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Carson Kvapil Triumphs at the Brickyard for His First Career Win in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series

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July 25, 2026

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

SPEEDWAY, Ind.—Carson Kvapil chose the perfect time to claim his first victory in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.

Kvapil’s emotional victory in Saturday’s Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change at Indianapolis Motor Speedway—one of the biggest stages in motorsports—had the driver shedding tears and team co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. temporarily at a loss for words.

It was a day of milestones. With Justin Allgaier, Ross Chastain and Chase Elliott in positions two through four, respectively, JR Motorsports scored the first four-driver sweep of an event in series history.

The victory was the 14th of the season for JRM with six different drivers, the latter number tying the record the organization set last year. For the 79th straight race, JR Motorsports placed at least one driver in the top 10, tying the record set by RFK Racing from 2008-2010.

“It means the world to me,” Kvapil said, as his No. 1 Chevrolet team climbed the frontstretch catchfence in celebration of the victory. “It’s very emotional. I rode around on that lap backwards (after taking the checkered flag), and I sat there just thinking about all the hard work I’ve put in—me and my dad Travis—to get to this point.

“And the faith (team principals) Dale Jr., L.W. Miller and Kelley Miller put behind me to give me this opportunity—a second chance, I guess you could say, to come back at it this year…. I’m going to try not to cry too much. I’ve already shed a few tears—just trying to hold it together right now.”

In an event that featured just one caution for an on-track incident, Kvapil passed Chastain on Lap 79 of 100 and held it the rest of the way. Allgaier powered past Chastain into second place on Lap 94 and closed his deficit to Kvapil to less than a car-length on the white-flag lap.

Crossing the Yard of Bricks with one lap left, Allgaier trailed by a scant 0.283 seconds, but his efforts to shrink the distance on the final circuit proved fruitless, and Kvapil crossed the stripe with a 0.643 second advantage to score his first victory.

Kvapil accomplished more than just a win. He moved into second place in the series standings, 265 points behind Allgaier, who already has clinched the already clinched the top Chase seed.

Kvapil also joined Allgaier and Jesse Love in the Chase with two regular-season races left—as did Sheldon Creed (eighth Saturday), Corey Day (seventh), Brandon Jones (ninth) and Austin Hill (10th).

Allgaier, a six-time winner this season, felt the race slipped away from him when his No. 7 Chevrolet fell from first to fourth after the Lap 67 start of the final stage.

“That was kind the difference maker for us, I feel like, over the day,” Allgaier said. “I guess, in some ways, we kind of set up to be good on long runs, and it showed through. That’s why we were able to be really good at the end of that run…

“We made good adjustments. We did all the right things. We just came up a couple of laps short. I think if we have a couple more laps, if we have maybe a little bit different help from some of the lapped cars, there’s things that we maybe could have done different.

“But again, super proud of Carson and the whole No. 1 team. He’s done a really good job, and as a company, to do what we did today shows really where we’re at and what we’re able to accomplish, and for that I’m super proud.”

Crew chief Rodney Childers and the No. 1 team kept Kvapil in the mix from start to finish, but that was no surprise. While working as Kevin Harvick’s crew chief, Childers fashioned two NASCAR Cup Series victories at the Brickyard.

Kvapil has cobbled the current season together in three different cars with three different teams—the Nos. 1 and 9 at JR Motorsports and the No. 91 fielded by Mario Gosselin for DGM Racing.

Saturday’s victory was vindication of Kvapil’s determination to sustain a career despite some imposing obstacles in his path.

With seven of 12 Chase positions now filled, the fight for the final spots intensified at Indy. After finishing 12th, Taylor Gray holds the final berth above the current cut line by seven points over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate William Sawalich and 20 over Rajah Caruth, who stayed out on old tires to win the second stage before finishing 22nd.

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NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Speedway, Indiana

Saturday, July 25, 2026

1. (2) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 100.

2. (13) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 100.

3. (8) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 100.

4. (7) Chase Elliott(i), Chevrolet, 100.

5. (9) William Sawalich, Toyota, 100.

6. (15) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 100.

7. (11) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 100.

8. (1) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 100.

9. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 100.

10. (19) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 100.

11. (17) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 100.

12. (5) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 100.

13. (3) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 100.

14. (20) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 100.

15. (12) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 100.

16. (26) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 100.

17. (14) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 100.

18. (24) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 100.

19. (10) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 100.

20. (23) Nick Sanchez, Chevrolet, 100.

21. (25) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 100.

22. (16) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 100.

23. (18) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 100.

24. (22) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 100.

25. (30) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 100.

26. (21) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 100.

27. (31) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 100.

28. (27) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 100.

29. (28) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 100.

30. (29) Preston Pardus, Chevrolet, 100.

31. (36) Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 100.

32. (33) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 99.

33. (32) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 99.

