Late charge propels Kyle Larson to O’Reilly Series victory at Las Vegas: No matter the series, Las Vegas Motor Speedway agrees with Kyle Larson. Surging into the lead from the seventh position moments after the final restart on Lap 154 of 200, Larson pulled away to win The Liuna!, becoming the fifth different winner in five NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series events this season. (Read more)(3-14-2026)

Leading the final 47 laps, #88-Kyle Larson won The LiUNA! NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his second victory at Las Vegas and the 18th win of his career, tying AJ Allmendinger and Denny Hamlin for 19th on the all-time list.
Making his only scheduled O’Reilly start of the season, #19-Chase Briscoe finished runner-up, rebounding from a mid-race flat tire that put him off the lead lap. #00-Sheldon Creed finished third, while #7-Justin Allgaier, who won the opening two stages, placed fourth and #8-Sammy Smith rounded out the top five.
Reining series champion #2-Jesse Love rallied to sixth. #1-Connor Zilisch, #17-Corey Day, #18-William Sawalich and #21-Austin Hill filled out the top 10.
There were 16 lead changes among nine drivers and eight cautions for 42 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 116.820 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:
Kyle Larson(i) won the The LiUNA, his 18th victory in 121 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in five races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chase Briscoe(i) (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Patrick Staropoli (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 13 points over Jesse Love.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Las Vegas (Race 5 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 237, +133
2)#2-Jesse Love 224, +120
3)#21-Austin Hill 208, +104
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 188, +84
5)#9-Carson Kvapil 173, +69
6)#8-Sammy Smith 164, +60
7)#17-Corey Day 154, +50
8)#32-Rajah Caruth 137, +33
9)#99-Parker Retzlaff 129, +25
10)#41-Sam Mayer 122, +18
11)#20-Brandon Jones 120, +16
12)#54-Taylor Gray 110, +6
Currently below cutline
13)#27-Jeb Burton 104, -6
14)#44-Brennan Poole 97, -13
15)#18-William Sawalich 95, -15
16)#48-Patrick Staropoli 87, -23
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #88-Larson wins at Las Vegas. #19-Briscoe, #00-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith, #2-Love, #1-Zilisch, #17-Day, #18-Sawalich, #21-Hill complete the top 10.
Lap 192: #2-Love has rebounded to sixth position, passing #17-Day who continues to fall through the field over the long run.
Lap 190: #88-Larson has extended the lead to 2.7 seconds with 10 laps remaining.
Lap 181: #19-Briscoe drives around #00-Creed and lap car #91-Maggio to take second spot, 2.3 seconds back of the lead.
Lap 177: #8-Smith continues fading, losing two more positions to fifth.
Lap 175: #00-Creed takes second position from #8-Smith, two seconds behind #88-Larson.
Lap 173: #7-Allgaier passes #19-Briscoe for fourth position, 2.5 seconds behind race leader #88-Larson.
Lap 167: #7-Allgaier is making a late rally, moving back into the top five. #88-Larson leads #8-Smith by six-tenths of a second.
Lap 161: #19-Briscoe has re-entered the top five, catching the leaders quickly.
Lap 159: #8-Smith takes the runner-up position from #17-Day, a half-second behind #88-Larson.
Lap 155: #2-Love dives to the bottom of a four-wide battle and #7-Allgaier packs air to drop Love in the running order.
Lap 153: #88-Larson gets a great restart and drives to the lead from seventh position. #17-Day cycles in second, with #8-Smith up to third. #00-Creed dropped outside the top five with a bump from Day.
Lap 151: #00-Creed jumps to the lead off pit road. #7-Allgaier drops two spots to fifth. #20-Jones stayed out and is the new race leader. #96-Alfredo and #27-Burton also stayed out for track position, having already put on their final set of sticker tires.
Lap 148: #00-Creed gets into the rear of #54-Gray entering Turn 3 and bounces off the wall to bring out the caution.
Lap 147: The top four drivers have driven away from the field. #17-Day leads #54-Gray, #00-Creed and #7-Allgaier. #88-Larson runs fifth, more than two seconds back.
Lap 140: #17-Day takes the lead from #54-Gray down the backstretch with 60 laps remaining.
Lap 137: #54-Gray keeps the lead on the restart, with #17-Day cycling in second. #88-Larson is challenging #00-Creed for third, with #9-Kvapil and #7-Allgaier battling for fifth.
Lap 134: Multiple drivers on the lead lap pit, including #2-Love who topped off with fuel and tightened a few lug nuts. #20-Jones was the first car to pit inside the top 10.
Lap 131: #07-Bilicki got into the left-rear quarter panel of #48-Staropoli on the exit of Turn 4 and both cars spun through the grass. #2-Love gained 12 positions since the restart and is in 17th position.
Lap 126: #1-Zilisch scrapes the outside wall down the backstretch, dropping four positions to seventh. #17-Day has moved into third position.
Lap 125: #00-Creed sneaks by #1-Zilisch to take second position down the frontstretch.
