2026 Cup Series Results
Complete race results with winners, margins, and laps led — 12 races. Data current through the 2025 season; 2026 results added as races complete.
NASCAR Cup Series results from 1949 through 2026 — 78 seasons of racing history, plus 44 seasons of O'Reilly Auto Parts Series results and 31 seasons of Craftsman Truck Series results. Every race on this page includes finishing order, stage points, laps led, and margin of victory.
Cup history splits into distinct eras: the strictly-stock and Grand National era (1949-1971) raced on dirt bullrings and new paved superspeedways with schedules as dense as 62 events; the Winston Cup modern era (1972-2003) standardized the schedule at 28-36 races per season; the Chase era (2004-2013) introduced a 10-race points-reset postseason; the elimination playoffs era (2014-2025) used four rounds of cuts to crown a Homestead-Phoenix winner-take-all champion; and the 2026+ Chase format brings back a cumulative-points Chase decided at Homestead-Miami. Modern races (2017+) have full stage breakdowns; historic races carry finishing order and laps led, since stages were not introduced until 2017.
Need the season opener? The Daytona 500 kicks off every modern Cup schedule. For postseason context, see The Chase.
| # | Date | Race | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 15 | Daytona 500 | Tyler Reddick |
| 2 | Feb 22 | Autotrader 400 | Tyler Reddick |
| 3 | Mar 1 | DuraMax Grand Prix | Tyler Reddick |
| 4 | Mar 8 | Straight Talk Wireless 500 | Ryan Blaney |
| 5 | Mar 15 | Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube | Denny Hamlin |
| 6 | Mar 22 | Goodyear 400 | Tyler Reddick |
| 7 | Mar 29 | Cook Out 400 | Chase Elliott |
| 8 | Apr 12 | Food City 500 | Ty Gibbs |
| 9 | Apr 19 | AdventHealth 400 | Tyler Reddick |
| 10 | Apr 26 | Jack Link's 500 | Carson Hocevar |
| 11 | May 3 | Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY | Chase Elliott |
| 12 | May 10 | Go Bowling at The Glen | Shane van Gisbergen |