NASCAR at Bristol Race Results: Finish Order, Winner, and Key Takeaways

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NASCAR at Bristol Race Results: Finish Order, Winner, and Key Takeaways

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Thomas Carelli | Last updated Apr 12, 2026 7:40 PM ET

Ty Gibbs won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, victorious in a tight stage 3 battle with Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson. The victory marks his first career race victory in the Cup Series in his third full-time season. Gibbs held off a fresher-pitted car of Blaney, maintaining his lead after a late caution caused by fellow Monster Energy teammate, Riley Herbst.

Toyota continues to be NASCAR's best OEM, with 6 racers in the top-11. Ford had 4 in the top-10, while Chevrolet had 2 in Larson and Carson Hocevar.

Food City 500 at Bristol Results


Finishing Position	Driver
1	Ty Gibbs
2	Ryan Blaney
3	Kyle Larson
4	Tyler Reddick
5	Chase Briscoe
6	Todd Gilliland
7	Joey Logano
8	Ryan Preece
9	Denny Hamlin
10	Carson Hocevar
11	Bubba Wallace
12	Daniel Suarez
13	Chris Buescher
14	Brad Keselowski
15	AJ Allmendinger
16	Austin Cindric
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
18	Austin Dillon
19	Zane Smith
20	Ross Chastain
21	Riley Herbst
22	Chase Elliott
23	Erik Jones
24	Michael McDowell
25	Kyle Busch
26	Noah Gragson
27	Christopher Bell
28	Cole Custer
29	Ty Dillon
30	William Byron
31	Cody Ware
32	Josh Berry
33	Connor Zilisch
34	Shane van Gisbergen
35	John Hunter Nemechek
36	Chad Finchum
37	Alex Bowman

Great Finishers

Ty Gibbs and AJ Allmendinger during the drivers' meeting prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images

Ty Gibbs finally won his 1st ever Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He is streaking red-hot with 6 straight top-6 race results.

Ryan Blaney won the pole for the Food City 500 and finished strongly in 2nd place, getting loose on the green-white-checkered to surrender the race win.