34. (37) Blake Lothian, Chevrolet, 99.

35. (38) David Starr, Chevrolet, 99.

36. (35) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 99.

37. (4) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 97.

38. (34) JJ Yeley, Ford, Fuel Pump, 39.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 128.94 mph.

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 56 Mins, 20 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.643 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 3 for 13 laps.

Lead Changes: 10 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: S. Creed 1-23;J. Clements 24-32;C. Kvapil 33;R. Chastain(i) 34-36;W. Sawalich 37-38;R. Chastain(i) 39-54;D. Thompson 55-56;R. Caruth 57-62;J. Allgaier 63-66;R. Chastain(i) 67-78;C. Kvapil 79-100.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Ross Chastain(i) 3 times for 31 laps; Sheldon Creed 1 time for 23 laps; Carson Kvapil 2 times for 23 laps; Jeremy Clements 1 time for 9 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 6 laps; Justin Allgaier 1 time for 4 laps; William Sawalich 1 time for 2 laps; Dean Thompson 1 time for 2 laps.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 51,9,1,18,41,7,00,54,19,8

Stage #2 Top Ten: 32,7,9,00,1,26,41,18,21,88

Allgaier wins sixth race of the season, clinches No. 1 Chase seed

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By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

HAMPTON, Ga. – In a nearly four-hour race ending in double overtime, it was still a familiar name ultimately hoisting the trophy – with the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series championship leader Justin Allgaier making a last lap pass to claim his sixth win of the season in Saturday night’s Focused Health 250 at Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway.

Just after taking the white flag signaling one lap to go, race leader Brennan Poole and defending race winner Nick Sanchez collided in a final frantic charge to the checkered flag. As their cars went into the outside wall at the 1.5-miler, Allgaier’s No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet motored by below with his JRM teammate Carson Kvapil giving chase in hopes of claiming his first ever win.

But the 2024 series champion Allgaier was too good at just the right time, holding off Kvapil by a slight .139-second to secure a personal high single-season six win tally and formally earn the 2026 regular season championship.

Their work also put the JR Motorsports team within one top 10 of equaling a record 79 consecutive race streak of having one team car finish in the top-10. Roush Fenway Keselowski currently holds the mark.

“This team, I’m so proud of everyone here at Junior Motorsports,’’ a rather emotional Allgaier said immediately after the checkered flag. “Great Chevrolets today. I knew at the end, there would be some guys close on fuel. You just never give up ... That’s what this team is all about.”

All the storylines provided a fitting ending to a long, thrilling night of competition that included a track record 13 caution flags and four red flags – nearly a half hour of stoppage in just red flag time. There were 11 different race leaders and 19 lead changes – including nine lead changes in just the final 70 laps of the 172-lap race.

Five caution periods including two red flags in just the last 11 laps were indicative of the stop-and-go ending to the night that never really saw any consistent long runs in the closing laps. A huge 11-car accident near the front on a restart with 11 to go in regulation eliminated some of the evening’s best cars, including Allgaier’s teammate Sammy Smith, who led a race best 34 laps in the No. 8 JRM Chevy and reigning series champion Jesse Love’s No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevy.

“Definitely disappointing,’’ Love said, adding, “It was going to be a tough mountain to climb with all the JRM cars doing a really fabulous job working together so it was going to be tough.

“I could hear my amazing spotter’s voice that we were going to tear some stuff up and we sure did.

“Overall, honestly not a terrible points day, we got some good stage points, so try to do our best Tony Stewart in the Chase and win some races,’’ he added of NASCAR Hall of Famer Stewart’s amazing five-win run in the playoffs to win the 2011 championship despite being winless in the regular season.

“We’ve got some really good speed and our team is clicking really well,’’ Love said. “Shame what happened tonight, but your going to land on that side of it sometimes on this style of race tracks.’’

Love’s RCR teammate, five-time Atlanta winner Austin Hill also looked to have a good day - moving forward amidst all the crashes. The Georgia native was making a run at the trophy with three laps remaining when he was involved in a seven-car melee bringing out the final red flag and eliminating yet another group of legitimate contenders including JR Motorsports’ Rajah Caruth who led 18 laps and was among the top-five all night

In the end, Viking Motorsports’ Parker Retzlaff, Joe Gibbs Racing’s William Sawalich and Viking driver Anthony Alfredo survived the action-packed final laps and rallied to complete the top-five on the scorecard.

Garrett Smithley, Brandon Jones, Kyle Sieg, Caruth and Jeremy Clements rounded out the top-10.

The race definitely impacted the points standings with only three races remaining now to set the 12-driver championship field. Allgaier extended his lead to a massive 240-point edge on the winless Love atop the standings.

On the other side, Brent Crews and Taylor Gray – both eliminated in crashes – are ranked 11th and 12th in points. Gray holds only a 17-point advantage on Caruth and a 21-point edge on William Sawalich as the series moves into a rare off-weekend.

