Starting from 7th place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota won the eero 400, his 6th win in 199 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 9th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Chicagoland Speedway. 2nd Place Car 20 Christopher Bell SAIA Freight + Logistics Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 1st win finish in 1 race at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Insurance Toyota, started from pole posted his 8th Top 10 finish in 15 races at Chicagoland Speedway.
4th Place Car 24 William Byron Anduril Chevrolet, started from 10th place followed by 5th place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 12th place. 6th Place Car 23 Bubba Wallace Upper Deck Space Jam 30th Anniversary Toyota, started from 8th place followed by 7th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Dutch Boy Ford, started from 14th place. 8th Place Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota, started from 5th place followed by 9th place Car 67 Corey Heim Shield AI Toyota, started from 28th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota, in 10th place, started from 18th place. Connor Zilisch (38th) was the highest finishing rookie. Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 44 points over Tyler Reddick.
The race had 7 Cautions for 43 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 2 for Nos. 60, 88 Crash on the Backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 33 for Nos. 38, 77 Crash in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 49 for Nos. 33, 97 Crash in Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 94 for No. 5 Spin Turn 4. 6th Caution on lap 135 for Fluid on track. 7th Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
The race had 28 Lead Changes among 13 drivers; D. Hamlin 1-6; K. Larson 7-18; D. Hamlin 19-34; C. Custer 35; D. Hamlin 36-37; K. Larson 38-48; W. Byron 49; A. Cindric 50-53; J. Logano 54; A. Cindric 55-68; W. Byron 69-85; C. Custer 86; W. Byron 87-90; B. Wallace 91-124; C. Briscoe 125-128; D. Hamlin 129-132; R. Blaney 133-140; *. Yeley(i) 141; W. Byron 142; C. Briscoe 143; W. Byron 144-169; *. Yeley(i) 170; W. Byron 171-215; C. Bell 216; D. Hamlin 217-218; B. Wallace 219; *. Heim(i) 220; T. Gilliland 221; C. Briscoe 222-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 24, 5, 23, 2, 19, 17, 35, 11, 54, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 24, 19, 11, 54, 12, 20, 9, 48, 2, 42
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 19
Race Results for the eero 400 – Sunday, July 5, 2026
Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, IL – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 7/5/2026 @ 10:31 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 7. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 267 Running
2. 6. Car 20 Christopher Bell SAIA Freight + Logistics Toyota 267 Running
3. 1. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Insurance Toyota 267 Running
4. 10. Car 24 William Byron Anduril Chevrolet 267 Running
5. 12. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running
6. 8. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Upper Deck Space Jam 30th Anniversary Toyota 267 Running
7. 14. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 267 Running
8. 5. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 267 Running
9. 28. Car 67 * Corey Heim(i) Shield AI Toyota 267 Running
10. 18. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 267 Running
11. 9. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 267 Running
12. 31. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 267 Running
13. 23. Car 2 Austin Cindric PPG Ford 267 Running
14. 26. Car 7 Daniel Suarez Modo Casino Chevrolet 267 Running
15. 22. Car 43 Erik Jones UChicago Medicine/AdventHealth Toyota 267 Running
16. 29. Car 34 Todd Gilliland gener8tor Ford 267 Running
17. 11. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet 266 20 Running
18. 19. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Flavor Showdown Chevrolet 266 Running
19. 3. Car 17 Chris Buescher Body Guard Ford 266 Running
20. 27. Car 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 266 Running
21. 4. Car 6 Brad Keselowski TravelCenters of America Ford 266 Running
22. 15. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 266 Running
23. 17. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Raid/Dollar Tree Toyota 266 Running
24. 25. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow Veterans Chevrolet 266 Running
25. 30. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen SuperFile x Lefty Out There Chevrolet 266 Running
26. 24. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Pylon Aviation Chevrolet 266 Running
27. 32. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s Ford 266 Running
28. 16. Car 38 Zane Smith Vermeer Midwest Ford 266 Running
29. 38. Car 71 Michael McDowell Veterans 1001/Delaware Life Chevrolet 266 Running
30. 37. Car 51 Cody Ware Super.com/Rocket Doctor Chevrolet 266 Running
31. 33. Car 41 Cole Custer Haas/Andy’s Chevrolet 266 Running
32. 20. Car 60 Ryan Preece Mariano’s/Athletic Brewing Ford 266 Running
33.34. Car 21 Josh Berry eero Ford 265 Running
34. 2. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 265 Running
35. 36. Car 44 * JJ Yeley(i) Fanatics Casino Chevrolet 256 Running
36. 13. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Jordan Brand Toyota 237 Running
37. 35. Car 33 Austin Hill(i) zone x 7-Eleven Chevrolet 47 Accident
38. 21. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Red Bull Chevrolet 0 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: No. 71 (multiple inspection failures). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 9 Mins, 18 Secs. Average Speed: 126.941 MPH. Margin of Victory: .276 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 23 lap 90/30.229. Caution Flags: 7 for 43 laps. Lead Changes: 28 among 13 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: July 12, 2026 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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