2026 Straight Talk Wireless 500

2026 Straight Talk Wireless 500
Race details
Race 4 of 36 in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
Date March 8, 2026 (2026-03-08)
Location Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.000 miles (1.609 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Average speed 88.219 miles per hour (141.975 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 26.561
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 176
Fastest lap
Driver Joey Logano Team Penske
Time 27.402
Winner
No. 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Townsend Bell, and James Hinchcliffe (stage 2)
Nielsen ratings 2.841 million
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2026 Straight Talk Wireless 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 8, 2026, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Ryan Blaney won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Kyle Larson finished 3rd. Ty Gibbs and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five, and Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell, and Erik Jones rounded out the top ten.