2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

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Justin Allgaier, the current points leader. Justin Allgaier Las Vegas 2026.jpg
Justin Allgaier, the current points leader.

The 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series is the 45th season of the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 14 with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the Hard Rock Bet 300 at Homestead–Miami Speedway on November 7.

Jesse Love of Richard Childress Racing enters the season as the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. [1]

This will be the first year under the new title sponsor, O'Reilly Auto Parts, as Xfinity did not extend their sponsorship. [2] [3]

Teams and drivers

Full-time teams

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRef
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Brennan Poole Frankie Kerr [4]
45 Lavar Scott (R)Kase Kallenbach [5]
Big Machine Racing 48 Patrick Staropoli (R)Patrick Donahue 29
Darrell Phillips 4
[6] [7]
DGM Racing with
Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
91 Mason Maggio 6 Mario Gosselin [8] [9] [10]
Carson Kvapil 4
Alex Labbé 2
Ross Chastain 1
TBA 20
92 Josh Williams Steve Addington [11]
Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed Jonathan Toney [12] [13]
41 Sam Mayer Jason Trinchere [12] [13] [14]
Hendrick Motorsports 17 Corey Day Adam Wall [15]
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Matt Weber [16]
Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton J. C. Umscheid [17] [18]
31 Blaine Perkins Cody McKenzie [19] [18]
32 Jordan Anderson 2Mark Setzer [20] [21] [22] [23] [18] [24]
Ross Chastain 4
Rajah Caruth 10
Andrew Patterson 8
TBA 9
JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil 8 Rodney Childers [25] [26]
Connor Zilisch 7
TBA 18
7 Justin Allgaier Andrew Overstreet [27] [28] [29] [30]
8 Sammy Smith Cory Shea [31] [32] [30]
88 Rajah Caruth 23 Mardy Lindley [33] [21] [30] [22] [34]
William Byron 3
Kyle Larson 4
Alex Bowman 1
Chase Elliott 2
Peterson Racing 87 Austin Green Jody Measamer [35]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love Danny Stockman Jr. [36]
21 Austin Hill Chad Haney [37]
RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg Aedan McHugh [38]
39 Ryan Sieg Matt Noyce [39]
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Josh Bilicki Paul Clapprood [40]
SS-Green Light Racing
with BRK Racing
0 Garrett Smithley 22Bryan Berry [41] [42] [43]
Alex Labbé 4
Cole Custer 5 [N 1]
TBA 1
Viking Motorsports 96 Anthony Alfredo Joshua Graham [44]
99 Parker Retzlaff Danny Efland [45]
Young's Motorsports 02 Ryan Ellis Eddie Troconis [46]
42 Carson Hocevar 1Andrew Abbott [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]
Nick Leitz 2
J. J. Yeley 1
Nathan Byrd 4
Brad Perez 1
Logan Bearden 3
TBA 21
Ford Hettinger Racing 5 Luke Fenhaus (R)2Joe Williams Jr. [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
Tyler Gonzalez 1
Chandler Smith 2
J. J. Yeley 3
Luke Baldwin 2
TBA 23
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich Jeff Meendering [57]
19 Gio Ruggiero 2Seth Chavka [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]
Brent Crews (R)29
Chase Briscoe 1
Christopher Bell 1
20 Brandon Jones Sam McAulay [13]
54 Taylor Gray Jason Ratcliff [57]
Sam Hunt Racing 24 Harrison Burton Brian Gainey [63]
26 Dean Thompson Kris Bowen [63]
Chevrolet 8
Toyota 2
TBA 23
Joey Gase Motorsports
with Scott Osteen
35 Natalie Decker 3Jay Guy 2
Scott Eggleston 2
Jim Gase 2
Garrett Harrington 2
TBA 25
[64] [65] [66] [67]
Joey Gase 2 [68]
Austin J. Hill 5 [69]
Blake Lothian 5 [50] [70]
Chad Finchum 1 [71]
Matt DiBenedetto 1 [72]
Justin Carroll 1 [73]
TBA 24
Chevrolet 9
Toyota 1
TBA 23
55 Joey Gase 7Scott Eggleston 8
Garrett Harrington 1
Joey Gase 1
TBA 23
[64] [68] [74] [75]
Chad Finchum 1
Sage Karam 1
Blake Lothian 1
TBA 23

