Sheldon Creed scores second Chase victory in late Bristol charge:Like a stealth bomber, Sheldon Creed waited until the last minute to make his move. Thanks to an astute call from crew chief Jonathan Toney, Creed had new tires for an overtime restart on Lap 304, and he used them to full advantage in winning Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. (Read more)(9-18-2026)

Despite not taking the lead until overtime, #00-Sheldon Creed won the Food City 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It’s his first victory at Bristol and third win of the 2026 season. Creed was among several lead-lap cars that pitted during a caution with 20 laps remaining in regulation and was able to use the fresh tires to his advantage in a chaotic closing sequence.
#18-William Sawalich finished runner-up, .253 seconds behind. #19-Brent Crews placed third, with Stage 1 winner #7-Justin Allgaier and #17-Corey Day rounding out the stop five.
#54-Taylor Gray dropped to sixth in the waning laps after challenging for the lead. #41-Sam Mayer, #99-Parker Retzlaff, #26-Dean Thompson and #8-Sammy Smith fill the rest of the top 10.
#1-Carson Kvapil won Stage 2 and led a race-high 156 laps but plummeted to 24th in the finishing order with a brake issue late in the race.
Other Chase drivers that finished outside the top 10: #20-Brandon Jones (15th), #2-Jesse Love (17th), #21-Austin Hill (22nd) and #88-Rajah Caruth (23rd).
There were eight lead changes among five drivers and five cautions for 47 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 86.229 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Bristol Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Bristol Motor Speedway:
Sheldon Creed (C) won the Food City 300, his third victory in 163 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his third victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
William Sawalich (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2026.
Brent Crews # (C) (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brent Crews (C) (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sheldon Creed (C) leads the point standings by 11 points over Justin Allgaier (C).

