Strategy call leads Connor Zilisch to Victory Lane at Bristol: Connor Zilisch rediscovered his identity on Saturday night—as a winner. Thanks to a bold call from crew chief Rodney Childers, Zilisch stayed out on older tires with 28 laps left in the Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway and took the checkered flag.(Read more)(4-11-2026)

After staying out while the majority of lead lap cars made pit stops during a late caution, #1-Connor Zilisch held off the field to win the Suburban Propane 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Speedway. It’s his first short-track victory and his 12th career series triumph.
#88-Kyle Larson won the opening two stages and led a race-high 230 laps, but could only rebound to finish runner-up after making a pit stop when Zilisch didn’t. #19-Brent Crews placed a career-best third, while #7-Justin Allgaier and #9-Carson Kvapil rounded out the top five.
#00-Sheldon Creed took the checkered flag in sixth, with #18-William Sawalich, #17-Corey Day, #99-Parker Retzlaff and #54-Taylor Gray completing the top 10.
#7-Allgaier won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.
There were 13 lead changes among seven drivers and eight cautions for 59 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 77.884 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:
Connor Zilisch(i) won the Suburban Propane 300, his 12th victory in 39 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson(i) (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 11 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2026.
Brent Crews # (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brent Crews (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 130 points over Sheldon Creed.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Bristol (Race 9 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 470, +268
2)#00-Sheldon Creed 340, +138
3)#2-Jesse Love 324, +122
4)#17-Corey Day 304, +102
5)#9-Carson Kvapil 300, +98
6)#21-Austin Hill 293, +91
7)#8-Sammy Smith 284, +82
8)#20-Brandon Jones 275, +73
9)#99-Parker Retzlaff 257, +55
10)#18-William Sawalich 254, +52
11)#32-Rajah Caruth 238, +36
12)#54-Taylor Gray 230, +28
Currently below the cutline
13)#39-Ryan Sieg 202, -28
14)#41-Sam Mayer 195, -35
15)#44-Brennan Poole 181, -49
16)#27-Jeb Burton 163, -67
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 300: #1-Zilisch hangs on for the victory. #88-Larson, #19-Crews #7-Allgaier, #9-Kvapil, #00-Creed, #18-Sawalich, #17-Day, #99-Retzlaff and #54-Gray round out the top 10.
Lap 297: #88-Larson got loose entering Turn 3, allowing #1-Zilisch to drive by.
Lap 293: #19-Crews gets sideways off Turn 2 and smacks the outside wall, allowing both #1-Zilisch and #88-Larson to get by.
Lap 291: #19-Crews takes the lead from #1-Zilisch with nine laps remaining in the stage. #88-Larson is racing with both drivers in third.
Lap 289: #88-Larson launched equally with #1-Zilisch but slipped to third after the first set of corners.
Lap 282: #96-Alfredo and #31-Perkins collide on the exit of Turn 4. Alfredo bounced off the inside wall to bring out the caution.
Lap 281: #20-Jones checks up and gets turned sideways by #8-Smith. #41-Mayer received damage.
Lap 280: #19-Crews slipped up the track through Turns 1 and 2 but holds on to second position, ahead of #88-Larson and #7-Allgaier.
Lap 278: #1-Zilisch jumps to the lead on the restart. #17-Day spun the tires on the restart and fell to fifth.
Lap 272: #1-Zilisch, #19-Crews and #17-Day stay out on track while the remaining lead-lap cars hit pit road. #88-Larson was easily the first car off pit road. #39-Sieg took two tires and was the second car off pit road.
Lap 269: #2-Love turns #74-Gaulding to bring out the caution with 31 laps remaining.
Lap 262: #19-Crews performs a slide job to take fourth position from #7-Allgaier, 4.5 seconds off the race lead.
Lap 260: #88-Larson has extended the lead to 1.7 seconds over #1-Zilisch. #00-Creed is three seconds back in third.
Lap 254: #17-Day clears #18-Sawalich after trading paint for seventh position.
Lap 247: #17-Day is slicing through the field over the long run, racing from outside the top 10 to eighth position.
Lap 239: #1-Zilisch has cut the deficit to under one-second behind #88-Larson. #00-Creed remains in third, 1.6 seconds off the lead.
Lap 225: #00-Creed goes to third, passing #7-Allgaier, just under two seconds off the lead. #19-Crews is also running competitive lap times to race leader #88-Larson.
Lap 223: #1-Zilisch passed #7-Allgaier for second position, 1.3 seconds behind the race leader.
Lap 221: #00-Creed is constantly the fastest car on the track, closing in on #7-Allgaier and #1-Zilisch for the battle for second.
Lap 212: #00-Creed committed to the top lane and passed #18-Sawalich for fourth position. #19-Crews followed through for fifth.
Lap 206: #1-Zilisch takes third position from #18-Sawalich. #19-Crews has jumped to the outside line and raced back to sixth.
Lap 201: #88-Larson got through the gears quickly and propelled to the lead. #7-Allgaier and #18-Sawalich are next to one another for second position.
