The 2026 AdventHealth 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on April 19, 2026, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 274 laps on the asphalt speedway, extended from the original 267 laps due to a overtime finish, it was the 9th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Tyler Reddick won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Chase Briscoe finished 3rd. Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five, and Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by NASCAR.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.559 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.559 182.685 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.665 182.032 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.765 181.421Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.142 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.142 185.300 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.161 185.179 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.192 184.982 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.192 184.982 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.199 184.938 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.212 184.856 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.227 184.761 8 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.230 184.742 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.231 184.735 10 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.280 184.426 11 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.325 184.143 12 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.367 183.880 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.402 183.661 14 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.504 183.026 15 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.507 183.007 16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.532 182.852 17 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.537 182.822 18 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.541 182.797 19 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.561 182.673 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.569 182.624 21 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.577 182.574 22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 29.583 182.537 23 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.653 182.106 24 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.664 182.039 25 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.670 182.002 26 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.723 181.677 27 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.726 181.659 28 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.739 181.580 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 29.739 181.580 30 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.768 181.403 31 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.781 181.324 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.831 181.020 33 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.849 180.911 34 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 30.014 179.916 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.199 178.814 36 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.246 178.536 37 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 31.364 172.172 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 84 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 39 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 210 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 0
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 57 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 48 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 210 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 274 71 2 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 54 3 5 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 38 4 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 52 5 10 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 274 39 6 21 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 274 35 7 14 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 30 8 13 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 41 9 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 38 10 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 274 29 11 12 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 274 26 12 34 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 274 25 13 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 274 28 14 22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 274 23 15 24 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 274 0 16 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 274 21 17 26 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 274 20 18 33 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 19 19 8 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 274 18 20 11 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 30 21 16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 273 16 22 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 273 15 23 19 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 273 14 24 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 273 13 25 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 273 12 26 31 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 272 11 27 30 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 272 10 28 28 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 272 9 29 36 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 272 8 30 15 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 272 7 31 27 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 271 6 32 25 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 271 5 33 37 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 271 4 34 18 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 271 3 35 23 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 270 2 36 17 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 270 1 37 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 268 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 17 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 20 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 48 minutes and 39 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television For the first time since the 2014 5-hour Energy 400, the race was nationally televised on Fox. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and three-time Kansas winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field will race through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field will race through turns 1 and 2. Tim Catafalmo called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Lead MRN Pit Reporter Steve Post, Jacklyn Drake and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo Steve PostJacklyn DrakeJason Toy
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tyler Reddick 457 1 2 Denny Hamlin 352 (–105) 1 3 Ryan Blaney 337 (–120) 4 Ty Gibbs 319 (–138) 1 5 Kyle Larson 314 (–143) 1 6 Chase Elliott 305 (–152) 7 William Byron 275 (–182) 8 Bubba Wallace 275 (–182) 2 9 Brad Keselowski 264 (–193) 1 10 Christopher Bell 261 (–196) 1 11 Chris Buescher 259 (–198) 1 12 Carson Hocevar 237 (–220) 1 13 Ryan Preece 235 (–222) 2 14 Joey Logano 225 (–232) 2 15 Chase Briscoe 214 (–243) 1 16 Daniel Suárez 210 (–247)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 455 2 Chevrolet 330 (–125) 3 Ford 314 (–141)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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