Justin Allgaier wins chaotic O’Reilly race at EchoPark, clinches No. 1 seed in The Chase: 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.(Read more)(7-11-2026)

#7-Justin Allgaier won the Focused Health 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway. When #44-Brennan Poole and #87-Nick Sanchez tangled on the final lap, Allgaier squeaked by to win for the first time at the Atlanta reconfiguration. It’s his career-high sixth victory of the season.
Stage 1 winner #1-Carson Kvapil led 29 laps and finished runner-up. #99-Parker Retzlaff took the checkered flag in third, with #18-William Sawalich and #96-Anthony Alfredo rounding out the top five.
#0-Garrett Smithley placed sixth, with #20-Brandon Jones, #28-Kyle Sieg, #88-Rajah Caruth and #51-Jeremy Clements completed the top 10.
There were 19 lead changes among 11 drivers and 13 cautions for 76 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 89.060 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

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Race Fast Facts – EchoPark Speedway:
Justin Allgaier won the Focused Health 250, his 34th victory in 525 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his sixth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 22 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Carson Kvapil (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2026.
Parker Retzlaff (third) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Patrick Staropoli (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 240 points over Jesse Love.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Playoff Standings after Atlanta (Race 21 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 966 – clinched
2)#2-Jesse Love 726 – clinched
3)#00-Sheldon Creed 693, +171
4)#17-Corey Day 689, +167
5)1-Carson Kvapil 682, +160
6)#20-Brandon Jones 664, +142
7)#21-Austin Hill 659, +137
8)#8-Sammy Smith 639, +117
9)#99-Parker Retzlaff 593, +71
10)#41-Sam Mayer 555, +33
11)#19-Brent Crews 540, +18
12)#54-Taylor Gray 539, +17
Currently below cutline
13)88-Rajah Caruth 522, -17
14)#18-William Sawalich 518, -21
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 473, -66
16)#96-Anthony Alfredo 423, -116
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 172: #87-Sanchez and #44-Poole crash through Turn 1, allowing #7-Allgaier to sneak by for the victory. #1-Kvapil, #99-Retzlaff, #18-Sawalich, #96-Alfredo, #0-Smithley, #20-Jones, #28-Sieg, #88-Caruth and #51-Clements complete the top 10.
Lap 171: #39-Sieg runs out of fuel on the restart, allowing #87-Sanchez to take the lead. #44-Poole dips to the inside to take the lead at the white flag.
Lap 166: #7-Allgaier makes contact with #51-Clements on the restart, sending Clements up the track into #45-Scott to bring out the caution in overtime.
Lap 161: The red flag is out for the fourth time for a pile of oil laid down on the track.
Lap 159: A bump from #87-Sanchez turns #21-Hill around in front of the field. #8-Smith, #02-Ellis and #48-Staropoli were all collected.
Lap 158: #21-Hill jumps to the bottom of #8-Smith and #1-Kvapil to take the lead.
Lap 157: #7-Allgaier gets shoved out of line by #21-Hill around the top of the track, falling outside the top 10.
Lap 156: #8-Smith pushes #1-Kvapil out to the lead and jumps to the inside down the backstretch to battle for the lead.
Lap 152: #32-Anderson made a move to the bottom of a four-wide battle and clipped the apron, triggering a multi-car pileup that wiped out #00-Creed, #19-Crews, #2-Love and #42-Leitz. #44-Poole and #92-Honeyman collide after the wreck and Honeyman clobbered the wall. #18-Sawalich and #20-Jones make contact trying to escape the carnage. The third red flag of the race has been displayed.
Lap 151: The bottom line launches out of the restart zone better than the top, allowing #7-Allgaier to take the lead. #8-Smith, #88-Caruth and #1-Kvapil are three-wide for second.
Lap 146: #9-Finch brings out another caution by blowing a left-rear tire and spinning to the inside of Turn 2. #21-Hill is scored as the leader based on the previous scoring loop.
Lap 145: #21-Hill gets shoved to the lead from #1-Kvapil on the inside line. The two leaders slide up to the top line with #88-Caruth now leading the inside line.
Lap 138: #88-Caruth holds the lead on the restart — barely — over #7-Allgaier. #1-Kvapil and #21-Hill make up the second row. #9-Finch got loose in the middle of a three-wide battle and tank-slaps the wall off Turn 4 while running inside the top 10 to bring out the caution.
Lap 132: #2-Love gets to the outside of #9-Finch, putting three RCR-affiliated cars in line. #53-Reen spins at the rear of the field to bring out the caution.
Lap 129: #88-Caruth darts to the outside of #00-Creed with help from #1-Kvapil. #8-Smith moves to the bottom line. #00-Creed has dropped outside the top five.
Lap 128: #00-Creed gets shoved to the lead with a push from #88-Caruth. #87-Sanchez sneaks to the outside to try and start the high line.
Lap 123: The second red flag has been displayed to clean up more oil from #41-Mayer.
Lap 119: #41-Mayer is off the pace after getting into the rear of #91-Maggio towards the rear of the field on the restart. #51-Clements spins in Turn 2, potentially slipping in oil from Mayer.
