Blaney Outduels Reddick for Homestead Win; Larson (12th) is Champion

While the NASCAR Cup Series championship battle was anticlimactic on Sunday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the race for the win was anything but. The sold out crowd in the stands saw the race lead pass between three drivers over the final seven laps of the race.

In the end, it was Ryan Blaney, who made a thrilling pass for the lead on Tyler Reddick with two laps remaining, who would go on to collect the race win. Blaney would cross the finish line ahead of Reddick by a margin of 0.314 seconds, which allowed him to collect his fourth win of the season and 21st win of his Cup Series career.

William Byron, who looked to be the dominant driver in the final Stage of the race, stumbled to a third-place finish after he lost the lead to Reddick with seven laps remaining.

Christopher Bell took a fourth-place finish, which allowed him to secure the runner-up spot in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, and Bubba Wallace notched a fifth-place finish.

Denny Hamlin got into the wall late in the race, and finished sixth. With the sixth-place finish, Hamlin sealed his fate as the third-place driver in the championship fight.

As Blaney took the win in the battle that was the 400-mile event at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it was Kyle Larson who was celebrated for winning the war, as he became a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday evening.

The 35-year-old driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet came home with a 12th-place finish to cap off his incredible run through NASCAR's Chase. The final point margin for Larson was 49 points over Bell, and 56 points over Hamlin.

Larson, who became the first back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series champion since Jimmie Johnson in 2013, became the 11th three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion in history.

*This story will be updated with post-race quotes and additional information.

Final 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase Standings

1. Kyle Larson, 2,501 points
2. Christopher Bell, -49
3. Denny Hamlin, -56
4. Ryan Blaney, -94
5. Tyler Reddick, -104
6. Chase Briscoe, -115
7. Joey Logano, -115
8. William Byron, -157
9. Ty Gibbs, -166
10. Austin Cindric, -195
11. Bubba Wallace, -208
12. Chase Elliott, -214
13. Daniel Suarez, -258
14. Carson Hocevar, -267
15. Ryan Preece, -275
16. Chris Buescher, -289

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