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Kyle Larson holds off Justin Allgaier for thrilling Texas win

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May 2, 2026

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Texas — During the final caution of Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway crew chief Andrew Overstreet radioed an encouraging message to pole winner Justin Allgaier.

“Nothing stops a hungry gator,” said Overstreet, referencing Allgaier’s Little Gator nickname. “Not even the so-called ‘Greatest of All-Time.’”

But Kyle Larson, the G.O.A.T Overstreet referenced, proved too much for Allgaier during a 17-lap green-flag run to the finish. Though Allgaier caught Larson in the closing circuits, he couldn’t find a way past his JR Motorsports teammate, who won his second NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts event in four starts this season.

“I really didn’t think I had a chance there with Justin behind me,” said Larson, who beat Allgaier to the finish line by 0.293 seconds. “He was really good, catching me there on that long run after the (earlier) green-flag stop (on Lap 145 of 200).

“I was just hoping in clean air I could kind of get away, like I did the run before to start stage 3, but he was (able to get) behind me, and he could run a lot of different lanes back there, too. I was trying to do what I could to take his air away while also maintaining a good corner for myself, but he was always closing on me.

“Thanks to him for racing me clean… that was a great little run to the end there.”

The victory was Larson’s second straight at Texas and third overall and the 18th in the series of his career.

Though Allgaier matched his best finish at Texas and increased his series lead to 121 points over second-place Sheldon Creed, the disappointment was etched in the face of the runner-up.

“Without contact, I don’t know if there was any way to get around him, and I tried everything I could possibly try and just unfortunately came up short,” said Allgaier, a three-time winner this season. “JR Motorsports 1-2, obviously that’s a big deal…

“I don’t know. I’m going to go back and watch this one a bunch and try to figure out what I could have done better.”

Larson was first off pit road under caution for Rajah Caruth’s crash off Turn 2 on Lap 179. Allgaier was third behind Brandon Jones and lined up behind Larson in the bottom lane for the Lap184 restart.

Allgaier quickly cleared Jones and took off in pursuit of Larson, using the top lane to gain time on his teammate. Though Allgaier got to Larson’s bumper in the closing laps, he was stymied in his efforts to pass for the win.

Sam Mayer finished third, one spot ahead of rookie Brent Crews, who collected a $100,000 bonus as the highest-finishing eligible Dash 4 Cash driver. It was the first such payout for Crews in the final Dash 4 Cash event of the season.

Parker Retzlaff came home fifth, followed by Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Jones, Jesse Love and Jeremy Clements.

The race was punctuated by seven cautions (for 36 laps), the first of which was a bifurcated five-car wreck on the opening lap.

Hendrick Motorsports driver Corey Day entered the race fourth in the series standings and exited the event after a hard crash into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 1.

Day started the race sixth in the outside lane and lost control near the exit of one of NASCAR’s most treacherous corners.

“Starting outside, you’ve got to run up there through the first corner,” Day said. “I don’t know. I didn’t feel like I was faster through the corner than the guys in front of me, but I was all good, and all of a sudden I’m sideways, and there’s no saving it coming off of (Turn) 2 like that.

“I hate it for my 17 guys. We had such a good car yesterday, and for me to go ruin it lake that on the first lap of the race, I feel terrible.”

Larson led a race-high 93 laps, followed by Allgaier (54), who won the first 45-lap stage wire-to-wire. Connor Zilisch won Stage 2 before fading to 21st in the final segment.

Larson, Crews and Zilisch provided a breathtaking moment on Lap 105, running three-wide through Turn 4 and bouncing off each other before Larson took the lead. Larson was amazed all three cars escaped without harm.

“I thought for sure it was going to be big,” said Larson, who will race as defending NASCAR Cup Series champion in Sunday’s Wurth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Andy's Frozen Custard 340

Texas Motor Speedway

Fort Worth, Texas

Saturday, May 2, 2026

1. (3) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 200.

2. (1) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200.

3. (17) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 200.

4. (5) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 200.

5. (10) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 200.

6. (11) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 200.

7. (7) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 200.

8. (2) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200.

9. (21) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 200.

10. (8) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200.

11. (14) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 200.

12. (18) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 200.

13. (15) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 200.

14. (9) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200.

15. (16) William Sawalich, Toyota, 200.

16. (22) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 200.

17. (28) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 200.

18. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 200.

19. (37) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 200.

20. (27) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 200.

21. (4) Connor Zilisch(i), Chevrolet, 199.

22. (24) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 199.

23. (20) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 199.

24. (38) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 199.

25. (29) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 199.

