NASCAR: Ryan Blaney takes Quaker State 400 in Overtime

Ryan Blaney propelled to the lead in NASCAR Overtime to take his second win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series campaign in the early hours of Monday morning at EchoPark Speedway.

Blaney led the most laps in the race, securing the win over Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, and Carson Hocevar in a photo finish.

“Pretty cool to win here,” Blaney said to TNT Sports post race at the Start/Finish Line after his burnout.

Bell, Hocevar, Ty Gibbs and Erik Jones rounded out the Top-5.

Shane Van Gisbergen, Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano, and Chris Buescher finished sixth through 10th.

Wallace was penalized for his last-lap pass on Hocevar on the backstretch where he crossed over the yellow line, credited with a 29th-place finish.

Throughout the race

Green flag for overtime! Hocevar and Blaney lead the field back to the green.

*The race is heading to overtime*

6 to go: Caution for Larson, Briscoe and others in Turn 3.

10 to go: Hocevar blocking runs as the leader.

14 to go: Blaney and Hocevar lead the field back to the green.

Lap 232: Blaney in the wall, but continues. Unrelated, Allmendinger with right-side damage after making contact with the outside wall. Caution.

Lap 200: Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson lead the field to green.

Lap 193: Caution for an A.J. Allmendinger spin along the frontstretch while running 28th on the lead lap.

Lap 169: Cindric and Gibbs lead the field back to green for the start of the final stage.

STAGE 2 Top-10 results: Blaney, Reddick, Logano, Cindric, Suarez, Gibbs, Bell, Jones, Hamlin, SVG

12:02 am. UPDATE: Green flag! Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace lead the field back to the green after a more than 3-hour red flag.

11:02 p.m. UPDATE: Drivers to their cars at 11:20 p.m.

7:32 p.m.: Race is under red flag.

Lap 109: Caution for lightning. Blaney the leader.

Lap 84: Hocevar leads ahead of Larson and Blaney.

Lap 60: Blaney wins the stage. 2-10: Reddick, Larson, Logano, Cindric, Hocevar, A. Dillon, Briscoe, Elliott, Wallace

Lap 23: Top-10: 12 22 2 5 77 3 33 23 19 9

Lap 11: Team Penske controls the race- Blaney, Logano and Cindric

Lap 2: Blaney led lap 1. Keselowski made contact with the outside wall in Turn 3/4.

7:21 p.m. ET: Green flag! Blaney and Logano lead the field to the start.

7:14 p.m. ET: Cars are pacing around the track.

7:09 p.m. ET: Chipper Jones gives the command to fire engines.

7 p.m. ET: Pre-race ceremonies underway.

Tonight, the NASCAR Cup Series takes on EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta) in Hampton, Ga. Follow along for live updates!

Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: TNT
Polesitter: Ryan Blaney
Laps/Stages: 60-160-260