Starting from 2nd place Car 5 Kyle Larson (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet won the Hollywood Casino 400, his 34th win in 432 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 2nd win & 17th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 4th win & 15th Top 10 finish in 24 races at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place Car 2 Austin Cindric (C) Discount Tire Ford, started from 11th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 11 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin (C) Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 19th Top 10 finish in 37 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Car 19 Chase Briscoe (C) Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from 23rd place followed by 5th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney (C) Menards/Cardell Cabinetry Ford, started from 25th place. 6th Place Car 20 Christopher Bell (C) Rheem Toyota, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 24 William Byron (C) Raptor Chevrolet, started from 8th place. 8th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott (C) Kelley Blue Book 10th Anniversary Chevrolet, started from 18th place followed by 9th place Car 23 Bubba Wallace (C) Xfinity Toyota, started from 7th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 60 Ryan Preece (C) Dillon’s/Celsius Ford, in 10th place, started from 9th place. Connor Zilisch (29th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Larson (C) leads the point standings by 26 points over Denny Hamlin (C).
The race had 5 Cautions for 26 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 37 for Competition. 2nd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 115 for #4 Spin Turn 2. 4th Caution on lap 123 for #21, 23, 38, 43, 54, 77 Carsh on the Frontstretch. 5th Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
The race had 1 Lead Changes among 7 drivers; J. Logano (C) 0; K. Larson (C) 1-36; R. Chastain 37; K. Larson (C) 38-39; D. Hamlin (C) 40; K. Larson (C) 41-168; C. Zilisch # 169; K. Larson (C) 170-215; A. Cindric (C) 216; D. Hamlin (C) 217; R. Blaney (C) 218-221; K. Larson (C) 222-237; C. Briscoe (C) 238-260; K. Larson (C) 261-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 5, 11, 2, 77, 20, 22, 24, 9, 54, 12
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 2, 11, 19, 20, 24, 12, 22, 54, 6
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 30
Race Results for the Hollywood Casino 400 – Sunday, September 27, 2026
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 9/27/2026 @ 06:09 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 5 Kyle Larson (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running
2. 11. Car 2 Austin Cindric (C) Discount Tire Ford 267 Running
3. 6. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (C) Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 267 Running
4. 23. Car 19 Chase Briscoe (C) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 267 Running
5. 25. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (C) Menards/Cardell Cabinetry Ford 267 Running
6. 3. Car 20 Christopher Bell (C) Rheem Toyota 267 Running
7. 8. Car 24 William Byron (C) Raptor Chevrolet 267 Running
8. 18. Car 9 Chase Elliott (C) Kelley Blue Book 10th Anniversary Chevrolet 267 Running
9. 7. Car 23 Bubba Wallace (C) Xfinity Toyota 267 Running
10. 9. Car 60 Ryan Preece (C) Dillon’s/Celsius Ford 267 Running
11. 15. Car 45 Tyler Reddick (C) ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK Toyota 267 Running
12. 16. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Solomon Plumbing Ford 267 Running
13. 26. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 267 Running
14. 14. Car 7 Daniel Suarez (C) WIMNA Nation Chevrolet 267 Running
15. 13. Car 1 Ross Chastain Kubota Chevrolet 267 Running
16. 30. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 267 Running
17. 5. Car 54 Ty Gibbs (C) Saia Freight + Logistics Toyota 267 Running
18. 33. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running
19. 20. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Federal Solutions Company Ford 267 Running
20. 1. Car 22 Joey Logano (C) Shell Pennzoil Ford 267 Running
21. 19. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Magnum Chevrolet 266 Running
22. 24. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 266 Running
23. 12. Car 17 Chris Buescher (C) Castrol/Heathwood Ford 266 Running
24. 17. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Mitti Chevrolet 266 Running
25. 34. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Toyota 266 Running
26. 32. Car 33 Austin Hill(i) Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 266 Running
27. 22. Car 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 266 Running
28. 36. Car 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 266 Running
29. 27. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 266 Running
30. 29. Car 41 Cole Custer Haas/Andy’s Chevrolet 266 Running
31. 28. Car 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford 266 Running
32. 31. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Brazier Lumber Company Chevrolet 266
33. 4. Car 77 Carson Hocevar (C) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 264 Running
34. 35. Car 51 Cody Ware Rocket Doctor Chevrolet 262 Running
35. 10. Car 21 Josh Berry Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 257 Running
36. 21. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s Ford 112 Engine
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 52 Mins, 41 Secs. Average Speed: 139.156 MPH. Margin of Victory: .565 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 5 lap 2/30.076. Caution Flags: 5 for 26 laps; Laps. Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 4, 2026 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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