Lap 124: #54-Gray controls the lead on the restart, with #1-Zilisch racing up to second position. #00-Creed, #88-Larson and #17-Day are the top five.
Lap 120: #2-Love keeps the lead off pit road. #7-Allgaier lost four spots with a track bar adjustment and returns to the track in sixth position. #2-Love receives a penalty for a safety violation on pit road. Crew chief Danny Stockman Jr. fell over the pit wall while retrieving the tire.
Lap 118: #26-Thompson and #48-Staropoli spin through Turns 1 and 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 113: Multiple teams have reported that the track has gotten looser. #2-Love has raced out to a half-second lead over #7-Allgaier. #54-Gray, #00-Creed and #17-Day fill out the top five positions.
Lap 109: #2-Love powers by #7-Allgaier to re-take the lead down the frontstretch.
Lap 104: #7-Allgaier passes #2-Love entering Turn 3 to take the race lead.
Lap 102: #19-Briscoe is on pit road after missing it the first time around. He believes the right-front tire was flat.
Lap 101: #19-Briscoe is off the pace with a flat tire after hitting the outside wall.
Lap 99: #19-Briscoe scrubbed the wall through Turns 3 and 4, falling back to 11th position.
Lap 97: #2-Love clears for the lead on the restart, allowing #00-Creed to get next to #7-Allgaier for second position.
Lap 95: #2-Love wins the race off pit road. #7-Allgaier, #19-Briscoe, #00-Creed and #54-Gray are the top five.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #19-Briscoe, #54-Gray, #2-Love, #88-Larson, #00-Creed, #17-Day, #1-Zilisch, #21-Hill and #9-Kvapil earn stage points.
Lap 84: Multiple teams are reporting gusts of wind is affecting the handling of their race cars.
Lap 80: #19-Briscoe, running inches from the wall, is generating a massive run down the straightaways and is closing in on #7-Allgaier for the race lead.
Lap 72: Both #00-Creed and #17-Day get sideways while batting for fifth. #88-Larson is closing in on the battle. #1-Zilisch is up to eighth with #39-Sieg and #21-Hill filling out the top 10.
Lap 68: #2-Love overshoots the entrance of Turn 1, losing third spot to #54-Gray. #17-Day has cracked the top five.
Lap 66: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love around the outside. #19-Briscoe is pressuring for second position.
Lap 64: #2-Love surges to the lead with a push from #7-Allgaier on the restart. #54-Gray drops to fourth, spinning his tires on the outside line.
Lap 58: #2-Love and #54-Gray battle for the lead, as #51-Clements spins through the infield grass to bring out the caution.
Lap 56: #88-Lasrson dips to the bottom during the tri-oval, passing #19-Briscoe and #00-Creed to clear for fourth position. #41-Mayer is back on the track, six laps off the pace.
Lap 54: #2-Love retains the lead on the restart. #19-Briscoe jumps to the top lane and settles into fourth position, battling with #88-Larson.
Lap 52: #41-Mayer has been pushed behind the wall with no power after finishing second in the opening stage.
Lap 50: #2-Love gains four positions exiting pit road to take the lead. #54-Gray, #7-Allgaier, #19-Briscoe and #88-Larson complete the top five off the pits.
Lap 49: #41-Mayer pits before the pits are open with no power.
Lap 45: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1, his first stage victory of the season. #41-Mayer, #19-Briscoe, #54-Gray, #00-Creed, #2-Love, #88-Larson, #17-Day, #0-Custer and #20-Jones earn stage points.
Lap 42: Both #19-Briscoe and #54-Gray passed #00-Creed, dropping to fifth position.
Lap 39: #0-Custer has raced back to the top 10 after bringing out the last caution with a spin.
Lap 34: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #41-Mayer off the exit of Turn 4 to become the second leader of the race.
Lap 32: #51-Clements has re-entered the top 20 after being the free pass recipient at the most recent caution.
Lap 30: #7-Allgaier has passed #00-Creed for the runner-up position, three-quarters of a second behind race leader #41-Mayer.
Lap 23: #19-Briscoe continues moving forward, passing #2-Love for fifth position. #54-Gray has race inside the top to fourth.
Lap 20: #41-Mayer launches to the lead on the restart. #19-Briscoe ran inches from the wall around for the entire lap, jumping six spots to sixth.
Lap 14: #0-Custer got loose while battling #32-Caruth for 13th position and spun off Turn 2. #87-Green locked up the tires behind and spun to the inside.
Lap 11: #19-Briscoe has gained 13 spots since the start of the race and has cracked the top 10.
Lap 7: #41-Mayer retains the lead on the restart. #00-Creed, #2-Love, #20-Jones and #8-Smith round out the top five. #88-Larson has fallen to eighth position with a balance issue.
Lap 6: #51-Clements didn’t beat the pace car off pit road and needed to give his lap back. He stopped at the restart zone and let the field go by as the field is coming to the green flag.
Lap 2: #1-Zilisch drove deep into Turn 1 and slid into the left-rear quarter panel of #51-Clements to spin from just outside the top 10. #45-Scott and #5-Smith both scraped the wall further back in the field.
Lap 1: #41-Mayer launches through the restart zone on the opening lap to soar to the lead. #88-Larson spun his tires from the outside lane and dropped to fifth.

