Austin Hill scores emotional victory for Richard Childress Racing at Naval Base Coronado: Austin Hill’s thrilling last lap pass earned the veteran his first career road course NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday on a dramatic and ultimately emotional afternoon for his Richard Childress Racing team – capping a long and competitive day of racing in the inaugural United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 at Naval Base Coronado.(Read more)(6-20-2026)
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Making a last-lap pass entering Turn 3, #21-Austin Hill won the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado. It is his first career road-course victory, and his second triumph of the 2026 season.
#54-Taylor Gray led a race-high 16 laps, but wheel-hopped on the final lap en route to a runner-up finish. #00-Sheldon Creed, #1-Carson Kvapil and #8-Sammy Smith rounded out the top five. Gray nudged Kvapil from the lead with three laps remaining but both remained inside the top five.
#2-Jesse Love placed sixth, with #99-Parker Retzlaff, #87-Austin Green, #24-Harrison Burton and #17-Corey Day completing the top 10. Day lost four laps early in the race after hitting a manhole cover but was allowed to pass the field back in order to get back on the lead lap.
#21-Hill won the opening stage, with #54-Gray taking Stage 2.
There were 10 lead changes among five drivers and eight cautions for 17 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 58.313 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Naval Base Coronado:
Austin Hill won the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250, his 16th victory in 164 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at San Diego Street Course.
Taylor Gray (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at San Diego Street Course. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2026.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at San Diego Street Course.
Patrick Staropoli (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 224 points over Jesse Love.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Playoff Standings after San Diego (Race 18 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 847, +404
2)#2-Jesse Love 623, +180
3)#17-Corey Day 609, +166
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 607, +164
5)#21-Austin Hill 591, +148
6)#20-Brandon Jones 572, +129
7)#1-Carson Kvapil 567, +124
8)#8-Sammy Smith 543, +100
9)#99-Parker Retzlaff 494, +51
10)#54-Taylor Gray 476, +33
11)#41-Sam Mayer 476, +33
12)#18-William Sawalich 448, +5 Currently below cutline
13)#19-Brent Crews 443, -5
14)#88-Rajah Caruth 439, -9
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 421, -27
16)#44-Brennan Poole 341, -107
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race Updates: Lap 60: #21-Hill wins at Naval Base Coronado. #54-Gray, #00-Creed, #1-Kvapil, #8-Smith, #2-Love, #99-Retzlaff, #87-Green, #24-Burton and #17-Day complete the top 10.
Lap 60: #21-Hill takes the lead from #54-Gray in Turn 2.
Lap 58: #54-Gray makes contact with #1-Kvapil in Turn 12, spinning Kvapil out for the race lead. #21-Hill is all over the rear bumper of #54-Gray for the race lead.
Lap 57: #54-Gray is inching closer to #1-Kvapil, gaining a half-second last lap. #21-Hill is nearly three seconds behind the leader in third. #51-Clements bumps #88-Caruth in Turn 12 to spin him out.
Lap 56: #27-Burton got ran wide by his teammate #32-Patterson and hit the tire barriers in Turn 12.
Lap 55: #99-Retzlaff has raced back to sixth position. #17-Day is up to seventh with #87-Green in eighth after pitting for fresh tires during the last caution.
Lap 53: #1-Kvapil clears #54-Gray entering Turn 1. #21-Hill, #00-Creed and #48-Staropoli file into the top five. #20-Jones spins in Turn 2 after contact from #87-Green. #0-Labbe is stalled on the track behind the tire barriers.
Lap 51: Caution is out for debris from #91-Iwuji dragging the left-front fender around the track. #17-Day had just taken seventh position from #24-Burton.
Lap 50: #00-Creed takes fourth position from #8-Smith, nearly nine seconds behind race leader #1-Kvapil. #91-Iwuji is buried into the Turn 2 tire barriers.
Lap 49: The front three cars have stretched the gap on fourth place #8-Smith by four seconds. #1-Kvapil leads #54-Gray be one second with #21-Hill another second back.
Lap 47: #1-Kvapil takes the lead from #54-Gray through Turn 9.
Lap 46: #8-Smith passes #31-Perkins for fourth position in Turn 3. #1-Kvapil is chasing down #54-Gray for the race lead.
Lap 45: #1-Kvapil dives into Turn 6 underneath #21-Hill to take second position, 1.3 seconds behind race leader #54-Gray.
Lap 44: #54-Gray and #21-Hill clear the outside lane and drive away on the restart. #1-Kvapil cycles into third, with #31-Perkins and #8-Smith rounding out the top five. #2-Love clobbered #27-Burton further back in the pack. #19-Crews is being pushed to the wall with mechanical issues.
Lap 43: #24-Burton wins the race off pit road by not taking tires with a shock issue. #21-Hill is the first car off pit road with four tires, followed by #1-Kvapil.
Lap 42: #99-Retzlaff runs out of fuel during the caution period. Retzlaff was running in second position.
