NASCAR 2026 Season to Date Total Speed Rankings – Heading To Bristol #1
| Rank | Driver | Daytona #1 | Atlanta #1 | COTA | Phoenix #1 | Las Vegas #1 | Darlington #1 | Martinsville #1 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 2 | William Byron | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 10 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7.7 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 9.9 |
| 5 | Ty Gibbs | 12 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 10.1 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 31 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10.3 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 37 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12.6 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe | 40 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 13.6 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 32 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 13.9 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 13.9 |
| 11 | Ryan Preece | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14.1 |
| 12 | Ross Chastain | 8 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 14.3 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 21 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14.4 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 33 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 14.7 |
| 15 | Daniel Suarez | 7 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 16.4 |
| 16 | Carson Hocevar | 6 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 16.7 |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace | 25 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 17.6 |
| 18 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 20 | 31 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Zane Smith | 11 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 33 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 18.7 |
| 21 | AJ Allmendinger | 23 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 19 |
| 22 | Brad Keselowski | 37 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 20.7 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 20 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 21.3 |
| 24 | Kyle Busch | 28 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 21.6 |
| 25 | Erik Jones | 16 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 23 |
| 26 | Todd Gilliland | 13 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 23.3 |
| 27 | Connor Zilisch | 35 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 23.7 |
| 28 | Ty Dillon | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 24.6 |
| 29 | Noah Gragson | 13 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 25.4 |
| 30 | Josh Berry | 26 | 32 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 26.3 |
| 31 | John H. Nemechek | 27 | 31 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 26.7 |
| 32 | Austin Dillon | 39 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 28 | 27.7 |
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 21 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 34 | 27.9 |
| 34 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 13 | 24 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 28.3 |
| 35 | Cole Custer | 36 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 32.9 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 28 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 34.4 |