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Bristol (Race 27 of 33):
1)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,235
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,224, -11
3)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,198, -37
4)#2-Jesse Love 2,194, -41
5)#41-Sam Mayer 2,157, -78
6)#17-Corey Day 2,143, -92
7)#8-Sammy Smith 2,143, -92
8)#54-Taylor Gray 2,131, -104
9)#21-Austin Hill 2,129, -106
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,124, -111
11)#20-Brandon Jones 2,121, -114
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,071, -164
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 305: #00-Creed wins at Bristol. #18-Sawalich, #19-Crews, #7-Allgaier, #17-Day, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #99-Retzlaff, #26-Thompson and #8-Smith complete the top 10.
Lap 303: #00-Creed exits the restart zone with the lead with pressure from #18-Sawalich and #19-Crews.
Lap 299: #2-Love was among a few cars to pit during the caution period with damage.
Lap 296: #39-Sieg clobbers the outside wall after tangling with #17-Day.
Lap 292: #00-Creed has raced to second position, three-quarters of a second behind #18-Sawalich.
Lap 289: #2-Love and #54-Gray tangle for the race lead, allowing #18-Sawalich to sneak by for the race lead.
Lap 286: #2-Love overdrives Turn 1 and pinches #7-Allgaier into the wall on the exit of Turn 2, dropping Allgaier to fourth position. #54-Gray takes second with #18-Sawalich into third.
Lap 285: #7-Allgaier clears #2-Love for the lead on the restart. #54-Gray, #18-Sawalich and #99-Retzlaff complete the top five.
Lap 280: #19-Crews is the first cat to hit pit road during the caution from sixth position. #17-Day, #00-Creed, #39-Sieg, #24-Burton, #26-Thompson, #8-Smith, #9-Finch and #51-Clements drop to pit road.
Lap 273: #48-Staropoli spins down the backstretch to bring out the caution.
Lap 270: #0-Smithley is off the pace with smoke coming from his car. #7-Allgaier continues to lead though #54-Gray remains within striking distance.
Lap 266: #17-Day and #87-Sanchez trade paint for eighth position with a left-front fender rubbing on Sanchez’s car.
Lap 261: #1-Kvapil is back on the track, four laps off the pace. #7-Allgaier leads #54-Gray by a half-second. #2-Love is 3.5 seconds back in third position.
Lap 257: #1-Kvapil is on pit road for the brake line issue.
Lap 253: #1-Kvapil is reporting that he has no brakes as smoke is billowing from the rear of his car.
Lap 249: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #1-Kvapil with #54-Gray driving by for second position.
Lap 247: #1-Kvapil is reporting a loose wheel from the race lead.
Lap 244: #21-Hill needs to make a second unscheduled pit stop for a flat right-front tire.
Lap 239: #7-Allgaier is within a second of #1-Kvapil as the leaders battle in heavy lapped traffic. #54-Gray is only 1.4 seconds back in third place.
Lap 232: #7-Allgaier has trimmed the lead of #1-Kvapil down to 1.3 seconds in lapped traffic. #2-Love is holding off #41-Mayer and #18-Sawalich in a three-way battle for fourth position.
Lap 221: #18-Sawalich passes #19-Crews for sixth position after working his teammate over for more than 10 laps.
Lap 216: #00-Creed has dropped to 10th position and getting pressure from fellow Chase competitors #17-Day and #20-Jones.
Lap 210: #27-Burton makes a second unscheduled pit stop during the race with another tire issue.
Lap 209: #55-Starr is off the pace and limps into pit road.
Lap 204: #1-Kvapil has caught the rear of the field, 1.1 seconds in front of #7-Allgaier.
Lap 195: #31-Perkins is off the pace with a broken track bar mount in the rear of the car.
Lap 190: #87-Sanchez has cracked the top 10 for the first time during the race, moving to ninth position. #24-Burotn is just outside the top 10 in 11th after starting towards the rear of the field.
Lap 183: #1-Kvapil keeps the lead on the restart. #7-Allgaier and #54-Gray slot in second and third. #2-Love had a bad restart and slipped to fourth.
Lap 177: #1-Kvapil retains the lead on pit road. #54-Gray jumped two positions to third; #54; -18-Sawalich jumped three spots to fifth.
Lap 170: #1-Kvapil wins Stage 2, his fourth stage victory of the season. #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #54-Gray, #19-Crews, #17-Day, #18-Sawalich, #00-Creed and #99-Retzlaff earn stage points.
Lap 156: #19-Crews gets into the left rear of #17-Day to take sixth position.
Lap 153: #96-Alfredo is off the pace with a flat right-front tire for the second time in the race.
Lap 147: #17-Day performs a slide job on #19-Crews through Turns 3 and 4, allowing #18-Sawalich to follow him through.
Lap 145: #19-Crews smacked the outside wall and dropped two positions to sixth behind #41-Mayer and #54-Gray.
Lap 142: #45-Scott is limping around the track with smoke coming from the rear of the car after slamming into the rear of #51-Clements.
Lap 132: #1-Kvapil jumps out of the restart zone with the lead ahead of #7-Allgaier. #2-Love, #19-Crews and #41-Mayer complete the top five.
Lap 127: #20-Jones is among three lead-lap cars to pit — and the only Chase driver. #51-Clements and #87-Sanchez also hit pit road for service.
Lap 124: #47-Decker spins down the backstretch after contact from #96-Alfredo to bring out the caution.
Lap 115: #2-Love is holding off a frantic five-car battle for second place from #7-Allgaier, #19-Crews, #41-Mayer and #54-Gray. #17-Day has raced to eighth position from a 26th-place starting position.
Lap 103: #2-Love takes second position from #7-Allgaier, a half-second behind #1-Kvapil.
Lap 101: #1-Kvapil and #19-Crews make it three-wide for the lead. #7-Allgaier pinched Crews into the outside wall down the backstretch.
Lap 100: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #1-Kvapil, moving around the outside.
Lap 99: #1-Kvapil launches out of the restart zone with the lead with #7-Allgaier jumping to his outside. #2-Love spun the tires and fell to fourth position behind #19-Crews.
Lap 91: #1-Kvapil takes the lead off pit road. #7-Allgaier lost two positions for the team slapping a piece of tape on the grille. It blew off by the time he exited the pits.
Lap 85: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1, his 10th stage victory of the season. #1-Kvapil, #19-Crews, #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #8-Smith, #54-Gray, #00-Creed, #99-Retzlaff and #17-Day earn stage points. #20-Jones misses out on stage points in 12th, as does #21-Hill and #88-Caruth, both three laps down.
Lap 83: #7-Allgaier manipulates the lapped traffic to get the lead as #92-Williams gets clipped by #87-Sanchez and turned into #51-Clements who cut a tire.
Lap 82: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love by inches in lapped traffic.
Lap 77: #7-Allgaier has erased the lead from #2-Love and is glued to his back bumper.
Lap 73: #21-Hill is the next driver to have a flat right-front tire and makes an unscheduled pit stop for four tires.
Lap 67: #88-Caruth is off the pace with a flat right-front tire and hits pit road to drop three laps off the pace.
Lap 64: #27-Burton is off the pace after getting into the wall from 12th position.
Lap 55: #41-Mayer has moved to the top five, passing Haas Factory Teammate #00-Creed.
Lap 51: #41-Mayer has jumped to sixth, passing #54-Gray. #20-Jones is gaining on both cars.
Lap 48: #7-Allgaier passes #19-Crews for the runner-up spot, 3.7 seconds behind #2-Love. Further in the running order, #17-Day has progressed to 14th position.
Lap 42: #7-Allgaier continues his march forward, taking third position from #1-Kvapil, running around the bottom of the track.
Lap 39: #7-Allgaier clears #00-Creed to move into fourth position and inching closer to #1-Kvapil and #19-Crews.
Lap 36: #7-Allgaier cracks the top five, passing #54-Gray.
Lap 31: #19-Crews takes the runner-up spot from #00-Creed, two seconds behind #2-Love. #1-Kvapil follows through for third position.
Lap 23: #2-Love has extended the race lead to nearly two seconds over #00-Creed. #7-Allgaier is challenging #54-Gray for fifth position.
Lap 15: #7-Allgaier clears #19-Crews to take sixth position, three seconds behind #2-Love for the race lead as he has caught the back of the field.
Lap 9: #17-Day has ventured to the top lane and has gained seven spots positions since the start of the race to 19th place.
Lap 7: #7-Allgaier passes #99-Retzlaff to take seventh position, up two spots since the green flag.
Lap 4: #1-Kvapil and #19-Crews trade third place back and fourth, nearly one-second behind #2-Love.
Lap 1: #2-Love takes command of the race at the start. #00-Creed covers the bottom to file in second. #1-Kvapil, #19-Crews and #41-Mayer complete the top five.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 laps / 159.9 miles
Stages: 85 / 170 / 300
Average time of race: 1:57:45
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution car speed: 35 mph
Fuel window: 160 laps

