The NASCAR Cup Series takes to the high-speed, 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400.
Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports have been dominant over the first two months of the season, winning a combined seven of eight races so far in 2024.
Kyle Larson is on the pole for Sunday’s race, his third straight pole this season.
Follow along with our live race updates, with green flag set for after 2:30 p.m. CT on Sunday.
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LIVE LEADERBOARD: Full field leaderboard of NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas
NASCAR has a revised top 10, with Brad Keselowski in second.
The top 10:
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
- William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
- Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
- Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
- Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
RCR has two top-10 finishers, a good sign for both teams. Carson Hocevar earns a top-10 for Spire Motorsports.
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Chase Elliott clears Ross Chastain off of turn 4 to the white flag for the lead and pulls away. Chastain gets turned on the backstretch with Elliott several car lengths ahead. Caution and checkered flag waved.
Chastain is turned off turn 2 by William Byron; it looked like Byron misjudged where the No. 1 car would be off the turn.
Chase Elliott is the winner. The first win in 42 races for the No. 9 Chevrolet driver.
Chase Elliott was edging ahead of Ross Chastain as they crash in the back of the pack. Kaz Grala and Harrison Burton go around.
How many times have we seen it today in turns 3 and 4? The outside car loses control for one reason or another. This time, it’s Denny Hamlin for the win! Chase Elliott and Hamlin are going all out, and Elliott slides just a bit up the track. Hamlin spins and backs into the outside wall.
Green-white-checkered upcoming. Elliott will lead Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski and William Byron on the restart.
Kyle Larson spins into turn 1 on the restart. Tough day for the No. 5 Chevrolet.
Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin were side-by-side when the yellow flag flew. NASCAR has Elliott ahead on the leaderboard. 6 laps to go.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spins off turn 2 from 19th place. He gets into the wall slightly.
Brad Keselowski reeled Chase Elliott in for second, and the top three were within a second at the time of caution. Take a breather, everyone.
Denny Hamlin works hard to pass Chase Elliott and now clears the 9 car by several car lengths. Here comes third place Brad Keselowski on new tires!
Tyler Reddick washed up the track and lost several positions while battling Keselowski for third.
Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin leads Ross Chastain by more than a second. Elliott’s lead over Hamlin ebbs and flows from two car lengths to about six depending on the lap. Clean air has been king, but we’ll see if Hamlin has something for the No. 9 car.
Chase Elliott goes low and passes Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin for the lead. Hamlin is now second, with Ross Chastain in third. Reddick is fourth.
John Hunter Nemechek crashes and backs into the outside wall in turn 4. Surely Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, etc. won’t pit again? Track position matters so much today. The top 12 will need to pit for sure.
Reddick, Hamlin, Elliott and William Byron stay out.
Tyler Reddick runs down Denny Hamlin and will be the leader when the pit…
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