Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, spins after an on-track incident ahead of Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro during the NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Image: Sean Gardner/Getty Images
In a double-green-white-chequered finish, Tyler Reddick took victory for 23XI Racing in an extended 271-lap race to back up his Daytona 500 win from a week ago.
Reddick becomes just the sixth driver after Marvin Panch (1957), Bob Welborn (1959), David Pearson (1976), Jeff Gordon (1997), and Matt Kenseth (2009) to win the first two races of the season.
It was a surprise win for Reddick, who was involved in an earlier wreck during Stage 3 that tore the right front fender off his #45 Toyota Camry.
“We were back there in 30th after we got collect with the #11 (Denny Hamlin),” said Reddick.
“It was definitely really loose and we made a little bit of an adjustment on it with the air.
“I don’t know, they just kept stacking up in the middle and top lanes and I just found a way to get back in the top five.
“I tried to stay committed to somebody and I don’t know, I didn’t really have a choice. I had to find out if it was going to go in clean air like that.”
SVG goes around! Here’s what happened: pic.twitter.com/xWiIaVlWYX
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) February 22, 2026
Van Gisbergen started the race in 28th and finished Stage 1 in 34th as he battled the balance of his #97 Chevrolet Camaro.
He surged late in Stage 2 to find himself in contention for a top five finish on the last lap, only to be forced through the grass by Kyle Larson. Thankfully, van Gisbergen’s car escaped any damage.
That was one of two incidents for SVG, who spun on his own during Stage 3 on Lap 199. He dropped to the back of the lead lap, but the chop-and-change nature of the race allowed him to work his way through the field.
Van Gisbergen was ninth on the penultimate green-white-chequered restart and narrowly missed Christopher Bell, who crashed after Carson Hocevar in the #77 Spire Motorsports Camaro got into the back of the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry.
With Bell out of the contest, van Gisbergen began the final restart from eighth and immediately behind the #19 JGR Camry of Chase Briscoe.
SVG went to the middle at Turn 3 to find his Trackhouse Racing teammate Ross Chastain in the #1 Camaro and pushed him clear on the front straight coming to the white flag.
As Hocevar slid up the road into 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace in the #23 Camry, that gave Chastain third and van Gisbergen fourth.
However, entering Turn 3, van Gisbergen slid up the road and lost out to Hocevar and Suarez to drop back to sixth at the chequered flag.
“I still need to be better myself with positions, but that’s awesome,” said van Gisbergen to his team over the radio after the chequered flag.
TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW FOR TYLER REDDICK, MICHAEL JORDAN AND 23XI RACING! pic.twitter.com/873TX7LKfQ
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) February 23, 2026
The NASCAR Cup Series moves to Circuit of the Americas on March 2 (AEDT) for the first road course race of the season.
Van Gisbergen sits equal 15th in the standings with 45 points to his name.
Results: NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps
Diff
Gap
1
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
271
2
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
271
0.164
0.164
3
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.232
0.068
4
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.29
0.058
5
7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.400
0.110
6
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.487
0.087
7
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
271
0.553
0.066
8
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
271
0.587
0.034
9
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
271
0.675
0.088
10
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
271
0.699
0.024
11
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.828
0.129
12
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
271
0.859
0.031
13
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
271
0.885
0.026
14
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
271
1.003
0.118
15
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
271
1.161
0.158
16
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
271
1.251
0.090
17
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
271
1.395
0.144
18
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
271
1.482
0.087
19
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
271
1.82
0.338
20
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
271
3.925
2.105
21
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
271
14.295
10.37
22
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
Chevrolet Camaro
270
1 lap
23
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
269
2 laps
1 lap
24
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
269
2 laps
25
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
258
13 laps
11 laps
26
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
257
14 laps
1 lap
27
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
257
14 laps
28
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
256
15 laps
1 lap
29
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
256
15 laps
30
88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
223
48 laps
33 laps
31
44
JJ Yeley
NY Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro
220
51 laps
3 laps
32
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
160
111 laps
60 laps
33
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
157
114 laps
3 laps
34
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
124
147 laps
33 laps
35
78
BJ McLeod
Live Fast Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
111
160 laps
13 laps
36
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
103
168 laps
8 laps
37
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
81
190 laps
22 laps
38
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford Mustang
81
190 laps
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