Joey Logano steals a win in an old-school brawl at Bristol: When Ty Gibbs finally ran out of magic, Joey Logano took full advantage. Thanks to a dramatic pass through a gaggle of traffic on Lap 494 of 500, Logano stole a victory in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway and moved close to the lead in the NASCAR Cup Series Chase Presented by Mobil 1.[Read More]
#22-Joey Logano won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is his third win of the year, fourth at Bristol and 40th career win.
Pole sitter #5-Kyle Larson finished 2nd followed by #77-Carson Hocevar, #20-Christopher Bell, 354-Ty Gibbs, #21-Josh Berry, #23-Bubba Wallace, #11-Denny Hamlin, #24-William Byron, and #60-Ryan Preece.
Logano took to the lead with 5 laps remaining after Hocevar and Gibbs got together while battling for the win.
#12-Ryan Blaney was the dominant car on the night, leading 120 laps. However he and Hocevar got together with less than 50 laps remaining and he could not continue.
Stage 1 was won by #22-Joey Logano. Stage 2 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #5-Kyle Larson.
There were 13 lead changes among 6 drivers and 10 cautions for 78 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 87.697mph.
Time of race: 3:02:20
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
How the Chase drivers fared at Bristol Motor Speedway:
#22-Joey Logano — WON | Stage 1: WON | Stage 2: 3rd | 93 laps led
#5-Kyle Larson — 2nd | Stage 1: 2nd | Stage 2: 9th | 45 laps led
#77-Carson Hocevar — 3rd | Stage 1: 8th | Stage 2: 7th | 39 laps led | Contact with Blaney led to Blaney’s late crash; post-race fight
#20-Christopher Bell — 4th | Started 12th (+8) | Stage 2: 5th
#54-Ty Gibbs — 5th | Started 13th (+8) | Stage 1: 5th | Stage 2: 2nd | 120 laps led
#23-Bubba Wallace — 7th | Stage 1: 10th | Stage 2: 6th
#11-Denny Hamlin — 8th | Stage 1: 3rd
#24-William Byron — 9th | Stage 2: 8th
#60-Ryan Preece — 10th
#2-Austin Cindric — 11th | Stage 1: 7th
#17-Chris Buescher — 13th | Started 23rd (+10) | Stage 2: 10th
#7-Daniel Suarez — 14th | Started 28th (+14)
#45-Tyler Reddick — 18th | Struggled all night
#9-Chase Elliott — 23rd | Started 27th (+4)
#19-Chase Briscoe — 27th | Started 26th | Suspension issue
#12-Ryan Blaney — 33rd | Stage 1: 6th | Stage 2: WON | Race-high 202 laps led | Crashed after contact with Hocevar; post-race fight
Race Fast Facts – Bristol:
Joey Logano (C) won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, his 40th victory in 644 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his third victory and 13th top-10 finish in 33 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (C) (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 21 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2026.
Carson Hocevar (C) (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson (C) leads the point standings by 1 points over Denny Hamlin (C).
Driver Points / Chase Standings after Bristol:
Race 3 of 10 in the Chase:
1) #5-Kyle Larson, 2206, leader
2) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2205, -1
3) #22-Joey Logano, 2190, -16
4) #20-Christopher Bell, 2189, -17
5) #54-Ty Gibbs, 2164, -42
6) #12-Ryan Blaney, 2154, -52
7) #45-Tyler Reddick, 2145, -61
8) #77-Carson Hocevar, 2121, -85
9) #19-Chase Briscoe, 2119, -87
10) #23-Bubba Wallace, 2114, -92
11) #2-Austin Cindric, 2090, -116
12) #9-Chase Elliott, 2089, -117
13) #24-William Byron, 2085, -121
14) #60-Ryan Preece, 2082, -124
15)#17-Chris Buescher, 2082, -124
16) #7-Daniel Suarez, 2072, -134
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
And after the race:
Checkered flag for Logano. He wins over Larson Hocevar Bell and Gibbs.
White flag for Logano.
Lap 498 – Logano pulling away.
Lap 496 – Logano takes the lead. Briscoe pits with a problem.
Lap 494 Hocevar and Gibbs battle for the lead.
Lap 493 – Hocevar leads at the line.
Lap 492 – Green with 9 to go. Gibbs Hocevar Larson Logano Bell up front.
Lap 486 – CAUTION right back out. Allmendinger on the backstretch. Gibbs is still the leader but Hocevar was battling him. Free pass is Chastain.
