Sheldon Creed scores Darlington win in O’Reilly Chase opener: It took 138 races for Sheldon Creed to finally claim his first career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at Atlanta this February. On Saturday night he earned his second trophy – and the timing couldn’t be better with the Californian opening the nine-race Chase for the season championship with a visit to Victory Lane in the Fleetio 200 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.(Read more)(9-5-2026)

Dominating the final stage, #00-Sheldon Creed won the Fleetio 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase opener at Darlington Raceway. It is his second career victory. He closed with seven points of the championship lead.
#17-Corey Day had multiple run ins, but charged to second in the closing laps. #19-Brent Crews placed third, with #8-Sammy Smith and #21-Austin Hill rounding out the top five.
Stage 2 winner #96-Anthony Alfredo took the checkered flag in sixth. #54-Taylor Gray, #41-Sam Mayer, #51-Jeremy Clements and #20-Brandon Jones completed the top 10.
Chase drivers that finished outside the top 10: #1-Carson Kvapil (12th), #2-Jesse Love (13th), Stage 1 winner #7-Justin Allgaier (17th), #99-Parker Retzlaff (21st) and #88-Rajah Caruth (26th).
There were eight lead changes among seven drivers and seven cautions for 38 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 102.045 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Darlington Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Darlington Raceway:
Sheldon Creed (C) won the Fleetio 200, his second victory in 161 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in nine races at Darlington Raceway.
Corey Day (C) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2026.
Brent Crews # (C) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Darlington Raceway.
Brent Crews (C) (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier (C) leads the point standings by 7 points over Sheldon Creed (C).

