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Official race results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Las Vegas I

Chevrolet Ford Toyota Las Vegas Chase Elliott Chris Buescher Christopher Bell Denny Hamlin Ty Gibbs William Byron

Denny Hamlin captured the checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, earning his 61st career win -- all as the driver of the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing machine. Toyotas have now won four of the first five races to open the new season.

He was followed by two Hendrick Motorsports drivers with Chase Elliott second and William Byron third. The margin of victory was just over half-a-second.

Hamlin's JGR teammates Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs filled out the rest of the top five, respectively. Chris Buescher was the top Ford driver in sixth place.

All 36 starters made it to the checkered flag, with zero DNFs.

Photos from Las Vegas - Race

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Austin Cindric, Team Penske

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Chris Buescher, RFK Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team

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Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing

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Noah Gragson, Front Row Motorsports

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

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Joey Logano, Team Penske

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports

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AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

General view

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

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Daniel Suárez, Spire Motorsports, Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing

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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing and his mother Mary Lou Hamlin

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

Las Vegas - Sunday, in photos

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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NASCAR Cup

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2026 NASCAR Cup Results -- Las Vegas I

cla	#	driver	manufacturer	laps	time	gap	laps led
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	267	2:41'17.051		134
2	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	267	2:41'17.553	0.502
3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	267	2:41'20.465	3.414	26
4	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	267	2:41'20.838	3.787	31
5	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	267	2:41'21.492	4.441
6	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	267	2:41'24.036	6.985
7	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	267	2:41'26.251	9.200	62
8	19	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	267	2:41'27.746	10.695
9	23	Darrell Wallace Jr	Toyota	267	2:41'28.872	11.821
10	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	267	2:41'29.107	12.056	4
11	60	Ryan Preece	Ford	267	2:41'29.703	12.652
12	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	267	2:41'31.804	14.753
13	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	267	2:41'32.189	15.138
14	38	Zane Smith	Ford	267	2:41'32.320	15.269
15	22	Joey Logano	Ford	267	2:41'32.774	15.723	3
16	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	267	2:41'37.206	20.155	5
17	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	267	2:41'38.193	21.142
18	7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	267	2:41'38.668	21.617
19	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	267	2:41'38.888	21.837
20	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	267	2:41'39.676	22.625
21	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	266	2:41'38.631	1 Lap
22	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	266	2:41'41.213	1 Lap	1
23	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota	266	2:41'41.816	1 Lap
24	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	265	2:41'18.552	2 Laps
25	48	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	265	2:41'29.292	2 Laps
26	71	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	265	2:41'39.407	2 Laps
27	41	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	265	2:41'39.999	2 Laps	1
28	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	265	2:41'40.421	2 Laps
29	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	265	2:41'42.257	2 Laps
30	4	Noah Gragson	Ford	265	2:41'46.427	2 Laps
31	21	Josh Berry	Ford	264	2:41'21.846	3 Laps
32	88	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	264	2:41'23.432	3 Laps
33	10	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	264	2:41'25.468	3 Laps
34	34	Todd Gilliland	Ford	264	2:41'46.940	3 Laps
35	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	263	2:41'19.044	4 Laps
36	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	262	2:41'35.025	5 Laps

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