Taking the lead for the final time with 14 laps remaining, #20-Brandon Jones won the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It’s his second victory of the 2026 season and first race at Homestead.
With a seventh-place effort, #7-Justin Allgaier was crowned the 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion. Allgaier followed up a dominant regular season by ending The Chase 14 points ahead of #2-Jesse Love to win his second championship in the last three seasons. Allgaier becomes the 10th driver to win multiple series championships and won a career-high six races this season.
#1-Carson Kvapil finished runner-up, 3.9 seconds behind Jones. #19-Brent Crews placed third, with #2-Love and #99-Parker Retzlaff rounding out the top five.
#00-Sheldon Creed led a career-high 99 laps before finishing sixth. #7-Allgaier, #21-Austin Hill, #41-Sam Mayer and #18-William Sawalich filled out the rest of the top 10. Mayer swept the first two stages for the first time in his career
There were 12 lead changes among five drivers and four cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 121.457 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
United Rentals 300
Daytona International Speedway
Saturday, February 20, 2027
2027 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Schedule
2026 Champion: Justin Allgaier
Owner’s Champion: JR Motorsports
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Homestead (Race 33 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,477
2)#2-Jesse Love 2,463, -14
3)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,449, -28
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,444, -33
5)#17-Corey Day 2,416, -61
6)#41-Sam Mayer 2,387, -90
7)#8-Sammy Smith 2,352, -125
8)#20-Brandon Jones 2,314, -163
9)#54-Taylor Gray 2,300, -177
10)#21-Austin Hill 2,281, -196
11)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,263, -214
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,224, -253
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Contingency Awards
Race Results
Driver Points
Owner Points
Cumulative Report
Penalty Report
Pit Stalls
Starting Lineup
Qualifying Results
Practice
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Entry List
Goodyear Tire Notes
Race Page
Weekend Schedule
