Brandon Jones outduels Chase Elliott in overtime at Chicagoland: Stealing the lead from Chase Elliott on the final restart, Brandon Jones celebrated NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway with a dramatic victory in Saturday night’s rain-delayed Cuervo 300. (Read more)(7-5-2026)

Taking the lead in overtime, #20-Brandon Jones won the Cuervo 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his eighth career victory in 355 series starts, four of which have come at 1.5-mile tracks.
Stage 2 winner #88-Chase Elliott led a race-high 78 laps and finished runner-up in his first of two starts this season for JR Motorsports. #2-Jesse Love, #19-Brent Crews and #21-Austin Hill rounded out the top five.
#7-Justin Allgaier, #54-Taylor Gray, who lead a race-high — laps, #41-Sam Mayer, #0-Cole Custer and Stage 1 winner #1-Connor Zilisch filled the rest of the top 10.
There were 16 lead changes among six drivers and seven cautions for 40 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 118.119 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Chicagoland Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Chicagoland Speedway:
Brandon Jones won the Cuervo 300, his eighth victory in 355 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Chase Elliott(i) (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Jesse Love (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Brent Crews (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 195 points over Jesse Love.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Playoff Standings after Chicagoland (Race 20 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 898, clinched
2)#2-Jesse Love 703, +220
3)#17-Corey Day 674, +191
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 673, +190
5)#21-Austin Hill 643, +160
6)#20-Brandon Jones 633, +150
7)#9-Carson Kvapil 630, +147
8)#8-Sammy Smith 602, +119
9)#99-Parker Retzlaff 556, +73
10)#41-Sam Mayer 549, +66
11)#54-Taylor Gray 535, +52
12)#19-Brent Crews 527, +44
Currently below cutline
13)#18-William Sawalich 483, -44
14)#32-Rajah Caruth 479, -48
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 452, -75
16)#96-Anthony Alfredo 391, -136
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 201: #20-Jones wins at Chicagoland, his first win of the season. #88-Elliott, #2-Love, #19-Crews, #21-Hill, #7-Allgaier, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #0-Custer and #1-Zilisch complete the top 10.
Lap 200: #20-Jones clears #88-Elliott for the race lead coming to the white flag.
Lap 199: The restart is sending this race to overtime for the first time this season.
Lap 194: #28-Sieg gets loose entering Turn 1 and clips #48-Staropoli towards the rear of the field to bring out the caution. #44-Poole was clipped but hung on for the save. #88-Elliott leads #20-Jones, #2-Love, #21-Hill and #19-Crews.
Lap 193: #20-Jones gets a run off Turn 4 to get within a tenth of a second of #88-Elliott.
Lap 190: #88-Elliott clears for the lead with #20-Jones settling in second. #2-Love, #19-Crews and #21-Hill round out the top five. #54-Gray dropped all the way to seventh.
Lap 189: The front row gets four-wide for the lead on the restart with #2-Love dropping to the bottom and #88-Elliott going around the top. #54-Gray drops outside the top five.
Lap 184: #39-Sieg got loose in Turn 2 and flat-spotted his right-front tire, which exploded down the backstretch and shredded the right-side sheet metal.
Lap 180: #21-Hill packed air on the left-rear quarter panel of #9-Kvapil to take fifth position.
Lap 175: #20-Jones takes second position back from #88-Elliott, 1.5-seconds off the lead.
Lap 173: #88-Elliott slides in front of #20-Jones to take the race lead, six-tenths of a second behind #54-Gray. #2-Love is closing in on the battle for second.
Lap 171: #54-Gray gets the initial launch out of the restart zone and clears #20-Jones for the race lead through Turns 3 and 4. #88-Elliott, #2-Love and #9-Kvapil complete the top five.
Lap 165: #18-Sawalich spins on the backstretch to bring out the caution after contact from #19-Crews while battling for sixth position.
Lap 163: #20-Jones launches out of the restart zone to take the race lead. The field goes four-wide for second position, as #39-Sieg falls through the field on older tires.
Lap 159: #39-Sieg takes fuel only — electing to save their last set of sticker tires — and wins the race off pit road. #20-Jones is the first car on four tires. #88-Elliott, #2-Love and #18-Sawalich are the top five.
Lap 156: #1-Zilisch spins in Turn 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 147: #7-Allgaier has raced back inside the top 10, passing #0-Custer around the outside. #87-Sanchez has cracked the top 15 for the first time in the race.
Lap 143: Three laps after the restart, #88-Elliott holds a two-tenth of a second lead on #54-Gray. #20-Jones, #2-Love and #18-Sawalich round out the top five. #9-Kvapil has raced back inside the top 10. #39-Sieg got into the rear of #17-Day, sending him up the track in Turn 1.
Lap 141: #88-Elliott charges to the inside down the frontstretch, clearing #20-Jones and #54-Gray to re-take the race lead.
Lap 136: #54-Gray holds serve on pit road. #20-Jones, #88-Elliott, #18-Sawalich and #2-Love round out the top five.