Lap 484 – Green flag with 17 to go. Gibbs Hocevar Larson Bell Logano Berry Briscoe Cindric Byron Wallace the top 10.
Lap 478 – CAUTION for a spin by Elliott. Free pass is Preece.
Lap 476 – Twenty five to go. Gibbs ahead of Hocevar by .4 seconds.
Lap 468 – Blaney officially out.
Lap 466 – Green flag with 35 laps to go. Gibbs Hocevar Larson Logano Bell Wallace Cindric Berry Hamlin Briscoe.
Lap 462 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 458 – CAUTION for Blaney hard into the wall after contact from Hocevar. Free pass is Hamlin.
Lap 456 – Bowman is officially done for the night.
Lap 450 – Green with 51 laps remaining. Gibbs Hocevar Larson Blaney Bell Logano Wallace Berry Cindric Briscoe the top 10.
Lap 444 – CAUTION back out for Byron on the backstretch. Gibbs still leads. Hocevar to second. Briscoe will be the free pass.
Lap 442 – Green flag with 59 laps to go.
Lap 438 – With pit stops complete, on the restart it will be: Gibbs Blaney Larson Hocevar Logano Bell Wallace Berry Byron Cindric.
Lap 435 – Pit road is open. Hocevar and Logano pit. Gibbs stays out. He says the steering feels good.
Lap 432 – CAUTION is out for a spin by Bowman after getting stuck below Custer and Gibbs. Gibbs had just taken the lead before the caution, but may have some damage.
Lap 421 – Eighty laps to go. There are 8 Chase drivers on the lead lap, 5 one lap down, Saurez is two laps down and Elliott and Reddick are three laps down.
Lap 418 – Bilicki is officially out.
Lap 406 – Green flag back out. Hocevar leads. Blaney restarts ninth, last on the lead lap, because he starts behind the wave around cars.
Lap 402 – Hocevar now the leader and will be on the restart. Then Blaney Gibbs Bell Logano Berry Byron Larson Wallace and Cindric. Currently 9 drivers shown on the lead lap but many will take the wave around.
Lap 401 – 400 laps complete in 2 hours, 12 minutes.
Lap 400 – Pit road is open. Blaney and Hocevar come in.
Lap 397 – CAUTION for a spin by Herbst on the frontstretch. Blaney and Hocevar are the only drivers on the lead lap. Gibbs, in third, is the free pass. Pit road violation for Blaney. He was coming to pit road as the caution came out.
Lap 392 – Just Blaney Bell Hocevar on the lead lap as pit stops continue.
Lap 387 – Gibbs pits from the lead and Blaney is back out front.
Lap 383 – A few drivers coming in each lap.
Lap 377 – Green flag pit stops are underway.
Lap 364 – 2 hours elapsed since the start of the race.
Lap 351 – Gibbs leads Blaney by .58 second. Then Bell Logano Hocever Berry Wallace Hamlin Bryon and Briscoe. 13 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 326 – 175 laps to go. Gibbs takes the lead from Blaney
Lap 301 – 300 laps completed in 1 hour, 43 minutes. Cindric has been lapped and is now the fourth Chase driver off the lead lap.
Lap 296 – Blaney still leads over Gibbs Bell Logano and Hocevar, but Gibbs is just .2 second behind. 15 drivers on the lead laps.
Lap 262 – Green flag for the start of the final stage.
Lap 255 – Pit road opens. Leaders come in. Off pit road: Blaney Gibbs Bell Logano Berry Hocevar Hamlin Byron Buescher Wallace. Larson got into the rear of Byron coming on pit road and has some hood damage.
Lap 248 – CAUTION out for spin by Ware on the frontstretch. He was sandwiched between Stenhouse and Hamlin. That will end the stage. Blaney leads Gibbs Logano Berry Bell Wallace Hocevar Byron Larson Buescher. Free pass will be Chastain.
Lap 234 – Gibbs is now second. Wallace has fallen to sixth.
Lap 216 – Thirty five laps left in stage 2. Blaney’s lead over Wallace is up to 2.8 seconds.
Lap 201 – First 200 laps completed in 1 hour, 8 minutes, 13 seconds. Elliott and Suarez have joined Reddick as Chase drivers not on the lead lap.
Lap 191 – Sixty laps left in stage 2: Blaney Wallace Berry Bell Buescher Logano Byron Gibbs Briscoe Larson the top 10.
Lap 174 – Reddick has now lost two laps.