Lap 113: The red flag has been displayed for track cleanup with oil laid down around the track.
Lap 111: #20-Jones got into the wall to stack up the outside line. #17-Day drove into the rear of #54-Gray, who got turned into the outside wall.
Lap 110: #88-Caruth keeps the lead by .001 seconds at the line over #00-Creed. #1-Kvapil and #19-Crews make up the second row. #99-Retzlaff is working a lane around the outside of the track with #21-Hill sneaking into the picture.
Lap 101: #24-Burton blows an engine to bring out the caution. #00-Creed is scored as the leader, ahead of #88-Caruth, #19-Crews, #1-Kvapil and #7-Allgaier. #41-Mayer gets the free pass and is back on the lead lap in 30th position.
Lap 99: #2-Love jumps to the outside with help from #21-Hill. #88-Caruth jumps to the lead with #00-Creed alongside on the front row. #7-Allgaier has fallen outside the top five with no help in the middle lane.
Lap 95: The four JR Motorsports cars keep the top four positions on pit road. #17-Day slipped through his stall and nearly hit the pit wall.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier edges ahead of #8-Smith by .003 seconds to win Stage 2, his series-high seventh stage victory of the season. #88-Caruth, #1-Kvapil, #17-Day, #51-Clements, #2-Love, #99-Retzlaff, #00-Creed and #21-Hill earn stage points.
Lap 81: #8-Smith continues to lead the trio of #7-Allgaier and #88-Caruth. #1-Kvapil has dropped to 1.2 seconds back with #17-Day behind. Sixth place #51-Clements is nearly 3.5 second behind the leader.
Lap 74: The front of the field is beginning to break up in small packs with the trio of #8-Smith, #7-Allgaier and #88-Caruth pulling away from #1-Kvapil and #17-Day, who has another half-second on #00-Creed and #51-Clements.
Lap 67: The top 10 cars have pulled away from the field: #8-Smith, #7-Allgaier, #88-Caruth, #00-Creed, #1-Kvapil, #51-Clements, #17-Dau, #99-Retzlaff, #2-Love and #18-Sawalich.
Lap 63: The five full-time cars of JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports take the top five positions. #1-Kcapil drops to the inside line and moves from fifth to third position.
Lap 60: #48-Staropoli spins off Turn 4 from 15th position, but keeps going and the race stays green.
Lap 59: #00-Creed slaps the wall down the backstretch and gets loose entering Turn 3, only falling a couple of positions to seventh place.
Lap 56: #8-Smith drops to the bottom of #24-Burton to take the race lead and slides up in front of the outside line. #2-Love takes the runner-up spot with help from #88-Caruth and #17-Day.
Lap 54: #39-Sieg gets shuffled out of the front two rows on the restart with #8-Smith going to the middline lane. #21-Burton takes the race lead from #19-Crews.
Lap 49: #39-Sieg wins the race off pit road, gaining 20 positions by topping off with fuel. #8-Smith was the first of the frontrunners off pit road. #21-Hill made an extended stop to assess the damage from contact with #20-Jones. #19-Crews and #24-Burton stayed out after pitting on a prior caution.
Lap 45: #1-Kvapil wins Stage 1, his second stage victory of the season. #8-Smith, #2-Love, #88-Caruth, #00-Creed, #51-Clements, #17-Day, #7-Allgaier, #18-Sawalich and #26-Thompson earn stage points.
Lap 45: #20-Jones gets loose through Turns 3 and 4 and spins to bring out the caution. #21-Hill clipped a spinning Jones.
Lap 44: #2-Love times his run down the frontstretch to clear #1-Kvapil for the lead entering Turn 1. Kvapil returns the favor entering Turn 3.
Lap 36: #41-Mayer gets loose through Turns 3 and 4 and clobbers the frontstretch wall to cut down the right-front tire.
Lap 35: #1-Kvapil dives to the bottom of #41-Mayer to take the lead through Turns 1 and 2. #2-Love, #8-Smith and #51-Clements round out the top five.
Lap 33: #7-Allgaier goes to the bottom to try and make a charge but falls a couple of positions.
Lap 29: #21-Hill has worked his way up to 15th position and still moving forward on the outside line.
Lap 27: #41-Mayer powers by #8-Smith down the backstretch to keep the lead. #1-Kvapil, #88-Caruth and #2-Love are all inside the top five.
Lap 24: #19-Crews led multiple cars down pit road. #39-Sieg was among the takers.
Lap 21: #92-Honeyman spins off Turn 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 20: #87-Sanchez drops to the inside line to push #7-Allgaier and #20-Jones. The top seven drivers have broken away from the field.
Lap 17: The outside has become the dominant line with the top 12 cars running single-file. #21-Hill has raced to 22nd position after restarting at the rear of the field.
Lap 14: #41-Mayer hangs on to the lead on the restart with a shove from #1-Kvapil. #2-Love leads the inside lane with #8-Smith in tow.
Lap 8: #21-Hill hits pit road with a potential pedal issue. The team went under the hood and assess a sticky pedal.
Lap 2: #55-Gase is stopped on the track after laying down fluid on the frontstretch to bring out the caution. #41-Mayer leads #1-Kvapil, #2-Love, #18-Sawalich and #9-Finch.
Lap 1: #1-Kvapil leads the opening lap, edging ahead of #41-Mayer on the front row.
Prior to the green flag, #27-Burton hit pit road with a mechanical issue.

