Shane van Gisbergen in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro.
Van Gisbergen stayed out of trouble in the 267-lap contest for his second straight top 20 finish in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro.
SVG was on course to finish 16th until he had to take evasive action when Corey Heim crashed his 23XI Racing Toyota Camry with 11 laps to go.
Van Gisbergen elected to pit under the yellow and restarted 19th before climbing to 17th at the chequered flag.
Trackhouse Racing teammates Connor Zilisch and Ross Chastain finished 16th and 26th respectively.
“Still a decent result after the last few weeks,” van Gisbergen remarked over his radio post-race.
The race was won by Hendrick Motorsports star driver Chase Elliott, who held off Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin in a four-lap dash to the chequered flag.
Tyler Reddick was the best of the drivers who pitted under the final caution. He was third but wound up fourth having slipped to ninth. Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman was third.
“I have not been a huge fan of this place, and I’ve made that very obvious, but you know, to continue to work hard, and I really think this is a testament to the whole team, but not just the #9 team, but everybody at Hendrick Motorsports,” said Elliott.
“We have not been where we’ve wanted to be throughout portions of the season. Man, everybody has just been digging in very hard, from the engine shop to Hendrick Motorsports to all the setup shops, to everybody at Team Chevy.
“Yeah, man, just crazy. You know, to say as much as we struggled out here to have won two races here now in the last few years is pretty wild.
“Just super grateful for all the people that helped make this possible. Yeah, looking forward to celebrating with them.”
Off the back of winning at Talladega Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports driver Carson Hocevar led the opening lap with teammate Daniel Suarez in tow.
His lead was short-lived, though. Hamlin shot into the lead on Lap 21 and began to edge away from Hocevar who was soon passed by Hamlin’s teammate Chase Briscoe.
Terrible luck for Christopher Bell in Texas as Todd Gilliland goes around right in front of him. https://t.co/YOhS9lqYWK pic.twitter.com/p4Luizl5w7
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 3, 2026
Christopher Bell was the first of the front-runners to put under green flag conditions on Lap 33 and by Lap 48 moved into the lead with a pass on his JGR teammate Briscoe.
In a devastating twist, Bell was taken out of the lead when Todd Gilliland spun out of the final corner and clipped the race leader’s right rear corner.
That spat Bell into a spin and into the wall, badly damaging his car.
A few drivers elected not to pit under the yellow, including Erik Jones – whose decision paid dividends in the form of winning Stage 1 on Lap 81.
Racing resumed on Lap 89 but the yellow flew for the second incident of the race when William Byron spun his Hendrick Motorsports Camaro out of the final turn.
The third caution came on Lap 102 when Ty Gibbs got rear-ended by RFK Racing’s Ryan Preece.
Chaos on pit road in Texas! Joey Logano is behind the wall. 👀 https://t.co/HXyTay1VaN pic.twitter.com/suNiqTyXf8
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 3, 2026
There was chaos in the subsequent pit stop cycle as Joey Logano was caught out by the suddenly slowing Haas Factory Team Camaro of Cole Custer, who he rear-ended. Logano was forced to retire his Team Penske Ford Mustang from damage to the left front corner.
At the same time, Chase Briscoe and Kyle Larson collided as the former tried to leave his pit box and the latter tried to enter his.
The race settled into a rhythm thereafter with Heim assuming the lead until he pitted on Lap 153.
Just shy of Stage 2 finishing, Larson spun on his own at Turn 2 and whacked the wall with the left-hand side of his Camaro.
That set up a one-lap dash to the stage end, which was clinched by Chase Elliott who led Reddick.
The final stage was a relatively incident-free affair until Heim’s spin. Elliott finished the stage where he started in first. Hamlin improved from fourth to second while Bowman made big gains from 10th to third.
The NASCAR Cup Series continues on May 11 at Watkins Glen.
Results: NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400, Texas Motor Speedway
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps/Diff
Gap
1
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
267
2
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
0.407
0.407
3
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
0.705
0.298
4
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
0.787
0.082
5
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
0.99
0.203
6
7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.326
0.336
7
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1.735
0.409
8
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
2.139
0.404
9
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
2.237
0.098
10
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
2.685
0.448
11
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
3.084
0.399
12
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
3.201
0.117
13
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
3.596
0.395
14
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
3.749
0.153
15
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
4.078
0.329
16
88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
4.276
0.198
17
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
5.353
1.077
18
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
5.694
0.341
19
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
6.199
0.505
20
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
9.077
2.878
21
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
1 lap
22
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
1 lap
23
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
1 lap
24
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
25
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
26
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
27
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
28
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
1 lap
29
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford Mustang
1 lap
30
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
2 laps
1 lap
31
67
Corey Heim
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
13 laps
11 laps
32
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
13 laps
33
66
Chad Finchum
Garage66
Ford Mustang
44 laps
31 laps
34
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
87 laps
43 laps
35
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
Chevrolet Camaro
94 laps
7 laps
36
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
157 laps
63 laps
37
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
172 laps
15 laps
38
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
199 laps
27 laps
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