Lap 41: Caution it out for the tire barriers being moved onto the track.
Lap 40: #54-Gray pits from third positions. #21-Hill has driven to sixth position after pitting during the last caution for repair. #92-Honeyman spins in the frontstretch chicane, moving the tire barriers.
Lap 39: #1-Kvapil fires to the inside of #99-Retzlaff entering Turn 3 to take the race lead with 22 laps remaining. #31-Perkins is the first lead-lap car to pit for the final scheduled time.
Lap 38: #1-Kvapil takes second position from #54-Gray through Turns 6 and 7. #99-Retzlaff leads by just over one second.
Lap 37: #99-Retzlaff clears #54-Gray for the race lead. #1-Kvapil is up to third, with #8-Smith and #00-Creed rounding out the top five.
Lap 36: The red flag has been lifted after sitting for over 43 minutes. Teams have been reminded of the adverse conditions time (7:45 p.m. PT). Many cars that were involved in the prior accident have hit pit road for repairs: #21-Hill, #19-Crews, #87-Green, #44-Poole, #31-Perkins, #92-Honeyman and #26-Thompson.
Lap 35: Massive crash on the restart. #41-Mayer hit the inside wall entering Turn 1 and shot across the track into #96-Alfredo. #19-Crews, #8-Smith, #2-Love, #0-Lavve, #7-Allgaier, #18-Sawalich, #24-Burton, #27-Burton, #31-Perkins, #32-Patterson, #44-Poole, #50-Pardus, #51-Clements, #55-Gase, #92-Honeyman were all involved. The red flag has been displayed for wall repair.
Lap 33: Positions volley throughout the top five. #21-Hill gained multiple positions to get to fifth position. #17-Day spun towards the rear of the field after contact with #26-Thompson to bring out the caution.
Lap 30: #54-Gray hangs on for the stage victory, his second of the season. #99-Retzlaff, #96-Alfredo, #17-Day, #41-Mayer, #19-Crews, #1-Kvapil, #21-Hill, #8-Smith and #18-Sawalich each stage points.
Lap 30: #99-Retzlaff takes the lead from #54-Gray entering Turn 2 on the final lap of the stage. Gray gets back to Retzlaff’s inside entering Turn 5 and the two cars are trading paint for the race lead.
Lap 29: #19-Crews dives to the inside of #1-Kvapil entering Turn 2. The next corner Kvapil wheel hopped and lost seventh position.
Lap 28: #88-Caruth wheel hopped under braking entering Turn 6 and looped around.
Lap 27: #1-Kvapil and #41-Mayer are leading the drivers on newer tires through the field, running in seventh and eighth position. #02-Ellis is off the pace with a broken track bar.
Lap 26: #7-Allgaier goes for a spin in Turn 9 while battling #24-Burton.
Lap 26: #54-Gray clears #99-Retzlaff for the race lead through Turn 4. #96-Alfredo, #17-Day and #02-Ellis round out the top five. Other drivers that stayed out during the caution include #31-Perkins, #92-Honeyman, #51-Clements, #7-Allgaier, #88-Caruth, #27-Burton and #8-Smith.
Lap 24: #21-Hill led the bulk of the field down pit road. Sixteen drivers remained on the track led by #54-Gray and #99-Retzlaff.
Lap 23: #19-Crews takes second position from #1-Kvapil, outbraking him entering Turn 2. #88-Caruth, #27-Burton and #07-Bilicki all hit pit road for scheduled service. #45-Scott is stopped on the track to bring out the caution with drive train issues.
Lap 22: #8-Smith hits pit road for the first time after a pair of spins in the previous two laps. #42-Leguizamon spun #7-Allgaier deeper in the field.
Lap 21: #00-Creed got to the throttle through Turn 12 and got into the rear of #8-Smith, who spun off the exit of Turn 12.
Lap 20: #19-Crews is up to third position. #8-Smith wheel hopped entering Turn 9 and spun, dropping to seventh position.
Lap 19: #19-Crews has gained two more positions to fifth position, closing in on #87-Green and #8-Smith.
Lap 18: #21-Hill jumps out to the lead with #1-Kvapil and #8-Smith leaning on each other for the runner-up position. #19-Crews gained three spots in the first half of the lap, moving from 10th to seventh. #54-Gray punts #32-Patterson, who gets completely sideways but makes an unbelievable save.
Lap 16: Split strategy at the stage break. #21-Hill, #1-Kvapil, #8-Smith, #87-Green, #24-Burton, #27-Burton, #88-Caruth, #20-Jones, #32-Patterson, #19-Crews, #31-Perkins, #50-Pardus are among the drivers that elected not to pit. #7-Allgaier is on pit road with the hood up for repairs.
Lap 15: #21-Hill wins Stage 1, his fifth stage victory of the season. #99-Retzlaff, #41-Mayer, #96-Alfredo, #1-Kvapil, #8-Smith, #00-Creed, #87-Green, #54-Gray and #18-Sawalich earn stage points.
