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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Euro Series, NASCAR Mexico Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Local Racing Series Powered by O’Reilly Auto Parts). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.


Ross Chastain wins rain-shortened NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Charlotte

 

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May 23, 2026

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

CONCORD, N.C.—Ross Chastain drove through a succession of challenges—including a patch of oil and a brush with the outside wall—to win Saturday night’s rain-shortened Charbroil 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

 

The victory was Chastain’s first in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series since 2019, his first at Charlotte and the third of his career. The race was stopped for rain for the second time after Chastain crossed the finish line to win the second stage on Lap 90.

 

With no hope of continuing, NASCAR called the race after Lap 91 and declared Chastain the winner.

 

“I did not think we would win one like this, driving into the fence in liquid,” said Chastain, who was driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. “I have no idea what it was. I went into Turn 1 like normal, and there was something on the track.

 

“No matter how we win, I feel like we could have raced with them again at the end.”

 

Chastain’s thoughts quickly turned to the absence of champion driver Kyle Busch, who on Thursday lost his life to a sudden illness at age 41.

 

“This weekend, it’s just incredible trying to grasp losing Kyle,” Chastain said. “I don’t understand how he’s not here racing. I don’t grasp it mentally or spiritually.

 

“Obviously, racing is the best thing we can to celebrate what he did in the sport and in his life.”

 

Defending O’Reilly Series champion Jesse Love, who driver for Richard Childress Racing—as did Busch in the NASCAR Cup Series—was second when the race was called.

 

“If this week taught us anything, it’s that all this doesn’t matter as much as we think it does,” Love said. “As much as I’m angry and confused and upset (about the way the race finished), I also realized there’s a lot of hurt people right now.”

 

A spate of cautions punctuated the second stage of the race after a rain delay of more than four hours, but the real damage came on Lap 73, when the drivers of eight cars—including Chastain—slid through fluid deposited by the No. 35 Chevrolet of Dawson Cram.

 

Chastain's kept his car on the track with seemingly minimal damage. Other drivers weren't as fortunate.

 

Victims of the oily track included series leader Justin Allgaier, Sheldon Creed, Taylor Gray and Jeremy Clements. Allgaier stayed on the lead lap after repeated trips to pit road for repairs but finished 29th as the final 18 laps of the race remained under caution, thanks to drizzling rain and mist that wet the track and obscured spotters’ views from the top of the grandstand.

 

Austin Hill, Love’s RCR teammate, finished third, followed by William Sawalich and Corey Day. Connor Zilisch, Ryan Sieg, Cole Custer, Carson Kvapil and Rajah Caruth completed the top 10, as JR Motorsports placed three drivers in the top 10.

 

Rain slowed the race twice in the first 33 laps, the first time for a drizzle under caution for Harrison Burton’s spin in Turn 4, the second time for a harder rain that fell after NASCAR called a competition caution on Lap 26.

 

The rain persisted while the cars circulated under the yellow flag for seven more laps, with Allgaier in the lead behind the pace car. Ultimately, NASCAR red-flagged the race after Lap 33, and the cars sat covered on pit road waiting for a resumption.

 

At 9:45 p.m. NASCAR called the drivers back to their cars, and the race resumed with eight laps left in Stage 1 after a stoppage of 4 hours, 21 minutes, 58 seconds.

 

On Lap 42, Allgaier got loose over the bumps in Turn 3 and gave up the lead to Zilisch, who took the green-checkered flag as the stage winner three laps later.

 

Then came the decisive second stage, fraught with all its perils. And after it was over, Chastain took a bow, mimicking Busch’s signature move, before making his own familiar move—a watermelon smash—from the roof of his car.

 

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race postponed until Sunday

 

The rain that halted the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race prematurely also forced postponement of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race for the third time.

 

The event is now scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday and will be broadcast on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Charbroil 300

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Concord, North Carolina

Saturday, May 23, 2026

 

                  1. (14)  Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 91.

                  2. (17)  Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 91.

                  3. (6)  Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 91.

                  4. (7)  William Sawalich, Toyota, 91.

