Salary Cap Driver Groups (2026)
Group 1......................Group 2
Larson: 16.10............................Briscoe: 14.11
Byron: 16.05..............................Elliott: 13.91
Hamlin: 15.47............................Reddick: 13.51
Blaney: 15.25............................Logano: 12.77
Bell: 14.22.................................Wallace: 11.31
Group 3.....................Group 4
Preece: 11.22..........................Keselowski: 10.72
Buescher: 11.22......................Van Gisbergen: 10.61
Gibbs: 11.18............................Cindric: 10.06
Chastain: 10.84.......................McDowell: 9.89
................................................Hocevar: 9.77
Group 5....................Group 6
Busch: 9.61...........................Suarez: 8.75
Berry: 9.12............................Smith: 8.74
Jones: 9.08...........................Gilliland: 8.74
Nemechek: 9.00....................Allmendinger: 8.42
A. Dillon: 8.76........................Stenhouse, Jr.: 7.83
..............................................T. Dillon: 7.34
..............................................Custer: 7.41
..............................................Gragson: 7.20
..............................................Herbst: 6.58
..............................................Ware: 5.81
..............................................Zilisch: 1.60
..............................................Allgaier: 1.41
Groups 1-5 Driver ratings at Bristol (2022-present)
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
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Five Wide Driver Groups (2026)
Group 1..............Group 2..............Group 3
Bell..........................................................Allmendinger
Blaney.....................Buescher.................Berry
Briscoe....................Hocevar..................Custer
Byron......................Chastain..................A. Dillon
Elliott.......................Cindric.....................T. Dillon
Hamlin....................Gibbs.......................Gilliland
Larson.....................Keselowski..............Gragson
Logano....................McDowell................Herbst
Reddick...................Preece....................Busch
Wallace...................Van Gisbergen........Jones
...............................................................Nemechek
...............................................................Smith
...............................................................Stenhouse, Jr.
...............................................................Suarez
...............................................................Zilisch
...............................................................Ware
...............................................................Allgaier
Next Race
The Food City 500 @ Bristol
Practice/qualifying: 4:30-6:30 PM ET, Saturday, 4/11
Race start: 3:12 PM ET, Sunday, 4/12
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