NASCAR results from The Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Bristol, Tennessee. The half-mile of Bristol Motor Speedway is set to host the Bass pro Shops Night Race.
View Bristol race results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
Bristol Menu
ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race
Kyle Larson and Joey Logano set the front row. 500 laps of stock car racing are up next…
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 125 (1-125 / 500)
Green flag, Larson gets the jump. Byron follows him through and takes over 2nd.
Lap 40, the competition caution is out. Logano, Cindric and three others stay out. Larson restarts 6th with fresh tires.
Green, Logano leads Cindric and Buescher.
Lap 95, Erik Jones is around, caution.
On older tires, Joey Logano wins stage one at Bristol Motor Speedway!
Bristol Race Results (Stage 1): 1. Joey Logano; 2. Kyle Larson; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Ross Chastain; 5. Ty Gibbs; 6. Ryan Blaney; 7. Austin Cindric; 8. Carson Hocevar; 9. Brad Keselowski; 10. Bubba Wallace
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 123 (126-248 / 500)
Logano leads the field to the pit lane but Larson wins the race to the pit exit. Blaney and others stay out and Larson restarts 15th.
Green, Blaney leads Wallace off turn two.
2 to go in stage two, Cody Ware spins off turn four after contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr as they were three wide with Denny Hamlin.
Ryan Blaney wins stage two at Bristol Motor Speedway!
Bristol Race Results (Stage 2): 1. Ryan Blaney; 2. Ty Gibbs; 3. Joey Logano; 4. Josh Berry; 5. Christopher Bell; 6. Bubba Wallace; 7. Carson Hocevar; 8. William Byron; 9. Kyle Larson; 10. Chris Buescher
Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 252 (249-500 / 500)
Blaney leads the field to the pit lane and he holds the lead at the pit exit. Larson picks up nose damage on the pit lane.
Green flag on stage three, Blaney clears Gibbs for the race lead.
Lap 324, Ty Gibbs works the bottom as Blaney is on the top. Blaney cuts to the bottom and Gibbs moves to the top. They run three wide with lap traffic and Gibbs takes the lead away on the outside!
Lap 387, Gibbs pits from the race lead as green flag stops are underway.
Bubba Wallace tangles in traffic as he’s hooked into Chase Briscoe. Wallace picks up damage, no caution.
Lap 397, Zane Smith pinches the exit on the high side off turn four. Riley Herbst gets into him and Herbst spins into the inside wall. The caution is out.
Penalty: Blaney was coming to the pit lane just as the caution came out. He exited the pit entry but he missed the commitment box. Only two cars are on the lead lap so that will lessen the penalty. Carson Hocevar is the only other car on the lead lap at the time of the caution before the wave around cars and he’ll be handed the lead.
Green, Hocevar leads the field into turn one. Only nine cars are now on the lead lap.
82 to go
82 to go, Hocevar leads Gibbs by 2.1 seconds.
70 to go, Gibbs works to the outside of Hocevar! Gibbs then runs three wide through the middle of lap traffic. Bowman comes up the track unaware they’re three wide. Gibbs is punched between the lap cars and Bowman spins. Gibbs keeps it rolling but Hocevar is handed the lead.
Hocevar heads for the pit lane. Gibbs stays out with Blaney and Larson.
Green, Gibbs leads with Larson on his bumper. Hocevar is rolling the top behind them! Hocevar quickly takes 2nd away!
57 to go, William Byron spins from 9th after contact with the door of Josh Berry, caution.
Green, Gibbs leads Hocevar off turn two.
43 to go, Blaney rolls the bottom and clears Hocevar for 2nd. Hocevar crosses under him and heads for the bottom into turn one. Blaney throws a block and Hocevar gets into the left rear of Blaney. Blaney is turned and he backs it hard into the outside wall, caution.
Green, Gibbs leads as Hocevar nearly works to the outside of Gibbs. They make light contact but Gibbs is clear.
24 to go, Chase Elliott is around, caution.
Green, Gibbs clears Hocevar once more.
15 to go, Gibbs gets loose and Hocevar dives inside. He pulls even but AJ Allmendinger is around with help and the caution is out. Gibbs is declared the leader at the caution.
Green, Hocevar works to the outside of Gibbs! They rub fenders for the lead!
Hocevar clears him and Gibbs leans on his bumper! As they rub, Logano drives by both of them for the lead!
Update: Carson Hocevar and Ryan Blaney trade punches after the race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Video)
Bristol Motor Speedway
Race Results
September 19, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Joey Logano
2. Kyle Larson
3. Carson Hocevar
4. Christopher Bell
5. Ty Gibbs
6. Josh Berry
7. Bubba Wallace
8. Denny Hamlin
9. William Byron
10. Ryan Preece
11. Austin Cindric
12. Ross Chastain
13. Chris Buescher
14. Daniel Suarez
15. Brad Keselowski
16. Noah Gragson
17. Austin Dillon
18. Tyler Reddick
19. Todd Gilliland
20. Shane van Gisbergen
21. Michael McDowell
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Chase Elliott
24. Connor Zilisch
25. John Hunter Nemechek
26. Cole Custer
27. Chase Briscoe
28. Zane Smith
29. Austin Hill
30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
31. Cody Ware
32. Erik Jones
33. Ryan Blaney
34. Riley Herbst
35. Alex Bowman
36. Ty Dillon
37. Josh Bilicki
NASCAR Cup Series
Chase Standings
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Kyle Larson
2, 206
2. Denny Hamlin
-1
3. Joey Logano
-16
4. Christopher Bell
-17
5. Ty Gibbs
-42
6. Ryan Blaney
-52
7. Tyler Reddick
-61
8. Carson Hocevar
-85
9. Chase Briscoe
-87
10. Bubba Wallace
-92
11. Austin Cindric
-116
12. Chase Elliott
-117
13. William Byron
-121
14. Ryan Preece
-124
15. Chris Buescher
-124
16. Daniel Suarez
-134