                  5. (2)  Corey Day, Chevrolet, 91.

                  6. (5)  Connor Zilisch(i), Chevrolet, 91.

                  7. (9)  Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 91.

                  8. (29)  Cole Custer(i), Chevrolet, 91.

                  9. (24)  Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 91.

                  10. (10)  Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 91.

                  11. (8)  Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 91.

                  12. (31)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 91.

                  13. (13)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 91.

                  14. (21)  Dean Thompson, Toyota, 91.

                  15. (30)  Leland Honeyman Jr(i), Chevrolet, 91.

                  16. (16)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 91.

                  17. (37)  Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 91.

                  18. (23)  Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 91.

                  19. (22)  Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 91.

                  20. (36)  David Starr, Chevrolet, 91.

                  21. (27)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 91.

                  22. (35)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 91.

                  23. (28)  Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 91.

                  24. (33)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 91.

                  25. (26)  Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 91.

                  26. (32)  Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 91.

                  27. (11)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 91.

                  28. (20)  Andrew Patterson, Chevrolet, 91.

                  29. (1)  Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 91.

                  30. (15)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 90.

                  31. (25)  Taylor Gray, Toyota, Accident, 73.

                  32. (12)  Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, Accident, 73.

                  33. (34)  Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, Engine, 72.

                  34. (38)  JJ Yeley, Ford, Fuel Pump, 64.

                  35. (4)  Brandon Jones, Toyota, 62.

                  36. (3)  Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, Accident, 61.

                  37. (18)  Brent Crews #, Toyota, Accident, 51.

                  38. (19)  Harrison Burton, Toyota, Accident, 51.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  159.48 mph.

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 52 Mins, 52 Secs. Margin of Victory:  Under Caution Seconds.

Caution Flags:  6 for 54 laps.

Lead Changes:  14 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   J. Allgaier 1;S. Mayer 2-13;J. Allgaier 14-39;C. Zilisch(i) 40;J. Allgaier 41;C. Zilisch(i) 42-47;J. Allgaier 48;B. Perkins 49-51;J. Allgaier 52-58;A. Hill 59;R. Chastain(i) 60-66;J. Love 67-68;R. Chastain(i) 69;J. Love 70-71;R. Chastain(i) 72-91.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Justin Allgaier 5 times for 36 laps; Ross Chastain(i) 3 times for 28 laps; Sam Mayer 1 time for 12 laps; Connor Zilisch(i) 2 times for 7 laps; Jesse Love 2 times for 4 laps; Blaine Perkins 1 time for 3 laps; Austin Hill 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 1,7,9,17,41,2,20,88,19,00

Stage #2 Top Ten: 9,2,21,18,17,1,39,0,91,88

 


Corey Day outruns Justin Allgaier in final laps at Dover’s Monster Mile

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By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

DOVER, Del. – Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway start.

 

Allgaier, a three-time winner already this season and the current championship leader, looked poised to add yet another trophy at Dover’s famed Monster Mile, but ultimately Day was able to run up high against the outside wall – he and Allgaier splitting Blake Lothian’s lapped car - with Day pulling ahead of the three cars and driving away from Allgaier.

 

It was enough momentum to propel Day’s No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to .461-second victory over Allgaier, who led a race high 71 of the 200 laps, and it answers Day’s career first victory at the series’ largest track, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway coming only three weeks ago.

 

“Man, I was hoping that’s how it would play out, I saved so hard there early in the last run once we put on tires and the yellow came out and I thought, awe, this is just going to be a caution fest and it was all for nothing, but oh man, it all just worked out good," said an elated Day, who screamed congratulations to his crew on the cool-down lap. His “mentor” reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, sitting in the pit stand, was all smiles watching the outcome.

 

“This one feels really, really good," Day said. “The Talladega one [win] was unexpected at a superspeedway, but we earned this one."

 

Already a series best three-race winner this season, Allgaier’s effort Saturday boosted his championship points advantage to an amazing 175 points over Haas Factory Team’s Sheldon Creed, who finished 18th.

