The 2026 Würth 400 was an NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on May 3, 2026, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Chase Elliott won the race. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, and Alex Bowman finished 3rd. Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher rounded out the top five, and Daniel Suárez, Carson Hocevar, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Chad Finchum (i) Garage 66 Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 28.527 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.527 189.294 2 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.646 188.507 3 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 28.675 188.317Official practice results
Qualifying Carson Hocevar scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.222 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.222 191.340 2 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.225 191.320 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 28.275 190.981 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.304 190.786 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.304 190.786 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.330 190.611 7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.353 190.456 8 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 28.359 190.416 9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.364 190.382 10 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.396 190.168 11 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.411 190.067 12 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.430 189.940 13 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.442 189.860 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.454 189.780 15 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.467 189.693 16 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.507 189.427 17 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 28.520 189.341 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 28.537 189.228 19 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.548 189.155 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 28.552 189.129 21 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 28.579 188.950 22 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 28.606 188.772 23 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.618 188.692 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.619 188.686 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 28.656 188.442 26 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 28.662 188.403 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 28.676 188.311 28 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.694 188.193 29 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 28.726 187.983 30 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.738 187.905 31 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.754 187.800 32 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.772 187.682 33 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 28.774 187.669 34 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.833 187.285 35 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.134 185.350 36 66 Chad Finchum (i) Garage 66 Ford 30.613 176.396 37 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 0.000 0.000 38 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 102 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 93 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 84 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 48 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 84 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 39 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 210 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 69 2 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 43 3 9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 35 4 8 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 267 42 5 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 267 36 6 2 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 36 7 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 41 8 15 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 31 9 37 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 28 10 31 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 27 11 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 267 29 12 21 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 267 35 13 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 32 14 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 267 4 15 13 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 267 22 16 12 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 21 17 30 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 20 18 38 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 19 19 22 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 267 26 20 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 22 21 33 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 1622 34 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 15 23 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266 20 24 35 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 13 25 26 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 16 26 16 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 266 11 27 19 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 10 28 28 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 9 29 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 8 30 29 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 265 7 31 17 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 254 032 32 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsprots Ford 254 5 33 36 66 Chad Finchum (i) Garage 66 Ford 223 0 34 11 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 180 3 35 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 173 2 36 10 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 110 8 37 23 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 94 1 38 7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 67 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 23 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 40 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 56 minutes and 17 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports will cover the race on the television side Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and three-time Texas winner Kevin Harvick will call the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, and Josh Sims will handle pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds will provide insight on-site during the race.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan SmithJosh Sims Larry McReynolds
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie & Nick Yeoman covered the action for PRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Andrew Kurland covered the action for PRN from a platform outside of Turns 1 & 2, & Pat Patterson covered the action from a platform outside of Turns 3 & 4 for PRN. Alan Cavanna, Brett McMillan, and Heather Debeaux had the call from pit lane for PRN.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Nick Yeoman Turns 1 & 2: Andrew KurlandTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Alan CavannaBrett McMillanHeather Debeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tyler Reddick 526 2 Denny Hamlin 417 (–109) 1 3 Chase Elliott 409 (–117) 1 4 Ryan Blaney 371 (–155) 2 5 Chris Buescher 345 (–181) 2 6 Carson Hocevar 333 (–193) 2 7 Ty Gibbs 330 (–196) 2 8 Kyle Larson 318 (–208) 1 9 Brad Keselowski 311 (–215) 1 10 William Byron 308 (–218) 1 11 Bubba Wallace 304 (–222) 3 12 Christopher Bell 291 (–235) 13 Ryan Preece 276 (–250) 14 Daniel Suárez 271 (–255) 1 15 Austin Cindric 248 (–278) 1 16 Chase Briscoe 242 (–284)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 513 2 Chevrolet 440 (–73) 3 Ford 381 (–132)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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