Jesse Love takes command of points lead with O’Reilly victory at Phoenix: Last November at Phoenix Raceway, Jesse Love won the NASCAR O’Reilly Series championship. On Saturday at the same one-mile track, he may have done it again with a victory in the Timberland PRO 200. (Read more)(10-17-2026)

After leading a season-high 156 laps, #2-Jesse Love swept all three stages and won the Timberland Pro 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway. It’s his second victory of the 2026 season and second straight victory in the fall race at Phoenix. Love moves to the championship lead by 36 points.
#41-Sam Mayer finished just behind in second, .128 seconds off the lead. #7-Justin Allgaier finished third, with #17-Corey Day and #8-Sammy Smith rounding out the top five.
#20-Brandon Jones placed sixth, with #26-Dean Thompson, #18-William Sawalich, #88-Rajah Caruth and #1-Carson Kvapil completing the top 10.
There were 18 lead changes among seven drivers and five cautions for 35 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 96.373 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Phoenix Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Phoenix Raceway:
Jesse Love (C) won the Timberland PRO 200, his fifth victory in 96 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in six races at Phoenix Raceway.
Sam Mayer (C) (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in ten races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2026.
Justin Allgaier (C) (third) posted his 23rd top-10 finish in 33 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Lavar Scott (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Jesse Love (C) leads the point standings by 36 points over Justin Allgaier (C).

