TOYOTA FINISHES SEASON WITH FOUR CAMRYS INSIDE TOP 10 AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI
Reddick Comes Up Just Short in Exciting Late Race Duel
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (November 8, 2026) – Toyota finished the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season with four Camry drivers finishing in the top 10 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Tyler Reddick was the top-finishing Toyota with a runner-up result with Christopher Bell (fourth), Bubba Wallace (fifth) and Denny Hamlin (sixth) rounding out the top 10 for Toyota.
Camry drivers led 222 total laps (of 267) around the 1.5-mile south Florida oval with Hamlin leading a race-high 87 laps.
Five Toyota Camry XSE drivers finished inside the top 10 in the final 2026 Cup Series standings. Bell finished second behind the series champion, Hamlin placed third and Reddick finished fifth. Chase Briscoe was sixth, and Ty Gibbs closed out the year ninth in the standings.
TOYOTA RACING Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Race 36 of 36 – 400.5 miles, 267 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Ryan Blaney*
2nd, TYLER REDDICK
3rd, William Byron*
4th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
5th, BUBBA WALLACE
6th, DENNY HAMLIN
11th, TY GIBBS
20th, ERIK JONES
30th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
33rd, RILEY HERBST
39th, CHASE BRISCOE
40th, COREY HEIM
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
TYLER REDDICK, No. 45 Chumba Casino Toyota Camry XSE, 23XI Racing
Finishing Position: 2nd
Where did the race get away from you over the last few laps?
“I haven’t seen a replay yet, but it was Denny (Hamlin), (William) Byron, and out of nowhere here comes the 12 (Ryan Blaney) through those guys quick, and just from my seat it seemed like he was really good around the bottom of (turns) 3 and 4 so I tried to at least keep him behind me until we go there. Me being me, I felt like if it played out how I wanted it to, I would have stalled his momentum out and ran the top of (turns) 3 and 4, but he just had too big of a run, I think. I blocked low and it seemed in the moment he was still able to break the plane of my back bumper, and I lost the ability to have the top lane. Very fitting that it played out the way that it did but pretty much exactly the same as what we did in 2024. Thanks to Chumba Casino, Toyota and everyone at 23XI Racing for a great season.”
CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Interstate Batteries/DEWALT Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 4th
How was your race?
“We were fine in the daylight with our DEWALT Interstate Batteries Camry. Just, I don’t know. I was really loose in the daylight and pretty fast and we felt like whenever the nighttime came that we were going to get better and honestly, it was the opposite. Just kind of got a little bit worse compared to the guys up front. I don’t know. Overall, a really solid day running top five and almost running top three in the stages. We did what we needed to do today, but didn’t do what we needed to do throughout the previous nine.”
BUBBA WALLACE, No. 23 Columbia PFG Toyota Camry XSE, 23XI Racing
Finishing Position: 5th
How was your race?
“Oh man, as much as we say that we’re excited for the offseason, I hate that it’s over with. These guys behind me gave me a great car tonight — all year long. Let them down a lot, but tonight was pure grit starting 18th and quickly getting up to the top 10 in stage one and then figuring out what I needed to do to be better here at Homestead. This is one of my favorite places, but damn, it kicks my ass just about every time I come here. I’ve still got a lot more room to go, but man I appreciate Columbia. They’ve been such a great partner of mine for so many years and many years to come. I want to get them a win, but this is a hell of a way to cap off a great season with them with a top five and on to the offseason.”
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 Progressive Insurance Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 6th
How strong was your Camry in today’s race?
“It was really good. I’m really proud of the whole Progressive Toyota team. We made lots of gains from Friday to the race tonight. Really happy with the effort we put forth there on the race track today. Just going for it there at the end and cost us some spots getting into the wall. Definitely wanted to try to win. It was a fun race. Certainly, we picked up a little steam from where we were on the other mile and a half last time.”
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 39th
Did you have any indication from the car that it was expiring?
“No. We were really good there pace wise, and then in the middle of (turns) three and four, we had a little bit of a vibration and then obviously it blew up there on the front straightaway. Sure unfortunate, I felt like we were going to be in the mix. That pit stop kind of set us back, but I felt like we were going to be back up there and contend with our Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Toyota. Just unfortunate. Hopefully somehow we can get lucky and still finish fourth in points, but I don’t know what happened. Toyota will go back and look at it. I appreciate everything they’ve done all season long. We’ve won a lot of races, and they do everything they can to give us the best engines they can, sometimes stuff like that just happens. That’s racing. Instead of going on to next week, we will go to next year.”
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