Navigate high-stakes drama at of the NASCAR Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway, where a record-setting caution average and eleven-million-dollar purse set the stage for unpredictable finishes and intense Next Gen battles.
Race Information
Next Race: Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY
The Place: Texas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Sunday, May 3
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,233,037
TV: FS1, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400.5 miles (267 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 165), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)
Race Details
- This weekend's race is the 46th at Texas, the 14th since the reconfiguration prior to the 2017 races and the fourth scheduled at 400 miles ( 267 laps )
- The stage end laps are 80, 165 and 267 (80 laps, 85 laps, 102 laps)
Did You Know?
- The last nine races at Texas were won by nine different drivers, the track record is 13 different winners between 1998 and 2007
- Hendrick Motorsports drivers won three of the last five Texas races with three different drivers: Chase Elliott 4/24, William
Byron 9/23, Kyle Larson 10/21
- Two drivers got their first win at Texas: Jeff Burton in 4/97 and Dale Earnhardt Jr in 4/00
- Brad Keselowski is winless at Texas but has three runner-up finishes there, most recently in 2024
- There were 11 speeding penalties in this race last year, more than the prior three races there in the Next Gen car combined
Caution-Heavy Racing at Texas
- All three Texas races scheduled for 400 miles had at least 11 cautions, including a track record-tying 16 in 2024
- The last two races at Texas had at least seven cautions in the final stage
- The final green flag stretch was six laps or less in four of the last five Texas races
- Texas averages 14 cautions per race in the Next Gen car, the most of all active tracks
Season Statistics and Storylines
- Tyler Reddick's average finish of 5.9 is the best through 10 races since 2020 (Kevin Harvick – 5.5)
- Despite Kyle Busch earning their first top-10 finish of 2026 at Talladega, Richard Childress Racing's average finish of 22.7 is their worst through 10 races since 2002 (24.8)
- RFK Racing's average finish of 13.0 is their best through 10 races since 2012 (10.1)
- The last three races in 2026 had a combined MOV of 0.287, the smallest total over a three-race span since the introduction of electronic scoring in 1993
- Cole Custer is the only full-time driver without a top-20 finish this season 29 of the 35 drivers to run all 10 races have at least one top-10 finish