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Phoenix (Race 30 of 33):
1)#2-Jesse Love 2,367 points
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 2,331, -36
3)#17-Corey Day 2,328, -39
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,308, -59
5)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,288, -79
6)#41-Sam Mayer 2,281, -86
7)#8-Sammy Smith 2,230, -137
8)#54-Taylor Gray 2,226, -141
9)#21-Austin Hill 2,224, -131
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 2,194, -173
11)#20-Brandon Jones 2,184, -183
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 2,154, -213
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #2-Love hangs on for the victory, .128 seconds ahead of #41-Mayer. #7-Allgaier, #17-Day, #8-Smith, #20-Jones, #26-Thompson, #18-Sawalich, #88-Caruth, #1-Kvapil round out the top 10.
Lap 190: #2-Love leads #41-Mayer by .426 seconds with 10 laps remaining.
Lap 183: #41-Mayer has closed the gap back to three-tenths of a second after falling to more than a half-second behind.
Lap 179: Both #88-Caruth and #99-Retzlaff have passed #1-Kvapil, plummeting him to 11th.
Lap 176: #41-Mayer has closed the gap to .292 seconds with 24 laps remaining. #7-Allgaier remains 1.1 seconds back of the lead.
Lap 171: #1-Kvapil has dropped a pair of positions to seventh, allowing #8-Smith and #20-Jones to move up the leaderboard.
Lap 170: #2-Love has stretched the lead to a half-second over #41-Mayer. #7-Allgaier is 1.1 seconds back in third, with #17-Day dropping to nearly two seconds off the top spot.
Lap 166: #2-Love clears #41-Mayer for the race lead. #7-Allgaier files into third, ahead of #17-Day and #1-Kvapil. #8-Smith is side-by-side with #18-Sawalich for sixth place.
Lap 163: #99-Retzlaff, #24-Burton, #32-Patterson, #45-Scott, #02-Ellis all hit pit road for service during the caution period.
Lap 160: #44-Poole spins off Turn 2 to bring out the caution. #99-Retzlaff, #24-Burton, #32-Patterson, #45-Scott, #02-Ellis are the lead-lap cars that hadn’t made a pit stop.
Lap 159: #92-Williams pits from inside the top five.
Lap 158: #39-Sieg and #19-Crews were caught with pit-road speeding penalties.
Lap 156: #51-Clements is the next car to hit pit road with #48-Staropoli and #42-Perez following him.
Lap 155: #19-Crews, #18-Sawalich, #88-Caruth, #87-Sanchez are the next bunch to hit pit road.
Lap 154: Race leader #2-Love pits, bringing #41-Mayer, #17-Day, #39-Sieg, #27-Burton, #96-Alfredo and #31-Perkins with him.
Lap 153: #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith, #26-Thompson and #20-Jones are also on pit road among lead-lap cars.
Lap 152: #1-Kvapil is the first of the leads to pit from fourth place.
Lap 150: #2-Love holds a two-second lead as #41-Mayer has shrunk the deficit while battling lapped traffic.
Lap 142: #7-Allgaier got loose wrapping the inside line, allowing #17-Day and #1-Kvapil to drive by for positions.
Lap 138: #7-Allgaier takes third place from #17-Day down the backstretch with #1-Kvapil closing in on both drivers.
Lap 133: #2-Love has stretched the lead to more than three seconds. #17-Day is 5.2 seconds back of the leader with #7-Allgaier six seconds behind.
Lap 122: #41-Mayer drives around the outside of #17-Day to take second position, 2.8 seconds back of #2-Love.
Lap 118: #2-Love has stretched the lead out to over two seconds over #17-Day, who has a challenge from #41-Mayer.
Lap 110: #41-Mayer has gotten by #7-Allgaier to take third place, 1.2 seconds behind #2-Love.
Lap 109: #2-Love drives deep into Turn 3 and clears #17-Day for the race lead. #20-Jones has rebounded to the top 10 after finishing the opening stage in last.
Lap 108: #41-Mayer powers around the outside of #8-Smith and #1-Kvapil to take fourth place.
Lap 107: #17-Day clears #2-Love for the lead on the restart, with #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith and #1-Kvapil rounding out the top five.
Lap 101: #17-Day takes the lead on the restart. The field goes five-wide at the rear of the pack with #44-Poole and #45-Scott coming together. #54-Gray gets caught up in the incident.
Lap 96: #2-Love retains the lead off pit road. #17-Day moves up two positions while #18-Sawalich jumps 12 with a two-tire stop. #8-Smith and #7-Allgiaer, who lose three spots, are the rest of the top five. #54-Gray had an uncontrolled tire. #21-Hill was caught for speeding. Both will have to drop to the rear for the restart.
Lap 90: #2-Love wins Stage 2, his sixth stage victory of the season. #7-Allgaier, #54-Gray, #17-Day, #41-Mayer, #88-Caruth, #8-Smith, #1-Kvapil, #21-Hill and #26-Thompson earn stage points.
Lap 87: #2-Love has slight damage to the right-rear quarter panel after smacking the outside wall.
Lap 85: #2-Love leads #7-Allgaier by .922 seconds as he catches the rear of the field as is in lapped traffic.
Lap 74: The two leaders remain side-by-side with #2-Love clearing #7-Allgaier.
Lap 72: #2-Love gets to the inside of #7-Allgaier to take the race lead at the line.
Lap 65: #17-Day keeps moving up the leaderboard, taking fourth position from #8-Smith. #41-Mayer follows through to take fifth place.
Lap 64: #1-Kvapil has fallen outside the top 10, dropping spots to #26-Thompson and #51-Clements.
Lap 62: #2-Love has a piece of debris on his grille and is trying to hunt down #7-Love to get it off.
Lap 58: #17-Day has raced inside the top five, with #41-Mayer pushing by #88-Caruth for sixth position.
Lap 55: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love on the restart. #54-Gray, #8-Smith and #88-Caruth round out the top five after the restart.
Lap 53: With the field coming to take the green flag, #00-Creed cycles back into the field in 38th position, three laps down.
Lap 50: #2-Love keeps the lead off pit road. #54-Gray jumps three positions to fourth with #41-Mayer gaining two to sixth.
Lap 48: #00-Creed coasts to the pit stall and the Haas Factory Team is under the hood.
Lap 47: #00-Creed shut off the engine to save fuel and it wouldn’t re-fire. He needed a push back to pit road.
Lap 45: #2-Love wins Stage 1, his fifth stage victory of the season. #00-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #88-Caruth, #8-Smith, #41-Mayer, #1-Kvapil, #51-Clements, #54-Gray and #17-Day earn stage points.
Lap 40: #2-Love takes the lead from #00-Creed with five laps remaining in the stage. #7-Allgaier is closing in on the front two in third position.
Lap 33: #17-Day smacked the wall after getting loose off Turn 2, battling #19-Crews and #27-Burton outside the top 10.
Lap 32: #00-Creed takes the lead from the outside lane on the restart, pushing #2-Love to second place. #88-Caruth slides into third, ahead of #7-Allgaier and #1-Kvapil.
Lap 28: #20-Jones is the only driver in the top 10 to pit for wet-weather tires. #39-Sieg and #87-Sanchez are also takers of the rain tires.
Lap 23: The caution has been displayed for rain. #2-Love leads #00-Creed, #20-Jones, #7-Allgaier, #88-Caruth, #54-Gray, #1-Kvapil, #18-Sawalich, #8-Smith and #17-Day.
Lap 21: Light sprinkles have begun falling, though the race remains green. #2-Love leads #00-Creed by 3.1 seconds. #7-Allgaier moves into fourth place, getting ahead of #54-Gray.
Lap 17: #7-Allgaier has rocketed to the top five, passing #18-Sawalich, five seconds back of #2-Love.
Lap 15: #1-Kvapil has moved to eighth position after qualifying in 16th place, nearly seven seconds behind race leader #2-Love.
Lap 12: #41-Mayer passes #26-Thompson to crack the top 15. #7-Allgaier continues to be on a mission, racing to sixth position ahead of #88-Caruth.
Lap 8: #39-Sieg misjudged the entry of Turn 3 and nudged #87-Sanchez out of the way. #17-Day has dropped outside the top 10 to 11th.
Lap 6: #41-Mayer has jumped to the top 20 after starting the race at the rear of the field with an engine failure during practice.
Lap 5: #7-Allgaier has cracked the top 10 after starting in 13th place.
Lap 1: #2-Love clears #20-Jones at the start of the race to lead the opening lap. #00-Creed, #18-Sawalich and #54-Gray round out the top five.

