Starting from pole Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Insurance Toyota won the Cracker Barrel 400, his 62nd win in 735 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 2nd win & 9th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in six races at Nashville Superspeedway. 2nd Place Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Toyota, started from 4th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in six races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his 6th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 31st place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in six races at Nashville Superspeedway.
4th Place Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Energy Chevrolet, started from 15th place followed by 5th place Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge Chevrolet started from 10th place. 6th Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Pinnacle Toyota started from 2nd place followed by 7th place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet started from 29th place. 8th Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford started from 7th place followed by 9th place Car 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford started from 11th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 77 Carson Hocevar Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet, in 10th place started from 17th place. Connor Zilisch (38th) was the highest finishing rookie. Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 97 points over Denny Hamlin.
The race 11 Cautions for 77 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 37 for Competition Caution. 2nd Caution on lap 73 for No. 88 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 83 for Nos. 1, 71 Crash in Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 92 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 146 for Nos. 3, 17 Crash on the Frontstretch. 6th Caution on lap 174 for No. 16 Crash in Turn 1. 7th Caution on lap 184 for Nos. 34, 41, 67 Crash in Turn 2 / Stage 2 Conclusion. 8th Caution on lap 194 for Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 47 Crash on the Frontstretch. 9th Caution on lap 205 for Nos. 17, 23, 24, 42, 48, 77 Crash in Turn 2. 10th Caution on lap 215 for Nos. 77, 35, 42, 21, 47 Crash on the Frontstretch. 11th Caution on lap 289 for No. 17 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 31 Lead Changes among 15 drivers; D. Hamlin 0; T. Reddick 1-37; C. Bell 38; S. Van Gisbergen 39-40; J. Logano 41; S. Van Gisbergen 42-48; K. Larson 49; S. Van Gisbergen 50-52; K. Larson 53-75; C. Bell 76; A. Allmendinger 77-78; R. Herbst 79; R. Blaney 80; A. Allmendinger 81; R. Blaney 82-89; A. Allmendinger 90-93; K. Larson 94-125; C. Briscoe 126-139; R. Blaney 140-146; C. Elliott 147; R. Blaney 148-177; C. Elliott 178; D. Suarez 179-188; D. Hamlin 189-244; C. Bell 245-259; C. Elliott 260; T. Reddick 261-265; T. Gibbs 266; E. Jones 267-269; Z. Smith 270-287; C. Bell 288-299; D. Hamlin 300.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 16, 5, 12, 9, 45, 23, 24, 19, 35, 67
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 48, 47, 2, 11, 71, 24, 20, 19, 6
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 14
Race Results for the Cracker Barrel 400 – Sunday, May 31, 2026
Nashville Superspeedway – Nashville, TN – 1.33 – Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 300 Laps – 399. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Monday, 6/1/2026 @ 12:57 AM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Insurance Toyota 300 Running
2. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Toyota 300 Running
3. 31. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 300 Running
4. 15. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Energy Chevrolet 300 Running
5. 10. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge Chevrolet 300 Running
6. 2. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Pinnacle Toyota 300 Running
7. 29. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 300 Running
8. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 300 Running
9. 11. Car 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford 300 Running
10. 17. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet 300 Running
11. 13. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 300 Running
12. 30. Car 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 300 Running
13. 6. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 300 Running
14. 9. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 300 Running
15. 14. Car 71 Michael McDowell Garner Trucking Chevrolet 300 Running
16. 26. Car 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 299 Running
17. 23. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Toyota 299 Running
18. 32. Car 3 Austin Dillon BREZTRI Chevrolet 299 Running
19. 3. Car 7 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 299 Running
20. 21. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops/Fleetguard Ford 299 Running
21. 20. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Chevrolet 299 Running
22. 34. Car 51 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Chevrolet 299 Running
23. 5. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 299 Running
24. 27. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 298 Running
25. 24. Car 67 * Corey Heim(i) Chief’s Toyota 298 Running
26. 36. Car 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 296 Running
27. 25 33 Austin Hill(i) BetMGM Chevrolet 293 Running
28. 37. Car 66 * Chad Finchum(i) Garrison Homes Ford 289 Running
29. 22. Car 17 Chris Buescher Castrol Ford 286 Accident
30. 8. Car 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 231 Accident
31. 33. Car 21 Josh Berry eero Ford 214 Accident
32. 18. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Hardee’s Toyota 203 Accident
33. 19. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 203 Accident
34. 12. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Trimble Ford 192 Accident
35. 16. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger 12 Spire Academy powered by VensureHR 172 Accident
36. 28. Car 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Celsius Ford 90 Radiator
37. 35. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Country Chevrolet 81 Accident
38. 38. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Red Bull Chevrolet 71 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 44 Mins, 57 Secs. Average Speed: 106.424 MPH. Margin of Victory: .115 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 11 lap 223/29.734. Caution Flags: 11 for 77 laps. Lead Changes: 31 among 15 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 7, 2026 – Michigan International Speedway
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