Lap 162 – Blaney leads Wallace by .6 second. Then Buescher Bell and Berry. Reddick is still a lap down. All other Chase drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 155 – TDillon returns to the track, 87 laps down.
Lap 137 – Green flag for the start of the second stage.
Lap 133 – Staying out to move to the front: Blaney Wallace Byron Buescher Bowman Bell Berry Briscoe ADillon Gragson Gilliland Elliott McDowell Hill. Larson is now 15th.
Lap 130 – Pit road opens. Again a mix of strategies. Logano pits for the first time. Off pit road: Larson Logano Chastain Hamlin Gibbs Allmendinger Cindric Hocevar Keselowski.
Lap 126 – CAUTION out for the end of stage 1. Logano leads over Larson Hamlin Chastain Gibbs Blaney Cindric Hocevar Keselowski Wallace.
Lap 116 – Ten laps remaining in stage 1. Logano leads Larson Hamlin Chastain and Gibbs. The free pass will be Smith.
Lap 102 – Green flag back out. Logano still leads.
Lap 101 – First 100 laps complete in 34 minutes, 30 seconds.
Lap 97 – Pit road it open. A mix of strategies. Staying out: Logano Cindric Larson Chastain Hamlin Hocevar Gibbs Keselowski Preece Herbst Custer Stenhouse. Among those pitting: Wallace Bell Zilisch Blaney Buescher Byron Bowman ADillon Elliott.
Lap 95 – CAUTION is out for a spin by Jones on the frontstretch. Free pass is Hill.
Lap 93 – Reddick goes a lap down again.
Lap 84 – Logano with a .9 second lead over Cindric. 33 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 65 – TDillon comes to pit road after contact with the wall.
Lap 64 – Logano still leads Cindric Buescher and Blaney. Larson now 5th.
Lap 49 – Back to green flag.
Lap 46 – Now up front after staying out: Logano Cindric Buescher Blaney Briscoe.
Lap 44 – Pit road open. A few drivers stay out. Off pit road: Larson ADillon Byron Bowman Hamlin Chastain Wallace.
Lap 41 – CAUTION is out for the competition caution. Larson still leads. Berry will get the free pass.
Lap 36 – Reddick loses a lap.
Lap 18 – The crowd pays tribute to Kyle Busch by waving yellow towels.
Lap 11 – With 10 laps complete. Larson Byron Logano Bowman Cindric the top 5. Lowest running Chase driver is Reddick in 32nd.
Lap 2 – Larson leads the first lap. Byron to second.
• 7:44pm/et – Green flag.
• 7:32pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 7:27pm/et – Samantha Busch addresses the crowd.
• 7:21pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 7:00pm/et – USA now has pre-race coverage.
• 6:25pm/et – No cars to the rear tonight. There will be a competition caution on lap 40.
• 5:40pm/et – Lightning hold has been lifted.
• 5:00pm/et – The track is currently under a lightning hold.
• NASCAR will need to monitor the weather this evening but there should not be a problem getting the race in. According to the National Weather Service:
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Broadcast: USA Network, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 500 laps / 266.5 miles
Competition Caution: Lap 40
Stages: 125 / 250 / 500
Average time of race: 3:04:48
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution car speed: 35 mph
Fuel Window: 190 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
- Driver Introductions will begin promptly at 6:50 p.m.
Invocation: 7:21:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 7:22:00 p.m.
Command: 7:31:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 7:40:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: none
Pre-race inspection is complete in the NASCAR Cup Series garage. There were no issues.
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #5-Kyle Larson chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #22-Joey Logano took the 23rd stall, with last one on the backstretch.
See all pit choices on the Bristol Pit Stall page.
#5-Kyle Larson will start on the pole for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after qualifying was cancelled due to weather.
#22-Joey Logano will start second followed by #11-Denny Hamlin, #24-William Byron, #77-Carson Hocevar, #48-Alex Bowman, #1-Ross Chastain, #2-Austin Cindric, #3-Austin Dillon, and #23 -Bubba Wallace.
The starting order was determined by NASCAR’s qualifying metric, which is based 70% on the previous race finish by owner and 30% on current owner points position.
See the Bass Pro Shops Night Race Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Order
Practice for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race was cancelled due to rain.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is posted, 37 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
The only open team entered: #66-Josh Bilicki.
See the full entry list on the Bass Pro Shops Night Race Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Bristol: NASCAR Cup Series teams will use the same left- and right-side Goodyear Racing Eagles at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend that they used in the spring race at the Tennessee track.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Bass Pro Shops Night Race: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee going into the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Race rules and information:
