The 2026 South Point 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 4, 2026, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada on the asphalt oval, it was the 31st race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the fifth race of the NASCAR Chase.
Chase Briscoe won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Austin Cindric and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and William Byron, Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Shane van Gisbergen, and Joey Logano rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (CC) denotes chase contender. Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher (CC) RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing 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 Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick (CC) 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 (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece (CC) RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (CC) 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 29.632 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.632 182.235 2 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.697 181.837 3 11 Denny Hamlin (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.761 181.446Official practice results
Qualifying Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.910 and a speed of .
Josh Berry and Noah Gragson did not set times due to crashing in Practice.
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.910 186.787 2 54 Ty Gibbs (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.927 186.677 3 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.998 186.220 4 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.011 186.136 5 45 Tyler Reddick (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.015 186.111 6 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.054 185.861 7 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 29.144 185.287 8 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.153 185.230 9 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.177 185.077 10 77 Carson Hocevar (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.185 185.027 11 7 Daniel Suárez (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.211 184.862 12 60 Ryan Preece (CC) RFK Racing Ford 29.279 184.433 13 9 Chase Elliott (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.280 184.426 14 17 Chris Buescher (CC) RFK Racing Ford 29.340 184.049 15 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.360 183.924 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.387 183.755 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.387 183.755 18 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.387 183.755 19 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.426 183.511 20 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 29.431 183.480 21 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.478 183.187 22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 29.488 183.125 23 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 29.490 183.113 24 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 29.573 182.599 25 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.586 182.519 26 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.675 181.971 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.695 181.849 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.716 181.720 29 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.773 181.372 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.788 181.281 31 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.895 180.632 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.942 180.349 33 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.055 179.671 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.259 178.459 35 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 0.000 0.000 36 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 0.000 0.000Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 84 45 Tyler Reddick (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 75 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 66 7 Daniel Suárez (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 57 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 48 77 Carson Hocevar (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 39 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 93 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 75 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 66 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 57 9 Chase Elliott (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 17 Chris Buescher (CC) RFK Racing Ford 210 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 4 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 752 6 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 363 5 45 Tyler Reddick (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 267 414 7 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 267 485 20 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 267 476 8 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 347 13 9 Chase Elliott (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 348 9 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 267 399 25 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 267 2810 23 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 267 3211 15 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2812 10 77 Carson Hocevar (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2813 14 17 Chris Buescher (CC) RFK Racing Ford 267 2614 11 7 Daniel Suárez (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2815 19 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 2216 1 11 Denny Hamlin (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 2217 2 54 Ty Gibbs (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 2018 22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 267 1919 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 1820 36 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 1721 18 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1722 33 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 266 023 3 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 266 3124 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 266 1325 21 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 1226 35 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 1127 24 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 266 1028 12 60 Ryan Preece (CC) RFK Racing Ford 265 929 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 265 830 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 265 731 29 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 265 632 26 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 264 533 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 264 434 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 263 335 31 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 262 236 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 262 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 12 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 4 for 21 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 4 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA Sports covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Trevor Bayne, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled pit road.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Trevor BayneKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman called the race in the booth when the field races through the tri-oval. Andrew Kurland called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Brett McMillan, and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turns 1 & 2: Andrew KurlandTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Wendy VenturiniBrett McMillanHeather DeBeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 2,318 2 Denny Hamlin 2,278 (–40) 3 Christopher Bell 2,263 (–55) 4 Joey Logano 2,247 (–71) 5 Ryan Blaney 2,238 (–80) 2 6 Chase Briscoe 2,234 (–84) 7 Tyler Reddick 2,212 (–106) 2 8 Ty Gibbs 2,208 (–110) 9 Austin Cindric 2,190 (–128) 10 Bubba Wallace 2,181 (–137) 11 Carson Hocevar 2,160 (–158) 12 William Byron 2,158 (–160) 13 Chase Elliott 2,155 (–163) 2 14 Daniel Suárez 2,123 (–195) 15 Chris Buescher 2,122 (–196) 2 16 Ryan Preece 2,118 (–200)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,379 2 Chevrolet 1,207 (–172) 3 Ford 1,155 (–224)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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