Corey Day charges late at Charlotte to snag second straight O’Reilly victory: It was a gutsy three-wide pass on the backstretch that gave Corey Day his second straight victory in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase and moved the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet within close striking distance of the series lead.(Read more)(10-11-2026)

For the second straight week, #17-Corey Day won the Blue Cross NC 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He led three times for 55 laps, which included a Stage 1 victory, en route to his fourth victory of the 2026 season.
#2-Jesse Love was passed for the lead on a restart with 10 laps remaining but hung on for a runner-up finish. #00-Sheldon Creed rebounded from early damage to finish third. Stage 2 winner #7-Justin Allgaier dropped to fourth after commanding the bulk of the final stage, while #32-Carson Brown scored his first top-five finish in his second series start.
#20-Brandon Jones, #21-Austin Hill, #96-Anthony Alfredo, #54-Taylor Gray and #44-Brennan Poole complete the top 10.
Chase drivers that finished outside the top 10: #99-Parker Retzlaff (12th), #8-Sammy Smith (16th), #41-Sam Mayer (24th), #1-Carson Kvapil (32nd) and #88-Rajah Caruth (36th).
There were 16 lead changes among seven drivers and seven cautions for 38 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 121.471 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Charlotte Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Charlotte Motor Speedway:
Corey Day (C) won the Blue Cross NC 300, his fourth victory in 40 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Jesse Love (C) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2026.
Sheldon Creed (C) (third) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Lavar Scott (27th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sheldon Creed (C) leads the point standings by 2 points over Jesse Love (C).

