Justin Allgaier snags fourth O’Reilly victory of 2026 season at Nashville: After a multiple brilliant and exhilarating door-to-door battles – veteran against rookie – in the closing portion of the race, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier prevailed to hoist his series best fourth NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race trophy of the season. (Read more)(5-30-2026)

For the second straight season, #7-Justin Allgaier won the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. It’s his fourth victory of the 2026 season and the 32nd triumph of his career, holding sole possession of sixth on the all-time win’s list.
Allgaier chased down and passed #19-Brent Crews with 15 laps remaining. Crews equaled the best finish of his career. #18-William Sawalich placed third, earning his third consecutive top-five finish for the first time in his career. #41-Sam Mayer and #20-Brandon Jones rounded out the top five.
#17-Corey Day, #1-Carson Kvapil, #88-Kyle Larson, #54-Taylor Gray and #8-Sammy Smith filled the rest of the top 10.
#2-Jesse Love won the opening stage in dominant fashion and led a race-high 87 laps, but dropped to 16th at the checkered flag with a tire issue during the final stage. #7-Allgaier won Stage 2, his series-high sixth stage victory of the season.
There were 12 lead changes among seven drivers and two cautions for 15 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 132.452 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Nashville Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Nashville Superspeedway:
Justin Allgaier won the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250, his 32nd victory in 520 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12 races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Brent Crews # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2026.
William Sawalich (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Brent Crews (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 179 points over Jesse Love