Race Info:
Focused Health 250
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 163 laps / 251.02 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 163
Average time of race: 2:22:37
Pit road speed: 45 mph (Under green, sections 1 and 2: 90 mph)
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 75 laps

Cars to the rear: #31-Blaine Perkins, #32-Jordan Anderson, #42-Nick Leitz (unapproved adjustments).

Pit-Stall Selections

#41-Sam Mayer won the pole for the Focused Health 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway (173.554 mph). It’s his second consecutive pole at Atlanta and the sixth of his career. Half of those have come in the 2026 season.
#1-Carson Kvapil will start alongside on the front row (173.369 mph). Reining series champion #2-Jesse Love will start in third position (173.142 mph). #18-William Sawalich (172.678 mph) and #8-Sammy Smith (172.608 mph) round out the top five.
February winner #00-Sheldon Creed will start sixth. #19-Brent Crews, #88-Rajah Caruth, #54-Taylor Gray and #48-Patrick Staropoli complete the top 10.
See the complete Atlanta Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Order

There is no practice for the Focused Health 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: Goodyear will introduce an updated right-side tire for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series this weekend. This new tire features an updated construction with the same compound as before, and will pair with the left-side tire that has raced in Atlanta since 2022. Teams in this series will run inner liners, as is customary on tracks one-mile and longer.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Focused Health 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #9-Jake Finch, #32-Jordan Anderson, #38-Logan Bearden, #42-Nick Leitz, #47-Carson Ware, #53-Glen Reen, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Nick Sanchez, #91-Mason Maggio, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr.
See the full Atlanta Entry List.

Atlanta At-Track Schedule

Race rules and information: (Will be updated for 2026 as needed).

• Inspection Penalty Protocol
• Pit Road Penalties
• Pit Road Speeds
• Points Explanation
• Qualifying Procedures