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Series Chase Standings after Charlotte (Race 29 of 33):
1)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,294 points
2)#2-Jesse Love 2,292, -2
3)#17-Corey Day 2,287, -5
4)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,279, -15
5)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,254, -40
6)#41-Sam Mayer 2,235, -59
7)#54-Taylor Gray 2,207, -87
8)#21-Austin Hill 2,200, -94
9)#8-Sammy Smith 2,188, -106
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,168, -126
11)#20-Brandon Jones 2,153, -141
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,114, -180
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #17-Day hangs on for the victory. #2-Love, #00-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #32-Brown, #20-Jones, #21-Hill, #96-Alfredo, #54-Gray, #44-Poole complete the top 10.
Lap 199: #17-Day leads by a half-second over #2-Love with one lap remaining.
Lap 195: #17-Day leads #2-Love by a quarter of a second with five laps remaining.
Lap 193: #17-Day and have #2-Love have stretched third place #7-Allgaier by one second. The battle is on at the front of the field.
Lap 191: #17-Day dives to the inside of #7-Allgaier and #2-Love to take the race lead. #41-Mayer has a flat right-side tire.
Lap 190: #17-Day spins the tires on the restart, allowing #7-Allgaier to take second place and get to the inside of #2-Love for the race lead.
Lap 187: #41-Mayer and #8-Smith are among 10 cars to pit during this caution period to put on a cooler set of tires.
Lap 185: #19-Crews clobbers the outside wall after blowing a right-front tire to bring out the caution with 15 laps remaining.
Lap 183: #7-Allgaier bounced off the wall, allowing #2-Love and #17-Day to get by.
Lap 180: Both #2-Love and #17-Day are closing the gap on #7-Allgaier and are within six-tenths of a second.
Lap 177: #7-Allgaier has stretched the lead to a half-second over #2-Love. #17-Day is just over one-second back of the lead.
Lap 173: #9-Finch smacked the wall off Turn 4 and is limping around the track.
Lap 171: #21-Hill powers by #54-Gray to take fourth place, 1.9 seconds back of race leader #7-Allgaier.
Lap 167: #21-Hill has rebounded to the top five, passing #96-Alfredo.
Lap 164: #2-Love and #17-Day drive around the #54-Gray, dropping Gray to fourth position.
Lap 163: #7-Allgaier takes command down the backstretch, clearing ahead of #54-Gray. #2-Love, #17-Day and #96-Alfredo round out the top five.
Lap 158: #7-Allgaier keeps the lead off pit road. #54-Gray takes second position from #2-Love. #17-Day and #00-Creed round out the top five.
Lap 156: #02-Ellis spins in Turns 1 and 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 155: #7-Allgaier has extended the lead to two seconds over #2-Love.
Lap 152: #7-Allgaier has stretched the race lead to one-second over #2-Love with 48 laps remaining. #19-Crews hits pit road for the final scheduled time.
Lap 148: #7-Allgaier powers by #2-Love to take the lead with 52 laps remaining.
Lap 144: #28-Sieg has brought his car to pit road with smoke billowing from underneath it.
Lap 143: #1-Kvapil is returning to the track, 29 laps off the pace.
Lap 138: #96-Alfredo takes fifth position from #41-Mayer, over four seconds behind race leader #2-Love.
Lap 135: #17-Day has gotten by both #54-Gray and #41-Mayer to take third place, running inches off the wall.
Lap 132: #91-Snider moves #18-Sawalich off the bottom lane and slaps the outside wall. Snider has moved into 14th position in a start for DGM Racing.
Lap 130: #17-Day is back inside the top five, 2.8 seconds behind race leader #2-Love.
Lap 129: #7-Allgaier powers around the top lane of Turn 2 to clear #54-Gray and #41-Mayer to take second positions, 1.4 seconds back of #2-Love.
Lap 127: #41-Mayer and #54-Gray have traded the runner-up spot multiple times since the restart. #7-Allgaier is just behind that battle in fourth.
Lap 125: #2-Love clears #41-Mayer for the race lead. #96-Alfredo jumped to the inside of #17-Day for fifth position, pushing Day back to seventh.
Lap 121: #1-Kvapil has gone to the garage for repair.
Lap 120: The caution flies for #88-Caruth blowing a right-rear tire and pinching #9-Finch into the outside wall in Turn 1.
Lap 118: #2-Love easily clears #19-Crews f0r the race lead on the restart. #41-Mayer scoots into second position, ahead of #54-Gray and #7-Allgaier.
Lap 114: #19-Crews is the only lead-lap car to remain on the track during this caution period. #2-Love easily wins the race off pit road.
Lap 112: #7-Allgaier dives into Turn 1 and clears #41-Mayer for third place. #39-Sieg spins off the front bumper of #88-Caruth through Turns 3 and 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 111: #1-Kvapil is back on pit road with another right-rear flat.
Lap 109: #1-Kvapil makes an unscheduled pit stop for a flat right-rear tire.
Lap 107: #7-Allgaier makes the pass one #17-Day to take fourth position through Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 101: #00-Creed has rallied to sixth place, squeezing by #1-Kvapil and #19-Crews.
Lap 99: #2-Love escapes the restart with the lead.#54-Gray cycles into second with #41-Mayer, #17-Day and #7-Allgaier rounding out the top five.
Lap 95: #21-Hill needed to make a second pit stop during the stage break to swap the battery.
Lap 94: #2-Love takes the lead off pit road, ahead of #54-Gray and #7-Allgaier. #17-Day gained one position to sixth.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his 11th stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #19-Crews, #21-Hill, #17-Day, #1-Kvapil, #8-Smith and #00-Creed earn stage points.
Lap 86: #17-Day scrubbed the wall through Turns 3 and 4 after passing #8-Smith to move into seventh place.
Lap 85: #17-Day gets around #1-Kvapil to take eighth position.
Lap 84: #54-Gray passes #41-Mayer for third position, 3.3 seconds back of race leader #7-Allgaier.
Lap 77: #7-Allgaier has already raced out to a 1.5-second lead over #2-Love. #17-Day has re-entered the top 10 after restarting this stage at the rear of the field.
Lap 74: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love around the outside of Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 72: #7-Allgaier has chased down #2-Love from two seconds back to challenge for the race lead with 18 laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 70: #1-Kvapil continues fading as the run progresses, giving up two more positions to #21-Hill and #54-Gray.
Lap 66: #19-Crews continues marching towards the front, getting around the outside of #1-Kvapil for fourth.
Lap 63: #19-Crews wraps the inside line of Turns 3 and 4 to move into fifth position from #21-Hill.
Lap 58: #17-Day has charged to 20th place after restarting at the rear of the field. #2-Love has checked out to a 1.5-second lead in the handful of laps since the restart.
Lap 55: #41-Mayer generates a big run around the top of Turns 1 and 2 to take third position from #1-Kvapil and drops to the inside of #7-Allgaier to battle for second.
Lap 54: #2-Love gets pushed to the lead on the restart by #1-Kvapil. #7-Allgaier hangs on to the runner-up position with #1-Kvapil and #41-Mayer in pursuit.
Lap 49: #2-Love jumps to the lead off pit road ahead of #17-Day. #7-Allgaier gains another spot to third. Day is hit with a penalty for driving through too many pit stalls.
Lap 45: #17-Day wins Stage 1, his fourth stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #7-Allgaier, #1-Kvapil, #21-Hill, #19-Crews, #51-Clements, #54-Gray and #99-Retzlaff earn stage points.
Lap 43: #21-Hill takes fifth position from #1-Kvapil to sneak inside the top five.
Lap 34: #7-Allgaier passes #1-Kvapil to move into fourth position, 2.6 seconds behind #17-Day.
Lap 30: #7-Allgaier cracks the top five, passing #54-Gray, who slid an additional spot to #21-Hill.
Lap 26: #17-Day keeps the lead after the restart with #41-Mayer and #2-Love battling for second. #54-Gray, #1-Kvapil and #7-Allgiaer are all over each other for fourth.
Lap 22: #17-Day keeps the lead on pit road. #18-Sawalich gains five positions to sixth while #7-Allgaier jumps a pair of positions to seventh. #39-Sieg is handed a penalty for a crew member over the wall too soon. #00-Creed had a slow stop to repair damage to the left-front fender.
Lap 20: The competition caution is being displayed. #17-Day leads #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #1-Kvapil, #54-Gray, #21-Hill, #51-Clements, #19-Crews, #7-Allgaier and #88-Caruth.
Lap 20: #48-Staropoli has smoke coming from the right side of his car after contact with the wall.
Lap 15: #7-Allgaier has cracked the top 10 for the first time in the race, running lap times comparable to race leader #17-Day.
Lap 13: #51-Clements has taken seventh position from #88-Caruth. #7-Allgaier is chasing down #18-Sawalich for 10th position.
Lap 10: #17-Day has raced out to a one-second lead over #2-Love. #41-Mayer has gotten by #1-Kvapil for third position. #7-Allgaier has raced to 12th place after taking the green flag in 23rd.
Lap 6: #00-Creed smacked outside wall while battling with #27-Burton who got sideways off Turn 4 and banged fenders with #8-Smith.
Lap 4: #21-Hill lost two positions to seventh, with #88-Caruth moving to sixth place.
Lap 3: #17-Day dives to the inside of #1-Kvapil to challenge for the lead. #2-Love fakes to the bottom to make it three-wide. #41-Mayer, #21-Hill and #54-Gray are all contending for the top spot.
Lap 1: #1-Kvapil launches out of the restart zone to clear #17-Day for the lead, who is battling with #2-Love for the runner-up position.
8:48pm/et: After a brief weather day, the race is underway.

