2026 NASCAR Cup Bristol II
LIVE: NASCAR Cup at Bristol lap-by-lap updates and race commentary
Follow along live with Motorsport.com as we take you through every lap of the Bristol Night Race, as the 500-lap event plays host to the third round of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Chase.
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THE FIGHT
Below is the pass for the win
Replay shows that Hocevar actually punched Blaney twice. Oh my...
"Merry Christmas to me," says Joey Logano on how he won that race...and they are still booing.
Boos raining down on Joey Logano, who is loving every second of it.
IT'S BRISTOL BABY
Gibbs and Hocevar were running up the track, worried about one another, and in comes Logano to win it all.
What a dramatic finish
Heartbreak for Ty Gibbs...
Joey Logano has won the NASCAR Cup race at Bristol! WOW
Briscoe to the garage!
Logano is driving away with this win...unreal.
Something has happened to Briscoe, falling way behind
Gibbs and Hocevar collide! Logano to the lead! OH MY GOD
GREEN FLAG! Nine laps remain.
Another view of the Hocevar/Blaney incident:
Saved by the scoring loops there
That was extremely lucky for Ty Gibbs, as he was losing the lead there.
Ross Chastain, P13, is the free pass.
CAUTION is back out, and Gibbs was the leading...barely.
Allmendinger wrecks!
Hocevar and Gibbs side-by-side!
Okay, we try again. Green flag with 17 laps to go!
"Off of (Turn 4), and I tried to protect the bottom and he crossed over and never lifted and got crashed, so yeah, that's what I thought happened. That's what looked like happened."
On who to blame, he added: " Oh, I don't f****** know. I got crashed. So, each person's gonna say they did nothing wrong."
Well, Ryan Blaney just dropped an F-bomb on live TV
Bubba Wallace pits from P6
Looks like Elliott simply spun on his own
Ryan Preece, P12, free pass.
Caution back out. This race has gotten wild in the last 100 laps!
Chase Elliott wrecks!
Bell trying to take third from Larson, and Logano lurking
30 laps to go, Gibbs leads Hocevar
Hocevar mounts a brief challenge but Gibbs holds onto the lead
And now we're back racing!
There's the replay...who do you fault?
By: Nick DeGroot
