Ty Gibbs won the Food City 500 for his 1st NASCAR Cup Series win at Bristol

Starting from 5th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota won the Food City 500, his 1st win in 131 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 6th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 5th Top 10 finish in 7 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford, started from pole posted his 9th Top 10 finish in 19 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 6th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 8th place posted his 14th Top 10 finish in 20 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.

4th Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Comparion Insurance Toyota, started from 2nd place followed by 5th place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Lance Toyota, started from 3rd place. 6th Place Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford, started from 35th place followed by 7th place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 20th place. 8th Place Car 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Muscle Milk Ford, started from 17th place followed by 9th place Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota, started from 11th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 77 Carson Hocevar Spectrum Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 10th place. Connor Zilisch (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie. Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 62 points over Ryan Blaney.

The race had 9 Cautions for 72 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 63 for #6, 47 Crash in turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 127 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 145 for #20 spin turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 161 for #97, 48, 42, 34 Crash in turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 252 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 313 for #35, 8, 71, 43 Crash on the fronstretch. 7th Caution on lap 383 for #88 Crash in turn 2. 8th Caution on lap 478 for #9 spin turn 2. 9th Caution on lap 498 for #8, 35 Crash in turn 1.

The race had 12 Lead Changes among 4 drivers; R. Blaney 0; R. Blaney 1-43; K. Larson 44-63; R. Blaney 64; C. Elliott 65-70; K. Larson 71-130; R. Blaney 131; K. Larson 132-254; R. Blaney 255; K. Larson 256-314; R. Blaney 315; K. Larson 316-337; R. Blaney 338-480; T. Gibbs 481-505.

Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 5, 20, 12, 19, 21, 11, 77, 35, 23, 2
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 12, 11, 77, 19, 21, 54, 22, 23, 2

NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the Food City 500 – Sunday, April 12, 2026
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – 0.533 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 505 Laps – 269.165 Miles

NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the Food City 500 – Sunday, April 12, 2026
Bristol Motor Speedway – Bristol, TN – 0.533 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 505 Laps – 269.165 Miles

Finish Start Car Team Laps Status

1. 5. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 505 Running
2. 1. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford 505 Running
3. 8. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 505 Running
4. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Comparion Insurance Toyota 505 Running
5. 3. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Lance Toyota 505 Running
6. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 505 Running
7. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 505 Running
8. Car 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Muscle Milk Ford 505 Running
9. Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota 505 Running
10. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Spectrum Chevrolet 505 Running
11. Car 23 Bubba Wallace WWE/Chumba Casino Toyota 505 Running
12. Car 7 Daniel Suarez NationsGuard Chevrolet 505 Running
13. 7. Car 17 Chris Buescher Trimble Ford 505 Running
14. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Consumer Cellular Ford 505 Running
15. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 505 Running
16. 9. Car 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Tarkett Ford 505 Running
17. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet 504 Running
18. Car 3 Austin Dillon 19 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Long Beard XR 504 Running
19. Car 38 Zane Smith Aaron’s Rent To Own Ford 504 Running
20. 6. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Fishing Chevrolet 504
21. 4. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 504 Running
22. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 504 Running
23. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 503 Running
24. Car 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 503 Running
25. Car 8 Kyle Busch BankOZK Chevrolet 503 Running
26. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s Ford 503 Running
27. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 501 Running
28. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Chevrolet 501 Running
29. Car 10 Ty Dillon Ohio Logistics Chevrolet 501 Running
30. Car 24 William Byron Valvoline Chevrolet 500 Running
31. Car 51 Cody Ware Costa Oil Chevrolet 500 Running
32. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 490 Running
33. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 478 Running
34. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen WeatherTech Chevrolet 335 Running
35. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 324 Running
36. Car 66 * Chad Finchum(i) Brian King Roofing Ford 241 Steering
37. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 163 Accident

Race Comments: Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 24 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 1 Mins, 50 Secs. Average Speed: 88.817 MPH. Margin of Victory: .055 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 12 lap 7/15.554. Caution Flags: 9 for 72 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 4 drivers.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: April 19, 2026 – Kansas Speedway

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