Corey Day hits the jackpot in back-and-forth Las Vegas battle with Carson Kvapil: In one of the most thrilling finishes of the season, 20-year-old Hendrick Motorsports rookie driver Corey Day prevailed in a final laps back-and-forth with 23-year-old JR Motorsports’ racer Carson Kvapil to claim his third career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Read more)(10-3-2026)

Polesitter #17-Corey Day led a career-high 136 laps and had to hold off #1-Carson Kvapil en route to his third victory of the season in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The duo swapped the lead multiple times in the final three laps, giving Day his third victory of the season.
Kvapil finished runner-up and is within 19 points of the championship lead. Defending champion #2-Jesse Love placed third, with #19-Brent Crews and #54-Taylor Gray rounding out the top five.
Stage 2 winner #41-Sam Mayer rebounded from a pit-road penalty at the end of the stage to finish sixth. #51-Jeremy Clements, #18-William Sawalich, #21-Austin Hill and #96-Anthony Alfredo complete the top 10.
Chase drivers that finished outside the top 10 include: #88-Rajah Caruth (11th), #00-Sheldon Creed (13th), #8-Sammy Smith (15th), #99-Parker Retzlaff (19th), #7-Justin Allgaier (34th) and #20-Brandon Jones (36th). Jones was disqualified for having four or more lug nuts not safe and secure.
#17-Corey Day won Stage 1. #41-Sam Mayer won Stage 2.
There were 15 lead changes among nine drivers and three cautions for 21 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 135.370 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Las Vegas Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Corey Day (C) won the Focused Health 302, his third victory in 39 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his third victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Carson Kvapil (C) (second) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2026.
Jesse Love (C) (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Brent Crews (C) (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sheldon Creed (C) leads the point standings by 19 points over Carson Kvapil (C).

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Las Vegas (Race 28 of 33):
1)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,259
2)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,240, -19
3)#2-Jesse Love 2,038, -21
4)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,229, -30
5)#17-Corey Day 2,218, -41
6)#41-Sam Mayer 2,207, -52
7)#54-Taylor Gray 2,169, -90
8)#8-Sammy Smith 2,165, -94
9)#21-Austin Hill 2,160, -99
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,142, -117
11)#20-Brandon Jones 2,122, -137
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,113, -146
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 201: Day hangs on for the victory by .287 seconds ahead of Kvapil. Love, Crews, Gray, Mayer, Clements, Sawalich, Hill and Alfredo complete the top 10.
Lap 199: Day runs against the wall through Turns 3 and 4, getting to the outside of Kvapil down the frontstretch as the two drivers trade paint.
Lap 198: Day clipped the apron racing through Turns 3 and 4, allowing Kvapil to sneak by the lead.
Lap 191: Day moves to the top groove through Turns 1 and 2 and re-takes the lead from Kvapil.
Lap 190: #Kvapil has gotten to the inside of Day and get loose underneath Day, to take the race lead coming to 10 laps remaining.
Lap 187: Kvapil continues to wrap the bottom of Turns 1 and 2 and closing rapidly on Day for the race lead.
Lap 180: Day is struggling with lapped traffic, allowing Kvapil to close within a half second.
Lap 175: Day continues to lead by 1.9 seconds over Kvapil. Only 15 cars remain on the lead lap, with Smith and Creed in danger of falling a lap down.
Lap 163: Only Kvapil, Crews and Love are within 12 seconds of Day. Gray remains fifth, 12.2 seconds behind. Mayer, Clements, Sawalich, RSieg and Caruth are the rest of the top 10.
Lap 154: Gray has raced to fifth position and Mayer is up to sixth after restarting Stage 3 at the end of the lead lap with pit-road woes.
Lap 150: Day cycles back to the lead with 51 laps remaining, nearly a full second ahead of Kvapil.
Lap 145: Race leader Day is on pit road, along with Clements, Hill, Creed and Pulliam.
Lap 144: Kvapil and Love pit from inside the top five. Sawalich also pits for service, with RSieg.
Lap 143: Crews pits from third place, with Mayer, HBurton and Caruth all following suit.
Lap 142: Gray pits from eighth position. Thompson also hits pit road.
Lap 141: Smith is the first lead-lap car to make a final scheduled pit stop.
Lap 131: Mayer has raced back to 10th position after restarting at the rear of the field. Gray has jumped to eighth place with a similar rally.
Lap 130: Love takes fourth position from Sawalich, nearly six seconds back of race leader Day.
Lap 117: Allgaier returns to the track, 61 laps off the pace. He gains one position to pass Jones and will bring the car back to the garage.
Lap 108: Kvapil takes second position from Sawalich, more than a half-second behind race leader Day.
Lap 102: Clements cracks the top five and is challenging Love for fourth place.
Lap 98: Day side drafts Sawalich down the backstretch to re-take the lead.
Lap 97: Sawalich clears for the lead on the restart. Day, Kvapil, Love and Crews are the top five.
Lap 95: Gray makes a second trip down pit road for loose lug nuts.
Lap 94: Sawalich wins the race off pit road with Kvapil coming off second. Mayer dropped to third after winning the second stage but had a tire get loose and will need to drop to the rear of the field for the restart. Caruth had an uncontrolled-tire violation and will need to restart at the rear.
Lap 91 – CAUTION is out for the end of stage 2. Mayer wins it over Day Caruth Kvapil Clements Sawalich Crews Love Gray and RSieg.
Lap 86 – Day is closing on Mayer for the lead, now just a half second back.
Lap 80 – Ten laps left in stage 2. Mayer leads now second place Day by 1.2 second.
Lap 75 – Mayer leads Caruth by.57 second. Day Kvapil and Gray round out the top 5.
Lap 71 – Cram and Jones are officially done for the night.
Lap 64 – Retzlaff comes to pit road. He had a right front tire going down.
Lap 63 – Back to green. Mayer Caruth Day Sawalich Gray Kvapil Love Crews RSieg Creed the top 10.
Lap 57 – Jones and Allgaier both go to the garage and are likely done for the night.
Lap 55 – Mayer to the lead and CAUTION is out for Jones into the wall in turn two. He collects Allgaier. Heavy damage for both.
Lap 54 – Green flag back out for the start of the second stage.
Lap 49 – Pit road is open, leaders come in. Off pit road: Jones Caruth Love Mayer Day.
Lap 46 – CAUTION is out for the end of stage 1. Day wins  it over Mayer Caruth Jones Love Crews RSieg Gray Hill Allgaier. 24 drivers on the lead lap. Burton will get the free pass.
Lap 35 – Ten laps remaining in stage 1. Day’s lead is over 3 seconds. Allgaier makes like contact with the wall.
Lap 27 – Day’s team is having some radio issues. They plan to switch to the team’s second channel during the stage break.
Lap 26 – Day now out to a 1.9 second lead over Caruth.  Mayer Creed Crews Love Jones Gray Allgaier and Sieg round out the top 10.
Lap 22 – Creed falls to fourth as Mayer passes him.
Lap 21 – Caruth takes second from Creed.
Lap 20 – Chase drivers are 10 of the top 12 drivers. Kvapil Hill Petzlaff and Smith are further back.
Lap 16 – Cram heads to the garage. Meanwhile, Day has a 1.1 second lead over Creed.
Lap 14 – Maggio has lost power and heads to pit road.
Lap 10 – Day takes the lead back from Creed. Third place Caruth is 1.5 second back.
Lap 9 – Craw makes an unscheduled pit stop.
Lap 8 – CW has a lap of silence in remembrance of Kyle Busch.
Lap 3 – Creed has taken the lead from Day. Caruth Crews and Jones round out the top 5.
Lap 2 – Day leads the first lap over Creed and Jones.
• 7:45pm/et – Green flag in the air.
• 7:35pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 7:26pm/et -Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 7:00pm/et – CW now has pre-race coverage.

