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2026 Jack Link's 500
Held on April 26, 2026 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	77	Carson Hocevar	Chili's Ride the Dente Dark	Chevy	188	19	running	55
2	10	17	Chris Buescher	Kroger, Jack Link's Non Vegan Nation	Ford	188	22	running	50
3	20	48	Alex Bowman	Ally	Chevy	188	0	running	37
4	8	9	Chase Elliott	Amazon Prime, UniFirst Uniforms, Llumar Window Films, Coca-Cola	Chevy	188	0	running	35
5	30	38	Zane Smith	Boys & Girls Club of America, Aaron's	Ford	188	0	running	34
6	22	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	Chef Boyardee	Chevy	188	2	running	38
7	24	1	Ross Chastain	Jockey VentraCool Air	Chevy	188	22	running	41
8	13	2	Austin Cindric	FrogTape, Menards	Ford	188	0	running	29
9	29	4	Noah Gragson	Pabst Grillo's Pickles, Pickle Beer Car	Ford	188	2	running	31
10	34	8	Kyle Busch	Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen	Chevy	188	0	running	27
11	19	34	Todd Gilliland	Love's Travel Stops, Fleetguard	Ford	188	0	running	34
12	16	7	Daniel Suarez	Freeway Insurance, Freeway.com	Chevy	188	0	running	25
13	35	10	Ty Dillon	Grizzly Nicotine Pouches, The Fallen Outdoors	Chevy	188	0	running	24
14	1	45	Tyler Reddick	Rockstar Energy Drink	Toyota	188	2	running	27
15	3	11	Denny Hamlin	King's Hawaiian Ube Coconut Rolls Limited-Time Flavor, Sports Clips	Toyota	188	28	running	22
16	28	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Grizzly Nicotine Pouches, The Fallen Outdoors	Chevy	188	0	running	21
17	14	20	Christopher Bell	Rheem	Toyota	188	31	running	29
18	11	60	Ryan Preece	BuildSubmarines.com, Alabama Community College System	Ford	188	21	running	34
19	18	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops Club, Winchester Long Beard XR	Chevy	188	5	running	18
20	33	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	WeatherTech	Chevy	188	0	running	17
21	36	51	Cody Ware	Super.com	Chevy	188	0	running	20
22	23	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Pye-Barker Fire & Safety	Toyota	187	0	running	15
23	21	43	Erik Jones	Doritos, Dollar Tree	Toyota	187	0	running	14
24	40	78	Daniel Dye	Champion Container, Race to Stop Suicide	Chevy	186	0	running	0
25	17	35	Riley Herbst	BeatBox the Original Party Punch	Toyota	186	0	running	12
26	32	88	Connor Zilisch	Red Bull, WeatherTech.com, Circle K	Chevy	185	0	running	11
27	37	33	Jesse Love, IV	1-800-Pack-Rat Moving & Storage Made Simple	Chevy	185	0	running	0
28	38	66	Chad Finchum	Carter's Royal Dispos-All, GPC Poultry Supply and Hardware, KnoxHydrate, Auto Direct USA	Ford	182	8	running	0
29	5	19	Chase Briscoe	Bass Pro Shops Club, Tracker ATVs & Boats	Toyota	180	3	running	8
30	39	44	Joey Gase	NFPA Happy 75th!, Sparky.org, Stripes TV	Chevy	177	0	running	0
31	6	6	Brad Keselowski	Castrol	Ford	166	0	running	15
32	31	71	Michael McDowell	Gunk	Chevy	149	1	running	5
33	26	21	Josh Berry	Ford, Motorcraft, Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	124	0	accident	9
34	9	54	Ty Gibbs	Saia Freight + Logistics	Toyota	122	17	accident	3
35	7	24	William Byron	Phorm Energy	Chevy	119	0	accident	2
36	4	23	Bubba Wallace	Xfinity	Toyota	114	3	accident	1
37	15	12	Ryan Blaney	Wurth	Ford	114	0	accident	7
38	27	41	Cole Custer	Haas, Autodesk, Sysco	Chevy	114	0	accident	1
39	25	22	Joey Logano	Shell, Pennzoil	Ford	114	3	accident	9
40	2	5	Kyle Larson	Valvoline	Chevy	114	0	accident	1
DID NOT QUALIFY
		62	Casey Mears	The Gracie Foundation	Chevy			DNQ	0

RACE DATA
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Time of Race: 3h:23:25
Starting Lineup Set By: Metric Qualifying
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Margin of Victory: 0.114 seconds
Average Speed: 147.504 mph
Cautions: 6 for 30 laps - Laps 100-104 (end of stage 1); Laps 116-121 (#1,2,3,5,6,7,8,11,12,19,21,22,23,24,33,41,42,43,44,45,51,54,66,71,77,88,97 accident turn 3); Laps 125-129 (#54,71 accident turn 4); Laps 145-150 (end of stage 2); Laps 162-166 (#45 debris backstretch); Laps 183-185 (#43 stopped on track pit entrance)
Lead Changes: 52 among 16 drivers - Denny Hamlin (1-2); Austin Dillon (3); Chase Briscoe (4-5); Denny Hamlin (6-7); Chase Briscoe (8); Denny Hamlin (9); Chad Finchum (10-17); Denny Hamlin (18-40); Ryan Preece (41-46); Tyler Reddick (47-48); Ty Gibbs (49-60); Michael McDowell (61); Ty Gibbs (62-63); Austin Dillon (64); Ty Gibbs (65-67); Austin Dillon (68-69); Christopher Bell (70-87); Ryan Preece (88-100); Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (101-102); Bubba Wallace (103); Ross Chastain (104-105); Bubba Wallace (106); Ross Chastain (107-110); Joey Logano (111-113); Bubba Wallace (114); Ryan Preece (115-116); Christopher Bell (117-121); Ross Chastain (122-131); Christopher Bell (132-135); Ross Chastain (136-137); Christopher Bell (138); Ross Chastain (139); Christopher Bell (140-142); Ross Chastain (143-145); Noah Gragson (146-147); Chris Buescher (148-150); Carson Hocevar (151-155); Chris Buescher (156); Carson Hocevar (157-160); Chris Buescher (161-165); Carson Hocevar (166); Chris Buescher (167-172); Carson Hocevar (173-174); Chris Buescher (175); Carson Hocevar (176-177); Chris Buescher (178); Carson Hocevar (179-180); Chris Buescher (181-184); Carson Hocevar (185-186); Chris Buescher (187); Carson Hocevar (188)
Fastest Lap: Zane Smith - 48.236 seconds (lap 45)