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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShane van Gisbergen in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Van Gisbergen elected to pit under the yellow and restarted 19th before climbing to 17th at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n
Trackhouse Racing teammates Connor Zilisch and Ross Chastain finished 16th and 26th respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cStill a decent result after the last few weeks,\u201d van Gisbergen remarked over his radio post-race.<\/p>\n
The race was won by Hendrick Motorsports star driver Chase Elliott, who held off Joe Gibbs Racing\u2019s Denny Hamlin in a four-lap dash to the chequered flag.<\/p>\n
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\u2019 Alex Bowman was third.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have not been a huge fan of this place, and I\u2019ve 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,\u201d said Elliott.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not been where we\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust super grateful for all the people that helped make this possible. Yeah, looking forward to celebrating with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Off the back of winning at Talladega Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports driver Carson Hocevar led the opening lap with teammate Daniel Suarez in tow.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s teammate Chase Briscoe.<\/p>\n
Terrible luck for Christopher Bell in Texas as Todd Gilliland goes around right in front of him. https:\/\/t.co\/YOhS9lqYWK<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/p4Luizl5w7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s right rear corner.<\/p>\n That spat Bell into a spin and into the wall, badly damaging his car.<\/p>\n A few drivers elected not to pit under the yellow, including Erik Jones \u2013 whose decision paid dividends in the form of winning Stage 1 on Lap 81.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The third caution came on Lap 102 when Ty Gibbs got rear-ended by RFK Racing\u2019s Ryan Preece.<\/p>\n Chaos on pit road in Texas! Joey Logano is behind the wall. \ud83d\udc40 https:\/\/t.co\/HXyTay1VaN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/suNiqTyXf8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The race settled into a rhythm thereafter with Heim assuming the lead until he pitted on Lap 153.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n That set up a one-lap dash to the stage end, which was clinched by Chase Elliott who led Reddick.<\/p>\n The final stage was a relatively incident-free affair until Heim\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n The NASCAR Cup Series continues on May 11 at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n Results: NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400, Texas Motor Speedway<\/p>\n Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Get the latest NASCAR news, stats, and US racing coverage at Speedcafe US<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLaps\/Diff
\nGap<\/p>\n
\n9
\nChase Elliott
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n267<\/p>\n
\n11
\nDenny Hamlin
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n0.407
\n0.407<\/p>\n
\n48
\nAlex Bowman
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n0.705
\n0.298<\/p>\n
\n45
\nTyler Reddick
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n0.787
\n0.082<\/p>\n
\n17
\nChris Buescher
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n0.99
\n0.203<\/p>\n
\n7
\nDaniel Suarez
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1.326
\n0.336<\/p>\n
\n77
\nCarson Hocevar
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1.735
\n0.409<\/p>\n
\n24
\nWilliam Byron
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n2.139
\n0.404<\/p>\n
\n23
\nBubba Wallace
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n2.237
\n0.098<\/p>\n
\n12
\nRyan Blaney
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n2.685
\n0.448<\/p>\n
\n35
\nRiley Herbst
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n3.084
\n0.399<\/p>\n
\n43
\nErik Jones
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n3.201
\n0.117<\/p>\n
\n6
\nBrad Keselowski
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n3.596
\n0.395<\/p>\n
\n60
\nRyan Preece
\nRFK Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n3.749
\n0.153<\/p>\n
\n2
\nAustin Cindric
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n4.078
\n0.329<\/p>\n
\n88
\nConnor Zilisch
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n4.276
\n0.198<\/p>\n
\n97
\nShane Van Gisbergen
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n5.353
\n1.077<\/p>\n
\n3
\nAustin Dillon
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n5.694
\n0.341<\/p>\n
\n47
\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.
\nHyak Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n6.199
\n0.505<\/p>\n
\n8
\nKyle Busch
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n9.077
\n2.878<\/p>\n
\n42
\nJohn Hunter Nemechek
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nToyota Camry
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n38
\nZane Smith
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n19
\nChase Briscoe
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n10
\nTy Dillon
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n16
\nAJ Allmendinger
\nKaulig Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n1
\nRoss Chastain
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n71
\nMichael McDowell
\nSpire Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n4
\nNoah Gragson
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n21
\nJosh Berry
\nWood Brothers Racing
\nFord Mustang
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n51
\nCody Ware
\nRick Ware Racing
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n2 laps
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
\n67
\nCorey Heim
\n23XI Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n13 laps
\n11 laps<\/p>\n
\n34
\nTodd Gilliland
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nFord Mustang
\n13 laps<\/p>\n
\n66
\nChad Finchum
\nGarage66
\nFord Mustang
\n44 laps
\n31 laps<\/p>\n
\n5
\nKyle Larson
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n87 laps
\n43 laps<\/p>\n
\n41
\nCole Custer
\nHaas Factory Team
\nChevrolet Camaro
\n94 laps
\n7 laps<\/p>\n
\n54
\nTy Gibbs
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n157 laps
\n63 laps<\/p>\n
\n22
\nJoey Logano
\nTeam Penske
\nFord Mustang
\n172 laps
\n15 laps<\/p>\n
\n20
\nChristopher Bell
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nToyota Camry
\n199 laps
\n27 laps<\/p>\n
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