Chase Elliott wins at Texas, his second ’26 Cup Series victory

Fort Worth, Texas — Chase Elliott ahead of Denny Hamlin for the final four laps after the final restart for the win at Texas on Sunday, his second win of the season and 23rd of his career.

Elliott led five times for a race-high 87 laps and was victorious five times Tyler Reddick As the only NASCAR Cup driver with multiple wins this season.

After taking down Hamlin on the backstretch on the first lap after the restart, Elliott led the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the final few laps to take the checkered flag.

When Elliott won at Martinsville at the end of March, Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the runner-up there as well.

Alex BowmanAnother Hendrick driver who overcame a spin in 93 finished third. Reddick fourth and Chris Buscher Fifth, his first top-10 finish in ’17 came less than an hour from his hometown of Prosper at the 1 1/2-mile track.

Elliott, who started 14th, had already taken the white flag when John Hunter Nemechek Destroyed behind field after contact with Kyle Bush. The caution flag never came out as Namecheck was able to get on the apron.

It was the second win at Texas for Elliott, who has been voted NASCAR’s most popular driver for several years.

Carson HoseverThe Texas pole sitter for the second year in a row finished seventh a week after his breakthrough win at Talladega. He also won the Truck Series race in the Lone Star State on Friday night. Daniel SuarezHis Spire Motorsports teammate, was sixth.

Hocevar led the first 22 laps last year, three more than he did at the start of this 267-lap race, though he returned to the front for another 18 laps later Sunday.

Corey HimeOnly the third start for him Michael Jordan Co-owned this year by the 23XI Racing Team and 10th overall in Cup, the No. 67 Toyota led 69 laps but brought out the final caution of the day with 11 laps remaining, fourth due to a single-car spinout. Heim, 23, was the Truck Series champion last year.