Race Results : Talladega Superspeedway

Jack Link's 500

Talladega Superspeedway , Lincoln, AL

Sunday, April 26th, 2026 Race 10 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • Jack Link's 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Tyler Reddick
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 45 - Supply House
  • Owner: 23XI Racing
  • Crew Chief: Billy Scott
  • Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Race lineup was set by NASCAR rulebook.

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.114 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 23 Minutes 25 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 147.504
  • Cautions: 6 for 30 laps
  • Lead Changes: 52
  • Green Flag Passes: 9,557 (60.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • Jack Link's 500
  • Race Winner: Carson Hocevar
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No 77 - Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet
  • Owner: Jeff Dickerson
  • Crew Chief: Lucas Lambert
  • Carson Hocevar won the Jack Link's 500, his first victory in 91 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in six races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Chris Buescher (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 22 races at Talladega Superspeedway It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2026
  • Alex Bowman (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 21 races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Connor Zilisch (26th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 110 points over Denny Hamlin
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Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 12 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 55 55 0 0 188 19 8 0 0 Running
2 10 17 Chris Buescher Ford 50 35 15 0 188 22 8 4 3 Running
3 20 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 37 34 3 0 188 0 0 0 8 Running
4 8 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 35 33 2 0 188 0 0 0 9 Running
5 30 38 Zane Smith Ford 34 33 1 0 188 0 0 0 10 Running
6 22 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 38 31 7 0 188 2 1 0 4 Running
7 24 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 41 30 11 0 188 22 6 10 1 Running
8 13 2 Austin Cindric Ford 29 29 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
9 29 4 Noah Gragson Ford 31 28 3 0 188 2 1 8 0 Running
10 34 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 27 27 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
11 19 34 Todd Gilliland Ford 34 26 8 0 188 0 0 9 5 Running
12 16 7 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
13 35 10 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 24 24 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
14 1 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 27 23 4 0 188 2 1 7 0 Running
15 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 22 22 0 0 188 28 4 0 0 Running
16 28 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 21 21 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
17 14 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 29 20 9 0 188 31 5 0 2 Running
18 11 60 Ryan Preece Ford 34 19 15 0 188 21 3 1 6 Running
19 18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 188 5 4 0 0 Running
20 33 97 Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 188 0 0 0 0 Running
21 36 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 20 16 4 0 188 0 0 0 7 Running
22 23 42 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 15 15 0 0 187 0 0 0 0 Running
23 21 43 Erik Jones Toyota 14 14 0 0 187 0 0 0 0 Running
24 40 78 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 186 0 0 0 0 Running
25 17 35 Riley Herbst Toyota 12 12 0 0 186 0 0 0 0 Running
26 32 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 11 11 0 0 185 0 0 0 0 Running
27 37 33 Jesse Love Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 185 0 0 0 0 Running
28 38 66 Chad Finchum Ford 0 0 0 0 182 8 1 0 0 Running
29 5 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota 8 8 0 0 180 3 2 0 0 Running
30 39 44 Joey Gase Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 177 0 0 0 0 Running
31 6 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 15 6 9 0 166 0 0 2 0 Running
32 31 71 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 5 5 0 0 149 1 1 0 0 Running
33 26 21 Josh Berry Ford 9 4 5 0 124 0 0 6 0 Accident
34 9 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 3 3 0 0 122 17 3 0 0 Accident
35 7 24 William Byron Chevrolet 2 2 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 Accident
36 4 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 1 1 0 0 114 3 3 0 0 Accident
37 15 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 7 1 6 0 114 0 0 5 0 Accident
38 27 41 Cole Custer Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 Accident
39 25 22 Joey Logano Ford 9 1 8 0 114 3 1 3 0 Accident
40 2 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Denny Hamlin Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 40 42 Green
Chase Briscoe Safety violation Pass Thru 40 43 Green
Chad Finchum Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 41 43 Green
Daniel Dye Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 45 47 Green
Zane Smith Tire violation Pass Thru 46 48 Green
Riley Herbst Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 47 49 Green
Riley Herbst Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 81 84 Green
Riley Herbst Unspecified Advancing position below double yellow line Pass Thru 92 95 Green
Tyler Reddick Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 98 104 Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
William Byron Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Austin Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Kyle Larson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Chase Elliott Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 104 Yellow
Connor Zilisch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Connor Zilisch Unspecified Entering pit road during red flag 1 Lap 115 119 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Tyler Reddick Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Brad Keselowski Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 115 0 Yellow
Ty Gibbs Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Jesse Love Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Kyle Busch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
William Byron Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Joey Gase Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Austin Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Josh Berry Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 115 0 Yellow
Tyler Reddick Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 115 121 Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 115 121 Yellow
Austin Cindric Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 117 121 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 118 121 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 118 121 Yellow
Michael McDowell Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 123 0 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 124 129 Yellow
Connor Zilisch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 124 129 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Safety violation Tail End 126 129 Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 128 129 Yellow
Chad Finchum Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 128 129 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 144 150 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Speeding on pit road Tail End 145 150 Yellow
AJ Allmendinger Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Kyle Busch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Chad Finchum Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Joey Gase Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Connor Zilisch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 149 150 Yellow
Tyler Reddick Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 161 166 Yellow
Kyle Busch Tire violation Tail End 162 166 Yellow
Kyle Busch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 162 165 Yellow
Michael McDowell Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 184 185 Yellow