It was Denny Hamlin’s race—right up until it very much wasn’t.
NASCAR TV THIS WEEK
Friday, April 3 11 a.m., NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Practice and Qualifying at Rockingham Speedway, FS2
1:30 p.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Practice and Qualifying at Rockingham Speedway, The CW App
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Black’s Tire 200 at Rockingham Speedway, FS1 Saturday, April 4 11:30 a.m., ARCA Menards Series East: Rockingham Speedway, The NASCAR Channel/FloRacing
1:30 p.m., NASCAR Countdown Live, The CW
2:30 p.m., NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black’s Tire, The CW Sunday, April 5 1 p.m., NASCAR Cup Series: 2026 Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1
Winner: Chase Elliott Average Speed of Race Winner: 75.457 MPH Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 47 Mins, 18 Secs. Margin of Victory: .565 Seconds Caution Flags: 5 for 54 laps Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers Stage 1 Top 10: 11,24,21,54,2,97,22,12,45,60 Stage 2 Top 10: 1,54,22,12,24,2,45,97,5,21 Fastest Lap: #11 lap 3/19.788
