Chase Elliott snags second NASCAR Cup victory at Texas: In an event that spelled disaster for a handful of the NASCAR Cup Series’ established stars, Chase Elliott ran an impeccable race—and was rewarded with victory in Sunday’s Würth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway. Elliott didn’t lead until Lap 152 of 267, when Corey Heim brought his Toyota to pit road for fuel on an off-cycle strategy. From that point on, the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet controlled the race with an iron fist, thanks in part to a pit crew that performed its three fastest pit stops of the season on Sunday.[Read More]
#9-Chase Elliott won the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The win is his second win of the year, second at Texas and 23rd career win.
#11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #48-Alex Bowman, #45-Tyler Reddick, #17-Chris Buescher, #7-Daniel Suarez, pole winner #77-Carson Hocevar, #24-William Byron, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #12-Ryan Blaney.
Elliott came on late in the race, winning the second stage and running up front the rest of the time. He led the most laps on the day and overcame a late race caution to win by .4 second.
Stage 1 was won by #43-Erik Jones. Stage 2 was won by #9-Chase Elliott.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #9-Chase Elliott.
There were 23 lead changes among 11 drivers and 7 cautions for 40 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 136.315mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
Race Fast Facts – Texas:
Chase Elliott won the W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY, his 23rd victory in 369 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 16 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 36 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2026.
Alex Bowman (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 109 points over Denny Hamlin.
Driver Points /Chase Standings after Texas:
Race 11 of 26 in the regular season:
1) #45-Tyler Reddick, 526, +291
2) #11-Denny Hamlin, 417, +182
3) #9-Chase Elliott, 409, +174
4) #12-Ryan Blaney, 371, +136
5) #17-Chris Buescher, 345, +110
6) #77-Carson Hocevar, 333, +98
7) #54-Ty Gibbs, 330, +95
8) #5-Kyle Larson, 318, +83
9) #6-Brad Keselowski, 311, +76
10) #24-William Byron, 308, +73
11) #23-Bubba Wallace, 304, +69
12) #60-Ryan Preece, 298, +63
13) #20-Christopher Bell, 291, +56
14) #7-Daniel Suarez, 271, +36
15) #2-Austin Cindric, 248, +13
16) #19-Chase Briscoe, 242, +7
Outside the top 16:
17) #22-Joey Logano, 235, -7
18) #1-Ross Chastain, 216, -26
19) #97-Shane Van Gisbergen, 215, -27
20) #16-A.J. Allmendinger, 199, -43
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Chase Elliott. He wins over Hamlin Bowman Reddick and Buescher.
White flag for Elliott.
Lap 266 – Two to go. Elliott over Hamlin by .38 second. Reddick still fifth.
Lap 265 – Elliott leads Hamlin by .22 second. Reddick jumped to fifth.
Lap 264 – Green flag.
Lap 263 – Green flag next time by with four laps remaining.
Lap 262 – On the restart it will be Elliott Hamlin Buescher Bowman Herbst Byron Blaney ADillon Reddick and Suarez.
Lap 260 – Pit road is open. Eight lead laps drivers stay out. Reddick comes in with Suarez, Hocevar, Cindric, Nemechek and several other drivers.
Lap 259 – Pit road is still closed while NASCAR clears the entrance to pit road from Heim’s accident.
Lap 257 – CAUTION is out for a spin by Heim in turn 4.
Lap 253 – Elliott’s lead is consistent at 1.5 second over Hamlin.
Lap 248 – Twenty laps to go. Elliott over Hamlin by 1.5 second.
Lap 245 – Larson comes back on track, 86 laps down.
Lap 244 – Briscoe had pitted. It’s now Elliott with a 1.9 second lead over Hamlin. Reddick is 3.1 seconds back.
Lap 240 – Heim pits and Elliott takes the lead. Briscoe still out and second. Then Hamlin Reddick and Buescher.
Lap 236 – Elliott still 1.7 seconds ahead of Reddick on track. They are currently third and fourth.
Lap 228 – Blaney pits from the lead. Heim now out front with Briscoe 3 seconds back. They have not pitted. Then Elliott Reddick Hamlin.
Lap 223 – Hocevar pits and Blaney takes the lead.
Lap 221 – The top 4 have not pitted: Hocevar Blaney Heim and Briscoe. Behind them it’s Elliott 2.2 seconds ahead of Reddick.
Lap 217 – Herbst pits and Hocevar is now out front.
Lap 216 – Hamlin pits this time. Herbst takes the lead.
Lap 215 – Elliott pits from the lead. Reddick follows him in. Hamlin becomes the leader.