Teams return to action Saturday, July 25 with the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (4 p.m. ET, The CW, IMS Radio Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Connor Zilisch is the defending race winner.

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Focused Health 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Hampton, Georgia

Saturday, July 11, 2026

1. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 172.

2. (2) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 172.

3. (22) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 172.

4. (4) William Sawalich, Toyota, 172.

5. (17) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 172.

6. (26) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 172.

7. (12) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 172.

8. (20) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 172.

9. (8) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 172.

10. (14) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 172.

11. (28) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 172.

12. (34) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 172.

13. (10) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 172.

14. (23) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 172.

15. (31) Glen Reen, Chevrolet, 172.

16. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 172.

17. (30) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 172.

18. (5) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 172.

19. (18) Nick Sanchez, Chevrolet, 171.

20. (37) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 171.

21. (32) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 169.

22. (11) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, Accident, 159.

23. (27) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, Accident, 159.

24. (7) Brent Crews #, Toyota, Accident, 153.

25. (6) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, Accident, 152.

26. (3) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, Accident, 151.

27. (38) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Accident, 151.

28. (24) Leland Honeyman Jr.(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 151.

29. (29) Nick Leitz(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 151.

30. (15) Jake Finch, Chevrolet, Accident, 143.

31. (1) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, Accident, 119.

32. (13) Corey Day, Chevrolet, Accident, 112.

33. (9) Taylor Gray, Toyota, Accident, 112.

34. (25) Harrison Burton, Toyota, Engine, 101.

35. (35) Logan Bearden, Ford, Fuel Pump, 69.

36. (36) Carson Ware, Chevrolet, Suspension, 63.

37. (33) Joey Gase, Ford, Engine, 2.

38. (21) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, Brakes, 0.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 89.06 mph.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 58 Mins, 27 Secs. Margin of Victory: .139 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 13 for 76 laps.

Lead Changes: 19 among 11 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C. Kvapil 1;S. Mayer 2-34;C. Kvapil 35-48;B. Crews # 49-53;H. Burton 54-55;S. Smith 56-89;J. Allgaier 90-93;R. Ellis 94;J. Allgaier 95-98;R. Caruth 99-100;S. Creed 101-109;R. Caruth 110;S. Creed 111-128;R. Caruth 129-143;A. Hill 144-150;J. Allgaier 151-156;C. Kvapil 157-170;B. Poole 171;J. Allgaier 172.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Sammy Smith 1 time for 34 laps; Sam Mayer 1 time for 33 laps; Carson Kvapil 3 times for 29 laps; Sheldon Creed 2 times for 27 laps; Rajah Caruth 3 times for 18 laps; Justin Allgaier 4 times for 15 laps; Austin Hill 1 time for 7 laps; Brent Crews # 1 time for 5 laps; Harrison Burton 1 time for 2 laps; Brennan Poole 1 time for 1 lap; Ryan Ellis 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 1,8,2,88,00,51,17,7,18,26

Stage #2 Top Ten: 7,8,88,1,17,51,2,99,00,21

Brandon Jones grabs overtime victory in Chicagoland return

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July 4, 2026

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

JOLIET, Ill. — Stealing the lead from Chase Elliott on the final restart, Brandon Jones celebrated NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway with a dramatic victory in Saturday night’s rain-delayed Cuervo 300.

In the first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race to require overtime this season, Jones’ No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota stayed side-by-side with Elliott’s No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet through the first two corners on the decisive Lap 200 restart.

Jones took control in Turn 3 on the white-flag lap. Elliott made a determined run at the top of the track on the final circuit, but Jones blocked the lane and crossed the finish line 0.171 seconds ahead of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

“It’s been an up-and-down year,” Jones said after climbing from his car. “We had some success early on. We’ve been in a little rut the last couple weeks, so it’s just nice to do it like we did today. We had to earn that one.”

The victory was Jones’ first at Chicagoland (which hosted its first race since 2019), his first of the season and the eighth of his career, and he achieved it by outrunning an elite Cup Series driver.

“I think it says a lot about how resilient we are and how hard we’re working out there,” Jones said. “Chase made it really difficult on me. He’s one of the best in the sport. We were on old tires, and that was a blast, sliding around and dueling it out like that.”

Elliott chose the top lane for the final restart and didn’t get the push he needed from third-place finisher Jesse Love, the culprit being well-worn tires.

“I don’t think that was why we lost by any means,” Elliott said. “I know he was planning on giving me a good push… We ended up kind of having the momentum going the wrong way into Turn 3. I tried to drive in way hard and got myself super tight…

“Credit to Brandon. He did a good job. He had a good restart, stayed side-by-side through 1 and 2 and had the momentum going his way into Turn 3. I got myself in a bad spot and paid the price.”