Lap 133: The right-rear tire carcass from #1-Zilisch fell on to the track in Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 131: #1-Zilisch slapped the outside wall in sixth position, trying to chase down #21-Hill and #2-Love.
Lap 123: #21-Hill has moved inside the top five, passing #41-Mayer.
Lap 119: #20-Jones takes third position from #2-Love, 3.4 seconds back of #54-Gray.
Lap 116: #54-Gray has scooted out to a two-second lead over #88-Elliott. #2-Love  and #20-Jones are both within three seconds of the race lead.
Lap 109: #54-Gray takes the race lead from #88-Elliott, leading laps for the first time this evening.
Lap 106: #00-Creed hits pit road with a flat right-front tire. #54-Gray takes the runner-up spot from #2-Love.
Lap 105: #88-Elliott slides in front of #2-Love off the exit of Turn 2 to take the race lead. #54-Gray is closing in both drivers, making it a three-way battle for the lead.
Lap 102: #21-Hill has cracked the top 10 for the first time all race, running in ninth position.
Lap 100: #2-Love clears #54-Gray for the race lead on the restart. #88-Elliott sneaks by for second. #00-Creed and #20-Jones round out the top five.
Lap 96: #54-Gray wins the race off pit road to take the race lead. #2-Love, #88-Elliott, #7-Allgaier and #00-Creed round out the top five. #7-Allgaier will have to drop to the rear for a safety violation.
Lap 91: #51-Clements had a left-rear tire fall off during the stage break and will be penalized two laps.
Lap 90: #88-Elliott wins Stage 2, his first stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #54-Gray, #7-Allgaier, #41-Mayer, #20-Jones, #17-Day, #00-Creed, #1-Zilisch and #19-Crews earn stage points.
Lap 85: Fog is rolling into the track, covering Turns 3 and 4 as well as some of the backstretch.
Lap 82: #54-Gray scoots by #41-Mayer for third place with #7-Allgaier on their heels.
Lap 81: While #00-Creed contested #19-Crews for seventh position, he lost eighth to #20-Jones.
Lap 74: The long-run speed of #54-Gray is showing up again on this run, as he takes fourth position from #17-Day.
Lap 73: #41-Mayer uses a slide job on #17-Day entering Turn 1 to take third position. #54-Gray passes #7-Allgaier behind their battle for fifth.
Lap 70: #1-Zilisch returns to the top 10, passing #0-Custer, who is the most recent winner at Chicagoland in 2019.
Lap 67: #88-Elliott has stretched the lead to over two seconds on #2-Love. #17-Day leads a three-car battle with #41-Mayer and #7-Allgaier for third position.
Lap 61: The Joe Gibbs Racing duo #54-Gray and #19-Crews power by #00-Creed, dropping him to eighth position.
Lap 57: In the three laps since the restart, #19-Crews has gained a handful of positions to eighth position. #7-Allgaier takes fifth position from #00-Creed.
Lap 55: #88-Elliott cycles out as the leader, with #2-Love, #17-Day, #41-Mayer and #00-Creed filling out the top five.
Lap 54: #41-Mayer jumps to the bottom of #54-Gray, forcing a three-wide battle entering Turn 1. Gray fell from third to seventh position.
Lap 50: #88-Elliott takes the lead off pit road. #2-Love, #17-Day, #54-Gray and #00-Creed are the rest of the top five. #1-Zilisch re-joins the race in 27th position.
Lap 49: #1-Zilisch stumbles under caution with no fuel pressure as the pits open for the field during the stage break. #2-Love takes the race lead.
Lap 45: #1-Zilisch wins Stage 1, his fifth stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #17-Day, #88-Elliott, #00-Creed, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #18-Sawalich, #7-Allgaier and #96-Alfredo earn stage points.
Lap 40: #19-Cres is fighting a tight condition and loses four additional spots, now running in 14th place.
Lap 35: #19-Crews makes contact with the lapped car of #55-Gase, as he continues to backslide, now losing ninth place to #18-Sawalich.
Lap 34: Both #19-Crews and #9-Kvapil are dropping through the field, getting passed by #00-Creed, #41-Mayer and #54-Gray.
Lap 30: #00-Creed takes sixth position from #9-Kvapil, as they close in on #19-Cres for fifth. #41-Mayer is part of the four-way battle, running in eighth position.
Lap 24: #54-Gray has reached the top 10, moving up 15 positions since the start of the race.
Lap 20: #17-Day gets by #19-Crews to take third position, 5.8 seconds off the race lead.
Lap 17: #54-Gray has sliced through the field to 11th position after taking the green flag in 25th.
Lap 15: #2-Love works over #19-Crews to take the runner-up spot, four seconds behind #1-Zilisch.
Lap 9: #88-Elliott squeezes past #9-Kvapil to take fifth position. #1-Zilisch has checked out to a 2.1-second lead over #19-Crews, who is getting pressure from #2-Love.
Lap 4: #2-Love takes third position from #17-Day, more than 1.5-seconds behind #1-Zilisch.
Lap 3: #88-Elliott powers to the outside of #00-Creed to take sixth position and closing in on #9-Kvapil for fifth.
Lap 1: #1-Zilisch clears #19-Crews for the lead by nearly a half-second after the opening lap. #17-Day slides into third, with #2-Love and #9-Kvapil rounding out the top five.
The start of the Cuervo 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway was delayed nearly five hours due to a thunderstorm that rolled through Joliet, Illinois.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:31:00
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph

Cars to the rear: None reported

Pit-Stall Selections

Practice for the Cuervo 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#2-Jesse Love 173.533 mph
#27-Jeb Burton 171.941 mph
#7-Justin Allgaier 171.843 mph
#1-Connor Zilisch 171.837 mph
#17-Corey Day 171.815 mph
Slowest: #55-Joey Gase 164.078 mph
Most laps run: #88-Chase Elliott, 58
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 28 drivers): #17-Day 168.694 mph
Notes: In the closing minutes, #0-Cole Custer spun off Turn 4 and took a trip through the grass. #88-Elliott reported a power-steering issue late in the session.
See full Chicagoland Practice Results.

With a thunderstorm rolling through the Chicagoland Speedway area on Friday afternoon, NASCAR elected to postpone Friday’s Cuervo 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice session to Saturday in place of qualifying. The starting lineup will be set per the metric, with #1-Connor Zilisch and #19-Brent Crews sharing the front row.
#9-Carson Kvapil, #17-Corey Day and #99-Parker Retzlaff fill the rest of the top five. #2-Jesse Love, #96-Anthony Alfredo, #00-Sheldon Creed, #41-Sam Mayer and #8-Sammy Smith complete the top 10.
See the complete Chicagoland Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will run a right-side tire that debuted at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May along with a left-side tire raced several times this year, most recently at Nashville. As is customary on tracks one-mile and longer, teams will run inner liners inside their tires.

There are 38 cars on the entry list for the Cuervo 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Cole Custer, #1-Connor Zilisch, #9-Carson Kvapil, #32-Rajah Caruth, #38-JJ Yeley, #42-Garrett Smithley, #47-Dawson Cram, #53-Tyler Tomassi, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Nick Sanchez, #88-Chase Elliott, #91-Myatt Snider, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr.
See the full Chicagoland entry list.

Chicagoland 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