RICK WARE RACING
South Point 400
Date: Oct. 4, 2026
Event: South Point 400 (Round 31 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Format: 267 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/85 laps/102 laps)
Race Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 2 Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
RWR Finish:
● Cody Ware (Started 34th, Finished 34th / Running, completed 263 of 267 laps)
RWR Points:
● Cody Ware (35th with 229 points)
Race Notes:
● Chase Briscoe won the South Point 400 to score his seventh career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his second of the season and his first at Las Vegas. His margin over second-place Kyle Larson was 1.376 seconds.
● There were four caution periods for a total of 21 laps.
● Twenty-one of the 36 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Larson remains the championship leader after Las Vegas with a 40-point advantage over second-place Denny Hamlin.
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Bank of America 400 on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. The sixth race in the 10-race Chase starts at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