Lap 195: The red flag has been displayed for track cleanup with excessive oil spilled across the track into the garage.
Lap 194: #91-Maggio blew an engine down the backstretch and brings the car to the crowd in a puff of smoke. The car erupted in flames in the garage area.
Lap 185: #1-Zilisch got loose through Turns 1 and 2, pushing #00-Creed up the track. #18-Sawalich took advantage and passed both drivers to take third.
Lap 182: #88-Larson controls the start and jumps out to the lead with #7-Allgaier filing into second position. #00-Creed hangs around the outside to edge ahead of #1-Zilisch.
Lap 177: #42-Bearden was getting sick in the car, so #42-Perez hopped in the car to run the rest of the race.
Lap 176: #88-Larson easily exits pit road with the lead. #7-Allgaier moved to second, with #1-Zilisch, #00-Creed and #18-Sawalich leaving as the top five.
Lap 170: #88-Larson wins Stage 2. #00-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #1-Zilisch, #19-Crews, #18-Sawalich, #20-Jones, #41-Mayer, #17-Day and #9-Kvapil earn stage points.
Lap 159: #00-Creed, #1-Zilisch, #7-Allgaier and #19-Crews are all within one-second of each other between second and fifth place.
Lap 150: #21-Hill is reporting an issue with his right-rear brake after sliding into the outside wall battling #2-Love for 11th position.
Lap 146: #1-Zilisch is challenging #00-Creed for the runner-up spot after passing #7-Allgaier for third.
Lap 135: #88-Larson has extended the lead to two seconds over #00-Creed. #1-Zilisch is closing in on #7-Allgaier for third.
Lap 125: #19-Crews has wheeled to fifth position, wrapping the inside line to pass #20-Jones as the lead Joe Gibbs Racing entry.
Lap 122: #1-Zilisch passed #20-Jones for fourth position, the furthest forward he’s been in the lineup all race.
Lap 118: #19-Crews is making progress through the field up to seventh after falling outside the top 20 after the opening stage.
Lap 112: #9-Kvapil has cracked the top 10 for the first time in the race after taking the initial green flag at the rear of the field.
Lap 107: #88-Larson maintains the lead on the restart. #00-Creed settles in second. #7-Allgaier got around #20-Jones to take third position. #9-Kvapil jumps to the outside of #2-Love and #19-Crews to take 11th position.
Lap 102: #42-Bearden and #0-Smithley both spun to bring out the caution.
Lap 97: #88-Larson clears the field on the restart and jumps out to a quarter-second lead. #00-Creed, #20-Jones, #7-Allgaier and #1-Zilisch complete the top five.
Lap 90: Cars that didn’t pit at the prior caution hit pit road for service. There are 31 cars on the lead lap as other cars took the wave around on the Lap 62 caution.
Lap 85: #88-Larson wins the opening stage. #00-Creed, #39-Sieg, #7-Allgaier, #20-Jones, #18-Sawalich, #1-Zilisch, #2-Love, #41-Mayer and #17-Day earn stage points.
Lap 79: #88-Larson took the lead from #39-Sieg with six laps remaining in the opening stage. #00-Creed is closing in for second.
Lap 74: #96-Alfredo got loose and drifted up the track and lost a couple of positions to fourth.
Lap 71: #51-Clements slipped through the top 10 quickly on the restart after contact from #20-Jones.
Lap 65: #88-Larson wins the race off pit road. #20-Jones jumps to second, with #18-Sawalich, #00-Creed and #7-Allgaier rounding out the top five. #39-Sieg, #96-Alfredo and #51-Clements stayed out to get track position.
Lap 62: Caution is out for #87-Green limping around the track with a flat right-rear tire, unable to get to pit road. #21-Hill is the free pass in 22nd place.
Lap 60: #88-Larson has jumped out to a 5.5-second lead over #00-Creed.
Lap 55: #21-Hill has fallen off the lead lap in 23rd position.
Lap 48: #20-Jones took third position from #18-Sawalich. #88-Larson laps #32-Caruth to put him a lap down.
Lap 40: Amid lapped traffic, many of the leaders have jumped to the outside lane to work it in with a predominant low lane throughout the weekend thus far.
Lap 38: #2-Love is making a charge through the back half of the top 10, up to eighth and challenging #54-Gray for seventh position.
Lap 32: #00-Creed takes second from #18-Sawalich, more than a half-second behind #88-Larson.
Lap 28: #88-Larson takes the lead from #18-Sawalich as the leaders battle through lapped traffic.
Lap 23: #88-Larson packed air on the rear of #20-Jones and #00-Creed to take the runner-up position, less than a half-second behind #18-Sawalich.
Lap 18: #9-Kvapil has been on the move since the start of the race, passing #21-Hill for 22nd position.
Lap 12: After reaching seventh position in the opening lap, #44-Poole has dropped to ninth since the restart. #99-Retzlaff and #17-Day are side-by-side for 10th position.
Lap 7: #18-Sawalich spun the tires on the restart but kept the race lead. #00-Creed controls the runner-up spot with #20-Jones, #88-Larson and #54-Gray rounding out the top five.
Lap 1: #18-Sawalich jumps to the lead on the initial start of the race. #91-Maggio loops around on the backstretch to bring out the caution. #9-Kvapil and a host of cars at the rear of the field had to dodge the spin.

