2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

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

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Ref
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Brennan Poole Frankie Kerr [4]
45 Lavar Scott (R) Kase Kallenbach [5]
Barrett–Cope Racing 30 Carson Ware 2 George Church [6][7][8][9][10][11]
Cody Ware 1
Baltazar Leguizamón 3
Austin J. Hill 7
Myatt Snider 2
TBA 17
Big Machine Racing 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Patrick Donahue 29
Darrell Phillips 4 		[12][13]
DGM Racing with
Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 		91 Mason Maggio 4 Mario Gosselin [14][15][16]
Carson Kvapil 4
Alex Labbé 1
TBA 24
92 Josh Williams Steve Addington [17]
Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed Jonathan Toney [18][19]
41 Sam Mayer Jason Trinchere [18][19][20]
Hendrick Motorsports 17 Corey Day Adam Wall [21]
Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Matt Weber [22]
Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton J. C. Umscheid [23][24]
31 Blaine Perkins Cody McKenzie [25][24]
32 Jordan Anderson 2 Mark Setzer [26][27][28][29][24][30]
Ross Chastain 4
Rajah Caruth 10
Andrew Patterson 8
TBA 9
JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil 8 Rodney Childers [31][32]
Connor Zilisch 7
TBA 18
7 Justin Allgaier Andrew Overstreet [33][34][35][36]
8 Sammy Smith Cory Shea [37][38][36]
88 Rajah Caruth 23 Mardy Lindley [39][27][36][28][40]
William Byron 3
Kyle Larson 4
Alex Bowman 1
Chase Elliott 2
Peterson Racing 87 Austin Green Jody Measamer [41]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love Danny Stockman Jr. [42]
21 Austin Hill Chad Haney [43]
RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg Aedan McHugh [44]
39 Ryan Sieg Matt Noyce [45]
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Josh Bilicki Paul Clapprood [46]
SS-Green Light Racing
with BRK Racing 		0 Garrett Smithley 22 Bryan Berry [47][48][49]
Alex Labbé 4
Cole Custer 5[N 1]
TBA 1
Viking Motorsports 96 Anthony Alfredo Joshua Graham [50]
99 Parker Retzlaff Danny Efland [51]
Young's Motorsports 02 Ryan Ellis Eddie Troconis [52]
42 Carson Hocevar 1 Andrew Abbott [53][54][55][11]
Nick Leitz 1
J. J. Yeley 1
Nathan Byrd 3
TBA 27
Ford AM Racing 25 Nick Sanchez Dewey Townsend IV [56]
Hettinger Racing 5 Luke Fenhaus (R) 2 Joe Williams Jr. [57][58][59][60]
Tyler Gonzalez 1
Chandler Smith 2
J. J. Yeley 1
TBA 27
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich Jeff Meendering [61]
19 Brent Crews (R) 29 Seth Chavka [62][63][64][65][66]
Gio Ruggiero 2
Chase Briscoe 1
Christopher Bell 1
20 Brandon Jones Sam McAulay [19]
54 Taylor Gray Jason Ratcliff [61]
Sam Hunt Racing 24 Harrison Burton Brian Gainey [67]
26 Dean Thompson Kris Bowen [67]

