Cup - 2026 - Cracker Barrel 400

Date: 2026-05-31 | Track: Nashville Superspeedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Kyle Larson (#5) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P23 P23
TLS points 7587 9943 9943
ARP 13.79 5.86 5.86
Laps led 57 56 56

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Denny Hamlin (#11): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 57 laps with 13.79 average running position and 7,587 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,943 points). Finished P23 with 56 laps led and 5.86 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (5.86). The official winner ran a worse average position (13.79).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Hamlin wins a Nashville photo finish

Nashville stayed chaotic through the middle stages: cautions on laps 183, 192, and 204 collected multiple cars, and a brake rotor failure for Chris Buescher (#17) on lap 288 brought out a late yellow.

On the final lap Chase Briscoe (#19) went three-wide with Denny Hamlin (#11) before Hamlin (#11) cleared on the backstretch and won by 0.115 seconds. A multi-car crash involving Chase Elliott (#9) and Tyler Reddick (#45) unfolded just past the start/finish line as the race ended.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 11 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 57 13.79 7587
2 3 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 29 6.15 9888
3 5 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 31 14 8.06 9312
4 18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 15 0 20.77 5487
5 6 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 10 12 9.73 8810
6 2 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 2 42 6.03 9923
7 9 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 3 11.76 8199
8 4 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 7 46 7.41 9508
9 10 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 11 18 13.37 7716
10 15 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 17 0 16.98 6628
11 7 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 13 3 10.33 8630
12 26 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 30 0 24.44 4383
13 8 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 6 1 11.30 8339
14 14 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 9 1 15.99 6926
15 12 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 14 0 14.35 7419
16 27 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 26 0 24.49 4354
17 16 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 23 1 18.81 6058
18 30 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 32 0 25.94 3919
19 13 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 3 10 15.57 7029
20 21 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 21 0 22.65 4905
21 25 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 20 0 23.92 4525
22 32 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 34 0 30.45 2565
23 1 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 56 5.86 9943
24 22 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 27 0 22.76 4855
25 36 * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 24 0 0.00 0
26 29 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 36 0 25.32 4063
27 36 Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 25 0 0.00 0
28 36 * Chad Finchum(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 37 0 0.00 0
29 19 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 22 0 20.32 5362
30 17 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 8 0 14.38 5711
31 31 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 33 0 25.54 2894
32 20 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 18 0 14.06 5087
33 23 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 19 0 15.76 4741
34 24 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 12 0 14.98 4636
35 28 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 16 7 14.72 4201
36 35 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 28 0 31.45 687
37 33 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 35 0 23.23 1293
38 34 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 38 0 29.01 719

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Tyler Reddick 45 117400 8.48 362 9923
2 Denny Hamlin 11 116392 10.14 756 7587
3 Ryan Blaney 12 109159 10.63 295 9508
4 Kyle Larson 5 108727 10.40 569 9943
5 Ty Gibbs 54 103699 9.87 96 8339
6 Christopher Bell 20 99437 10.99 398 9888
7 Chris Buescher 17 99295 12.56 68 5362
8 Chase Briscoe 19 94683 12.60 117 9312
9 Chase Elliott 9 93987 13.41 199 8199
10 Bubba Wallace 23 89506 14.42 89 5087
11 Carson Hocevar 77 87979 16.92 75 6628
12 William Byron 24 87900 14.29 34 5711
13 Austin Cindric 2 85500 14.04 26 4063
14 Ryan Preece 60 84440 16.70 26 687
15 Joey Logano 22 84150 15.96 115 6926
16 Brad Keselowski 6 83825 17.43 160 4636
17 Daniel Suarez 7 81633 17.26 28 7029
18 Ross Chastain 1 76631 17.04 59 1293
19 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 74157 17.67 103 8810
20 Erik Jones 43 73068 20.06 16 8630
21 Zane Smith 38 72742 20.13 59 7716
22 Michael McDowell 71 68226 19.85 24 7419
23 Austin Dillon 3 65884 20.62 5 3919
24 Josh Berry 21 64764 20.47 15 2894
25 Riley Herbst 35 64133 21.93 2 6058
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 61778 21.33 9 4201
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 58413 23.14 6 5487
28 Todd Gilliland 34 55548 23.29 1 4905
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 52221 23.43 19 4855
30 Noah Gragson 4 51216 25.44 2 4354
31 Kyle Busch 8 51197 19.72 19 0
32 Ty Dillon 10 41512 27.06 3 4383
33 Connor Zilisch # 88 41404 24.32 0 719
34 Cole Custer 41 40643 26.52 1 4525
35 Alex Bowman 48 39956 20.51 0 4741
36 Cody Ware 51 28595 30.52 2 2565
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2399 30.00 0 0
38 * Katherine Legge 78 1917 35.70 0 0
39 * Casey Mears 66 1101 36.38 0 0
40 * BJ McLeod 78 821 30.24 0 0