Austin Hill finished fifth behind Love and rookie Brent Crews.

For JGR teammates Crews and Tayor Gray, the race was eminently productive in the battle for positions in the postseason Chase. Gray led 55 laps—second only to Elliott’s 78—and ended the evening seventh in the race and 11th in the standings with a 52-point cushion above the current Chase cut line.

Crews is 12th, the final Chase-eligible position, with a 44-point margin over teammate William Sawalich, the first driver below the current cutoff.

But Sawalich was seething after contact from Crews’ front bumper sent him spinning through the infield grass on Lap 165 of a planned 200 to cause the fifth of seven cautions. Sawalich finished 29th and faces an uphill battle with only four races left before the Chase field is set.

With qualifying canceled in favor of practice after rain wiped out O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice on Friday, Connor Zilisch started on the pole on metrics after a rain delay of more than four hours and led the first stage wire-to-wire, finishing 4.935 seconds ahead of second-place Love.

Under caution, however, Zilisch’s No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet ran out of fuel and had to be pushed to pit road. Zilisch restarted Stage 2 in 26th place and climbed to ninth by the end of the stage on Lap 90.

Elliott was first of pit road during the first stage break and held the top spot through the end of Stage 2.

Zilisch’s rotten luck continued after the break. He cut a tire after contact with the outside wall and started from the back once again, only to spin on Lap 156 and repeat the process. For a third time, he climbed through the field to finish 10th.

Justin Allgaier, Zilisch’s JR Motorsports teammate, had a similarly adventurous night. Allgaier started 17th and charged to fourth by the end of Stage 2. But a safety violation on pit road for an improperly uniformed crew member sent him the rear for a restart on Lap 100.

Allgaier rallied to finish sixth and leaves Chicagoland with a 195-point series lead over second-place Love.

Behind Allgaier and Gray, Sam Mayer, Cole Custer and Zilisch completed the top 10. With Elliott, Allgaier and Zilisch in the top 10, JR Motorsports extended its streak of placing at least one car in the top 10 to 77 consecutive races, two short of RFK Racing’s series record, set from 2008 through 2010.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series moves to EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta for next Saturday’s Focused Health 250 (7 p.m. ET on CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Cuervo 300

Chicagoland Speedway

Joliet, Illinois

Saturday, July 4, 2026

1. (29) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 201.

2. (11) Chase Elliott(i), Chevrolet, 201.

3. (6) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 201.

4. (2) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 201.

5. (16) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 201.

6. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 201.

7. (25) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 201.

8. (9) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 201.

9. (21) Cole Custer(i), Chevrolet, 201.

10. (1) Connor Zilisch(i), Chevrolet, 201.

11. (3) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 201.

12. (15) Nick Sanchez, Chevrolet, 201.

13. (10) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 201.

14. (5) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 201.

15. (18) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 201.

16. (8) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 201.

17. (26) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 201.

18. (23) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 201.

19. (4) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 201.

20. (22) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 201.

21. (31) Leland Honeyman Jr(i), Chevrolet, 201.

22. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 201.

23. (12) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 201.

24. (32) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 201.

25. (24) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 201.

26. (7) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 201.

27. (27) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 201.

28. (34) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 201.

29. (13) William Sawalich, Toyota, 201.

30. (33) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 201.

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

32. (30) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 199.

33. (35) Tyler Tomassi, Chevrolet, 199.

34. (37) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 198.

35. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 198.

36. (19) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 196.

37. (38) JJ Yeley, Ford, Power Steering, 55.

38. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, Engine, 35.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 118.119 mph.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 9 Secs. Margin of Victory: .171 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps.

Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C. Zilisch(i) 1-48;J. Love 49;C. Elliott(i) 50-94;J. Love 95;T. Gray 96-99;J. Love 100-102;C. Elliott(i) 103-108;T. Gray 109-139;B. Jones 140;C. Elliott(i) 141-157;T. Gray 158;R. Sieg 159-161;B. Jones 162-169;T. Gray 170-188;B. Jones 189;C. Elliott(i) 190-199;B. Jones 200-201.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Chase Elliott(i) 4 times for 78 laps; Taylor Gray 4 times for 55 laps; Connor Zilisch(i) 1 time for 48 laps; Brandon Jones 4 times for 12 laps; Jesse Love 3 times for 5 laps; Ryan Sieg 1 time for 3 laps.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 1,2,17,88,00,54,41,18,7,96

Stage #2 Top Ten: 88,2,54,7,41,20,00,17,1,19

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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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This site is dedicated to my father " hoot " who introduced me to the Great sport of auto racing when I was a very young child

Thru the years I have befriended several people Thru Racing that have passed on and I honor them here

Larrt Criss. Charlie Patterson. Carrol Horton, Todd shaffer, gary lee and Judy Morris