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Darlington (Race 25 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,135
2)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,128, -7
3)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,116, -19
4)#21-Austin Hill 2,099, -36
5)#17-Corey Day 2,089, -46
6)#2-Jesse Love 2,087, -48
7)#8-Sammy Smith 2,080, -55
8)#20-Brandon Jones 2,077, -58
9)#41-Sam Mayer 2,069, -66
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,057, -78
11)#54-Taylor Gray 2,056, -79
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,031, -104
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap1 47: #00-Creed hangs on for the victory. #17-Day, #19-Crews, #8-Smith, #21-Hill, #96-Alfredo, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #51-Clements and #20-Jones complete the top 10.
Lap 146: #00-Creed leads #17-Day by 2.5 seconds at the white flag.
Lap 144: #7-Allgaier has dropped outside the top 15 with the rear tire chattering.
Lap 142 #00-Creed leads #17-Day by two seconds with five laps remaining. #19-Crews takes third position from #8-Smith, six seconds behind. #7-Allgaier continues to bleed positions, down to 12th position.
Lap 139: #88-Caruth is off the pace with a fuel-pickup issue, the same issue that plagued him earlier in the race.
Lap 137: #00-Creed leads #17-Day by 2.2 seconds with 10 laps remaining. There are plenty of ill-handling cars late in the run.
Lap 132: #96-Alfredo is the next driver to pass #7-Allgaier, who is fading after hitting the wall eight laps ago.
Lap 131: #88-Caruth continues marching forward, taking sixth position from #7-Allgaier. #51-Clements has cracked the top 10.
Lap 130: #19-Crews takes fifth position from #7-Allgaier. #88-Caruth has raced to seventh position on five-lap fresher tires.
Lap 128: #7-Allgaier is sliding back into the clutches of #1-Kvapil, #19-Crews, #96-Alfredo, #41-Mayer and #88-Caruth.
Lap 124: #17-Day, with a dinged up car, takes the runner-up position from #8-Smith, 2.6 seconds behind #00-Creed. #7-Allgaier smacked the wall entering Turn 3, allowing #21-Hill to sneak by for fourth position.
Lap 119: #17-Day takes third position from #7-Allgaier, 2.3 seconds behind #00-Creed.
Lap 118: #88-Caruth has gained 15 positions since the restart and is up to 13th position on five-lap fresher tires.
Lap 113: #17-Day clears #21-Hill for fourth position, over 1.5 seconds behind race leader #00-Creed.
Lap 111: #00-Creed has raced out to a three-quarter second lead over #8-Smith. #7-Allgaier remains in third place, one-second back of the lead.
Lap 108: #00-Creed muscles around #7-Allgaier on the restart to remain in the lead. #8-Smith is contesting Allgaier for second with #21-Hill and #17-Day rounding out the top five.
Lap 102: #55-Gase got loose underneath #0-Smithley and spun in front of #45-Scott. #18-Sawalich locked up the brakes further back and plowed into the inside wall.
Lap 99: #8-Smith, #7-Allgaier and #21-Hill all clear #17-Day, dropping him to fifth position after restarting on the front row.
Lap 98: #00-Creed keeps the lead on the restart. #1-Kvapil attempted to go three-wide for second place and ended up dropping to sixth position.
Lap 95: #00-Creed wins the race off pit road. #96-Alfredo dropped five positions after winning the stage.
Lap 90: #96-Alfredo wins Stage 2. #17-Day drives to second on fresh tires. #00-Creed, #8-Smith, #1-Kvapil, #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill, #41-Mayer, #28-Sieg and #39-Sieg earn stage points.
Lap 87: #00-Creed takes second position from #1-Kvapil. #17-Day has cracked the top five.
Lap 85: #00-Creed takes third place from #7-Allgaier, 1.7 seconds behind #96-Alfredo. #17-Day and #8-Smith have raced inside the top 10 on fresher tires.
Lap 84: #96-Alfredo takes the lead from #1-Kvapil. #00-Creed is up to fourth position, passing #21-Hill.
Lap 82: #00-Creed takes fifth position from #2-Love and is the furthest forward on the freshest tires.
Lap 81: #1-Kvapil clears for the lead on the restart. #96-Alfredo takes second position from #7-Allgaier around the outside. #21-Hill and #2-Love round out the top five.
Lap 74: #27-Burton gets spun halfway down the backstretch with contact from #87-Sanchez and slides back into traffic, getting clobbered by #53-Reen and #91-Maggio.
Lap 68: #17-Day and #18-Sawalich collide on the backstretch, turning Sawalich into the outside wall to bring out the caution. #88-Caruth gets the free pass for the second caution in a row and is back on the lead lap.
Lap 65: #7-Allgaier spins the tires on the restart, allowing #1-Kvapil to take the lead. #96-Alfedo squeezes into third position, ahead of #21-Hill and #41-Mayer.
Lap 60: #32-Dye wrecks on the frontstretch after attempting to block #26-Thompson to bring out the caution. #88-Caruth will be the free pass and be just one lap down.
Lap 58: #1-Kvapil is keeping the pressure on #7-Allgaier for the race lead.
Lap 53: #7-Allgaier launches ahead of #1-Kvapil on the restart. #21-Hill, #96-Alfredo and #41-Mayer round out the top five. #20-Jones restarted outside the top 20.
Lap 49: #99-Retzlaff hits pit road, with #00-Creed and #24-Burton — all of whom already pitted. #20-Jones, #17-Day and the remainder of the cars that didn’t pit at the previous caution pit for service.
Lap 45: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1, his ninth stage victory of the season. #1-Kvapil. #21-Hill, #41-Mayer, #99-Retzlaff, #96-Alfredo, #51-Clements, #2-Love, #87-Sanchez and #54-Gray earn stage points.
Lap 42: #7-Allgaier, #1-Kvapil and #21-Hill have put over two seconds on fourth-place #41-Mayer. #99-Retzlaff has raced to fifth position. #20-Jones has dropped outside the top 10 on older tires.
Lap 40: #7-Allgaier restarted fifth and takes the race lead through Turn 3. #1-Kvapil clears for second position with #21-Hill in third. #20-Jones fell to fourth.
Lap 36: The majority of the field hit pit road. #20-Jones, #17-Day, #18-Sawalich, #39-Sieg, #44-Poole, #26-Thompson and #48-Staropoli elect to stay out.
Lap 34: #92-Pardus spins off Turn 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 32: #96-Alfredo has moved to sixth place, passing #41-Mayer.
Lap 30: #02-Ellis and #91-Maggio have both hit pit road with issues. Ellis has gone to the garage.
Lap 29: #20-Jones takes third position from #2-Love, 5.2 seconds behind #7-Allgaier.
Lap 27: #88-Caruth is off the pace with an alternator issue.
Lap 23: #7-Allgaier has driven out to a three-second lead over #1-Kvapil at the midway point of the opening stage.
Lap 21: #8-Smith is fading back now, losing three positions to #17-Day, #39-Sieg and #18-Sawalich.
Lap 20: #51-Clements has gained 21 positions since the start of the race, running in 16th position.
Lap 18: #17-Day continues falling through the field, losing 13th position to #39-Sieg. #18-Sawalich is closing in for 14th.
Lap 14: #88-Caruth has made a pair of passes to take seventh position from #99-Retzlaff. #96-Alfredo follows through, moving Retzlaff back to ninth position.
Lap 10: #7-Allgaier has extended the lead to 1.8 seconds over #1-Kvapil, who is holding off #2-Love.
Lap 9: #17-Day makes more contact with #8-Smith while trying to make a slid job for 11th position. #00-Creed gets by for 12th.
Lap 6: #17-Day and #8-Smith trade paint while battling for 11th position. All 12 Chase cars are now running inside the top 13.
Lap 4: #7-Allgaier has scooted out to a lead of two-thirds of a seconds. #96-Alfredo is the only non-Chase driver running inside the top 10 in the opening laps.
Lap 1: #7-Allgaier clears #1-Kvapil through Turns 1 and 2 to take the lead from the outside lane. #2-Love jumps to third ahead of #20-Jones. #21-Hill rounds out the top five.

