2026 NASCAR Cup Series Season

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season: 30 of 36 points races run, 14 different winners, and Tyler Reddick leads with 5 wins. The championship standings, the full schedule with every winner, and the season leaders.

Championship standings in the Chase, through September 27, 2026

Pos	Driver	Points	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Chase seed
1	Kyle Larson	2282	2	13	17	7
2	Denny Hamlin	2256	4	15	20	1
3	Christopher Bell	2232	1	13	16	6
4	Joey Logano	2215	3	7	12	9
5	Ryan Blaney	2191	3	8	19	2
6	Ty Gibbs	2188	2	12	18	4
7	Tyler Reddick	2171	5	12	17	3
8	Chase Briscoe	2159	1	11	15	5
9	Bubba Wallace	2142	0	4	14	14
10	Austin Cindric	2142	0	3	8	15
11	Carson Hocevar	2132	1	6	11	12
12	William Byron	2124	0	5	14	13
13	Chase Elliott	2121	2	6	10	8
14	Ryan Preece	2109	1	1	10	16
15	Chris Buescher	2096	0	2	10	10
16	Daniel Suarez	2095	1	3	7	11
17	Shane van Gisbergen	660	2	5	7
18	Brad Keselowski	641	0	2	6
19	Ross Chastain	614	0	2	6
20	Michael McDowell	580	0	3	6
21	Erik Jones	570	0	2	5
22	Todd Gilliland	538	0	0	2
23	A.J. Allmendinger	529	0	1	4
24	Austin Dillon	510	0	0	5
25	Josh Berry	503	0	2	9
26	John Hunter Nemechek	489	0	1	2
27	Zane Smith	483	0	2	6
28	Alex Bowman	475	0	4	7
29	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	455	0	3	4
30	Riley Herbst	427	0	0	3
31	Noah Gragson	377	0	0	2
32	Cole Custer	377	0	0	1
33	Ty Dillon	333	0	0	0
34	Connor Zilisch	325	0	0	2
35	Cody Ware	226	0	0	0
36	Casey Mears	13	0	0	0
37	Kevin Magnussen	11	0	0	0
38	Jimmie Johnson	9	0	0	0
39	Katherine Legge	8	0	0	0
40	B.J. McLeod	4	0	0	0

Schedule and winners

No.	Date	Race	Track	Winner	Laps led by winner
1	February 15, 2026	DAYTONA 500	Daytona	Tyler Reddick	1
2	February 22, 2026	Autotrader 400	Atlanta	Tyler Reddick	53
3	March 1, 2026	DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne	COTA	Tyler Reddick	58
4	March 8, 2026	Straight Talk Wireless 500	Phoenix	Ryan Blaney	28
5	March 15, 2026	Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube	Las Vegas	Denny Hamlin	134
6	March 22, 2026	Goodyear 400	Darlington	Tyler Reddick	77
7	March 29, 2026	Cook Out 400	Martinsville	Chase Elliott	84
8	April 12, 2026	Food City 500	Bristol	Ty Gibbs	25
9	April 19, 2026	AdventHealth 400	Kansas	Tyler Reddick	10
10	April 26, 2026	Jack Link's 500	Talladega	Carson Hocevar	19
11	May 3, 2026	Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY	Texas	Chase Elliott	87
12	May 10, 2026	Go Bowling at The Glen	Watkins Glen	Shane van Gisbergen	74
All-Star	May 17, 2026	NASCAR All-Star Race	Dover	Denny Hamlin	103
13	May 24, 2026	Coca-Cola 600	Charlotte	Daniel Suarez	17
14	May 31, 2026	Cracker Barrel 400	Nashville	Denny Hamlin	57
15	June 7, 2026	FireKeepers Casino 400	Michigan	Denny Hamlin	40
16	June 14, 2026	Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA	Pocono	Denny Hamlin	28
17	June 21, 2026	Anduril 250	San Diego Street Course	Corey Heim	3
18	June 28, 2026	Toyota / Save Mart 350	Sonoma	Shane van Gisbergen	74
19	July 5, 2026	eero 400	Chicagoland	Chase Briscoe	51
20	July 12, 2026	Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart	Atlanta	Ryan Blaney	171
21	July 19, 2026	Window World 450	North Wilkesboro	Joey Logano	323
22	July 26, 2026	Brickyard 400 presented by PPG	Indianapolis	Corey Heim	58
23	August 9, 2026	Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol	Iowa	Ty Gibbs	20
24	August 15, 2026	Cook Out 400	Richmond	Joey Logano	95
25	August 23, 2026	Dollar Tree 301	New Hampshire	Ryan Blaney	115
26	August 29, 2026	Coke Zero Sugar 400	Daytona	Ryan Preece	5
27	September 6, 2026	Cook Out Southern 500	Darlington	Christopher Bell	46
28	September 13, 2026	Enjoy Illinois 300	Gateway (WWT)	Kyle Larson	80
29	September 19, 2026	Bass Pro Shops Night Race	Bristol	Joey Logano	93
30	September 27, 2026	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas	Kyle Larson	235
31	October 4, 2026	South Point 400	Las Vegas
32	October 11, 2026	Bank of America 400	Charlotte
33	October 18, 2026	Freeway Insurance 500	Phoenix
34	October 25, 2026	YellaWood 500	Talladega
35	November 1, 2026	Xfinity 500	Martinsville
36	November 8, 2026	NASCAR Championship Race	Homestead

Most wins

Driver	Wins	Starts
Tyler Reddick	5	30
Denny Hamlin	4	30
Ryan Blaney	3	30
Joey Logano	3	30
Kyle Larson	2	30
Ty Gibbs	2	30
Chase Elliott	2	30
Shane van Gisbergen	2	30
Corey Heim	2	10
Christopher Bell	1	30

Most top 5s

Driver	Top 5	Starts
Denny Hamlin	15	30
Kyle Larson	13	30
Christopher Bell	13	30
Tyler Reddick	12	30
Ty Gibbs	12	30
Chase Briscoe	11	30
Ryan Blaney	8	30
Joey Logano	7	30
Chase Elliott	6	30
Carson Hocevar	6	30

Most top 10s

Driver	Top 10	Starts
Denny Hamlin	20	30
Ryan Blaney	19	30
Ty Gibbs	18	30
Tyler Reddick	17	30
Kyle Larson	17	30
Christopher Bell	16	30
Chase Briscoe	15	30
William Byron	14	30
Bubba Wallace	14	30
Joey Logano	12	30

Most laps led

Driver	Laps led	Starts
Kyle Larson	1118	30
Ryan Blaney	1035	30
Denny Hamlin	950	30
Joey Logano	725	30
Christopher Bell	606	30
Tyler Reddick	523	30
Chase Briscoe	412	30
Ty Gibbs	400	30
Chase Elliott	318	30
Shane van Gisbergen	270	30

Best average finish (at least 15 starts)

Driver	Avg finish	Starts
Denny Hamlin	8.4	30
Ty Gibbs	12.1	30
Ryan Blaney	12.5	30
Tyler Reddick	12.5	30
Christopher Bell	13.5	30
Chase Briscoe	14.9	30
Kyle Larson	15.2	30
Chase Elliott	15.3	30
Daniel Suarez	15.3	30
Bubba Wallace	15.6	30