Pocono Raceway, 2026 NASCAR DFS results
Sunday, June 14, 2026 · Winner: Denny Hamlin · 160 laps
Race report
Denny Hamlin won the Pocono Raceway from the pole and led 28 laps but had to earn it in a race that stayed up for grabs. John H. Nemechek actually paced the field with 42 laps led but couldn't close it out.
For DFS, Tyler Reddick was the top DraftKings score at 70.6 points. Biggest mover: Bubba Wallace, P38 to P21 (+17).
The model's pre-race top five (built lookahead-free) was led this week by Denny Hamlin, who finished P1 for 63.7 DK. 5 of the five ran top ten, a clean read on the day.
It was a chalk-friendly day: FanDuel scoring tracked the betting market closely (rank correlation 0.66), so the favorites largely delivered.
Auto-generated from the official results and the model’s pre-race projection.
- 1. Tyler Reddick70.6
- 2. Denny Hamlin63.7
- 3. John H. Nemechek58.6
- 1. Tyler Reddick65.4
- 2. Denny Hamlin61.8
- 3. John H. Nemechek59.2
Biggest mover: Bubba Wallace started 38, finished 21 (+17 positions).
How the model did
Its projected top 5 for Pocono Raceway and the DraftKings points each actually scored:
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | P1 | 63.7 DK |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | P5 | 47 DK |
| 3 | William Byron | P3 | 50.6 DK |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | P9 | 32.3 DK |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | P7 | 38.3 DK |
Full results & DFS scoring
| Pos | Driver | Start | Led | Fast | DK | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 28 | 26 | 63.7 | 61.8 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 16 | 24 | 19 | 70.6 | 65.4 |
| 3 | William Byron | 9 | 0 | 8 | 50.6 | 57 |
| 4 | John H. Nemechek | 8 | 42 | 9 | 58.6 | 59.2 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 24 | 11 | 47 | 52.9 |
| 6 | Erik Jones | 7 | 1 | 11 | 44.2 | 51.6 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 6 | 0 | 5 | 38.3 | 49.5 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 24 | 0 | 4 | 53.8 | 57 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 4 | 0 | 5 | 32.3 | 45.5 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 47.3 |
| 11 | Chase Elliott | 23 | 9 | 1 | 46.7 | 52.9 |
| 12 | Chase Briscoe | 5 | 4 | 7 | 28.2 | 41.9 |
| 13 | Daniel Suárez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20.5 | 39 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 17 | 1 | 0 | 32.3 | 44.6 |
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 21 | 0 | 1 | 34.5 | 45 |
| 16 | Riley Herbst | 25 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 45.5 |
| 17 | Michael McDowell | 13 | 0 | 2 | 22.9 | 38 |
| 18 | Austin Hill | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37 |
| 19 | Todd Gilliland | 29 | 6 | 0 | 35.5 | 43.6 |
| 20 | Carson Hocevar | 26 | 0 | 4 | 30.8 | 40 |
| 21 | Bubba Wallace | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 44.5 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | 19 | 0 | 1 | 17.5 | 33.5 |
| 23 | Connor Zilisch | 28 | 0 | 3 | 25.4 | 36.5 |
| 24 | Cole Custer | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10.4 | 28.5 |
| 25 | Austin Dillon | 32 | 0 | 2 | 24.9 | 35.5 |
| 26 | Christopher Bell | 22 | 18 | 0 | 16.5 | 30.8 |
| 27 | Alex Bowman | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 22.5 |
| 28 | Ryan Preece | 35 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 32.4 |
| 29 | Daniel Dye | 34 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 30.4 |
| 30 | Cody Ware | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28.4 |
| 31 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 31 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 | 25.8 |
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22.3 |
| 33 | Josh Berry | 20 | 0 | 1 | -4.5 | 17.2 |
| 34 | Joey Logano | 11 | 0 | 0 | -16 | 11.1 |
| 35 | Noah GragsonDNF | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.2 |
| 36 | Casey MearsWrecked | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.5 |
| 37 | Zane SmithDNF | 18 | 0 | 0 | -15 | 1.1 |
| 38 | Brad KeselowskiWrecked | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.1 |
Wrecked and DNF tags come from the official finishing status - those drivers fell well below their projection through attrition, not a model miss.
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