Lap 211 – Green flag pit stops are beginning. Chastain and Byron are in. Chastain is too fast on pit road.
Lap 210 – Elliott’s lead has expanded to 1.8 second over Reddick. Hamlin is 2.6 seconds back.
Lap 200 – Elliott Reddick Hamlin Buescher Suarez Bowman Herbst Hocevar Chastain Busch the top 10. Green flag pit stops are expected in the next 10-15 laps.
Lap 193 – 75 laps to go. Elliott leads Reddick by .36 second.
Lap 186 – Custer comes back on track, 91 laps down.
Lap 178 – Elliott leads Reddick by .56 second. Hamlin remains third, 1.3 second back. 31 drivers on the lead lap.
Lap 173 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 95 laps remaining. Elliott Reddick Hamlin Suarez Buescher Herbst Hocevar Bowman Stenhouse Byron the top 10.
Lap 168 – Pit road is open. Keselowski and Preece pit. Drivers that pitted under the last caution stay out.
Lap 166 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2: Elliott Reddick Keselowski Hamlin Preece Suarez Buescher Herbst Hocevar Bowman the top 10.
Lap 165 – Green flag for a one lap shootout to the end of the stage.
Lap 163 – Staying out to move to the front of the field: Keselowski and Preece. Elliott will restart third.
Lap 161 – Pit road open. Most leaders come in. Off pit road: Elliott Hamlin Buescher Reddick Suarez Herbst Stenhouse Hocevar Bowman Busch. Larson goes behind the wall for repairs.
Lap 160 – CAUTION for a spin by Larson off turn two. He backed into the wall and has rear end damage. Heim is the free pass.
Lap 156 – Ten to go in stage 2: Elliott leads Hamlin by 2.8 seconds. Then Keselowski Buescher Suarez Stenhouse Reddick Herbst Nemechek and Busch.
Lap 153 – Heim pits from the lead and Elliott is now out front.
Lap 152 – Hamlin has moved to third, 6.4 seconds off the lead.
Lap 146 – Twenty laps left in stage 2: Heim Elliott Keselowski Hamlin Buescher Suarez Stenhouse Reddick Herbst Nemechek.
Lap 140 – Heim’s lead is 1.7 second over Elliott. Keselowski is 6.6 seconds back.
Lap 137 – Gibbs officially done for the day.
Lap 131 – NASCAR is warning Gilliland that he needs to pick up the pace.
Lap 126 – Forty laps left in stage 2. Heim by 2.1 seconds over Elliott, but Heim cannot make it to the end of the stage without more fuel.
Lap 122 – Heim has a 1.9 second lead over Elliott. Then Suarez Keselowski and Stenhouse.
Lap 114 – Gibbs goes behind the wall for repairs.
Lap 112 – Heim continues to lead. Suarez now second, then Elliott Keselowski Stenhouse Smith Buescher Nemechek Briscoe and Herbst.
Lap 108 – Logano officially done for the day.
Lap 107 – Back to green flag racing. Heim leads Keselowski Suarez Smith and Stenhouse.
Lap 103 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 102 – CAUTION again. Gibbs into the wall in turns three and four.
Lap 99 – Green flag back out. Logano and Custer both had to go behind the wall for repairs. Larson restarts 31st, Briscoe 21st.
Lap 96 – It’s now Heim Smith Keselowski Stenhouse Suarez Nemechek Herbst Elliott Buescher McDowell the top 10.
Lap 94 – Pit road is open. Most leaders are back in. Off pit road: Elliott Buescher McDowell Busch Cindric Allmendinger Reddick Hamlin Wallace Chastain. Logano ran into the rear of Custer after he stopped to let Gibbs out of his pit. Logano has front end damage and will have to pit again. Briscoe made contact with Larson as well. Both cars have some damage.
Lap 93 – CAUTION for Byron spinning off turn four.
Lap 92 – Hocevar back to the lead. Briscoe to second.
Lap 90 – Gibbs takes the lead.
Lap 89 – Green for the start of the second stage.
Lap 83 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Off pit road: Hocevar Gibbs Briscoe Busch Elliott Byron Hamlin Buescher Cindric Wallace.
Texas announces that the race is a sellout.
Lap 81 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Jones wins it over Hocevar Stenhouse Gibbs Briscoe Busch Allmendinger Elliott Byron Hamlin.
Lap 77 – Hocevar to second behind Jones.
Lap 76 – Hocevar already up to third. Bell is officially done for the day.
Lap 75 – Green flag with six laps remaining in stage 1: Jones Stenhouse Chastain Allmendinger Nemechek Hocevar Preece Hamlin Briscoe Busch.