Focused Health 302
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 201 laps / 301.5 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 201
Average time of race: 2:18:05
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 60 laps

Timing (all times local & subject to change)

Invocation: 4:26:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 4:27:00 p.m.
Command: 4:34:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 4:45:00 p.m.

Cars to the rear: #0-Garrett Smithley (unapproved adjustments), #18-William Sawalich (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

For the second time in 2026, #17-Corey Day won the pole for the Focused Health 302 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Running a speed of 180.856 mph locked up Day’s second career pole.
Championship leader #00-Sheldon Creed will start second (180.741 mph). The Joe Gibbs Racing trio of #20-Brandon Jones (180.493 mph), #19-Brent Crews (180.397 mph) and #54-Taylor Gray (180.084 mph) round out the top five.
#88-Rajah Caruth, #7-Justin Allgaier, #41-Sam Mayer, #1-Carson Kvapil and #2-Jesse Love complete the top 10.
Chase drivers starting outside the top 10: #21-Austin Hill (12th), #99-Parker Retzlaff (17th) and #8-Sammy Smith (23rd).
See the complete Las Vegas Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Corey Day (C) won the Pole Award for the Focused Health 302 with a lap of 29.858 seconds, 180.856 mph.
This is his second pole in 39 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second pole and 16th top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in three races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (C) (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2026 and his sixth in ten races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Brandon Jones (C) (third) posted his 12th top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 15th in 28 races this season.
Brent Crews (C) (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Focused Health 302 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#51-Jeremy Clements 180.024 mph
#20-Brandon Jones 178.070 mph
#54-Taylor Gray 177.625 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 177.398 mph
#27-Jeb Burton 177.020 mph
Other Chase drivers: #2-Jesse Love (sixth), #21-Austin Hill (seventh), #17-Corey Day (11th), #41-Sam Mayer (13th), #1-Carson Kvapil (15th), #88-Rajah Caruth (17th), #8-Sammy Smith (19th), #7-Justin Allgaier (21st) and #99-Parker Retzlaff (22nd).
Slowest: #47-Dawson Cram 165.411 mph
Most laps run: #87-Lee Pulliam, 87
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 23 drivers): #2-Love 175.451 mph
Notes: #96-Anthony Alfredo spun in the closing minutes of practice to bring out the only caution in the session.
See full Las Vegas Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series last ran this setup at Texas Motor Speedway in May. The 15-inch setup was raced by the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Kansas last weekend, however. As is customary at tracks one-mile and longer, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will run inner liners at Las Vegas.

There are 36 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Focused Health 302 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All cars will make the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #32-Andrew Patterson, #42-Matt DiBenedetto, #47-Dawson Cram, #53-Blake Lothian, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Lee Pulliam, #91-Mason Maggio, #92-Josh Williams.
See the full Las Vegas Entry List.

Las Vegas 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