2026 NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Race Results

Ty Gibbs finally broke through to score his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, as he held off Ryan Blaney in an overtime finish to the Food City 500.

Gibbs, who was on 95-lap older tires than Blaney, utilized the high lane to keep his momentum going over the final few laps, and was able to keep the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang Dark Horse at bay for the win.

At the finish line, Gibbs would collect the checkered flag 0.055 seconds ahead of Blaney, the runner-up finisher. Kyle Larson would finish the race in the third position, ahead of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe, the fifth-place finisher.

Todd Gilliland, Joey Logano, Ryan Preece, Denny Hamlin, and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top-10 finishers in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Food City 500 Race Results

Fin	Car	Driver	Laps	Diff
1	54	Ty Gibbs	505	--
2	12	Ryan Blaney (X)	505	0.055
3	5	Kyle Larson (S1) (S2)	505	0.229
4	45	Tyler Reddick	505	0.665
5	19	Chase Briscoe	505	1.195
6	34	Todd Gilliland	505	1.450
7	22	Joey Logano	505	1.516
8	60	Ryan Preece	505	1.677
9	11	Denny Hamlin	505	1.770
10	77	Carson Hocevar	505	1.826
11	23	Bubba Wallace	505	1.956
12	7	Daniel Suarez	505	2.013
13	17	Chris Buescher	505	2.077
14	6	Brad Keselowski	505	2.350
15	16	AJ Allmendinger	505	2.624
16	2	Austin Cindric	505	4.904
17	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	504	1 lap
18	3	Austin Dillon	504	1 lap
19	38	Zane Smith	504	1 lap
20	1	Ross Chastain	504	1 lap
21	35	Riley Herbst	504	1 lap
22	9	Chase Elliott	504	1 lap
23	43	Erik Jones	503	2 laps
24	71	Michael McDowell	503	2 laps
25	8	Kyle Busch	503	2 laps
26	4	Noah Gragson	503	2 laps
27	20	Christopher Bell	501	4 laps
28	41	Cole Custer	501	4 laps
29	10	Ty Dillon	501	4 laps
30	24	William Byron	500	5 laps
31	51	Cody Ware	500	5 laps
32	21	Josh Berry	490	15 laps
33	88	Connor Zilisch #	478	27 laps
34	97	Shane van Gisbergen	335	170 laps
35	42	John Hunter Nemechek	324	181 laps
36	66*	Chad Finchum (i)	241	Out
37	48	Alex Bowman	163	Out

(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
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(i) Driver ineligible to score series points