Lap 71 – Now up front after staying out: Jones Stenhouse Chastain Allmendinger Nemechek.
Lap 70 – Pit road is open. Most leaders come in, five drivers stay out. Off pit road: Hocevar Preece Hamlin Briscoe Busch Gibbs Elliott.
Lap 68 – CAUTION is out for Bell and Gilliland. Gilliland spun off turn four and slid down into Bell. Bell then got into the outside wall. Free pass is SVG.
Lap 67 – Hamlin is closing on Bell for the lead, now .34 second back. Briscoe remains third.
Lap 57 – Bell leads Hamlin by 1 second. Then Briscoe Busch and Buescher.
Lap 48 – Bell takes the lead from Briscoe.
Lap 44 – Keselowski pits. Leaders are now: Briscoe Hamlin Bell Buescher Buescher Hocevar.
Lap 42 – Keselowski now the leader. He is the only driver that has not pitted.
Lap 41 – Hocevar pits from the lead. Berry now out front.
Lap 36 – Hamlin pits from the lead. Hocevar back out front.
Lap 33 – Bell comes to the pits to kick off green flag stops.
Lap 26 – Hamlin has pulled out to a 1.5 second lead over Briscoe. Hocevar is back to third.
Lap 22 – Finchum has lost a lap.
Lap 21 – Hamlin takes the lead from Hocevar. Briscoe is third, then Busch Buescher Bell Gibbs Suarez Reddick and Bowman.
Lap 15 – Hocevar had A 1.2 second lead over Briscoe. Suarez has fallen to fifth place.
Lap 6 – The field quickly gets mostly single file. Hocevar Suarez Briscoe Hamlin Busch the top 5.
Lap 2 – Hocevar leads the first lap.
• 3:44pm/et – Green flag at Texas.
• 3:41pm/et – NASCAR added a lap before the start so they could check the backstretch.
• 3:32pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 3:24pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 2:00pm/et – FS1 now is on the air with RaceDay coverage.
• As of Saturday evening it was just ADillon and Wallace going to the rear for the start. They did not qualify so they were already starting there.
• No weather troubles today at the track. National Weather Service forecast: Sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Race details:
Broadcast: FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:25:27
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 75 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Drivers Meeting: 1:25:00 p.m. (NOAPS Garage)
Drivers Intros: 1:55:00 p.m.
Invocation: 2:24:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 2:25:00 p.m.
Command: 2:32:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:43:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #3-Austin Dillon (engine change), #23-Bubba Wallace (backup car)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #71-Carson Hocevar chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #7-Daniel Suarez took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Texas Pit Stall page.
#77-Carson Hocevar won the Busch pole for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 191.340mph for his first pole of the year, second at Texas and second of his career.
#7-Daniel Suarez will start second followed by #17-Chris Buescher, #11-Denny Hamlin, #19-Chase Briscoe, #8-Kyle Busch, #20-Christopher Bell, #45-Tyler Reddick, #48-Alex Bowman, and #54-Ty Gibbs.
See the complete qualifying results and the Würth 400 Starting Lineup.
Texas – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Carson Hocevar won the Pole Award for the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY with a lap of 28.222 seconds, 191.340 mph.
This is his second pole in 92 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his second pole in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Daniel Suarez (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2026 and his sixth in 14 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Chris Buescher (third) posted his third top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in 11 races this season.
Connor Zilisch (12th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Qualifying Order
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection is complete at Texas Motor Speedway. No multiple failures
Practice for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over. The results:
#24-William Byron 189.294
#71-Michael McDowell 188.507
#67-Corey Heim 188.317
#42-John Hunter Nemechek 188.218
#23-Bubba Wallace 188.081
Slowest: #66-Chad Finchum, 174.802mph
Most laps run: #35-Riley Herbst, 37 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 31 drivers): #24-William Byron, 185.738mph.
Notes: #3-Austin Dillon had engine trouble and the team will have to replace it. He will have to start in the back for the race. #23-Bubba Wallace got lose in turn two and hit the wall hard. He will need to go to a backup car.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Würth 400 Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams entered: #66-Chad Finchum, #67-Corey Heim.
See the full entry list on the Würth 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Texas: This tire setup has raced this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway – both 1.5-mile ovals like Texas – and Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400. The left-side tire was introduced at Charlotte Motor Speedway last May and features a compound update compared with what was run in Texas last year, while the right-side tire underwent a construction change, and was first raced at Kansas last fall.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, going into the Würth 400
Race rules and information:
