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Avondale, AZ

Cup Series · 2026 · RACE 33 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW · PLAYOFFS

Freeway Insurance 500

Sun, Oct 18, 20263:00 PM local

S1 60S2 125S3 127312 laps

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Storylines · 10

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What the track usually does

Last 8 completed races here · 2022–2026 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

7.0

n=8

Caution laps

49.8

n=8

Lead changes

15.1

n=8

Leaders

6.9

n=8

Green run

32.8laps

n=8

Longest green run

89.0laps

n=8 · max 117

Margin

1.025s

n=8

Pole wins

13%

n=8

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 54

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NASCAR has not published the entry list yet: the table shows every driver with a start in this season of the Cup Series, with the car of their latest start.

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
5Kyle LarsonP	—	74	7.8¹⁰	1¹⁰	7¹⁰	8¹⁰	6.0¹⁰	10.3%¹⁰	—	7.5¹⁰	6.9¹⁰	7.1¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	-6.7¹⁰	2⁹	11.7¹²	8.0¹²	2.4⁵	0.34%⁵	+0.3⁶	9.1³²	13.8³²	-5.5³²	8.5³²	-1.52³¹	98.4³¹	56.9%³¹	64.4%³¹	+0.70³⁰	12.45s³⁰	13.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.16³²	9.4%³²	2,367¹	2026: P3 from 2 · 1.28% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 7.5
11Denny HamlinP	—	71	9.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	7.4¹⁰	9.5%¹⁰	—	7.7¹⁰	7.0¹⁰	8.4¹⁰	7.9¹⁰	-6.3¹⁰	2⁹	8.3¹²	6.2¹²	8.2⁵	0.51%⁵	-3.7⁶	10.5³²	7.3³²	+2.0³²	7.9³²	+1.23³¹	95.9³¹	57.6%³¹	66.8%³¹	-0.34³¹	10.91s³⁰	11.4³⁰	0.19³¹	0.00³²	0.0%³²	2,318¹	2026: P5 from 11 · led 5 · 0.57% off	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 8.2
20Christopher BellP	—	69	10.7¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	7¹⁰	11.0¹⁰	15.1%¹⁰	—	11.5¹⁰	6.5¹⁰	6.5¹⁰	5.9¹⁰	-4.0¹⁰	2⁹	9.8¹²	8.1¹²	10.8⁵	0.40%⁵	+2.3⁶	13.7³²	12.1³²	+0.3³²	7.3³²	-3.00³¹	118.2³¹	54.4%³¹	59.4%³¹	+0.12³⁰	12.36s²⁹	14.4²⁹	0.13³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	2,316¹	2026: P2 from 12 · led 176 · 0.00% off	13 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 12.1
22Joey LoganoP	—	69	13.2¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	9.2¹⁰	14.4%¹⁰	—	9.7¹⁰	9.1¹⁰	6.4¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	-1.4¹⁰	5⁹	13.3¹²	11.6¹²	8.6⁵	0.45%⁵	+8.7⁶	13.3³²	11.9³²	-2.2³²	5.9³²	+1.29³¹	105.1³¹	46.9%³¹	51.9%³¹	+0.08³¹	11.14s³⁰	11.1³⁰	0.00³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	2,275¹	2026: P31 from 1 · led 73 · 0.57% off	17 st · 3 W · best P1 · avg 12.5
12Ryan BlaneyP	—	69	5.1¹⁰	2¹⁰	9¹⁰	9¹⁰	8.5¹⁰	11.1%¹⁰	—	5.7¹⁰	3.7¹⁰	4.4¹⁰	3.3¹⁰	-13.6¹⁰	5⁹	13.8¹²	5.3¹¹	16.2⁵	0.39%⁵	-19.7⁶	10.9³²	10.9³²	-1.1³²	8.6³²	-1.16³¹	107.5³¹	56.0%³¹	66.6%³¹	+0.33³¹	12.91s³⁰	16.4³⁰	0.13³¹	0.16³²	15.6%³²	2,282¹	2026: P1 from 5 · led 28 · 0.54% off	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 9.4
24William ByronP	—	66	11.3¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	6¹⁰	4.3¹⁰	10.4%¹⁰	—	7.6¹⁰	4.7¹⁰	5.9¹⁰	5.4¹⁰	-2.0¹⁰	2⁹	18.2¹²	9.3¹²	13.0⁵	0.68%⁵	+0.7⁶	14.3³²	11.7³²	-2.0³²	4.5³²	+0.16³¹	107.4³¹	51.9%³¹	52.7%³¹	-0.17³¹	13.74s³⁰	14.3³⁰	0.03³¹	0.22³²	15.6%³²	2,159¹	2026: P7 from 9 · led 1 · 1.09% off	17 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 11.9
45Tyler ReddickP	—	66	14.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	12.2¹⁰	2.3%¹⁰	—	11.8¹⁰	11.3¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	10.7¹⁰	-3.1¹⁰	2⁹	9.3¹²	8.5¹²	13.0⁵	0.82%⁵	-8.0⁶	9.3³²	11.7³²	-2.8³²	5.9³²	+0.74³¹	111.1³¹	53.7%³¹	57.5%³¹	+0.87³⁰	14.00s²⁹	18.5²⁹	0.07³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,253¹	2026: P8 from 8 · 0.66% off	13 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 17.0
9Chase ElliottP	—	63	13.5¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	5¹⁰	10.9¹⁰	5.8%¹⁰	—	10.3¹⁰	11.8¹⁰	9.3¹⁰	12.5¹⁰	+0.6¹⁰	2⁹	13.8¹²	11.7¹²	16.2⁵	1.01%⁵	-13.7⁶	16.0³²	10.2³²	+1.0³²	3.4³²	+1.29³¹	116.1³¹	52.7%³¹	43.0%³¹	+0.56³¹	11.64s³⁰	13.4³⁰	0.03³¹	0.16³²	9.4%³²	2,182¹	2026: P23 from 26 · 2.04% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 13.9
17Chris BuescherP	—	63	11.8¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	5¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	0.6%¹⁰	—	17.1¹⁰	13.9¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	13.4¹⁰	-5.8¹⁰	5⁹	12.6¹²	16.4¹²	17.2⁵	1.21%⁵	-4.7⁶	14.2³²	8.5³²	-1.3³²	3.2³²	-0.48³¹	103.3³¹	45.5%³¹	33.6%³¹	-0.15³¹	13.78s³⁰	16.0³⁰	0.03³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,151¹	2026: P14 from 17 · 1.37% off	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 14.8
19Chase BriscoeP	—	62	19.9¹⁰	1¹⁰	2¹⁰	4¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	3.7%¹⁰	—	16.8⁹	13.6¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	14.0¹⁰	+6.7¹⁰	2⁹	11.6¹²	11.8¹²	13.0⁵	0.48%⁵	-19.7⁶	13.0³²	13.0³²	-1.1³²	6.7³²	-0.19³¹	90.1³¹	61.1%³¹	61.8%³¹	+0.59³¹	13.05s³⁰	14.3³⁰	0.13³¹	0.16³²	18.8%³²	2,302¹	2026: P37 from 20 · 1.35% off	11 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 20.1
1Ross Chastain	—	62	12.1¹⁰	1¹⁰	3¹⁰	4¹⁰	13.0¹⁰	5.0%¹⁰	—	13.0¹⁰	11.2¹⁰	13.8¹⁰	10.4¹⁰	-5.3¹⁰	2⁹	16.3¹²	15.2¹²	15.6⁵	1.38%⁵	+5.7⁶	17.6³²	9.7³²	-1.8³²	2.4³²	-0.71³¹	118.3³¹	46.5%³¹	23.8%³¹	+1.08³¹	14.35s²⁹	16.5²⁹	0.10³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	642¹	2026: P28 from 6 · 1.34% off	16 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 16.8
2Austin CindricP	—	61	25.7⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	15.0⁹	0.2%⁹	—	22.0⁷	17.9⁸	21.1⁸	17.0⁸	+16.3⁹	5⁹	12.3¹²	13.9¹²	8.8⁵	0.60%⁵	-3.7⁶	17.6³²	9.6³²	+1.8³²	5.2³²	+0.45³¹	108.0³¹	51.5%³¹	41.9%³¹	-0.19³¹	11.10s³⁰	13.6³⁰	0.00³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	2,222¹	2026: P34 from 3 · 1.05% off	9 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 25.7
23Darrell Wallace Jr.P	—	58	20.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	3¹⁰	22.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	18.5¹⁰	17.9⁹	17.7⁹	18.8⁹	+3.8⁹	2⁹	16.4¹²	13.8¹²	15.0⁵	0.74%⁵	+8.3⁶	17.1³²	11.3³²	+1.1³²	4.6³²	-1.16³¹	116.3³¹	55.0%³¹	52.9%³¹	+0.47³¹	12.92s³⁰	13.4³⁰	0.13³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	2,182¹	2026: P6 from 28 · 1.25% off	17 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 19.8
6Brad Keselowski	—	58	17.0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	3¹⁰	20.3¹⁰	0.2%¹⁰	—	14.3¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	17.1¹⁰	17.7¹⁰	+6.7¹⁰	5⁹	15.9¹²	14.2¹²	18.4⁵	0.99%⁵	+5.0⁶	19.0³²	9.8³²	+0.3³²	2.1³²	+0.26³¹	113.4³¹	41.9%³¹	23.7%³¹	+0.05³¹	15.99s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.03³¹	0.13³²	9.4%³²	662¹	2026: P15 from 37 · 2.22% off	17 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 13.7
8Kyle Busch	—	58	12.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	6¹⁰	18.4¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	17.3¹⁰	16.4¹⁰	14.4¹⁰	16.9¹⁰	-5.1¹⁰	2⁹	18.0¹²	16.2¹²	19.6⁵	1.12%⁵	-15.3⁶	21.1¹²	8.9¹²	+0.3¹²	1.8¹²	+1.54¹¹	136.4¹¹	32.9%¹¹	14.1%¹²	+0.27¹²	14.19s¹¹	21.0¹¹	0.17¹²	0.08¹²	8.3%¹²	—	2026: P17 from 29 · 2.43% off	17 st · 2 W · best P1 · avg 10.1
54Ty GibbsP	—	57	20.3⁷	0⁷	2⁷	2⁷	15.1⁷	3.1%⁷	—	17.9⁵	18.2⁶	14.8⁶	19.3⁶	+7.7⁷	2⁹	13.3¹²	12.8¹²	18.2⁵	0.62%⁵	+14.3⁶	9.5³²	11.5³²	-3.4³²	7.2³²	-0.55³¹	103.0³¹	54.2%³¹	59.8%³¹	+0.57³¹	13.21s³⁰	11.0³⁰	0.26³¹	0.16³²	15.6%³²	2,211¹	2026: P4 from 14 · led 12 · 0.75% off	7 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 20.3
60Ryan PreeceP	—	57	20.3¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	22.9¹⁰	1.2%¹⁰	—	23.1¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	25.6¹⁰	19.5¹⁰	+2.0¹⁰	5⁹	15.8¹²	15.7¹²	16.0⁵	1.08%⁵	+5.3⁶	18.2³²	8.7³²	+1.9³²	3.2³²	-0.29³¹	110.5³¹	43.1%³¹	25.2%³¹	+0.01³¹	13.87s³⁰	19.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	2,140¹	2026: P13 from 13 · led 4 · 1.79% off	13 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 21.6
77Carson HocevarP	—	56	22.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	10.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	15.8⁴	15.2⁶	18.5⁶	16.7⁶	-1.6⁶	2⁹	16.8¹²	19.6¹²	14.0⁵	1.00%⁵	+12.3⁶	12.1³²	10.3³²	-4.0³²	4.3³²	-0.68³¹	108.3³¹	41.3%³¹	38.4%³¹	+0.78³¹	14.23s³⁰	19.7³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	6.3%³²	2,187¹	2026: P20 from 7 · 1.45% off	6 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 22.7
48Alex Bowman	—	56	16.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.0¹⁰	0.1%¹⁰	—	15.8¹⁰	16.1¹⁰	17.8¹⁰	15.3¹⁰	+5.5¹⁰	2⁹	19.2¹²	17.1¹²	20.8⁵	1.16%⁵	+6.0⁶	19.6²⁸	11.7²⁸	-0.9²⁸	1.1²⁸	+0.41²⁷	111.4²⁷	29.6%²⁷	18.2%²⁷	-0.95²⁷	13.19s²⁶	16.7²⁶	0.07²⁷	0.21²⁸	21.4%²⁸	504¹	2025: P15 from 8 · 0.99% off	16 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 18.3
67Corey Heim	—	55	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹	22.0²	24.0²	11.2⁵	0.66%⁵	+11.7⁶	22.8¹¹	10.0¹¹	+6.9¹¹	2.4¹¹	-2.40¹⁰	144.2¹⁰	37.0%¹⁰	19.9%¹⁰	+0.33¹⁰	15.05s⁹	23.0⁹	0.10¹⁰	0.18¹¹	9.1%¹¹	0¹	first start here	—
35Harrison Burton	—	55	25.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	19.2⁶	0.0%⁶	—	24.9⁶	26.0⁶	23.8⁶	26.0⁶	—	2⁹	22.1¹²	25.3¹²	12.0¹	0.46%¹	—	5.0¹	—	-7.0¹	0.0¹	+6.00¹	340.0¹	11.2%¹	4.2%¹	-3.33¹	12.83s¹	11.0¹	0.00¹	0.00¹	0.0%¹	0¹	2024: P16 from 9 · 1.05% off	6 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 25.3
21Josh Berry	—	55	17.2⁶	0⁶	1⁶	3⁶	18.8⁶	0.7%⁶	—	22.5⁴	17.2⁶	12.8⁶	17.8⁶	+4.9³	5⁹	22.1¹²	11.6¹²	19.8⁵	1.27%⁵	+8.0⁶	22.6³²	11.6³²	+0.4³²	2.2³²	+0.10³¹	97.2³¹	36.9%³¹	32.0%³¹	-0.16³¹	13.60s³⁰	21.6³⁰	0.07³¹	0.19³²	15.6%³²	550¹	2026: P32 from 10 · led 13 · 1.97% off	6 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 17.2
7Daniel SuarezP	—	55	18.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	2¹⁰	19.3¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	19.6¹⁰	19.6¹⁰	20.5¹⁰	18.3¹⁰	+5.8⁹	2⁹	22.8¹²	26.5¹²	16.8⁵	1.26%⁵	-7.7⁶	14.3³²	7.5³²	-0.9³²	2.6³²	+0.52³¹	128.2³¹	31.4%³¹	20.6%³¹	+0.45³¹	14.04s³⁰	19.7³⁰	0.03³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	2,152¹	2026: P30 from 4 · 1.91% off	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.8
84Jimmie Johnson	—	54	13.4⁷	0⁷	1⁷	2⁷	20.6⁷	0.4%⁷	—	14.7⁷	16.0³	17.3³	15.7³	-4.5⁷	2⁹	18.2¹²	15.9⁷	25.0⁴	2.23%²	—	33.5²	0.7²	+5.0²	0.0²	-6.00²	127.0²	34.6%²	0.7%²	-4.95²	15.48s²	24.0²	0.00²	0.50²	50.0%²	9¹	2024: P26 from 23 · 1.60% off	7 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 13.4
3Austin Dillon	—	54	18.4¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	21.3¹⁰	23.5¹⁰	24.3¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	+3.1¹⁰	2⁹	19.8¹²	23.7¹²	17.8⁵	1.48%⁵	+4.7⁶	20.9³²	8.4³²	-0.0³²	0.5³²	+0.32³¹	105.0³¹	24.8%³¹	10.1%³¹	+0.18³¹	14.29s³⁰	20.6³⁰	0.03³¹	0.13³²	12.5%³²	539¹	2026: P16 from 25 · 1.73% off	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 19.1
43Erik Jones	—	52	19.9¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	1¹⁰	16.3¹⁰	0.4%¹⁰	—	18.1¹⁰	22.2¹⁰	20.1¹⁰	23.1¹⁰	-3.9⁹	2⁹	19.2¹²	20.0¹²	22.0⁵	1.70%⁵	+1.7⁶	20.8³²	9.1³²	+0.8³²	1.6³²	-1.35³¹	119.5³¹	33.2%³¹	13.3%³¹	-1.24³⁰	14.33s²⁹	19.2²⁹	0.03³¹	0.06³²	9.4%³²	595¹	2026: P10 from 32 · 2.15% off	17 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 19.5
16AJ Allmendinger	—	51	21.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	24.4⁹	0.0%⁹	—	21.6⁷	25.4⁷	25.9⁷	23.9⁷	-3.1⁹	2⁹	19.9¹²	19.0¹²	20.6⁵	1.54%⁵	+1.7⁶	21.4³²	8.6³²	+0.1³²	1.8³²	+0.45³¹	108.4³¹	16.7%³¹	6.3%³¹	+0.40³¹	13.61s³⁰	18.7³⁰	0.07³¹	0.13³²	9.4%³²	560¹	2026: P19 from 23 · 1.88% off	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.8
