Corey Day passes Justin Allgaier in closing laps to win Dover: Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway start.(Read more)(5-16-2026)

Taking the lead with four laps to go, #17-Corey Day won the BetRivers 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. It’s his second victory in the last four races and the second of his rookie season.
#7-Justin Allgaier led a race-high 71 laps and lost the lead in lapped traffic while tying to get by #53-Blake Lothian. #41-Sam Mayer placed third, with #18-William Sawalich and #21-Austin Hill rounding out the top five, his first since COTA in February.
#20-Brandon Jones, #1-Carson Kvapil, #39-Ryan Sieg, #8-Sammy Smith and #96-Anthony Alfredo filled out the remainder of the top 10.
#20-Jones won the opening stage, his third of the season. #9-Ross Chastain won Stage 2, but dropped to 13th in the finishing order after a Stage 3 run-in with #54-Taylor Gray.
There were 12 lead changes among 10 drivers and nine cautions for 54 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 99.917 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Dover Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Dover Motor Speedway:
Corey Day won the BetRivers 200, his second victory in 25 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Dover Motor Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 18th top-10 finish in 26 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2026.
Sam Mayer (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Patrick Staropoli (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 175 points over Sheldon Creed.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Dover (Race 14 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 679,+340
2)#00-Sheldon Creed 504, +165
3)#2-Jesse Love 502, +163
4)#17-Corey Day 484, +145
5)#20-Brandon Jones 474, +135
6)#8-Sammy Smith 427, +87
7)#21-Austin Hill 424, +85
8)#1-Carson Kvapil 420, +81
9)#41-Sam Mayer 369, +30
10)#54-Taylor Gray 365, +26
11)#99-Parker Retzlaff 363, +24
12)#18-William Sawalich 344, +5
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13)#19-Brent Crews 339, -5
14)#88-Rajah Caruth 338, -6
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 322, -22
16)#44-Brennan Poole 283, -61
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #17-Day holds on to win at Dover. #7-Allgaier, #41-Mayer, #18-Sawalich and #21-Hill round out the top five. #20-Jones, #1-Kvapil, #39-Sieg, #8-Smith and #96-Alfredo filled the rest of the top 10.
Lap 196: #17-Day passes #7-Allgaier for the lead through lapped traffic with four laps remaining.
Lap 195: #7-Allgaier has had his lead trimmed to one-tenth of a second.
Lap 190: #17-Day has closed the hap to four-tenths of a second in lapped traffic.
Lap 185: #7-Allgaier has seen his lead shrink to a half-second over #17-Day. #41-Mayer sits 1.1 seconds behind in third position.
Lap 178: #17-Day gets to the outside of #41-Mayer, running right against the wall, to take second position.
Lap 174: #17-Day slides into third position ahead of #18-Sawalich before getting held up by a slow #0-Smithley.
Lap 173: #41-Mayer got #18-Sawalich loose to take the runner-up position, 1.5 seconds behind #7-Allgaier.
Lap 171: #21-Hill takes sixth position from #20-Jones, the best Hill has been in the running order all race.
Lap 166: #7-Allgaier gets the jump on the restart to clear #18-Sawalich. #41-Mayer files in third, with #17-Day and #20-Jones rounding out the top five.
Lap 162: #87-Green leads a small contingent down pit road, including #2-Love.
Lap 159: #9-Smithley brings out the caution, with a flat right-rear tire sheering the rear quarter panel.
Lap 155: #41-Mayer is the quickest car on the track, now 2.8 seconds behind #7-Allgaier. Mayer has been informed that his team doesn’t believe Allgaier can make it the distance on fuel.
Lap 143: #41-Mayer moves to third position after trading paint with #17-Day.
Lap 139: #41-Mayer takes fourth position from #24-Burton, more than three seconds behind the leader.
Lap 137: #19-Crews has battled back inside the top 10, sitting ninth while battling #1-Kvapil.
Lap 134: #17-Day takes third position from #24-Burton, 1.3 seconds behind race leader #7-Allgaier.
Lap 132: #7-Allgaier clears #24-Burton on the restart, who spun his tires. #18-Sawalich settles into second position.
Lap 127: #0-Smithley spins towards the rear of the pack to bring out the caution.
Lap 125: #7-Allgaier drives around to take the lead on the restart. #24-Burton moves into second with #87-Green in third. #18-Sawalich and #17-Day are moving through the field on fresher tires.
Lap 122: #18-Sawalich keeps the lead on pit road. #44-Poole and #96-Alfredo go off strategy to move up to second and third positions. #17-Day and #48-Staropoli round out the top five.
Lap 121: #9-Chastain is on pit road for repairs, as is #54-Gray and #2-Love.
Lap 119: #54-Gray got into the rear of #9-Chastain, pinching him into the wall. Gray spun into the inside wall on the frontstretch.
Lap 117: #18-Sawalich gets the advantage on the restart. #9-Chastain clears #54-Gray for the runner-up position. #41-Mayer and #1-Kvapil round out the top five.
Lap 114: #7-Allgaier, #26-Thompson, #32-Patterson, #48-Staropoli and #07-Bilicki pit to get off strategy.
Lap 111: #8-Smith made a late dive into the entrance of Turn 3, spooking #88-Caruth, who got loose underneath #24-Burton. Both Caruth and Burton spun to bring out the caution.
Lap 110: #17-Day smacked the wall on the entrance of Turn 1 while batting #41-Mayer. He dropped two positions to sith.
Lap 105: #19-Sawalich takes the lead on the restart from #9-Chastain. #54-Gray, #17-Day and #41-Mayer round out the top five.
Lap 103: #2-Love pits to assess the damage. The team is putting Bear Bond on the decklid to close the gap. to the trunk. #88-Caruth dropped to 10th position.
Lap 99: #88-Caruth got loose underneath #2-Love while battling for the lead through Turns 3 and 4 and both cars hit the outside wall.
Lap 95: #2-Love gained three spots on pit road to take the lead. #9-Chastain dropped two positions. #17-Day gained three, with #18-Sawalich making up for positions.
Lap 90: #9-Chastain wins Stage 2, his first stage victory of the season. #88-Caruth, #54-Gray, #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #1-Kvapil, #17-Day, #7-Allgaier, #18-Sawalich and #39-Sieg complete the top 10.
Lap 83: #19-Crews has rebounded to 15th after an earlier incident, passing #8-Smith.
Lap 79: #41-Mayer takes fifth position from #1-Kvapil, 2.5 seconds behind #9-Chastain.
Lap 70: #88-Caruth takes second position from #54-Gray, a half-second behind #9-Chastain. #17-Day has dropped two more spots to seventh position behind #1-Kvapil and #41-Mayer.
Lap 67: #9-Chastain keeps the lead on the reset. #2-Love jumped to fourth position, passing #17-Day.
Lap 60: #31-Perkins had something in the rear suspension break and backed into the Turn 3 wall. #96-Alfredo made an evasive move to mostly miss Perkins.
Lap 58: #20-Jones has lost two additional spots since the restart to 10th.
Lap 53: #9-Chastain clears #54-Gray for the race lead. #88-Caruth, #17-Day and #2-Love complete the top five.
Lap 52: #00-Creed made a second visit to pit road to repair right-rear damage.
Lap 49: #9-Chastain took the lead off pit road. #20-Jones dropped seven spots to eighth; #41-Mayer lost six positions to ninth.
Lap 45: #20-Jones wins Stage 1, his third stage victory of the season. #9-Chastain, #41-Mayer, #54-Gray, #88-Caruth, #1-Kvapil, #18-Sawalich, #17-Day, #2-Love and #7-Allgaier collect stage points.
Lap 41: #7-Allgaier cracks the top 10 for the first time in the race.
Lap 39: #1-Kvapil split the middle of a three-wide battle, including a lap car, to pass #18-Sawalich for sixth position.
Lap 33: #9-Chastain is closing the gap on #20-Jones for the lead. #41-Mayer is also within one-second of Jones.
Lap 24: #7-Allgaier had made no progress since the green flag, running in 13th position.
Lap 18: #20-Jones takes the lead on the restart from the inside line. #9-Chastain files in second, with #41-Mayer, #54-Gray and #88-Caruth the rest of the top five.
Lap 11: #19-Crews and #39-Sieg collide battling for 13th position through Turns 1 and 2. #27-Burton word up and was tagged by #99-Retzlaff, who had gained nearly 15 positions since the green flag. #45-Scott drove into the rear of Retzlaff.
Lap 5: #17-Day is fighting a loose condition and has slipped to seventh position after starting in third spot.
Lap 3: #54-Gray has made two passes in the last two laps to take fourth position.
Lap 1: #9-Chastain clears #20-Jones for the lead on the opening lap. #88-Caruth slides into third, with #17-Day and #41-Mayer rounding out the top five.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 200 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:07:23
Pit road speed: 35 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Fuel Window: 85 laps