Cars to the rear: #31-Blaine Perkins, #48-Patrick Staropoli, #96-Anthony Alfredo (all unapproved adjustments).

Race Details:
The LiUNA!
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:10:32
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 61 laps

Pit-Stall Selections

For the second time in the last four races, #41-Sam Mayer (183.287 mph) won the pole for The LiUNA! NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It’s his first pole award at Las Vegas and the sixth of his career. This season is his first with multiple poles in a single year.
Two-time Cup Series champion #88-Kyle Larson will start second (182.902 mph). #00-Sheldon Creed will take the green flag in third (182.624 mph), with #8-Sammy Smith (182.291 mph) and #20-Brandon Jones (182.143 mph) rounding out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray, #2-Jesse Love, #32-Rajah Caruth, #7-Justin Allgaier and #51-Jeremy Clements complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #30-Myatt Snider, #35-Chad Finchum, #74-Dawson Cram.
See the complete Las Vegas Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Sam Mayer won the Pole Award for the The LiUNA with a lap of 29.462 seconds, 183.287 mph.
This is his sixth pole in 154 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second pole and fourth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in ten races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson(i) (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2026 and his fourth in five races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his fourth in five races this season.
Patrick Staropoli (22nd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for The LiUNA! NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#51-Jeremy Clements 180.222 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 179.862 mph
#87-Austin Green 179.856 mph
#2-Jesse Love 179.086 mph
#54-Taylor Gray 178.796 mph
Slowest: #74-Dawson Cram 166.384 mph
Most laps run: #48-Patrick Staropoli, 46
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 30 drivers): #2-Love, 176.901 mph
Notes: #74-Dawson Cram blew an engine just over 10 minutes into the practice which halted the session for nearly 10 minutes. Many of the front contenders waited until the track built rubber before making a timed lap.
See full Las Vegas Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups that await NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend are the same left- and right-side pairings each series ran during last October’s race at the Nevada track.

There are 41 drivers/teams on the entry list for The LiUNA! NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Three cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Cole Custer, #1-Connor Zilisch, #5-Chandler Smith, #9-Carson Kvapil, #19-Chase Briscoe, #30-Myatt Snider, #32-Rajah Caruth, #35-Chad Finchum, #42-Nathan Byrd, #52-Daniel Dye, #55-Joey Gase, #74-Dawson Cram, #88-Kyle Larson, #91-Mason Maggio.
See the full Las Vegas Entry List.

Las Vegas 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