Texas 2026 NASCAR Total Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 (Lap 1-66) | #2 (66-132) | #3 (132-198) | #4 (198-267) | Avg. Speed Rank | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 3 | 38 | |||
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.25 | 1 |
| 4 | Chris Buescher | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4.75 | 5 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5.75 | 4 |
| 6 | Carson Hocevar | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6.75 | 7 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8.75 | 20 |
| 8 | Alex Bowman | 10 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 11.25 | 3 |
| 9 | William Byron | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11.5 | 8 |
| 10 | Riley Herbst | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 12.25 | 11 |
| 11 | Daniel Suarez | 28 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12.75 | 6 |
| 12 | Corey Heim | 18 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 13.25 | 31 |
| 13 | Austin Cindric | 16 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 14.75 | 15 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 13 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 15.5 | 14 |
| 15 | Bubba Wallace | 21 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15.75 | 9 |
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 23 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 15.75 | 19 |
| 17 | John H. Nemechek | 26 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16.25 | 21 |
| 18 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 33 | 17.5 | 36 | ||
| 19 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 17.75 | 10 |
| 20 | Brad Keselowski | 29 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 18.5 | 13 |
| 20 | Joey Logano | 15 | 22 | 18.5 | 37 | ||
| 22 | Chase Briscoe | 4 | 15 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 23 |
| 23 | Erik Jones | 17 | 16 | 29 | 20 | 20.5 | 12 |
| 24 | Connor Zilisch | 19 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 21.5 | 16 |
| 24 | Ross Chastain | 27 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 21.5 | 26 |
| 26 | AJ Allmendinger | 24 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 22.5 | 25 |
| 26 | Kyle Larson | 14 | 23 | 20 | 33 | 22.5 | 34 |
| 28 | Noah Gragson | 30 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 24.25 | 28 |
| 29 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 33 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 17 |
| 30 | Josh Berry | 20 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 25.25 | 29 |
| 31 | Austin Dillon | 32 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 25.75 | 18 |
| 32 | Zane Smith | 34 | 18 | 28 | 31 | 27.75 | 22 |
| 33 | Ty Dillon | 35 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 29.75 | 24 |
| 33 | Michael McDowell | 31 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 29.75 | 27 |
| 35 | Todd Gilliland | 25 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 32 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 33.25 | 30 |
| 37 | Cole Custer | 36 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 35 |
| 38 | Chad Finchum | 38 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 35.5 | 33 |