Race Info:
Timberland PRO 200
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 200 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:13:21
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 81 laps

Cars to the rear: #0-Garrett Smithley, #42-Brad Perez (unapproved adjustments), #41-Sam Mayer, #55-Joey Gase (engine change) and #24-Harrisbon Burton (backup car).

Pit-Stall Selections

Defending O’Reilly Auto Parts Series winner at Phoenix Raceway #2-Jesse Love won the pole for the Timberland Pro 200 at a speed of 131.694 mph. It’s his second pole of the 2026 season and first at Phoenix.
#20-Brandon Jones will start alongside in second (130.548 mph), with #18-William Sawalich (130.529 mph), #00-Sheldon Creed (130.340 mph) and #54-Taylor Gray (130.189 mph) rounding out the top five.
#88-Rajah Caruth, #87-Nick Sanchez, #19-Brent Crews, #8-Sammy Smith and #21-Austin Hill complete the top 10.
Chase drivers starting outside the top 10: #17-Corey Day (11th), #7-Justin Allgaier (13th), #1-Carson Kvapil (16th), #99-Parker Retzlaff (18th) and #41-Sam Mayer (35th).
See the complete Phoenix Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Phoenix Raceway:
Jesse Love (C) won the Pole Award for the Timberland PRO 200 with a lap of 27.336 seconds, 131.694 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 96 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his second pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in six races at Phoenix Raceway.
Brandon Jones (C) (second) posted his 16th top-10 start of 2026 and his 13th in 22 races at Phoenix Raceway.
William Sawalich (third) posted his third top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 16th in 30 races this season.
Brent Crews (C) (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Timberland Pro 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#19-Brent Crews 128.713 mph
#54-Taylor Gray 128.392 mph
#18-William Sawalich 128.136 mph
#99-Parker Retzlaff 128.095 mph
#96-Anthony Alfredo 127.886 mph
Chase drivers outside the top five: #1-Carson Kvapil (eighth), #2-Jesse Love (12th), #7-Justin Allgaier (13th), #20-Brandon Jones (14th), #00-Sheldon Creed (17th). #88-Rajah Caruth (19th). #41-Sam Mayer (21st), #8-Sammy Smith (25th), #17-Corey Day (26th), #21-Austin Hill (29th).
Slowest: #47-Dawson Cram 120.619 mph
Most laps run: #54-Gray, 48
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 32 drivers): #19-Crews 127.152 mph
Notes: #24-Harrison Burton caught fire in the opening minutes and unloaded the backup car. Chase #41-Mayer blew an engine during the session and will need to start the race at the rear of the field. #55-Joey Gase had a mechanical issue in the waning minutes of practice. Rain stopped practice a handful of minutes early as rain began to fall heavier after sprinkles were felt throughout the prior 45 minutes.
See full Phoenix Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams across all three NASCAR national series will use known Goodyear Racing Eagles at Phoenix Raceway, with all three using the same tire codes from the last time they visited the dogleg-oval.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Timberland Pro 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #9-Jake Finch, #32-Andrew Patterson, #42-Brad Perez, #43-Connor Mosack, #47-Dawson Cram, #53-Will Rodgers, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Nick Sanchez, #91-Leland Honeyman Jr., #92-Josh Williams.
See the full Phoenix Entry List.

Phoenix 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