| 2026 Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $11,233,037 | Race Date: | Apr 12, 2026 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .055 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 1Min 50Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 Among / 4 Drivers | Average Speed: | 88.817 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 37 | No. of Cautions: | 9 For 72 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Ty Gibbs T. Gibbs | Driver: | Ryan Blaney R. Blaney | Toyota: | 55 | |||
| Car No.: | #54 Toyota | Car No.: | #12 Ford | Ford: | 35 | |||
| Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing | Team: | Team Penske | Chevrolet: | 34 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jason Ratcliff | Crew Chief: | ||||||
| Laps Led: | 25 of 505 | Pole Speed: | 127.064 MPH | |||||
| Official 2026 Food City 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Monster Energy | Running |  | 59 | 505 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Discount Tire | Running |  | 53 | 505 | 190 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com | Running |  | 54 | 505 | 284 |
| 4 | 2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | Comparion Insurance | Running | | 33 | 505 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Lance | Running | | 45 | 505 | 0 |
| 6 | 35 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Love's Travel Stops | Running | | 31 | 505 | 0 |
| 7 | 20 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil | Running | | 33 | 505 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 60 | Ryan Preece | Kroger / Muscle Milk | Running | | 29 | 505 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | National Debt Relief | Running | | 41 | 505 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spectrum | Running | | 38 | 505 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | WWE / Chumba Casino | Running | | 30 | 505 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | NationsGuard | Running | | 25 | 505 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Trimble | Running | | 24 | 505 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Consumer Cellular | Running | | 23 | 505 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Grizzly Nicotine Pouches | Running | | 22 | 505 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Menards / Tarkett | Running | | 23 | 505 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | NOS Energy Drink | Running | | 20 | 504 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Long Beard XR | Running | | 19 | 504 | 0 |
| 19 | 15 | 38 | Zane Smith | Aaron's Rent To Own | Running | | 18 | 504 | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Busch Light Fishing | Running | | 17 | 504 | 0 |
| 21 | 4 | 35 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Zero Sugar | Running | | 19 | 504 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 15 | 504 | 6 |
| 23 | 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | AdventHealth | Running | | 14 | 503 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Delaware Life | Running | | 13 | 503 | 0 |
| 25 | 29 | 8 | Kyle Busch | BankOZK | Running | | 12 | 503 | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Long John Silver's | Running | | 11 | 503 | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Rheem | Running | | 19 | 501 | 0 |
| 28 | 30 | 41 | Cole Custer | HaasTooling.com | Running | | 9 | 501 | 0 |
| 29 | 32 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Ohio Logistics | Running | | 8 | 501 | 0 |
| 30 | 34 | 24 | William Byron | Valvoline | Running | | 7 | 500 | 0 |
| 31 | 36 | 51 | Cody Ware | Costa Oil | Running | | 6 | 500 | 0 |
| 32 | 25 | 21 | Josh Berry | Motorcraft / Quick Lane | Running | | 16 | 490 | 0 |
| 33 | 26 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | Roto-Rooter | Running | | 4 | 478 | 0 |
| 34 | 33 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | WeatherTech | Running | | 3 | 335 | 0 |
| 35 | 31 | 42 | John H. Nemechek | Dollar Tree | Running | | 2 | 324 | 0 |
| 36 | 37 | 66 | Chad Finchum | Brian King Roofing | DNF | | 0 | 241 | 0 |
| 37 | 27 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally | Accident | | 1 | 163 | 0 |