71Michael McDowell	—	51	18.1¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	4¹⁰	20.0¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	21.8¹⁰	24.1¹⁰	25.3¹⁰	23.2¹⁰	-8.0¹⁰	2⁹	19.8¹²	23.2¹²	21.6⁵	1.55%⁵	+3.0⁶	16.8³²	8.0³²	-2.4³²	1.2³²	+1.84³¹	106.4³¹	27.1%³¹	12.0%³¹	-0.15³¹	15.73s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.19³¹	0.03³²	3.1%³²	615¹	2026: P9 from 16 · 1.67% off	17 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 21.0
97Shane van Gisbergen	—	51	22.0³	0³	0³	0³	26.0³	0.0%³	—	21.4¹	25.3³	26.0³	25.7³	+1.5³	2⁹	24.8¹⁰	24.9¹⁰	16.6⁵	1.48%⁵	-9.7⁶	18.6³²	11.4³²	+0.3³²	2.3³²	-0.23³¹	113.4³¹	39.9%³¹	27.4%³¹	+0.20³¹	17.21s³⁰	20.0³⁰	0.10³¹	0.13³²	6.3%³²	718¹	2026: P11 from 18 · 1.65% off	3 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 22.0
91Kevin Magnussen	—	48	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹	—	—	27.0¹	1.22%¹	—	21.0¹	—	-6.0¹	0.0¹	-6.00¹	70.0¹	7.1%¹	2.7%¹	-1.71¹	13.62s¹	27.0¹	0.00¹	0.00¹	0.0%¹	11¹	first start here	—
34Todd Gilliland	—	48	22.0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	0⁹	28.3⁹	0.5%⁹	—	24.4⁷	26.9⁹	26.0⁹	26.9⁹	-1.4⁹	5⁹	20.4¹²	25.3¹²	23.4⁵	1.73%⁵	+5.0⁶	25.3³²	7.2³²	+4.0³²	1.6³²	+0.74³¹	109.6³¹	27.9%³¹	10.0%³¹	-0.23³¹	17.24s³⁰	25.0³⁰	0.07³¹	0.06³²	6.3%³²	557¹	2026: P12 from 30 · 1.70% off	9 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 22.0
33Jesse Love	—	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹	—	—	28.0⁵	1.98%²	+1.0⁶	32.0²	0.0²	+5.0²	0.0²	+1.00²	129.0²	8.5%²	0.0%²	-0.30²	12.94s²	27.0²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	0¹	first start here	—
41Cole Custer	—	47	22.8⁹	0⁹	0⁹	1⁹	20.2⁹	0.1%⁹	—	19.7⁷	21.6⁹	21.2⁹	21.9⁹	+8.6⁶	2⁹	24.7¹²	27.7¹²	24.2⁵	1.95%⁵	+4.7⁶	25.2³²	7.4³²	+0.4³²	0.1³²	+0.29³¹	99.0³¹	20.0%³¹	3.5%³¹	-0.41³¹	14.67s³⁰	23.7³⁰	0.03³¹	0.03³²	6.3%³²	397¹	2026: P35 from 36 · 2.95% off	9 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 22.8
78Daniel Dye	—	47	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹	—	—	30.0⁴	1.88%⁴	—	38.0⁴	5.8⁴	+8.0⁴	0.0⁴	-1.00⁴	75.5⁴	7.3%⁴	0.0%⁴	-0.29⁴	16.83s⁴	22.5⁴	0.00⁴	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	0¹	first start here	—
42John Hunter Nemechek	—	47	25.4⁸	0⁸	0⁸	0⁸	24.4⁸	0.0%⁸	—	22.5⁶	23.6⁷	24.7⁷	23.1⁷	+4.0⁸	2⁹	21.0¹²	24.8¹²	23.4⁵	1.64%⁵	+4.3⁶	22.9³²	7.2³²	+0.5³²	0.8³²	-0.48³¹	108.0³¹	26.4%³¹	7.1%³¹	-0.94³¹	15.01s³⁰	23.5³⁰	0.13³¹	0.06³²	3.1%³²	499¹	2026: P25 from 15 · 1.79% off	8 st · 0 W · best P14 · avg 25.4
4Noah Gragson	—	46	23.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	24.3⁶	0.0%⁶	—	21.9⁴	23.7⁶	22.2⁶	23.7⁶	+2.3⁶	5⁹	24.4¹²	22.2¹²	26.0⁵	1.66%⁵	0.0⁶	28.8³²	7.6³²	+4.4³²	0.1³²	+0.29³¹	109.6³¹	21.2%³¹	4.2%³¹	+0.43³¹	14.78s³⁰	23.3³⁰	0.07³¹	0.16³²	18.8%³²	406¹	2026: P36 from 35 · 2.93% off	6 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.7
33Austin Hill	—	45	21.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	27.0¹	0.0%¹	—	29.9¹	33.0¹	31.0¹	31.0¹	+4.5¹	2⁹	26.0⁴	25.5⁴	26.0⁵	1.70%⁵	+0.7⁶	25.4²²	5.5²²	-2.2²²	0.1²²	+0.50²²	95.6²²	18.4%²²	3.1%²¹	+0.12²¹	13.98s²⁰	22.2²⁰	0.10²¹	0.14²²	13.6%²²	0¹	2026: P21 from 27 · 2.58% off	1 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 21.0