Race Info:
Fleetio 200
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 147 laps / 200.8 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 147
Average time of race: 1:50:21
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 71 laps

Cars to the rear: #02-Ryan Ellis, #19-Brent Crews, #38-Brad Perez, #51-Jeremy Clements (unapproved adjustments).

Pit-Stall Selections

#1-Carson Kvapil won the pole for the Fleetio 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway with a speed of 161.636 mph It’s his first career pole.
JR Motorsports swept the front pole with #7-Justin Allgaier starting alongside (161.312 mph). #20-Brandon Jones will take the green flag from third position (160.606 mph). #2-Jesse Love (160.590 mph) and #41-Sam Mayer (160.569 mph) rounding out the top five.
#21-Austin Hill, #54-Taylor Gray, #19-Brent Crews, #88-Rajah Caruth and #99-Parker Retzlaff complete the top 10.
Chase drivers starting outside the top 10: #8-Sammy Smith (11th), #00-Sheldon Creed (13th) and #17-Corey Day (14th).
See the complete Darlington Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Darlington Raceway:
Carson Kvapil (C) won the Pole Award for the Fleetio 200 with a lap of 30.424 seconds, 161.636 mph.
This is his first pole in 67 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and 18th top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in five races at Darlington Raceway.
Justin Allgaier (C) (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2026 and his 15th in 22 races at Darlington Raceway.
Brandon Jones (C) (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 14th in 25 races this season.
Brent Crews (C) (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Fleetio 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#99-Parker Retzlaff 162.297 mph
#8-Sammy Smith 160.868 mph
#96-Anthony Alfredo 160.312 mph
#41-Sam Mayer 159.921 mph
#54-Taylor Gray 159.854 mph
Chase drivers outside the top five: #00-Sheldon Creed (eighth), #20-Brandon Jones (10th), #17-Corey Day (11th), #21-Austin Hill (15th), #1-Carson Kvapil (18th), #7-Justin Allgaier (19th), #2-Jesse Love (23rd), #88-Rajah Caruth (27th).
Slowest: #38-Brad Perez 141.877 mph
Most laps run: #99-Ratzlaff, 62
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 32 drivers): #99-Retzlaff 155.477 mph
Notes: Multiple Chase cars tagged the wall in practice, including #99-Retzlaff and #2-Love. #39-Ryan Sieg also scraped the outside wall.
See full Darlington Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will run a right-side tire that is new to Darlington but was introduced at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The left-side tire has run several times since Darlington in March, most recently at Iowa Speedway. 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 Fleetio 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway. No drivers will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #9-Jake Finch, #32-Daniel Dye, #38-Brad Perez, #42-Logan Bearden, #47-Dawson Cram, #53-Glen Reen, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Nick Sanchez, #91-Mason Maggio, #92-Preston Pardus.
See the full Darlington Entry List.

Darlington 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