Cars to the rear: #45-Lavar Scott (engine change)

Pit-Stall Selections

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying for the Food City 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather. The lineup will be set per the metric, putting #2-Jesse Love on the pole.
Championship leader #00-Sheldon Creed will start alongside in second. #41-Sam Mayer, #1-Carson Kvapil and #54-Taylor Gray will round out the top five.
#19-Brent Crews, #99-Parker Retzlaff, #8-Sammy Smith, #7-Justin Allgaier and #88-Rajah Caruth complete the top 10.
Chase drivers starting outside the top 10: #20-Brandon Jones (11th), #21-Austin Hill (20th) and #17-Corey Day (26th).
Did Not Qualify: #43 Landon S. Huffman.
See the complete Bristol Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Food City 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#20-Brandon Jones 120.353 mph
#19-Brent Crews 120.142 mph
#2-Jesse Love 120.135 mph
#21-Austin Hill 120.105 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 120.060 mph
Slowest: #47-Natalie Decker 112.830 mph
Most laps run: #21-Hill, 100
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 35 drivers): #41-Mayer 118.954 mph
Notes: #99-Retzlaff cut a right-rear tire in the opening minutes of the session. The team was able to replace it with a tire from one of their sets for the race. With 20 minutes remaining in the session, #87-Nick Sanchez had a mechanical issue in the left rear of the car and dropped fluid on the track to bring out the read flag. Both Alpha Prime Racing entries had issues with #45-Lavar Scott reporting the engine was stumbling. #44-Brennan Poole was pinched into the wall with contact from #48-Patrick Staropoli.
See full Bristol Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams have used the setup at Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway this season, while the left-side tire has been raced five further times, including during Bristol’s spring race.

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Food City 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. One car will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #9-Jake Finch, #32-Andrew Patterson, #38-JJ Yeley, #42-Logan Bearden, #43-Landon S. Huffman, #47-Natalie Decker, #53-Carson Ware, #55-David Starr, #87-Nick Sanchez, #91-Stefan Parsons, #92-Josh Williams.
See the full Bristol Entry List.

Bristol At-Track Schedule

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

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