Part-time teams

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefRacesReferences
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 4 Caesar Bacarella Keith Wolfe1 [76]
Anthony Alfredo [N 2]
Barrett–Cope Racing 30 Carson Ware George Church1 [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [50]
Cody Ware 1
Baltazar Leguizamón 1
Austin J. Hill 1
Myatt Snider 3
Joey Gase Motorsports
with Scott Osteen
53 David Starr Jim Gase1 [83]
Joey Gase 1 [84]
JR Motorsports 9 Shane van Gisbergen Phillip Bell1 [85] [30]
Carson Kvapil 5 [86] [10]
Ross Chastain 1 [85] [30]
Lee Pulliam 1 [87]
Jake Finch 5 [88]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon 6 [89] [90] [91]
Gray Gaulding [N 3] 2
Pardus Racing Inc. 50 Preston Pardus Dan Pardus 5 [92]
Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon TBA1 [93]
33 Garrett Mitchell [N 4] Robert Strmiska1 [94] [95]
RSS Racing 38 Patrick Emerling R. B. Bracken1 [96]
Ford AM Racing 25 Nick Sanchez Dewey Townsend IV7 [97]
52 Daniel Dye Blake Bainbridge 1
Matthew Lucas 2
3 [98] [99]

Notes:

  1. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with Haas Factory Team.
  2. At Daytona (race #1), Caesar Bacarella qualified for the race in the No. 4, but after Anthony Alfredo failed to qualify in the No. 96, Viking Motorsports worked a deal with Alpha Prime Racing for Alfredo to replace Bacarella in the No. 4 car in the race. [77]
  3. Entries are fielded in a collaboration with Spraker Racing Enterprises.
  4. Better known by his alias "Cleetus McFarland".

Team changes

Driver changes

Rookies

Moving between series

Moving teams

Moving to part-time schedule

Crew chief changes

Manufacturer changes

Haas Factory Team switched from Ford to Chevrolet in 2026, with a technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports. [12] RSS Racing switched from Ford to Chevrolet in 2026 to continue its existing technical alliance with Haas Factory Team. [39]

Technical Changes

Jeremy Clements Racing will form a technical alliance with Haas Factory Team. [117] [39] Viking Motorsports and Jordan Anderson Racing formed technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing. [118] [104]

Rule changes

Schedule

The 2026 schedule was released on August 20, 2025.

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed.

Bolded races indicate Dash 4 Cash race. [123]

O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
NoRace title [124] Track LocationDateTime (ET)TVRadio
1 United Rentals 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 145 pm CW MRN
2 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 21 PRN
3 Focused Health 250  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas February 283 pm
4 GOVX 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 77:30 pmMRN
5 The LiUNA!  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 145:30 pmPRN
6 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina March 21MRN
7 NFPA 250 [125]  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 283:30 pm
8 North Carolina Education Lottery 250  O  Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 42:30 pm
9 Suburban Propane 300 [126]  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 117:30 pmPRN
10 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas April 187 pmMRN
11 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 254 pm
12 Andy's Frozen Custard 340  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 23:30 pmPRN
13 Mission 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York May 94 pmMRN
14 BetRivers 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware May 16PRN
15 Charbroil 300 [127]  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 235 pm
16 Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 [128]  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 307:30 pm
17 MillerTech Battery 250 [129]  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 134 pmMRN
18 TBA  S  Coronado Street Course San Diego, California June 205 pm
19 Sonoma 250 [130]  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 275:30 pmPRN
20 TBA  O  Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois July 4MRN
21 Focused Health 250  O  EchoPark Speedway Hampton, Georgia July 117 pmPRN
22 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 254 pm
23 Hy-Vee PERKS 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 85 pmMRN
24 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 287:30 pm
The Chase [121]
25 TBA  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina September 57:30 pmCWMRN
26 Nu Way 225 [131]  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 12
27 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 18PRN
28 Focused Health 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 3
29 Blue Cross NC 250 [132]  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina October 104 pm
30 TBA  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona October 177:30 pmMRN
31 TPG 250 [133]  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 243:30 pm
32 IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 314 pm
33 Hard Rock Bet 300  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida November 75 pm

