Talladega #1 2026 NASCAR Total Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 (Lap 1-47) | #2 (47-94) | #4 (94-141) | #4 (141-188) | Avg. Speed Rank | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Ware | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5.75 | 21 |
| 2 | Ross Chastain | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7.25 | 7 |
| 3 | Cole Custer | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 4 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8.25 | 20 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8.25 | 10 |
| 6 | Austin Dillon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 24 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11.25 | 6 |
| 8 | Carson Hocevar | 31 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | Daniel Su?rez | 2 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13.5 | 12 |
| 10 | Connor Zilisch | 14 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 14.25 | 26 |
| 11 | Erik Jones | 25 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 14.5 | 23 |
| 11 | Christopher Bell | 26 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 14.5 | 17 |
| 13 | Alex Bowman | 23 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14.75 | 3 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 11 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 15.75 | 18 |
| 15 | Michael McDowell | 32 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 16 | Noah Gragson | 10 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 17.25 | 9 |
| 17 | William Byron | 27 | 13 | 13 | 17.6 | 35 | |
| 18 | Josh Berry | 3 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18.25 | 33 |
| 19 | Todd Gilliland | 8 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 19.5 | 11 |
| 20 | Chase Elliott | 34 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 20.25 | 4 |
| 21 | John H. Nemechek | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 21 | Jesse Love | 35 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 27 |
| 23 | Kyle Larson | 29 | 18 | 18 | 21.6 | 40 | |
| 24 | Chris Buescher | 28 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 22.5 | 2 |
| 25 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 22.75 | 16 |
| 26 | Joey Logano | 13 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 39 | |
| 27 | Tyler Reddick | 6 | 34 | 34 | 19 | 23.25 | 14 |
| 28 | Zane Smith | 21 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 23.5 | 5 |
| 29 | Brad Keselowski | 15 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 31 |
| 30 | Chase Briscoe | 38 | 16 | 16 | 30 | 25 | 29 |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 12 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 25.25 | 8 |
| 31 | Ty Gibbs | 30 | 23 | 23 | 25.3 | 34 | |
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 1 | 38 | 38 | 26 | 25.75 | 25 |
| 34 | Bubba Wallace | 22 | 29 | 29 | 26.6 | 36 | |
| 35 | Chad Finchum | 18 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 27.25 | 28 |
| 36 | Ryan Blaney | 33 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 37 | |
| 37 | Ty Dillon | 36 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 31.5 | 13 |
| 38 | Denny Hamlin | 37 | 39 | 38 | 23 | 34.25 | 15 |
| 39 | Daniel Dye | 39 | 37 | 37 | 27 | 35 | 24 |
| 40 | Joey Gase | 40 | 40 | 40 | 28 | 37 | 30 |