Cars to the rear: #53-David Starr (engine), #99-Parker Retzlaff (unapproved adjustments).

Pit-Stall Selections

For the first time since 2018, #9-Ross Chastain won the pole for the BetRivers 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway (154.394 mph). It’s his second career pole, with his only other pole coming in his first start with Chip Ganassi Racing at Darlington Raceway.
Three-time Dover pole winner #20-Brandon Jones will start second (154.030 mph). #17-Corey Day will line up third (153.741 mph), with #88-Rajah Caruth (153.472 mph) and #54-Taylor Gray (153.374 mph) round out the top five.
#41-Sam Mayer, #1-Carson Kvapil, #18-William Sawalich, #24-Harrison Burton and #2-Jesse Love complete the top 10.
See the complete Dover Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Dover Motor Speedway:
Ross Chastain(i) won the Pole Award for the BetRivers 200 with a lap of 23.317 seconds, 154.394
mph.
This is his second pole in 219 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in 14 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Brandon Jones (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2026 and his 12th in 16 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Corey Day (third) posted his first top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his ninth in 14 races this season.
Brent Crews (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the BetRivers 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#54-Taylor Gray 151.585 mph
#18-William Sawalich 151.184 mph
#2-Jesse Love 151.051 mph
#24-Harrison Burton 150.981 mph
#20-Brandon Jones 150.816 mph
Slowest: #53-Blake Lothian 133.328 mph
Most laps run: #87-Austin Green, 61
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 27 drivers): #18-Sawalich 149.608 mph
Notes: There were no issues in the session.
See full Dover Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will run the same left-side tires they used earlier this season at Darlington Raceway, Rockingham Speedway and Bristol, paired with a new right-side tire designed to withstand the track’s high speeds and heavy loads. Both series will also use inner liners, as is customary on tracks one-mile and longer.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the BetRivers 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #9-Ross Chastain, #32-Andrew Patterson, #35-Dawson Cram, #38-Logan Bearden, #42-CJ McLaughlin, #53-David Starr, #55-Blake Lothian, #91-Myatt Snider, #92-BJ McLeod.
See the full Dover Entry List.

Dover 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