Schedule changes

Homestead–Miami Speedway will return to its traditional date as the finale for all three national series. [134] The series will join the Craftsman Truck Series and the Cup Series at the Coronado Street Course. [135] The series will not return to Portland International Raceway, Chicago Street Course, and Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The series will return to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019, and the second Darlington race was readded after a one-year hiatus. [136] The Charlotte Motor Speedway fall race will move away from the roval layout to the oval, after seven years as a road course race. [137]

Season summary

Regular season

At Daytona, Austin Hill won the pole. [138] Hill continued his dominance at Superspeedway tracks, winning both stages and the race. The win was Hill's fourth in five seasons at Daytona. [139]

Sam Mayer won the pole at Atlanta. [140] Jesse Love won stage 1, and Rajah Caruth won stage 2, his first career stage win in the O'Reilly series. On the final lap, Austin Hill was looking to defend his win from last year, however Ross Chastain knocked him off the racing line, giving Sheldon Creed his first career win after 15 runner up finishes. [141]

Connor Zilisch won the pole at Austin, with his Cup Series teammate Shane van Gisbergen on the front row. [142] Austin Hill won stage 1, and Sam Mayer won stage 2. Van Gisbergen dominated the race, leading a race-high 31 laps, ultimately winning the race. [143]

Taylor Gray won the pole at Phoenix. [144] Sammy Smith won stage 1, and Jesse Love won stage 2. Justin Allgaier passed Love late in the race, holding him off to win the race, becoming the first driver to win a race in the Nationwide, Xfinity, and O'Reilly era of the series. [145]

Sam Mayer won the pole at Las Vegas. [146] defending race winner Justin Allgaier swept the stages, Kyle Larson would end up winning the race. [147]

Kyle Larson won the pole at Darlington. [148] Larson dominated the race, sweeping the stages and leading all but 40 laps. Justin Allgaier controlled the race after the final restart leading the final 17, claiming his second consecutive win. [149]

Justin Allgaier won the pole at Martinsville after qualifying was canceled due to rain. [150] Allgaier won stage 1, and Austin Hill, the defending race winner, won stage 2. JR Motorsports would dominate the later half of the race, with Allgaier and Lee Pulliam leading majority of the laps "The Big One" would occur with 17 laps remaining, taking out several contenders. Allgaier would later win the race, claiming his second consecutive win.

Corey Day won his first career pole at Rockingham. [151] Day would sweep the stages for the first time in his career. During stage 3, teenagers like Brent Crews and William Sawalich would dominate the later half of the race, Sawalich would hold off teammate Brandon Jones for his first career O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory. [152]

William Sawalich won the pole at Bristol. [153] Kyle Larson swept the stages. After an intense, late race battle for the lead, involving Larson, Connor Zilisch and rookie Brent Crews, Zilisch was able to get the upper hand for the race, winning the event. [154]

Results and standings

Race results

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledFastest race lapWinning driverWinning teamNo.ManufacturerReport
1 United Rentals 300 Austin Hill Austin Hill Rajah Caruth Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet Report
2 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 Sam Mayer Austin Hill Jeb Burton Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team 00 Chevrolet Report
3 Focused Health 250 Connor Zilisch Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet Report
4 GOVX 200 Taylor Gray Jesse Love Jesse Love Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
5 The LiUNA! Sam Mayer Justin Allgaier Sam Mayer Kyle Larson JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet Report
6 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
7 NFPA 250 Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet Report
8 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Corey Day Corey Day William Sawalich William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota Report
9 Suburban Propane 300 William Sawalich Kyle Larson Brent Crews Connor Zilisch JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet Report
Reference: [155]

