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Cup Series · 2026 · RACE 31
South Point 400 Sun, Oct 4, 2026 · Las Vegas Motor Speedway INT 1.5 mi Gen 7 Stage racing / Playoffs LAPS PITS LOOP Pole
Denny Hamlin
186.787 mph
Storylines · how it played out · 10 updated
Fin St ± Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Stages Rating ARP FL Passes QP Stops Avg stop 1 4 ▲ 3 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 175 Running 75 1 / 1 / · — 2.5 56 55 39 5 9.05 2 6 ▲ 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Lap chart Pit stops Cautions & leaders4 Race control85 Analysis Pace
Position Lap time Speed
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NCS Final Practice Oct 3, 2026 Pos Driver Best mph 1 #24 William Byron29.632 182.235 2 #5 Kyle Larson29.697 181.837 3 #11 Denny Hamlin29.761 181.446 4 #19 Chase Briscoe29.768 181.403 5 #7 Daniel Suarez29.784 181.305 6 #16 AJ Allmendinger29.866 180.808 7 #45 Tyler Reddick29.877 180.741 8 #77 Carson Hocevar29.892 180.650 9 #1 Ross Chastain29.940 180.361 10 #20 Christopher Bell29.946 180.325 11 #54 Ty Gibbs29.953 180.282 12 #17 Chris Buescher29.957 180.258
South Point 400 Busch Pole Qualifying P1 Chase Briscoe P2 Kyle Larson P3 Tyler Reddick P4 Austin Cindric P5 Ryan Blaney The result RESULT
Chase Briscoe won the South Point 400 by 1.376 s over Kyle Larson, leading 175 of 267 laps from 4th on the grid.
Top five RESULT
1st Chase Briscoe, 2nd Kyle Larson, 3rd Tyler Reddick, 4th Austin Cindric, 5th Ryan Blaney. Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin finished 16th.
Playoffs · after the race PLAYOFFS
Kyle Larson leads with 2318 points.
Points movers PLAYOFFS
Chase Briscoe up 2 to P6; Ty Gibbs down 2 to P8.
Race shape RESULT
4 cautions for 21 laps, 12 lead changes among 7 drivers, longest green run 96 laps (172-267), 92.1% green.
Stage winners RESULT
Stage 1 Chase Briscoe, stage 2 Chase Briscoe.
Biggest mover FORM
Shane van Gisbergen gained 16 spots, 25th to 9th; Christopher Bell lost 20, 3rd to 23rd.
Pit road PIT
Fastest crew: Alex Bowman, 7.673 s average over 6 stops.
Fastest car vs the winner PACE
Chase Briscoe had the best green-flag pace (31.182 s); Chase Briscoe led 175 laps (65.5%).
Incidents INCIDENT
Lap 1: #11 leads the field to green from the inside, #54 outside. #11 clears for the lead on the frontstretch while at the back of the field #51 gets spun at the star; laps 45-49: Caution: #38 spins in turn 4 from 28 with a flat right rear tire.; lap 71: #45 and #7 make contact battling for 5th with #45 taking the pass; lap 78: #11 spins in turn 4 from 4th but is able to continue without a caution waving.
3 5 ▲ 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 267 1 Running 41 4 / · / · — 9.8 19 115 73 8 18.36
5 20 ▲ 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 10 Running 47 3 / 4 / · — 6.2 9 62 42 5 9.56
6 8 ▲ 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 34 · / 8 / · — 10.2 6 111 60 6 8.76
7 13 ▲ 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 34 · / 7 / · — 9.4 4 100 62 5 9.25
10 23 ▲ 13 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 0 Running 32 · / 6 / · — 12.4 2 111 40 6 9.62
11 15 ▲ 4 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 28 9 / · / · — 13.7 0 121 51 6 7.67
12 10 ▼ 2 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 28 8 / · / · — 11.6 19 112 69 6 8.99
14 11 ▼ 3 7 Daniel Suarez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 28 6 / · / · — 12.4 14 98 66 6 8.72
16 1 ▼ 15 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 39 Running 22 — — 14.1 24 113 35 6 8.97
17 2 ▼ 15 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 0 Running 20 — — 13.7 15 119 52 8 9.12
19 28 ▲ 9 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 0 Running 18 — — 23.6 0 131 0 6 10.38
20 36 ▲ 16 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 0 Running 17 — — 21.7 0 125 13 5 11.28
21 18 ▼ 3 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 Running 17 10 / · / · — 18.0 2 117 38 6 8.95
22 33 ▲ 11 33 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 266 0 Running 0 — — 23.5 0 122 7 6 8.96
25 21 ▼ 4 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 0 Running 12 — — 26.1 0 92 5 6 13.69
26 35 ▲ 9 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 0 Running 11 — — 27.6 2 82 4 6 10.31
27 24 ▼ 3 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 266 0 Running 10 — — 21.7 0 109 22 6 10.03
28 12 ▼ 16 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 265 0 Running 9 — — 23.3 0 114 17 6 17.82
30 17 ▼ 13 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 265 0 Running 7 — — 26.5 1 74 17 7 22.39
31 29 ▼ 2 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 265 0 Running 6 — — 32.1 0 58 0 6 11.54
34 34 — 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 263 0 Running 3 — — 34.0 2 21 0 6 17.71
36 30 ▼ 6 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 262 0 Running 1 — — 34.0 2 43 4 8 20.69
Oct 4, 2026
Pos Driver Best mph 1 #11 Denny Hamlin28.910 186.787 2 #54 Ty Gibbs28.927 186.677 3 #20 Christopher Bell28.998 186.220 4 #19 Chase Briscoe29.011 186.136 5 #45 Tyler Reddick29.015 186.111 6 #5 Kyle Larson29.054 185.861 7 #2 Austin Cindric29.144 185.287 8 #24 William Byron29.153 185.230 9 #23 Darrell Wallace Jr.29.177 185.077 10 #77 Carson Hocevar29.185 185.027 11 #7 Daniel Suarez29.211 184.862 12 #60 Ryan Preece29.279 184.433
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