Part-time teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races References
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 4 Caesar Bacarella Keith Wolfe 1 [68]
Anthony Alfredo [N 2]
Joey Gase Motorsports
with Scott Osteen 		53 David Starr Jim Gase 1 [70]
Joey Gase 2 [71]
JR Motorsports 9 Shane van Gisbergen Phillip Bell 1 [72][36]
Carson Kvapil 5 [73][16]
Ross Chastain 1 [72][36]
Lee Pulliam 1 [74]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon 3 [75][76]
Pardus Racing Inc. 50 Preston Pardus Dan Pardus 5 [77]
Richard Childress Racing 33 Garrett Mitchell TBA 3 [78]
RSS Racing 38 Patrick Emerling R. B. Bracken 1 [79]
Ford AM Racing 52 Daniel Dye Blake Bainbridge 1
Matthew Lucas 2 		3 [80][81]
Chevrolet 5
Toyota 1 		Joey Gase Motorsports
with Scott Osteen 		35 Natalie Decker Jay Guy 1
Scott Eggleston 2
Jim Gase 2
Garrett Harrington 1 		3 [82][83][84][85]
Joey Gase 1 [86]
Austin J. Hill 5 [87]
Blake Lothian 5 [11][88]
Chad Finchum 1 [89]
Matt DiBenedetto 1 [90]
Chevrolet 5
Toyota 1 		55 Joey Gase Scott Eggleston 4
Garrett Harrington 1
Joey Gase 1 		4 [82]
Chad Finchum 1 [86]
Sage Karam 1 [91]

Notes:

  1. ^ Entry was 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.[69]

Team changes

Driver changes

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Moving between series

Moving teams

Moving to part-time schedule

Crew chief changes

  • Rodney Childers, a longtime Cup Series crew chief who most notably worked with Kevin Harvick at Stewart–Haas Racing for several years as a crew chief in the series, will join JRM in 2026 as the crew chief of the No. 1 car in which Kvapil and Zilisch will share.[31]
  • Jim Pohlman, who was the crew chief for JRM's No. 7 car driven by Justin Allgaier, moved up to the Cup Series to crew chief the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing car driven by Kyle Busch.[35]
  • Danny Efland, who was the crew chief of the AM Racing No. 25 car in 2025, will move to Viking Motorsports where he will crew chief their No. 99 car in 2026. He replaces Pat Tryson, who became the head of the team's shop operations.[51]
  • With JRM hiring Rodney Childers to crew chief the No. 1 car, former No. 1 car crew chief Andrew Overstreet will move to their No. 7 car to replace Jim Pohlman who left the team to crew chief for RCR in the Cup Series.[36]
  • JRM crew chiefs Phillip Bell and Cory Shea switched cars for 2026, with Bell moving from the full-time No. 8 to the part-time No. 9 and Shea moving from the part-time No. 9 to the full-time No. 8.[36]
  • Aeden McHugh moved from the No. 70 with Cope Family Racing to the No. 28 with RSS Racing.[108] George Church will replace McHugh as crew chief for the renumbered No. 30 car for CFR in their new partnership with Stanton Barrett Motorsports.[7]
  • Joshua Graham, who previously crew chiefed for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the Truck Series in 2025, will be the crew chief for Viking Motorsports' new No. 96 car driven by Anthony Alfredo. The two of them worked together in the series in 2024 at Our Motorsports in their No. 5 car.[50]
  • Joe Williams Jr, who crew chiefed the Alpha Prime Racing No. 4 car in 2025, will crew chief the new Hettinger Racing No. 5 car in 2026.[57]
  • Matt Weber, who was previously an engineer and crew chief for Our Motorsports, which closed down during the 2025 season, will be the new crew chief for Jeremy Clements' No. 51 car in 2026, replacing Kase Kallenbach.[22]

Manufacturer changes

Rule changes

  • NASCAR Cup Series drivers with three or more years of experience can participate in ten (up from five) regular season races. They are still prohibited from participating in The Chase and the championship race.[111]
  • The minimum age to participate in an O'Reilly Auto Parts Series event is lowered to 17 years of age. The new rule applies, as in the case of the Truck Series minimum age rule, to short tracks and road courses only which account for 15 races at 12 tracks. Nashville Superspeedway, at 1.33 miles, and longer circuits still require drivers to be 18 years of age.[112]
  • Similar to the Cup Series, NASCAR changed the playoff format for the first time since the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series adapted the playoffs in 2016, the format changed on January 12, 2026.[113] The amount of races in the Chase increased from 7 to 9. The win-and-you're-in, as well as the playoff point after a driver won a stage has been removed.[113]
  • On January 16, 2026, NASCAR announced that drivers who enter the garage during a race will no longer be eligible for the "Xfinity Fastest Lap Award". However, the driver's fastest lap before they entered the garage will still stand.[114]