Cars to the rear: #9-Carson Kvapil (engine change), #32-Rajah Caruth (unapproved adjustments).

Race Info:
Suburban Propane 300
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 laps / 159.9 miles
Stages: 85 / 170 / 300
Average time of race: 1:52:06
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution car speed: 35 mph
Fuel window: 145 laps

Pit-Stall Selections

One week after winning his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race, #18-William Sawalich scored the pole for the Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Speedway (122.733 mph). It’s his third career pole award and his first of the 2026 season.
#00-Sheldon Creed will start from the front row (122.404 mph). Defending race winner #88-Kyle Larson (122.147 mph), #20-Brandon Jones (121.774 mph) and #41-Sam Mayer (121.682 mph) round out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray, #7-Justin Allgaier, #9-Carson Kvapil, #99-Parker Retzlaff and #44-Brennan Poole complete the top 10.
#32-Rajah Caruth didn’t make a qualifying lap and will start the race shotgun on the field.
See the complete Bristol Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Bristol Motor Speedway:
William Sawalich won the Pole Award for the Suburban Propane 300 with a lap of 15.634 seconds, 122.733 mph.
This is his third pole in 43 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2026 and his second in six races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson(i) (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his third in three races this season.
Brent Crews (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Suburban Propane 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#54-Taylor Gray 121.859 mph
#20-Brandon Jones 121.643 mph
#88-Kyle Larson 121.312 mph
#2-Jesse Love 121.136 mph
#27-Jeb Burton 121.113 mph
Slowest: #35-Blake Lothian 115.764 mph
Most laps run: #18-William Sawalich, 99
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 37 drivers): #17-Corey Day 120.116 mph
Dash 4 Cash drivers: #20-Jones (second), #18-William Sawalich (14th), #7-Justin Allgaier (16th), #32-Rajah Caruth (24th).
Notes: #32-Caruth had grease coming out of the right-rear hub triggering smoke with less than 20 minutes remaining in the session.
See full Bristol Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will race on Saturday and Friday evenings respectively, with both series using the same Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups that teams have run on Bristol’s concrete since September 2022. Teams in both series will use inner liners on the right-side tires at Bristol.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Suburban Propane 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season race at Bristol Motor Speedway Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #1-Connor Zilisch, #5-JJ Yeley, #9-Carson Kvapil, #32-Rajah Caruth, #35-Blake Lothian, #42-Logan Bearden, #55-Joey Gase, #74-Gray Gaulding, #88-Kyle Larson, #91-Mason Maggio.
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