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Nashville (Race 16 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 770, +383
2)#2-Jesse Love 591, +204
3)#17-Corey Day 574, +187
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 532, +145
5)#20-Brandon Jones 512, +125
6)#21-Austin Hill 499, +112
7)#1-Carson Kvapil 493, +106
8)#8-Sammy Smith 482, +95
9)#18-William Sawalich 429, +42
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 416, +29
11)#41-Sam Mayer 413, +26
12)#54-Taylor Gray 399, +12
Currently below cutline
13)#32-Rajah Caruth 387, -12
14)#19-Brent Crews 384, -15
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 384, -15
16)#44-Brennan Poole 309, -90
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 188: #7-Allgaier holds on for the victory, winning by 1.4 seconds over #19-Crews. #18-Swalich, #41-Mayer, #20-Jones, #17-Day, #1-Kvapil, #88-Larson, #54-Gray and #8-Smith complete the top 10.
Lap 183: #7-ALlgaier continues pulling away, now one-second ahead of #19-Crews with five laps remaining.
Lap 178: #7-Allgaier is stretching the race lead to three-quarters of a second over #19-Crews. #18-Sawalich is 2.7 seconds off the lead in third position.
Lap 173: #7-Allgaier finally clears for the lead and pulls away by a few tenths of a second. Crews is told to cool his stuff down and make another charge.
Lap 171: #7-Allgaier and #19-Crews have been side-by-side for two full laps as they race for the lead. Crews bumps Allgaier entering Turn 3 but remains in second.
Lap 169: #7-Allgaier drives deep into Turn 1, clearing #19-Crews for the race lead.
Lap 168: #19-Crews is having a hard time lapping #51-Clements, allowing #7-Allgaier to close the gap quickly.
Lap 166: #7-Allgaier is remaining in striking distance of #19-Crews, a half-second back. #18-Sawalich sits third, 4.1 seconds behind the race lead.
Lap 158: #19-Crews got held up in lapped traffic, allowing #7-Allgaier to get within one-second of the race lead.
Lap 155: #41-Mayer squeezes #17-Day tight to take fourth position, less than five seconds off the race lead.
Lap 151: #19-Crews cycle to the race lead, 1.8 seconds ahead of #7-Allgaier. #18-Sawalich, #17-Day and #41-Mayer are the rest of the top five after pit stops.
Lap 150: #21-Hill, #28-Sieg, and #39-Sieg are among the final cars to pit during this cycle.
Lap 149: #32-Caruth and #92-Honeyman are the next to pit.
Lap 148: #20-Jones, #51-Clements, #87-Green are the next cars to pit.
Lap 147: #19-Crews counters #7-Allgaier and pits the next lap. #17-Day, #18-Sawalich, #41-Mayer, #88-Larson, #00-Creed have all hit pit road.
Lap 146: #7-Allgaier pits from second position.
Lap 145: #54-Gray. #96-Alfredo and #44-Poole are the next to pit.
Lap 144: #1-Kvapil, #99-Retzlaff, #26-Thompson, #27-Burton and #24-Burton are all on pit road.
Lap 143: #8-Smith is the next car to pit during this green-flag cycle.
Lap 139: #19-Crews has pulled out to a 3.5-second lead over #7-Allgaier. #17-Day, #18-Sawalich and #41-Mayer complete the top five.
Lap 129: #88-Larson has raced back inside the top 10, passing #99-Retzlaff. Both drivers are closing in on #8-Smith and #54-Gray.
Lap 126: #19-Crews holds a 2.5-second lead over #7-Allgaier, who is getting pressured by #17-Day.
Lap 121: #2-Love pits from second position with what he believes to be a loose right-rear wheel. The RCR crew put spacers on the wheel and Love nearly lost two laps.
Lap 120: #2-Love has lost considerable time, limping around to get inside hit pit window.
Lap 118: #19-Crews makes a power move and gets to the outside of #2-Love through Turns 1 and 2 to take the race lead.
Lap 116: #1-Kvapil has dropped to eighth position during this run. #41-Mayer has charged to sixth place.
Lap 113: #2-Love is told that the team got the right-rear tire tight during the last pit stop. #19-Crews is chipping into the race lead, less than a half-second behind Love.
Lap 109: #19-Crews takes the runner-up spot from #7-Allgaier, 1.1 seconds behind #2-Love. Love believes he might have a loose wheel.
Lap 105: #17-Day takes fourth position from #1-Kvapil. #18-Sawalich is on their heels in sixth place.
Lap 101: #88-Larson got completely sideways off the exit of Turn 4, falling from eighth position to 14th.
Lap 100: #7-Allgaier drops to the bottom of three wide entering Turn 1 and moves to second position, trailing only #2-Love. #19-Crews settles into third spot.
Lap 95: #2-Love takes the lead off pit road. #7-Allgaier drops four spots to fifth with a fumble on the right-front exchange; #20-Jones gains four spots to 11th.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his sixth stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #1-Kvapil, #18-Sawalich, #19-Crews, #17-Day, #41-Mayer, #99-Retzlaff, #88-Larson and #39-Sieg earn stage points.
Lap 89: #2-Love got loose while trying to pass #7-Allgaier for the race lead on the final lap of the stage, allowing Allgaier to scoot away.
Lap 86: #2-Love and #7-Allgaier are trading the lead back and forth, with both drivers throwing sliders on each other. #1-Kvapil is nearly two seconds off the lead.
Lap 85: #7-Allgaier gets to the bottom of #2-Love while racing through lapped traffic and takes the lead with five laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 82: #2-Love laps #33-McFarland to put him a second lap down.
Lap 76: #2-Love pounces on #7-Allgaier to re-gain the race lead.
Lap 72: #19-Crews takes fifth position from #17-Day, 5.2 seconds behind race leader #7-Allgaier.
Lap 65: #99-Retzlaff has driven to ninth position after dropping to the rear for the start of the race with an engine change.
Lap 62: #17-Day reports smoke inside the car from the right-front tire as he is challenged by #18-Sawalich and #19-Crews.
Lap 58: #88-Larson has fallen outside the top 10 with a loose car. #21-Hill is down to 15th. #7-Allgaier leads #2-Love, #1-Kvapil, #17-Day and #18-Sawalich.
Lap 55: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love. #21-Hill and #88-Larson trade paint. Hill has plummeted outside the top 10 to 14th.
Lap 54: #2-Love gets the jump on the restart ahead of #7-Allgaier. #21-Hill and #1-Kvapil are side-by-side for third position.
Lap 49: #2-Love wins the race off pit road. #7-Allgaier gained one spot to second. #1-Kvapil gained three spots to third; #17-Day dropped three spots to fifth.
Lap 45: #2-Love leads every lap of Stage 1 en route to his third stage victory of the season. #17-Day, #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill, #88-Larson, #1-Kvapil, #18-Sawalich, #39-Sieg, #8-Smith and #19-Crews earn stage points.
Lap 44: #33-McFarland spins through Turns 3 and 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 43: #33-McFarland gets loose in front of the leader and falls off the lead lap while battling #42-Bearden.
Lap 41: #2-Love has caught the rear of #33-McFarland and is cutting his Richard Childress Racing teammate out.
Lap 38: #7-Allgaier takes third position from #21-Hill, nearly seven seconds behind #2-Love.
Lap 37: #2-Love has pulled out to a 5.3-second lead over #17-Day. #7-Allgaier is closing in on #21-Hill for third position.
Lap 30: #7-Allgaier drives to the outside of #1-Kvapil to take fifth position and crosses over #88-Larson for fourth spot.
Lap 28: #88-Larson performs a slide job on #1-Kvapil to take fourth position. #7-Allgaier is close behind as the two JR Motorsports teammates battle.
Lap 23: #88-Larson dips to the bottom of #18-Sawalich down the frontstretch to take fifth position.
Lap 21: #19-Crews and #41-Mayer have raced to 14th and 15th positions after starting outside the top 30.
Lap 15: #2-Love has extended the lead to 2.5 seconds over #21-Hill. #7-Allgaier has raced into the top 10 in eighth position.
Lap 8: The CW broadcast goes silent to honor Kyle Busch.
Lap 5: #2-Love has extended the lead to over a second. #00-Creed has gained 13 spots since the start of the race and runs in 25th position.
Lap 1: #2-Love pulls away with the race lead, ahead of #17-Day, #21-Hill, #1-Kvapil and #18-Sawalich.