48Justin Allgaier	—	45	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2⁹	24.0¹	29.0¹	23.6⁵	0.97%⁴	—	24.5⁴	7.3⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	+1.00⁴	129.8⁴	34.1%⁴	4.7%⁴	+0.93⁴	17.79s⁴	29.3⁴	0.50⁴	0.25⁴	25.0%⁴	0¹	first start here	—
88Connor Zilisch	—	43	29.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	19.0¹	0.0%¹	—	27.1¹	30.0¹	21.0¹	32.0¹	+9.5¹	2⁹	23.5⁴	25.3⁴	23.2⁵	2.02%⁵	+6.7⁶	23.9³²	9.0³²	-3.2³²	0.4³²	+0.16³¹	85.1³¹	24.1%³¹	9.1%³⁰	-0.10²⁹	18.07s²⁹	22.4²⁸	0.13³⁰	0.34³²	28.1%³²	343¹	2026: P29 from 19 · 2.42% off	1 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 29.0
38Zane Smith	—	42	27.3⁶	0⁶	0⁶	1⁶	27.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	28.4⁴	23.5⁶	20.7⁶	24.3⁶	+5.7⁶	5⁹	22.9¹²	23.1¹²	30.2⁵	1.92%⁵	-0.7⁶	22.3³²	10.4³²	-0.2³²	1.0³²	-0.87³¹	111.0³¹	34.2%³¹	11.8%³¹	+0.36³¹	16.64s³⁰	19.9³⁰	0.16³¹	0.22³²	15.6%³²	501¹	2026: P27 from 24 · 1.87% off	6 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 27.3
47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	—	42	25.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	24.2¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	24.7¹⁰	28.4¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	27.6¹⁰	+16.0¹	2⁹	24.2¹²	29.8¹²	28.6⁵	2.43%⁵	-1.3⁶	24.2³²	9.5³²	+0.8³²	1.0³²	+2.13³¹	100.4³¹	18.6%³¹	6.5%³¹	+0.60³¹	13.98s³⁰	21.7³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	474¹	2026: P22 from 21 · 2.34% off	17 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.6
35Riley Herbst	—	41	26.0³	0³	0³	0³	24.0³	0.0%³	—	22.3¹	27.7³	25.7³	28.0³	+5.0³	2⁹	30.2⁹	29.0⁹	25.8⁵	1.52%⁵	-12.3⁶	23.0³¹	8.8³¹	-0.1³¹	1.0³¹	-0.83³⁰	101.7³⁰	24.9%³⁰	10.2%³⁰	-0.10³⁰	14.02s²⁹	19.8²⁹	0.27³⁰	0.19³¹	19.4%³¹	465¹	2026: P18 from 22 · 2.23% off	3 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 26.0
10Ty Dillon	—	40	23.2¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	28.9¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	24.7¹⁰	29.8⁹	29.2⁹	28.9⁹	+0.1⁷	2⁹	27.3¹²	31.8¹²	31.0⁵	2.36%⁵	-2.7⁶	30.5³²	7.2³²	+4.3³²	0.0³²	+0.81³¹	109.8³¹	13.4%³¹	1.3%³¹	+0.40³¹	14.50s³⁰	23.5³⁰	0.07³¹	0.03³²	6.3%³²	346¹	2026: P26 from 33 · 2.43% off	13 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 22.8
48Anthony Alfredo	—	37	34.7³	0³	0³	0³	29.7³	0.0%³	—	31.5³	32.0³	27.7³	32.0³	+15.3³	2⁹	27.5⁴	29.0⁴	30.5²	2.64%¹	—	31.0¹	—	-2.0¹	0.0¹	0.00¹	61.0¹	4.9%¹	1.8%¹	-1.83¹	8.68s¹	7.0¹	0.00¹	1.00¹	100.0%¹	0¹	2026: P33 from 31 · 2.64% off	3 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 34.7
78Katherine Legge	—	36	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	37.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	37.0¹	35.0¹	37.0¹	—	2⁹	—	—	30.0⁵	3.99%²	+4.3⁶	37.5²	2.8²	+4.5²	0.0²	+2.00²	19.0²	0.0%²	0.0%²	+0.28²	23.20s²	37.5²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	8¹	2025: P30 from 37 · 5.14% off	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
