#20Christopher BellJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5011Running19
2830#41Cole CusterHaas Factory TeamChevrolet5010Running9
2932#10Ty DillonKaulig RacingChevrolet5010Running8
3034#24William ByronHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5000Running7
3136#51Cody WareRick Ware RacingChevrolet5000Running6
3225#21Josh BerryWood Brothers RacingFord4900Running16
3326#88Connor ZilischTrackhouse RacingChevrolet4782Running4
3433#97Shane Van GisbergenTrackhouse RacingChevrolet3350Running3
3531#42John Hunter NemechekLegacy Motor ClubToyota3240Running2
3637#66Chad FinchumGarage 66Ford2410Steering0
3727#48Alex BowmanHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1630Accident1

Fin = finishing position, St = starting position, Led = laps led. Points are the driver's race points.

Stage Results

Stage 1

PosDriverPts
1Kyle Larson#510
2Christopher Bell#209
3Ryan Blaney#128
4Chase Briscoe#197
5Josh Berry#216
6Denny Hamlin#115
7Carson Hocevar#774
8Riley Herbst#353
9Bubba Wallace#232
10Austin Cindric#21

Stage 2

PosDriverPts
1Kyle Larson#510
2Ryan Blaney#129
3Denny Hamlin#118
4Carson Hocevar#777
5Chase Briscoe#196
6Josh Berry#215
7Ty Gibbs#544
8Joey Logano#223
9Bubba Wallace#232
10Austin Cindric#21

Top 10 of each stage, by car number joined to the race entry.

Qualifying

PosCarDriverTime
1#12Ryan Blaney15.101
2#45Tyler Reddick15.124
3#19Chase Briscoe15.135
4#35Riley Herbst15.147
5#54Ty Gibbs15.164
6#1Ross Chastain15.175
7#17Chris Buescher15.190
8#5Kyle Larson15.192
9#2Austin Cindric15.200
10#77Carson Hocevar15.201
11#11Denny Hamlin15.225
12#23Bubba Wallace15.231
13#7Daniel Suarez15.233
14#20Christopher Bell15.261
15#38Zane Smith15.277
16#4Noah Gragson15.279
17#60Ryan Preece15.282
18#9Chase Elliott15.285
19#71Michael McDowell15.291
20#22Joey Logano15.311
21#6Brad Keselowski15.312
22#16AJ Allmendinger15.323
23#47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.15.331
24#3Austin Dillon15.344
25#21Josh Berry15.364
26#88Connor Zilisch15.368
27#48Alex Bowman15.368
28#43Erik Jones15.378
29#8Kyle Busch15.389
30#41Cole Custer15.404
31#42John Hunter Nemechek15.467
32#10Ty Dillon15.498
33#97Shane Van Gisbergen15.514
34#24William Byron15.554
35#34Todd Gilliland15.593
36#51Cody Ware15.613
37#66Chad Finchum15.711

Practice

PosCarDriverTime
1#47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.15.403
2#4Noah Gragson15.439
3#2Austin Cindric15.451
4#43Erik Jones15.453
5#23Bubba Wallace15.459
6#71Michael McDowell15.462
7#88Connor Zilisch15.470
8#54Ty Gibbs15.470
9#16AJ Allmendinger15.474
10#5Kyle Larson15.476
11#35Riley Herbst15.478
12#42John Hunter Nemechek15.479
13#38Zane Smith15.491
14#60Ryan Preece15.494
15#12Ryan Blaney15.496
16#48Alex Bowman15.497
17#8Kyle Busch15.497
18#34Todd Gilliland15.503
19#77Carson Hocevar15.504
20#22Joey Logano15.521
21#45Tyler Reddick15.525
22#24William Byron15.529
23#20Christopher Bell15.535
24#11Denny Hamlin15.535
25#51Cody Ware15.549
26#3Austin Dillon15.554
27#19Chase Briscoe15.562
28#9Chase Elliott15.571
29#6Brad Keselowski15.575
30#10Ty Dillon15.579
31#1Ross Chastain15.582
32#41Cole Custer15.586
33#21Josh Berry15.622
34#97Shane Van Gisbergen15.634
35#7Daniel Suarez15.635
36#17Chris Buescher15.673
37—Chad Finchum15.746

Weekend schedule

  • PracticeSat, Apr 11, 4:30 PM ET · Done
  • QualifyingSat, Apr 11, 5:40 PM ET · Done
  • RaceSun, Apr 12, 3:00 PM ET · Done