Winners and losers from NASCAR Cup at Charlotte after dramatic finish

There are simply 4 races left in the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, with Kyle Larson now leading the champion by 49 points. He extended his benefit over Hamlin a little, however brand-new oppositions are quickly approaching with simply one month of racing delegated go.

Chase Briscoe won the race over Christopher Bell in the closest surface of the 2026 Cup season and the second-closest surface in the history of Cup racing at Charlotte.

The 400-mile race included some success and as we stated, a nail-biting surface, and before we proceed to Phoenix we wished to have a look at the most significant winners and losers from Charlotte:

WINNER: Briscoe continues impressive points resurgence

View: Briscoe edges Bell in Charlotte picture surface

After a discouraging loss at Kansas, back-to-back wins have actually assisted Briscoe to go from -123 pts back of the champion result in -65 pts, and he was on the edge of sweeping all 3 intermediate races these previous couple of weeks. Each of them was difficult fights to the end, and winning 2/3 with a faster motorist behind is definitely outstanding. Briscoe has actually unexpectedly moved from a fringe title competitor to a primary risk in the blink of an eye.

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LOSER: Christopher Bell’s most aggravating runner-up surface up until now

Enjoy: Disappointed Bell reviews heartbreaking Charlotte image surface

The statistics state that Bell just has one win this year, however that does not reveal simply how close he’s been throughout the year. In addition to that only success, he had 8 runner-up surfaces, and in the Chase, each of those wins corresponds to 20 points lost in the title battle. Charlotte was particularly aggravating as the No. 20 had actually resigned itself to preservation mode for a bit, and started their unbelievable charge simply a little too late.

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WINNER: Kyle Larson edges even more away in title battle

See: Larson on Charlotte has a hard time:’I was holding on’

Charlotte was Larson’s worst surface of the whole Chase … 6th. With that outcome and a Stage 1 win, he still put more range in between himself and Denny Hamlin, now up another 9 points with +49 pts over his closest competitor. Briscoe and Bell are best behind Hamlin and closing quick, so there’s definitely no time for Larson to unwind with 4 races to go.

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LOSER: All those gathered in violent Lap 77 wreck

This was a frightening minute, as Alex Bowman over-corrected up the track and into Bubba Wallace, sparking a vicious crash. Both of these motorists were fighting for an area inside the leading 5, however in an immediate, their days were over. William Byron was likewise gathered, triggering him and Wallace to drop positions in the Chase standings. Wallace likewise took a minute before gingerly climbing up from the automobile, however he and all other chauffeurs included were fortunately all right. It was a day that began with such pledge for Wallace, blazing a trail for 23XI and even leading a number of laps

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WINNER: Shane van Gisbergen does not require the Roval to having fun

Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

Picture by: Icon Sportswire through Getty Images

As SVG himself stated after the race, he does not mind that the Roval was changed with the Charlotte oval this fall. And despite the fact that Trackhouse is having a genuinely horrible year, he keeps getting something out of his No. 97 and appears to have actually found out these ovals. He now has back-to-back leading 10s, putting seventh at Charlotte as the second-highest non-Chase chauffeur. He even passed colleague Ross Chastain throughout the last run, and gapped him by a number of seconds by the end.

LOSER: Denny Hamlin after another imperfect race for the No. 11[

View: Hamlin on losing ground in Chase fight:’We’ve got to carry out much better ‘

This stretch of 3 intermediate tracks was expected to be a big chance for Hamlin, however that’s now how it exercised. Over the previous 3 weeks, he’s lost 48 indicate Larson, 14 indicate Bell, and 70 indicate Briscoe. Although he completed ahead of Larson at Charlotte, he was still routing behind his colleagues and still lost ground in general as an early pit roadway charge robbed him of Stage 1 points. As Hamlin himself stated, “we’ve got to execute better.”

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WINNER: Josh Berry with another leading 5 for the Wood Brothers

Josh Berry, Wood Brothers Racing Ford

Image by: Patrick McDermott by means of Getty Images

Berry is providing the Wood Brothers among their finest seasons in years, even as he’s on his escape the door. He blazed a trail for non-Chase motorists in 4th for his 3rd leading 5 and tenth leading 10 of the season. He is the only motorist beyond the Chase with double-digit leading 10s. We have not seen the No. 21 in advance this much given that the 2020 season.

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LOSER: Ty Gibbs falls even more behind as title hopes collapse

Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

Picture by: Icon Sportswire through Getty Images[ 19659043]Gibbs went into the Chase as one of the motorists to view and was the No. 4 seed. Along with 2 leading fives, he likewise has 4 surfaces of 17th or even worse. While the rest of his colleagues are lined up 2-3-4, that disparity has actually fallen to ninth after getting captured up in an early occurrence at Charlotte.

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BONUS OFFER LOSER: Stenhouse and McDowell play bumper tag after the checkered flag

We like seeing feeling out of these motorists, however it’s not an excellent search for anybody when a single-car group gets their cars and truck destroyed due to a post-race argument over 19th location. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ferreted out Michael McDowell after the checkered flag, knocking doors on the cool-down lap. McDowell then spun Stenhouse out, however everything appeared a bit unneeded when seeing that the aggravation originated from some difficult racing which’s about it. They did share a relatively cordial discussion on pit roadway after it, so maybe the video game of bumper tag assisted them to get it all out of their system …

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BENEFIT WINNER: Brexton Busch burns it down in his dad Kyle’s No. 8

View: Brexton Busch honors daddy Kyle with burnout, signature bow

This didn’t occur in the real race obviously, however it was the emphasize of the race weekend. 11-year-old Brexton Busch drove his dad Richard Childress Racing No. 8 at the Kyle Busch Celebration of Life on Friday, carrying out ideal burnouts in the 750HP Cup vehicle. Austin Dillon likewise assisted him practice the regular at the RCR store simply over a month back. It was an unbelievable minute of recovery and a touching homage to the famous NASCAR chauffeur, thanks to his own child.

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  NASCAR CupBrexton Busch drives NASCAR Cup RCR No. 8 in touching homage to daddy Kyle

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