Gateway 2026 Total Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 (Lap 1-61) | #2 (61-122) | #2 (122-183) | #4 (183-247) | Avg. Speed Ranking | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Logano | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.7 | 35 | |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4.75 | 12 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 7.25 | 19 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7.5 | 31 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 7 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 9.25 | 32 |
| 8 | Josh Berry | 14 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9.5 | 28 |
| 9 | Carson Hocevar | 6 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 9.75 | 8 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 9.75 | 9 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 12 | Alex Bowman | 8 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 12.25 | 2 |
| 13 | Ross Chastain | 16 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13.25 | 5 |
| 14 | Tyler Reddick | 20 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13.75 | 25 |
| 15 | Austin Cindric | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 14.25 | 10 |
| 16 | William Byron | 13 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 15.75 | 4 |
| 17 | Ryan Preece | 31 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 16.75 | 17 |
| 18 | Bubba Wallace | 21 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 14 |
| 19 | Erik Jones | 22 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 13 |
| 20 | John H. Nemechek | 15 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 15 |
| 21 | Daniel Suarez | 17 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 19.75 | 29 |
| 22 | Austin Dillon | 18 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20.75 | 6 |
| 23 | Connor Zilisch | 19 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21.75 | 7 |
| 24 | Austin Hill | 27 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24.25 | 21 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 23 | 32 | 18 | 24.3 | 36 | |
| 26 | Todd Gilliland | 25 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 25.75 | 24 |
| 27 | Cole Custer | 26 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 26.25 | 11 |
| 28 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 30 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 26.75 | 23 |
| 29 | AJ Allmendinger | 29 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 27.5 | 16 |
| 30 | Noah Gragson | 24 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 28.5 | 33 |
| 31 | Chris Buescher | 33 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 30.5 | 27 |
| 32 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 32 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 31.5 | 26 |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 35 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 31.75 | 22 |
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 28 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 32.25 | 30 |
| 35 | Michael McDowell | 34 | 36 | 35 | 29 | 33.5 | 20 |
| 36 | Riley Herbst | 36 | 29 | 36 | 33.7 | 34 |