 

Allgaier acknowledged he was disappointed – perhaps frustrated – with a lapped car playing such a crucial role in deciding Saturday’s outcome.

 

“Good teaching moment," Allgaier said after speaking with Lothian on pit road. “He kind of made a move to inside then back outside and I just didn’t know which lane he was going to go in. And unfortunately, it allowed the 17 (Day) to get to my outside.

 

“But hats off to Corey and that whole 17 team. He was running me down there at the end. Proud of our team. It wasn’t the day we wanted early on, but the team worked really hard all day long.

 

"Just disappointed to walk out of here with a second after leading that many laps at the end, but hats off to Corey and everyone on that team."

 

The race featured nine caution periods and a lot of short-run strategy.

 

Creed’s Haas teammate Sam Mayer finished third. Joe Gibbs Racing’s William Sawalich was fourth and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill claimed fifth place – the perennial championship contender’s best finish since a runner-up showing on the Austin road course back in March.

 

JGR’s Brendan Jones won the first stage and NASCAR Cup Series regular, Ross Chastain won the second stage after pacing the field four different times for a combined 68 laps. His shot at a trophy ended just past race’s midpoint when he and JGR’s Taylor Gray collided and spun out.

 

JR Motorsports Carson Kvapil finished sixth and extended the team’s top-10 streak to an amazing 71 races. Ryan Sieg, Sammy Smith and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top-10.

 

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series moves to the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for next Saturday’s Charbroil 300 (5 p.m. ET on the CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). NASCAR Cup Series fulltime William Byron is the defending race winner.

 

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - BetRivers 200

Dover Motor Speedway

Dover, Delaware

Saturday, May 16, 2026

 

                1. (3)  Corey Day, Chevrolet, 200.

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

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

                4. (8)  William Sawalich, Toyota, 200.

                5. (17)  Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 200.

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

                7. (7)  Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 200.

                8. (11)  Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200.

                9. (18)  Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 200.

                10. (27)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 200.

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

                12. (26)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 200.

                13. (1)  Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 200.

                14. (4)  Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 200.

                15. (21)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200.

                16. (9)  Harrison Burton, Toyota, 200.

                17. (24)  Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 200.

                18. (12)  Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 200.

                19. (31)  Andrew Patterson, Chevrolet, 200.

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

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

                22. (16)  Brent Crews #, Toyota, 200.

                23. (10)  Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 200.

                24. (25)  Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 200.

                25. (32)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 199.

                26. (33)  Blake Lothian, Toyota, 199.

                27. (34)  Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 199.

                28. (35)  Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 198.

                29. (19)  BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, 195.

                30. (37)  CJ McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 193.

                31. (30)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 189.

                32. (5)  Taylor Gray, Toyota, Suspension, 183.

                33. (38)  David Starr, Chevrolet, Vibration, 62.

                34. (29)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, Accident, 59.

                35. (36)  Logan Bearden, Ford, Brakes, 30.

                36. (23)  Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, Engine, 23.

                37. (15)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, Accident, 10.

                38. (14)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, Accident, 10.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  99.917 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 14 Mins, 6 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.461 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  9 for 54 laps.

Lead Changes:  12 among 10 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   R. Chastain(i) 1-17;B. Jones 18-48;S. Mayer 49;R. Chastain(i) 50-52;T. Gray 53;R. Chastain(i) 54-94;R. Caruth 95;J. Love 96-99;R. Chastain(i) 100-106;W. Sawalich 107-121;A. Green 122-125;J. Allgaier 126-196;C. Day 197-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Justin Allgaier 1 time for 71 laps; Ross Chastain(i) 4 times for 68 laps; Brandon Jones 1 time for 31 laps; William Sawalich 1 time for 15 laps; Jesse Love 1 time for 4 laps; Corey Day 1 time for 4 laps; Austin Green 1 time for 4 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 1 lap; Sam Mayer 1 time for 1 lap; Taylor Gray 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 20,9,41,54,88,1,18,17,2,7

Stage #2 Top Ten: 9,88,54,2,41,1,17,7,18,39

 

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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

 

 


 

 


    O'reilly auto parts series

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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