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NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol

Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Race Result

Ty Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota #54) won at Bristol Motor Speedway over 502 laps, leading 25 laps en route to victory.

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Track โ€” Bristol Motor Speedway

0.533 mi

Track Length

502

Race Laps

266 mi

Race Distance

Bristol, TN

Location

Track type: Short Track Oval TURNS: 36 DEG

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Final Classification โ€” Top 10

PosDriverMfr / #Laps Led / Pts
P1Ty GibbsToyota #5425L ยท 59pt
P2Ryan BlaneyFord #12190L ยท 53pt
P3Kyle LarsonChevrolet #5284L ยท 54pt
P4Tyler ReddickToyota #450L ยท 33pt
P5Chase BriscoeToyota #190L ยท 45pt
P6Todd GillilandFord #340L ยท 31pt
P7Joey LoganoFord #220L ยท 33pt
P8Ryan PreeceFord #600L ยท 29pt
P9Denny HamlinToyota #110L ยท 41pt
P10Carson HocevarChevrolet #770L ยท 38pt
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Pole Position & Starting Grid

Ryan Blaney (Team Penske, Ford #12) took pole with a lap of 15.101s at 127.064 mph.

Top 5 Starters

P1Ryan BlaneyFord #12
P2Tyler ReddickToyota #45
P3Chase BriscoeToyota #19
P4Riley HerbstToyota #35
P5Ty GibbsToyota #54
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Lap Leaders

1Kyle LarsonChevrolet ยท 284 laps led
2Ryan BlaneyFord ยท 190 laps led
3Ty GibbsToyota ยท 25 laps led

Kyle Larson led 284 of 502 laps (57% of the race) but finished P3; race winner Ty Gibbs led 25 laps.

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Championship Points Scored โ€” Top 10

#DriverBonusPts
1Ty Gibbs+459
2Kyle Larson+2054
3Ryan Blaney+1853
4Chase Briscoe+1345
5Denny Hamlin+1341
6Carson Hocevar+1138
7Tyler Reddick+033
8Joey Logano+333
9Todd Gilliland+031
10Bubba Wallace+430
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Race Notes

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    Biggest grid-to-finish gain: Todd Gilliland climbed from P35 to P6 (+29 places).

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    Biggest grid-to-finish loss: Riley Herbst dropped from P4 to P21 (โˆ’17 places).

Race data sourced from public ESPN scoreboard records.

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