Race Info:
Blue Cross NC 300
Competition Caution: At or around Lap 20
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:36:54
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 60 laps

Cars to the rear: #38-JJ Yeley.

Pit-Stall Selections

Qualifying for the Blue Cross NC 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather. With the lineup set per the metric, #1-Carson Kvapil will start from the pole position.
Las Vegas winner #17-Corey Day will start alongside in second position. #2-Jesse Love, #19-Brent Crews and #41-Sam Mayer round out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray will start sixth, as #21-Austin Hill, #00-Sheldon Creed, #18-William Sawalich and #88-Rajah Caruth complete the top 10.
Chase drivers starting outside the top 10 include: #8-Sammy Smith (13th), #99-Parker Retzlaff (16th), #7-Justin Allgaier (23rd) and #20-Brandon Jones (28th).
See the complete Charlotte Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Due to inclement weather, practice for the Blue Cross NC 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was canceled.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: Both the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will also run the same tire setups as at Charlotte in May. Both series have used this left-side 15-inch tire on several occasions since then. As is customary at tracks one-mile and longer, they will run inner liners at Charlotte.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Blue Cross NC 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #9-Jake Finch, #32-Carson Brown, #38-JJ Yeley, #42-Matt DiBenedetto, #47-Dawson Cram, #53-TBA, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Austin Green, #91-Myatt Snider, #92-Mason Maggio.
See the full Charlotte Entry List.

Charlotte 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