Chase Elliott was able to score his second victory of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season in Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was able to come out on top of Denny Hamlin in a four-lap shootout to end the event.
Elliott led a race-high 87 laps, and took the victory by 0.407 seconds over Hamlin. This is the earliest in a season that Elliott has ever recorded multiple wins in a NASCAR Cup Series season.
Alex Bowman finished third, marking a season-best finish, while Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher rounded out the top-five finishers.
Here are the complete race results from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway:
|
Fin |
Car |
Driver |
Laps |
Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
9 |
Chase Elliott (S2) (X) |
267 |
— |
|
2 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
267 |
0.407 |
|
3 |
48 |
Alex Bowman |
267 |
0.705 |
|
4 |
45 |
Tyler Reddick |
267 |
0.787 |
|
5 |
17 |
Chris Buescher |
267 |
0.990 |
|
6 |
7 |
Daniel Suarez |
267 |
1.326 |
|
7 |
77 |
Carson Hocevar |
267 |
1.735 |
|
8 |
24 |
William Byron |
267 |
2.139 |
|
9 |
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
267 |
2.237 |
|
10 |
12 |
Ryan Blaney |
267 |
2.685 |
|
11 |
35 |
Riley Herbst |
267 |
3.084 |
|
12 |
43 |
Erik Jones (S1) |
267 |
3.201 |
|
13 |
6 |
Brad Keselowski |
267 |
3.596 |
|
14 |
60 |
Ryan Preece |
267 |
3.749 |
|
15 |
2 |
Austin Cindric |
267 |
4.078 |
|
16 |
88 |
Connor Zilisch # |
267 |
4.276 |
|
17 |
97 |
Shane van Gisbergen |
267 |
5.353 |
|
18 |
3 |
Austin Dillon |
267 |
5.694 |
|
19 |
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
267 |
6.199 |
|
20 |
8 |
Kyle Busch |
267 |
9.077 |
|
21 |
42 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
266 |
1 lap |
|
22 |
38 |
Zane Smith |
266 |
1 lap |
|
23 |
19 |
Chase Briscoe |
266 |
1 lap |
|
24 |
10 |
Ty Dillon |
266 |
1 lap |
|
25 |
16 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
266 |
1 lap |
|
26 |
1 |
Ross Chastain |
266 |
1 lap |
|
27 |
71 |
Michael McDowell |
266 |
1 lap |
|
28 |
4 |
Noah Gragson |
266 |
1 lap |
|
29 |
21 |
Josh Berry |
266 |
1 lap |
|
30 |
51 |
Cody Ware |
265 |
2 laps |
|
31 |
67* |
Corey Heim (i) |
254 |
Out |
|
32 |
34 |
Todd Gilliland |
254 |
13 laps |
|
33 |
66* |
Chad Finchum (i) |
223 |
44 laps |
|
34 |
5 |
Kyle Larson |
180 |
87 laps |
|
35 |
41 |
Cole Custer |
173 |
94 laps |
|
36 |
54 |
Ty Gibbs |
110 |
Out |
|
37 |
22 |
Joey Logano |
95 |
Out |
|
38 |
20 |
Christopher Bell |
68 |
Out |
(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
* “Open” entry
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) Driver ineligible to score series points