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.[115]

O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course
No Race title[116] Track Location Date Time (ET) TV Radio
1 United Rentals 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 14 5 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 28 3 pm
4 GOVX 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 7 7:30 pm MRN
5 The LiUNA!  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 14 5:30 pm PRN
6 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina March 21 MRN
7 NFPA 250[117]  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 28 3:30 pm
8 North Carolina Education Lottery 250  O  Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 4 2:30 pm
9 Suburban Propane 300[118]  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 11 7:30 pm PRN
10 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas April 18 7 pm MRN
11 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 25 4 pm
12 Andy's Frozen Custard 340  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 2 3:30 pm PRN
13 Mission 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York May 9 4 pm MRN
14 BetRivers 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware May 16 PRN
15 Charbroil 300[119]  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 23 5 pm
16 Sports Illustrated Resorts 250[120]  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 30 7:30 pm
17 MillerTech Battery 250[121]  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 13 4 pm MRN
18 TBA  S  Coronado Street Course San Diego, California June 20 5 pm
19 Sonoma 250[122]  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 27 5:30 pm PRN
20 TBA  O  Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois July 4 MRN
21 Focused Health 250  O  EchoPark Speedway Hampton, Georgia July 11 7 pm PRN
22 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 25 4 pm
23 Hy-Vee PERKS 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 8 5 pm MRN
24 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 28 7:30 pm
The Chase[113]
25 TBA  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina September 5 7:30 pm CW MRN
26 Nu Way 225[123]  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 12
27 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 18 PRN
28 Focused Health 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 3
29 Blue Cross NC 250[124]  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina October 10 4 pm
30 TBA  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona October 17 7:30 pm MRN
31 TPG 250[125]  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 24 3:30 pm
32 IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 31 4 pm
33 Hard Rock Bet 300  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida November 7 5 pm

Schedule changes

Homestead–Miami Speedway will return to its traditional date as the finale for all three national series.[126] The series will join the Craftsman Truck Series and the Cup Series at the Coronado Street Course.[127] 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.[128] The Charlotte Motor Speedway fall race will move away from the roval layout to the oval, after seven years as a road course race.[129]

Season summary

Regular season

At Daytona, polesitter Austin Hill continued his dominance at Superspeedway tracks, winning both stages and the race. The win was Hill's fourth in five seasons at Daytona.[130]

Sam Mayer won the pole at Atlanta. 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.[131]

Connor Zilisch won the pole at Austin, with his Cup Series teammate Shane van Gisbergen on the front row. 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.[132]

Taylor Gray won the pole at Phoenix. 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.[133]

Sam Mayer won the pole at Las Vegas.[134] defending race winner Justin Allgaier swept the stages, Kyle Larson would end up winning the race.

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Fastest race lap Winning driver Winning team No. Manufacturer Report
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
Reference:[135]