26. (25) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 199.

27. (33) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 198.

28. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 198.

29. (35) David Starr, Chevrolet, 197.

30. (23) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 196.

31. (32) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 194.

32. (30) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 189.

33. (12) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 188.

34. (13) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, Accident, 180.

35. (19) Austin Green, Chevrolet, Accident, 17.

36. (34) Brad Perez, Chevrolet, Accident, 17.

37. (6) Corey Day, Chevrolet, DVP, 1.

38. (31) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, Engine, 1.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 149.522 mph.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 25 Mins, 23 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.293 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 36 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J. Allgaier 1-53;K. Larson(i) 54;C. Zilisch(i) 55;K. Larson(i) 56;C. Zilisch(i) 57-93;B. Crews # 94;C. Zilisch(i) 95-104;K. Larson(i) 105-144;B. Crews # 145;R. Sieg 146;R. Caruth 147-148;K. Larson(i) 149-179;J. Allgaier 180;K. Larson(i) 181-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Larson(i) 5 times for 93 laps; Justin Allgaier 2 times for 54 laps; Connor Zilisch(i) 3 times for 48 laps; Brent Crews # 2 times for 2 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 2 laps; Ryan Sieg 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 7,1,88,20,19,00,41,21,51,99

Stage #2 Top Ten: 1,19,7,88,41,20,99,21,00,18

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2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Schedule

Round	Date	Track	Location	Race Name	Time (ET)
1	Sat., Feb. 14	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	United Rentals 300	5:00 PM
2	Sat., Feb. 21	EchoPark Speedway	Braselton, GA	Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250	5:00 PM
3	Sat., Feb. 28	Circuit of The Americas	Austin, TX	Focused Health 250	3:00 PM
4	Sat., Mar. 7	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ	GOVX 200	7:30 PM
5	Sat., Mar. 14	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, NV	The LiUNA NASCAR Xfinity Series	5:30 PM
6	Sat., Mar. 21	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, SC	Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200	5:30 PM
7	Sat., Mar. 28	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	NFPA 250	3:30 PM
8	Sat., Apr. 4	Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, NC	North Carolina Education Lottery 250	2:30 PM
9	Sat., Apr. 11	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	SciAps 300	7:30 PM
10	Sat., Apr. 18	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS	Kansas Lottery 300	7:00 PM
11	Sat., Apr. 25	Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, AL	Ag-Pro 300	4:00 PM
12	Sat., May 2	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, TX	Andy’s Frozen Custard 300	3:30 PM
13	Sat., May 9	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, NY	Mission 200 at The Glen	4:00 PM
14	Sat., May 16	Dover Motor Speedway	Dover, DE	BetRivers 200	4:00 PM
15	Sat., May 23	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, NC	BetMGM 300	5:00 PM
16	Sat., May 30	Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, TN	Tennessee Lottery 250	7:30 PM
–	Sat., June 6	–	–	Off Week	–
17	Sat., June 13	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, PA	Explore the Pocono Mountains 250	4:00 PM
18	Sat., June 20	Naval Base Coronado	Coronado, CA	N/A	5:00 PM
19	Sat., June 27	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, CA	Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250	5:30 PM
20	Sat., July 4	Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, IL	N/A	5:30 PM
21	Sat., July 11	EchoPark Speedway	Braselton, GA	Focused Health 250	7:00 PM
–	Sat., July 18	–	–	Off Week	–
22	Sat., July 25	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, IN	Pennzoil 250	4:00 PM
–	Sat., Aug. 1	–	–	Off Week	–
23	Sat., Aug. 8	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA	Hy-Vee Perks 250	5:00 PM
–	Sat., Aug. 15	–	–	Off Week	–
–	Sat., Aug. 22	–	–	Off Week	–
24	Fri., Aug. 28	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	Wawa 250	7:30 PM
25	Sat., Sept. 5	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, SC	N/A	7:30 PM
26	Sat., Sept. 12	World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, IL	Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog	7:30 PM
27	Fri., Sept. 18	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	Food City 300	7:30 PM
–	Sat., Sept. 26	–	–	Off Week	–
28	Sat., Oct. 3	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, NV	Focused Health 302	7:30 PM
29	Sat., Oct. 10	Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL	Concord, NC	Blue Cross NC 250	4:00 PM
30	Sat., Oct. 17	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ	N/A	7:30 PM
31	Sat., Oct. 24	Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, AL	The Progress Group 250	3:30 PM
32	Sat., Oct. 31	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250	4:00 PM
33	Sat., Nov. 7	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, FL	O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship	5:00 PM

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