Cup - 2026 - FireKeepers Casino 400

Date: 2026-06-07 | Track: Michigan International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Denny Hamlin (#11) Carson Hocevar (#77) Chase Elliott (#9)
Finish P1 P5 P32
TLS points 4764 6617 5158
ARP 14.30 5.08 3.15
Laps led 40 21 67

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 40 laps with 14.30 average running position and 4,764 TLS points.

TLS leader — Carson Hocevar (#77): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (6,617 points). Finished P5 with 21 laps led and 5.08 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — Chase Elliott (#9): lowest average running position (3.15). Finished P32 with 5,158 TLS points and 67 laps led. ARP is an average across all laps — a driver can run near the front all day yet score fewer TLS points if they led fewer laps, completed fewer laps, or lost ground late while keeping a strong average.

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 survives Michigan red flag

Cautions on laps 78 and 90 kept the FireKeepers 400 unsettled early. Chase Elliott (#9) won stage 2, but the race turned on lap 142 when Zane Smith (#38) brought out a caution — on the restart Elliott (#9) and Bell (#20) hit the wall hard enough to require a red flag for SAFER barrier repairs.

After a lap-154 restart crash when McDowell (#71) struck Noah Gragson (#4), Denny Hamlin (#11) took control and led the final 46 laps. Hamlin (#11) won by 11.11 seconds over Erik Jones (#43) — a rare blowout finish on a day defined by repairs and attrition.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 9 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 40 14.30 4764
2 6 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 10 0 11.71 5284
3 3 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 13 9 5.55 6522
4 2 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 7 4 5.19 6594
5 1 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 2 21 5.08 6617
6 4 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 11 10 7.04 6223
7 5 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 18 0 9.72 5684
8 11 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 19 0 14.55 4714
9 12 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 14 0 16.25 4372
10 18 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 0 19.13 3793
11 14 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 31 0 17.74 4073
12 16 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 15 0 18.73 3873
13 8 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 12 0 12.47 5132
14 13 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 17 0 17.33 4154
15 26 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 37 0 23.78 2858
16 19 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 32 1 19.40 3738
17 23 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 25 0 22.16 3184
18 10 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 7 14.35 4753
19 24 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 0 22.35 3146
20 36 Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 28 0 0.00 0
21 36 * JJ Yeley(i) 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 36 2 0.00 0
22 33 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 29.28 1744
23 30 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 33 0 28.53 1884
24 20 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 24 0 19.38 3669
25 17 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 4 6 17.50 3854
26 28 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 20 0 22.12 2525
27 21 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 22 0 14.75 3650
28 29 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 27 0 24.18 2169
29 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 23 0 21.30 2589
30 31 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 30 0 26.22 1826
31 22 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 8 0 14.55 3471
32 7 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 6 67 3.15 5158
33 15 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 16 0 9.74 4013
34 34 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 26 0 20.84 1544
35 25 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 3 33 3.86 2868
36 32 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 21 0 16.59 1777
37 35 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 34 0 35.10 29

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 Denny Hamlin 11 121156 10.42 796 4764
2 Tyler Reddick 45 120268 8.17 395 2868
3 Kyle Larson 5 115321 10.06 573 6594
4 Ryan Blaney 12 113873 10.90 295 4714
5 Ty Gibbs 54 107553 10.38 102 3854
6 Chris Buescher 17 103667 12.81 68 4372
7 Christopher Bell 20 102908 11.23 398 3471
8 Chase Elliott 9 99145 12.73 266 5158
9 Chase Briscoe 19 98476 13.03 117 3793
10 Bubba Wallace 23 96028 13.83 98 6522
11 Carson Hocevar 77 94596 16.13 96 6617
12 William Byron 24 92653 14.29 41 4753
13 Joey Logano 22 89834 15.55 115 5684
14 Austin Cindric 2 89573 14.29 26 4073
15 Daniel Suarez 7 87856 16.58 38 6223
16 Ryan Preece 60 86609 17.20 26 2169
17 Brad Keselowski 6 85369 17.65 160 1544
18 Ross Chastain 1 80369 17.20 60 3738
19 Erik Jones 43 78352 19.50 16 5284
20 Zane Smith 38 76755 19.44 59 4013
21 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 75983 18.24 103 1826
22 Michael McDowell 71 70751 20.00 24 2525
23 Riley Herbst 35 69265 21.29 2 5132
24 Austin Dillon 3 67661 20.35 5 1777
25 Josh Berry 21 67622 20.69 15 2858
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 64962 21.39 9 3184
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 61002 23.01 6 2589
28 Todd Gilliland 34 57292 23.69 1 1744
29 John Hunter Nemechek 42 56375 23.03 19 4154
30 Noah Gragson 4 54866 24.73 2 3650
31 Kyle Busch 8 51197 19.72 19 0
32 Ty Dillon 10 45181 26.55 3 3669
33 Cole Custer 41 44516 26.00 1 3873
34 Alex Bowman 48 43102 20.68 0 3146
35 Connor Zilisch # 88 41433 25.04 0 29
36 Cody Ware 51 30479 30.39 2 1884
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