44JJ Yeley	—	35	31.0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	0⁷	35.0⁷	0.0%⁷	—	31.9⁶	33.6⁵	32.6⁵	33.4⁵	-4.0⁴	2⁹	30.7¹²	32.1¹²	29.8⁵	3.35%³	-3.0⁶	36.7³	7.2³	+7.7³	0.0³	0.00³	18.7³	8.9%³	3.9%³	-0.23³	18.09s³	26.3³	0.00³	0.33³	33.3%³	0¹	2025: P32 from 35 · 2.87% off	7 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 31.0
66Gray Gaulding	—	34	34.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	32.0¹	0.0%¹	—	34.1¹	—	—	—	—	5⁹	30.3³	34.0²	36.0¹	—	—	38.0¹	—	+2.0¹	0.0¹	0.00¹	0.0¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.00¹	100.0%¹	0¹	2018: P34 from 32	1 st · 0 W · best P34 · avg 34.0
51Cody Ware	—	34	29.7¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	0¹⁰	34.1¹⁰	0.0%¹⁰	—	32.7⁸	34.0⁸	34.0⁸	34.5⁸	-0.7³	2⁹	31.5¹²	35.4¹²	30.4⁵	2.62%⁵	+3.3⁶	34.0³²	5.1³²	+4.1³²	0.1³²	-0.13³¹	68.9³¹	22.2%³¹	2.4%³¹	+0.13³¹	21.56s³⁰	32.1³⁰	0.13³¹	0.09³²	9.4%³²	235¹	2026: P24 from 34 · 2.88% off	10 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 29.7
62Casey Mears	—	33	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	36.0¹	0.0%¹	—	—	38.0¹	35.0¹	38.0¹	—	2⁹	—	—	35.2⁵	2.88%⁴	+2.3⁶	32.3⁴	2.2⁴	-2.8⁴	0.0⁴	+0.50⁴	34.0⁴	18.4%⁴	1.2%⁴	+0.33⁴	25.20s⁴	31.0⁴	0.00⁴	0.50⁴	50.0%⁴	13¹	2025: P36 from 36 · 3.22% off	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0
44Joey Gase	—	33	32.0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	0⁴	36.5⁴	0.0%⁴	—	33.8⁴	34.3³	35.7³	34.3³	+0.8²	2⁹	33.8⁹	37.0⁶	32.8⁴	1.91%²	—	39.5²	4.2²	+6.5²	0.0²	+1.00²	40.5²	0.0%²	0.6%²	-2.30²	22.05s²	33.5²	0.00²	0.00²	0.0%²	0¹	2021: P29 from 34 · 6.10% off	4 st · 0 W · best P29 · avg 32.0
44BJ McLeod	—	32	31.7⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	33.0⁶	0.0%⁶	—	32.6⁶	33.8⁶	33.3⁶	33.8⁶	—	2⁹	31.2¹²	35.0¹¹	35.8⁵	2.36%³	+5.7⁶	37.8⁴	3.5⁴	+1.0⁴	0.0⁴	0.00⁴	19.0⁴	0.0%⁴	0.5%³	+1.00²	29.07s²	27.5²	0.00³	0.50⁴	75.0%⁴	8¹	2023: P33 from 36 · 2.94% off	6 st · 0 W · best P27 · avg 31.7
66Josh Bilicki	—	26	33.3³	0³	0³	0³	37.0³	0.0%³	—	34.7³	37.0³	36.7³	36.7³	+0.8²	5⁹	32.1¹¹	35.3¹⁰	35.0⁵	3.77%³	+1.0⁶	36.7³	1.5³	+1.3³	0.0³	0.00³	37.0³	7.2%³	0.5%³	+0.25³	18.49s³	36.7³	0.33³	0.00³	33.3%³	0¹	2021: P30 from 37 · 6.55% off	3 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 33.3
66Chad Finchum	—	24	36.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	38.0¹	0.0%¹	—	37.5¹	38.0¹	38.0¹	38.0¹	—	5⁹	38.0¹	38.0¹	33.4⁵	4.62%⁵	+5.7⁶	37.3⁷	3.8⁷	+4.3⁷	0.0⁷	+0.67⁶	24.7⁶	29.1%⁶	1.0%⁷	+0.12⁷	24.62s⁶	32.3⁶	0.14⁷	0.00⁷	42.9%⁷	0¹	2024: P36 from 38 · 4.24% off	1 st · 0 W · best P36 · avg 36.0
66Timmy Hill	—	22	37.0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	0⁶	36.5⁶	0.0%⁶	—	37.1⁶	37.0⁴	36.3⁴	38.0²	+5.0¹	5⁹	35.2¹¹	36.8⁹	36.0³	6.47%²	—	36.5²	0.7²	0.0²	0.0²	0.00²	5.0²	0.0%²	0.0%²	-0.33¹	18.20s²	32.0²	0.00²	0.00²	100.0%²	0¹	2021: P38 from 39 · 7.80% off	6 st · 0 W · best P33 · avg 37.0