Lap 13: #19-Crews pits from the race lead and is followed up by #50-Pardus, #31-Perkins, #39-Sieg and #17-Day. #21-Hill takes the race lead. #99-Retzlaff, #41-Mayer, #96-Alfredo and #1-Kvapil are the rest of the top five. Day was caught speeding on pit road.
Lap 12: Race leader #19-Crews has a piece of debris on the grille that is causing his temperatures to rise.
Lap 11: #2-Love hits pit road to serve his pre-race penalty, which had to be completed under the green flag. #21-Hill dives underneath #99-Retzlaff in Turn 6 to take second position.
Lap 10: #87-Green nudged #00-Creed entering Turn 5, dropping Creed three positions to ninth spot. #21-Hill and #41-Mayer have passed #96-Alfredo, dropping to fifth position.
Lap 10: The race is back to green with #19-Crews jumping out to the lead. #99-Retzlaff clears #96-Alfredo for second position. #21-Hill and #1-Kvapil are side-by-side for fourth position.
Lap 9: #17-Day made up all four laps and the field is coming to the choose to restart the race.
Lap 7: Engines have been re-fired. #7-Allgaier pits for two rear-shock changes. #20-Jones and #32-Patterson also hit pit road. #17-Day is being allowed to pass the field to unlap himself and get all four laps back.
Lap 6: #17-Day has re-entered the race and is credited as being four lap down.
Lap 5: After nearly 20 minutes under caution, the red flag has been displayed. #17-Day can continue working on the car despite the red flag coming out. NASCAR is checking all the covers around the track and found a loose cover in Turn 6 to weld.
Lap 2: A welder has come out to repair the cover for the race to continue.
Lap 1: The first caution is out for fluid on the track coming from #17-Day. He ran over a manhole cover that centerpunched the radiator.
Lap 1: #19-Crews launches out of the restart zone with the lead. #21-Hill tagged the wall on the exit of Turn 1 but remains in fourth position.
Race Info:
United Rentals Driven to Serve 250
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 60 laps / 204 miles
Stages: 15 / 30 / 60
Average time of race: 2:26:00
Pit road speed: 40 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Fuel window: 21 laps
Cars to the rear: #2-Jesse Love (inspection Penalty; will do a pass-through penalty after taking the green flag on track); #7-Justin Allgaier, #32-Andrew Patterson (unapproved adjustments); #17-Corey Day, #20-Brandon Jones (backup car)
Nos. 7, 32 (unapproved adjustments)
For the first time in his career, #19-Brent Crews the pole for the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado. Crews ran a speed of 91.143 mph to lead the way.
Viking Motorsports swept the second and third positions with notable simulator drivers #99-Parker Retzlaff (91.033 mph) and #96-Anthony Alfredo (90.981 mph). #21-Austin Hill will start fourth (90.967 mph) and #1-Carson Kvapil (90.916 mph) round out the top five.
#41-Sam Mayer, #00-Sheldon Creed, #87-Austin Green, #18-William Sawalich and #8-Sammy Smith complete the top 10.
#2-Jesse Love wasn’t allowed to make a qualifying lap due to an at-track inspection penalty (lug nuts did not meet minimum size specifications).
See the complete San Diego Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts — Naval Base Coronado:
Brent Crews # won the Pole Award for the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 with a lap of 134.294 seconds, 91.143 mph.
This is his first pole in 14 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and ninth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in one races at San Diego Street Course.
Parker Retzlaff (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2026 and his first in one race at San Diego Street Course.
Anthony Alfredo (third) posted his first top-10 start at San Diego Street Course. It is his third in 18 races this season.
Brent Crews (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Practice for the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#87-Austin Green 90.330 mph
#19-Brent Crews 90.158 mph
#21-Austin Hill 89.844 mph
#18-William Sawalich 89.315 mph
#1-Carson Kvapil 89.246 mph
Slowest: #53-Joey Gase 81.263 mph
Most laps run: #21-Hill, #00-Sheldon Creed, 16 Notes: In the opening minutes of practice, #20-Brandon Jones wheel-hopped entering Turn 1 and clobbered the outside wall. Wall repairs were needed. With just over 35 minutes remaining, #17-Corey Day got loose over the crane tracks out of Turn 4 and spun into the wall. #51-Jeremy Clements went wide and smacked the outside wall between Turns 3 and 4.
See full San Diego Practice Results.
Goodyear Tire Notes: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams are also familiar with their tire setup. Introduced at Sonoma Raceway last summer, both series have run it twice this season.
There are 37 drivers/teams on the entry list for the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado. No cars will miss the race. #0-Alex Labbe, #1-Carson Kvapil, #32-Andrew Patterson, #35-Dawson Cram, #42-Baltazar Leguizamon, #50-Preston Pardus, #53-Joey Gase, #55-Brad Perez, #87-Austin Green, #91-Jesse Iwuji, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr.
Notables:
See the full San Diego Entry List.