NASCAR race results from Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series drivers have unloaded in Fort Worth, Texas. The 1.5-mile of Texas Motor Speedway is set to host the opening race in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Playoffs.
View the Texas results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
Texas Menu
Xfinity: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race
Bubba Wallace and Chris Buescher set the front row. 267 laps of stock car racing are up next…
Texas
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 80 (1-80 / 267)
Green flag, Wallace and Buescher run side by side for the lead off turn two. Wallace wins the battle via the inside lane into turn three.
Lap 41, green flag pit stops are underway. Chris Buescher stalls leaving his stall.
Lap 42, Austin Dillon has lost a right rear wheel! He tags the wall and the caution is out. The top 7 cars have yet to pit. As they head for the pit lane under yellow, Wallace cycles back to the race lead.
Green, Carson Hocevar runs Alex Bowman wide into turn one as they run three wide. Bowman spins and he collects Aric Almirola, caution.
Green, Kyle Busch comes from row two to make it three wide for the lead into turn one. Busch lifts and Wallace holds the lead off turn two. Todd Gilliland has lost a wheel and the caution is out.
Green, Wallace leads Chastain off turn two.
Lap 74
Lap 74, Kyle Busch spins with a loose wheel! He slams the outside wall and the caution is out.
Wallace leads the field to the pit lane. Truex Jr wins the race to the pit exit. Ty Gibbs drives into the side of Denny Hamlin on the pit lane! Buescher, Reddick and others stay out. Truex Jr restarts 9th.
Green, Bell shoves Reddick to the lead in turn one.
Tyler Reddick wins stage one at Texas Motor Speedway! Martin Truex Jr spins out in turn one after the stage has concluded! Erik Jones gets into the back of Keselowski and Keselowski tagged the bumper of Truex as the field checked up.
Texas Results (Stage 1) : 1. Tyler Reddick; 2. Chris Buescher; 3. Christopher Bell; 4. William Byron; 5. Michael McDowell; 6. Chase Elliott; 7. Ryan Blaney; 8. Chase Briscoe; 9. Denny Hamlin; 10. Bubba Wallace;
Texas
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 85 (81-165 / 267)
Green flag on stage two, Reddick is shoved clear into turn one.
Lap 111, Corey LaJoie spins off turn two caution.
Reddick leads the field to the pit lane. Many take just two tires and Bubba Wallace wins the race to the pit exit.
Green, Wallace and Blaney run side by side into turn one. Wallace wins the race off trun two via the inside lane.
Lap 135, Blaney throws a huge block on Kyle Larson into turn three to hold 2nd. Larson fights back and takes the spot away.
Lap 143, Larson has closed to the bumper of Wallace in the battle for the lead. Larson moves to the high lane in turn one, he works to the right rear of Wallace off turn two. Larson takes the lead away.
Kyle Larson drives away to win stage two at Texas Motor Speedway!
Texas Results (Stage 2) : 1. Kyle Larson; 2. Erik Jones; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Ryan Blaney; 5. Chris Buescher; 6. Chase Elliott; 7. Brad Keselowski; 8. Ross Chastain; 9. Bubba Wallace; 10. Daniel Suarez;
Texas
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 102 (166-267 / 267)
Pit Penalties: Justin Haley drops to the rear for equipment interference.
Green flag on stage three, Larson and Jones run side by side for the lead off turn two. They trade side drafts and Larson wins the race into turn three. Larson holds the lead.
59 to go, Daniel Suarez spins as he attempts to enter the pit lane. The caution is out.
Pit Penalty: Ryan Blaney drops to the rear after speeding on the pit lane.
Green, Larson leads Erik Jones off turn two.
30 to go, Larson leads Jones by 4.7 seconds.
25 to go
25 to go, JJ Yeley is around off turn two, he backs it into the wall and the caution is out.
Larson fakes a turn to the pit lane. Erik Jones pits from 2nd but many stay out. Hamlin is the first car to the pit exit with a two tire call.
Green, Wallace gets the jump but Larson pulls back even into turn one. They remain side by side into turn three.
19 to go, as they return to turn one, Larson gets loose under Wallace. Larson backs it hard into the fence! The caution is out.
Kyle Larson crashes racing Bubba Wallace for Texas win (Video)
Green, Briscoe shoves Wallace to the lead.
12 to go, Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones both run wide and bounce off the wall exiting turn four. Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Austin Cindric and others are collected. The caution is back out.
Green, Wallace and Briscoe drive it deep into turn one. Wallace runs wide off turn two and he has to lift. William Byron has a run on both of them down the back.
Byron dives inside of Wallace into turn three. Byron takes the lead away!
William Byron wins at Texas Motor Speedway!
Texas Motor Speedway Results
September 24, 2023
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. William Byron
2. Ross Chastain
3. Bubba Wallace
4. Christopher Bell
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Daniel Suarez
9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
10. Chase Briscoe
11. Chase Elliott
12. Alex Bowman
13. Justin Haley
14. Chris Buescher
15. Michael McDowell
16. Carson Hocevar
17. Martin Truex Jr
18. Aric Almirola
19. Ty Dillon
20. Harrison Burton
21. Joey Logano
22. BJ McLeod
23. Ryan Preece
24. Zane Smith
25. Tyler Reddick
26. Corey LaJoie
27. Austin Cindric
28. Ryan Blaney
29. AJ Allmendinger
30. Erik Jones
31. Kyle Larson
32. JJ Yeley
33. Ty Gibbs
34. Kyle Busch
35. Todd Gilliland
36. Austin Dillon
NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings
Round of 12
(Race 1 of 3)
Pos | Driver | Wins / Points
1. William Byron
1 Win
2. Denny Hamlin
+37
3. Chris Buescher
+22
4. Christopher Bell
+20
5. Martin Truex Jr
+19
6. Ross Chastain
+12
7. Brad Keselowski
+8
8. Kyle Larson
+2
— Round of 8 Cutline —
9. Bubba Wallace
-2
10. Tyler Reddick
-3
11. Ryan Blaney
-11
12. Kyle Busch
-17