PlayoffsPLAYOFFS
Race 7 of 10 of the playoffs; Kyle Larson leads the playoff standings with 2367 points. 3 more races in the playoffs after this one.
Kyle Larson
Race page
Last time at Phoenix RacewayTRACK
Intermediate, 1.0 mi. Ryan Blaney won the 2026 Straight Talk Wireless 500 by 0.399 s (12 cautions, 23 lead changes, pole Joey Logano).
Ryan Blaney Joey Logano
Phoenix Raceway 2026 Straight Talk Wireless 500
Last year hereTRACK
Ryan Blaney won the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship by 0.097 s, 9 cautions.
Ryan Blaney
2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship
Strong hereTRACK
Best average finish over the last 5 races at Phoenix Raceway: Christopher Bell avg finish 4.0 in 5 starts, 2 wins; Kyle Larson avg finish 5.4 in 5 starts; Denny Hamlin avg finish 7.0 in 5 starts.
Christopher Bell Kyle Larson Denny Hamlin
Phoenix Raceway
Wins here, this year's fieldTRACK
Jimmie Johnson 4, Joey Logano 4, Denny Hamlin 2.
Jimmie Johnson Joey Logano Denny Hamlin
Phoenix Raceway
Last 3 racesFORM
Winners: Kyle Larson (Kansas Speedway); Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas Motor Speedway); Chase Briscoe (Charlotte Motor Speedway). Best form: Chase Briscoe, avg finish 2.0 (4-1-1).
Kyle Larson Chase Briscoe
Bank of America 400
Biggest moversFORM
Chase Briscoe climbed 5 spots to P4 over the last 3 races; Ty Gibbs dropped 4 to P9.
Chase Briscoe Ty Gibbs
Austin Cindric winlessFORM
P8 in points, 57 starts since his last win.
Austin Cindric
On a rollFORM
Chase Briscoe has won 2 in a row (3 this season).
Chase Briscoe
Race dayTRACK
Sun Oct 18, 15:00 local. 312 laps, stages 60/125/127, TV USA, radio MRN.
Race page Phoenix Raceway