Practice #1 : Texas Motor Speedway
Wurth 400
Texas Motor Speedway , Fort Worth, TX
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- Texas Motor Speedway
- W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Carson Hocevar
- Age: 23
- Team : No 77 - Spectrum Chevrolet
- Owner: Jeff Dickerson
- Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
- Carson Hocevar won the Pole Award for the W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY with a lap of 28222 seconds, 191340 mph
- This is his second pole in 92 NASCAR Cup Series races
- This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2026
- This is his second pole in four races at Texas Motor Speedway
- Daniel Suarez (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2026 and his sixth in 14 races at Texas Motor Speedway
- Chris Buescher (third) posted his third top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway It is his seventh in 11 races this season
- Connor Zilisch (12th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 267
- Margin of Victory: 0.407 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 56 Minutes 17 Seconds
- Average Speed: 136.315
- Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
- Lead Changes: 23
- Green Flag Passes: 2,954 (13.0 passes per green flag lap)
- Texas Motor Speedway
- W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY
- Race Winner: Chase Elliott
- Age: 30
- Team : No 9 - Amazon Prime Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
- Chase Elliott won the W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY, his 23rd victory in 369 Cup Series races
- This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 16 races at Texas Motor Speedway
- Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 36 races at Texas Motor Speedway It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2026
- Alex Bowman (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway
- Connor Zilisch (16th) was the highest finishing rookie
- Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 109 points over Denny Hamlin