Race Info:
Sports Illustrated Resorts 250
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 188 laps / 250.04 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 188
Average time of race: 2:17:42
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 69 laps

Cars to the rear: #0-Garrett Smithley, #20-Brandon Jones (unapproved adjustments); #99-Parker Retzlaff (engine change).

Pit-Stall Selections

Qualifying for the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Nashville Superspeedway was canceled due to rain. The starting lineup will be set per the rule book, awarding #2-Jesse Love the pole.
Richard Childress Racing will sweep the front row with #21-Austin Hill starting second. #17-Corey Day, #1-Carson Kvapil and #18-William Sawalich are the rest of the top five. #88-Kyle Larson, #39-Ryan Sieg, #8-Sammy Smith, #99-Parker Retzlaff and #0-Garrett Smithley fill out the rest of the top 10.
See the complete Nashville Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#1-Carson Kvapil 155.081 mph
#18-William Sawalich 155.056 mph
#7-Justin Allgaier 154.936 mph
#21-Austin Hill 154.486 mph
#2-Jesse Love 154.148 mph
Slowest: #53-David Starr 147.332 mph
Most laps run: #00-Sheldon Creed, 48
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 24 drivers): #1-Kvapil 154.030 mph
Notes: Practice was delayed due to a heavy rain, but eventually took the place of qualifying. The lineup will be set per the rule book. #99-Parker Retzlaff blew an engine with less than 10 minutes remaining in the session. Practice was cut short by a handful of minutes due to lightning.
See full Nashville Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will run the left-side tire used at Charlotte last weekend, paired with the right-side tire used two weeks ago at Dover Motor Speedway. As is standard on tracks one mile and longer, the 15-inch tires will also feature inner liners.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #32-Rajah Caruth, #33-Cleetus McFarland, #35-Dawson Cram, #38-JJ Yeley, #42-Logan Bearden, #53-David Starr, #55-Joey Gase, #88-Kyle Larson, #91-Mason Maggio, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr.
See the full Nashville Entry List.

Nashville 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