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner

PosDriver DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts.Stage
1 Justin Allgaier 233814*121F1*1F34470135
2 Sheldon Creed 2411143746634034
3 Jesse Love 95142*2F61112271232478
4 Corey Day 2745986210*12830450
5 Carson Kvapil 732193115285530082
6 Austin Hill 1*1212*2112103562112129351
7 Sammy Smith 530361593121328437
8 Brandon Jones 301015161321821927567
9 Parker Retzlaff 1423014128118925732
10 William Sawalich 2623737917201F725447
11 Rajah Caruth 10F8231819232541423846
12 Taylor Gray 289121537151371023042
13 Ryan Sieg 33716173313991120216
14 Sam Mayer 317142535F1023382019542
15 Brennan Poole 121910272018141418181
16 Jeb Burton 2516F187272630171616311
17 Anthony Alfredo 11252310341215243615815
18 Brent Crews (R)61810263F15532
19 Blaine Perkins 836172822301723221377
20 Patrick Staropoli (R)181320262129163427129
21 Dean Thompson 35112625312172824125
22 Harrison Burton 2935292317222613171253
23 Jeremy Clements 32293211241937251512010
24 Lavar Scott (R)162822332636221532103
25 Josh Bilicki 17153630232035362398
26 Kyle Sieg 15382424143734372589
27 Austin Green 222133222528293335883
28 Ryan Ellis 6223438303236223085
29 Nick Sanchez 3632535381633Wth816
30 Josh Williams 3427DNQDNQ162432192978
31 Garrett Smithley DNQ14292727293860
32 Joey Gase DNQ3419293124313160
33 J. J. Yeley 2825202649
34 Alex Labbé 13381844
35 Nathan Byrd 3132341635
36 Jordan Anderson 433
37 Lee Pulliam 532
38 Luke Fenhaus (R)232031
39 Mason Maggio 382632283727
40 Myatt Snider DNQ331922
41 Andrew Patterson 312122
42 Carson Ware 1918
43 Brad Perez RL21RL16
44 Preston Pardus 2710
45 Blake Lothian DNQ303410
46 Gray Gaulding 289
47 Garrett Mitchell 325
48 Natalie Decker 334
49 Logan Bearden 334
50 Austin J. Hill 38344
51 Dawson Cram DNQ36DNQWthDNQ353
52 Sage Karam 352
53 Baltazar Leguizamón 371
David Starr DNQ
Tyler Gonzalez DNQ
Matt DiBenedetto DNQ
Caesar Bacarella QL
Ineligible for O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver points
PosDriver DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts.Stage
Kyle Larson 14*122*12
Connor Zilisch 2171
Shane van Gisbergen 1*F
Chase Briscoe 2
Christopher Bell 3
Ross Chastain 69148
Patrick Emerling 13
William Byron 13
Daniel Dye 212015
Chad Finchum 17DNQ
Nick Leitz 18
Cole Custer 18
Carson Hocevar 20
Chandler Smith 2136
Gio Ruggiero 3724
Cody Ware 31
Luke Baldwin 38
Justin Carroll DNQ
PosDriver DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Pts.Stage
– Qualified but replaced by Anthony Alfredo
– Relieved J. J. Yeley. Since Yeley started the race, he is officially credited with 28th place
– Relieved Logan Bearden
Reference: [156]

Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner

Pos.No.Car Owner DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Points
17 Kelley Earnhardt Miller 233814*121F1*1F34470
288 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10F82311314*122542*12365
300 Gene Haas 24111437466340
41 L. W. Miller 7322131152851324
52 Richard Childress 95142*2F611122712324
617 Rick Hendrick 2745986210*128304
721 Richard Childress 1*1212*21121035621121293
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5303615931213284
920 Joe Gibbs 3010151613218219275
1019 Joe Gibbs 37246182310263F266
1199 Don Sackett 14230141281189257
1218 Joe Gibbs 2623737917201F7254
1354 Ty Gibbs 2891215371513710230
1439 Rod Sieg 337161733139911202
1532 Jordan Anderson 46981923312114201
Pos.No.Car Owner DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR ROC BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM Points
Reference: [157]

Manufacturers' championship

After 9 of 33 races

PosManufacturerWinsPoints
1 Chevrolet 8474
2 Toyota 1281
3 Ford 0154
Reference: [157]

See also

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