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(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 Driver 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 2 33 8 1 4*12 1F 306 94
2 Jesse Love 9 51 4 2*2F 6 11 254 68
3 Carson Kvapil 7 32 19 3 11 5 222 77
4 Sheldon Creed 24 1 11 4 3 7 218 27
5 Austin Hill 1*12 12* 21 12 10 35 210 41
6 Sammy Smith 5 30 3 61 5 9 192 28
7 Corey Day 27 4 5 9 8 6 188 25
8 Brandon Jones 30 10 15 16 13 2 170 34
9 Parker Retzlaff 14 2 30 14 12 8 169 27
10 Rajah Caruth 10F 82 31 8 19 23 151 27
11 Sam Mayer 31 7 142 5 35F 10 149 28
12 Taylor Gray 28 9 12 15 37 15 132 25
13 William Sawalich 26 23 7 37 9 17 119 15
14 Brennan Poole 12 19 10 27 20 18 116 –
15 Jeb Burton 25 16F 18 7 27 26 115 11
16 Anthony Alfredo 11 25 23 10 34 12 113 6
17 Ryan Sieg 3 37 16 17 33 13 109 1
18 Patrick Staropoli (R) 18 13 20 26 21 29 95 –
19 Blaine Perkins 8 36 17 28 22 30 88 7
20 Jeremy Clements 32 29 32 11 24 19 83 8
21 Josh Bilicki 17 15 36 30 23 20 81 –
22 Nick Sanchez 36 3 25 35 38 16 77 6
23 Austin Green 22 21 33 22 25 28 74 3
24 Dean Thompson 35 11 26 25 31 21 73 –
25 Kyle Sieg 15 38 24 24 14 37 73 –
26 Harrison Burton 29 35 29 23 17 22 67 –
27 Ryan Ellis 6 22 34 38 30 32 62 –
28 Lavar Scott (R) 16 28 22 33 26 36 61 –
29 Brent Crews (R) 6 18 59 9
30 Josh Williams 34 27 DNQ DNQ 16 24 47 –
31 Garrett Smithley DNQ 14 29 27 41 –
32 Joey Gase DNQ 34 19 29 31 35 –
33 Jordan Anderson 4 33 –
34 Luke Fenhaus (R) 23 20 31 –
35 Mason Maggio 38 26 32 28 26 –
36 Alex Labbé 13 38 25 –
37 J. J. Yeley 28 25 21 –
38 Carson Ware 19 18 –
39 Nathan Byrd 31 32 34 14 –
40 Preston Pardus 27 10 –
41 Natalie Decker 33 4 –
42 Myatt Snider DNQ 33 4 –
43 Austin J. Hill 38 34 4 –
44 Sage Karam 35 2 –
45 Dawson Cram DNQ 36 DNQ Wth 1 –
46 Baltazar Leguizamón 37 1 –
David Starr DNQ –
Tyler Gonzalez DNQ –
Blake Lothian DNQ –
Matt DiBenedetto DNQ –
Caesar Bacarella QL† –
Brad Perez RL‡ –
Ineligible for O'Reilly Auto Parts Series driver points
Pos Driver 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
Shane van Gisbergen 1*F
Kyle Larson 1 4*12
Chase Briscoe 2
Christopher Bell 3
Ross Chastain 6 9 14
Connor Zilisch 21 7
Patrick Emerling 13
William Byron 13
Daniel Dye 21 20 15
Chad Finchum 17 DNQ
Nick Leitz 18
Cole Custer 18
Carson Hocevar 20
Chandler Smith 21 36
Gio Ruggiero 37 24
Cody Ware 31
Pos Driver 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 for J. J. Yeley
Reference:[136]

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 CAR 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
1 7 Kelley Earnhardt Miller 2 33 8 1 4*12 1F 306
2 2 Richard Childress 9 51 4 2*2F 6 11 254
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10F 82 31 13 1 4*12 246
4 00 Gene Haas 24 1 11 4 3 7 218
5 1 L. W. Miller 7 32 21 3 11 5 213
6 21 Richard Childress 1*12 12* 21 12 10 35 210
7 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 30 3 61 5 9 192
8 17 Rick Hendrick 27 4 5 9 8 6 188
9 19 Joe Gibbs 37 24 6 18 2 3 170
10 20 Joe Gibbs 30 10 15 16 13 2 170
11 99 Don Sackett 14 2 30 14 12 8 169
12 32 Jordan Anderson 4 6 9 8 19 23 156
13 41 Gene Haas 31 7 142 5 35F 10 149
14 54 Ty Gibbs 28 9 12 15 37 15 132
15 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1*F 11 14 119
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR 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:[137]

Manufacturers' championship

After 6 of 33 races

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 6 330
2 Toyota 0 162
3 Ford 0 122
Reference:[137]

See also

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