Jack Link's 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 2026-04-26T19:00:00Z

Carson Hocevar won the Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, his first NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty.

188Laps

500.08 miDistance

52Lead Changes

6Cautions

147.504Avg Speed

0.114Margin

Tyler ReddickPole

Race Results

#77

Carson Hocevar

Chevrolet

#17

Chris Buescher

Ford

#48

Alex Bowman

Chevrolet

	Driver	Team	Manuf.	Start	Laps Led	Status	Pts
1	#77 Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	12	19	Running	55
2	#17 Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	10	22	Running	50
3	#48 Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	20	0	Running	37
4	#9 Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8	0	Running	35
5	#38 Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	30	0	Running	34
6	#47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	22	2	Running	38
7	#1 Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	24	22	Running	41
8	#2 Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	13	0	Running	29
9	#4 Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	29	2	Running	31
10	#8 Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	34	0	Running	27
11	#34 Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	19	0	Running	34
12	#7 Daniel Suárez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	16	0	Running	25
13	#10 Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	35	0	Running	24
14	#45 Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	1	2	Running	27
15	#11 Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3	28	Running	22
16	#16 AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	28	0	Running	21
17	#20 Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	14	31	Running	29
18	#60 Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	11	21	Running	34
19	#3 Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	18	5	Running	18
20	#97 Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	33	0	Running	17
21	#51 Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	36	0	Running	20
22	#42 John H. Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	23	0	Running	15
23	#43 Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	21	0	Running	14
24	#78 Daniel Dye	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	40	0	Running	0
25	#35 Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	17	0	Running	12
26	#88 Connor Zilisch	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	32	0	Running	11
27	#33 Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	37	0	Running	0
28	#66 Chad Finchum	Garage 66	Ford	38	8	Running	0
29	#19 Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5	3	Running	8
30	#44 Joey Gase	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	39	0	Running	0
31	#6 Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	6	0	Running	15
32	#71 Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	31	1	Running	5
33	#21 Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	26	0	Accident	9
34	#54 Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9	17	Accident	3
35	#24 William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7	0	Accident	2
36	#23 Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	4	3	Accident	1
37	#12 Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	15	0	Accident	7
38	#41 Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	27	0	Accident	1
39	#22 Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	25	3	Accident	9
40	#5 Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2	0	Accident	1
0	#62 Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	0	0		0