COTA 2026 NASCAR Total Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 (Lap 1-23) | #2 (23-46) | #3 (46 - 69) | #4 (69-95) | Avg. Speed Rank | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6.25 | 6 |
| 5 | Ty Gibbs | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6.75 | 4 |
| 6 | William Byron | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7.25 | 13 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7.3 | 37 | |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 9.25 | 5 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9.5 | 3 |
| 10 | AJ Allmendinger | 9 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 11.25 | 9 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 8 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 13.75 | 24 |
| 12 | Chase Elliott | 15 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 15.5 | 7 |
| 12 | Kyle Busch | 24 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15.5 | 12 |
| 12 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 15.5 | 35 |
| 15 | Joey Logano | 22 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16.75 | 15 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 26 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 17.25 | 18 |
| 17 | Connor Zilisch | 20 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| 18 | Bubba Wallace | 17 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 18.25 | 11 |
| 19 | Denny Hamlin | 13 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 19.25 | 10 |
| 20 | Zane Smith | 19 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 20.25 | 33 |
| 21 | Daniel Suarez | 30 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 21.25 | 25 |
| 22 | Austin Cindric | 18 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 21.75 | 32 |
| 23 | Ty Dillon | 27 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 22.75 | 16 |
| 24 | Jesse Love | 21 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 23.25 | 27 |
| 25 | Carson Hocevar | 14 | 32 | 19 | 34 | 24.75 | 31 |
| 26 | Todd Gilliland | 32 | 10 | 33 | 27 | 25.5 | 21 |
| 27 | Brad Keselowski | 28 | 18 | 34 | 23 | 25.75 | 20 |
| 28 | Riley Herbst | 23 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 26.25 | 23 |
| 29 | Austin Dillon | 34 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 19 |
| 30 | John H. Nemechek | 31 | 26 | 32 | 20 | 27.25 | 17 |
| 31 | Alex Bowman | 11 | 28 | 36 | 35 | 27.5 | 36 |
| 32 | Cole Custer | 33 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 28.75 | 29 |
| 33 | Josh Berry | 29 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 29.25 | 26 |
| 34 | Noah Gragson | 35 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 29.75 | 22 |
| 35 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 25 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 30.25 | 28 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 36 | 36 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 30 |
| 37 | Erik Jones | 37 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 |