Splendid restart from Justin Allgaier leads to O’Reilly triumph at Phoenix: JR Motorsports’ driver Justin Allgaier pushed forward when it mattered most, his No. 7 Chevrolet leading only the last 11 laps of Saturday night’s GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway to claim his third win at the one-mile oval and take over the championship lead in NASCAR’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. (Read more)(3-7-2026)

After a monster restart with 15 laps remaining, #7-Justin Allgaier went on to win the GOVX 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway. He becomes the fourth driver to win at least three races at the 1-mile oval.
#2-Jesse Love led a race-high 114 laps and won Stage 2 en route to a runner-up finish. He remains the only driver to score top 10s in all four races to start the 2026 season. #1-Carson Kvapil placed third, with Haas Factory teammates #00-Sheldon Creed and #41-Sam Mayer rounding out the top five.
#8-Sammy Smith turned a Stage 1 victory into a sixth-place effort. #27-Jeb Burton, #32-Rajah Caruth, #17-Corey Day and #96-Anthony Alfredo completed the top 10.
There were 20 lead changes among nine drivers and four cautions for 37 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 93.909 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

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Race Fast Facts – Phoenix Raceway:
Justin Allgaier won the GOVX 200, his 29th victory in 508 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his third victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 32 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Jesse Love (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in five races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2026.
Carson Kvapil (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
Brent Crews (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 3 points over Jesse Love.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Phoenix (Race 4 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 184, +90
2)#2-Jesse Love 181, +87
3)#21-Austin Hill 179, +85
4)#1-Carson Kvapil 146, +52
5)#00-Sheldon Creed 143, +49
6)#8-Sammy Smith 132, +38
7)#32-Rajah Caruth 119, +25
8)#17-Corey Day 118, +24
9)#41-Sam Mayer 110, +16
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 104, +10
11)#20-Brandon Jones 95, +1
12)#27-Jeb Burton 94, +0
Currently below cutline
13)#54-Taylor Gray 94, -0
14)#44-Brennan Poole 80, -14
15)#96-Anthony Alfredo 79, -15
16)#39-Ryan Sieg 77, -17
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #7-Allgaier wins for the third time at Phoenix. #2-Love, #1-Kvapil, #00-Creed, #41-Mayer, #8-Smith, #27-Burton, #32-Caruth, #17-Day and #96-Alfredo are the rest of the top 10.
Lap 198: #7-Allgaier has driven out to a half-second lead with two laps remaining. #1-Kvapil is one second behind.
Lap 194: #8-Smith nudges #51-Clements out of the way, dropping Clements to eighth position.
Lap 192: #2-Love charges hard into Turns 3 and 4, nearly getting to the bumper of #7-Allgaier. #1-Kvapil is inching in on the battle for the lead.
Lap 189: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #2-Love, moving around the outside of Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 187: #00-Creed went wide and smacked the wall through Turns 3 and 4, allowing #2-Love and #7-Allgaier to sneak by for the top two positions.
Lap 186: #41-Mayer and #00-Creed wash up the track through Turns and 2, allowing #2-Love to sneak by to second. #00-Creed clears for the lead. #1-Kvapil makes contact with Mayer, sending him back to fifth.
Lap 181: #88-Byron and #54-Gray hit pit road to assess damage. Byron was tagged by #18-Sawalich in the previous caution.
Lap 180: #41-Mayer leads #00-Creed, #2-Love, #1-Kvapil, #51-Clements, #7-Allgaier, #39-Sieg, #8-Smith, #27-Burton and #96-Alfredo.
Lap 178: #19-Crews is pitting during the caution period for a flat left-front tire.
Lap 174: #8-Smith got into left left-rear of #20-Jones entering Turn 2 to spin Jones. #54-Gray, #18-Sawalich, #26-Thompson and #31-Perkins all get collected.
Lap 171: #41-Mayer splits the restart on the middle to get next to #00-Creed for the race lead. #1-Kvapil fell to fourth, losing another spot to #2-Love.
Lap 165: #45-Scott spun on the backstretch off the front bumper of #96-Alfredo bring out the caution with 35 laps remaining.
Lap 160: #1-Kvapil is beginning to eat into the race lead, cutting it to less than a second-and-a-half. #41-Mayer, #2-Love and #51-Clements are the rest of the top five.
Lap 155: #32-Caruth, #28-Sieg and #17-Day are the next cars to pit. #00-Creed cycles to the lead, ahead of #1-Kvapil by nearly two seconds.
Lap 154: #27-Burton hits pit road from the lead, as do #8-Smith, #24-Burton and #52-Dye.
Lap 153: #1-Kvapil, #41-Mayer, #2-Love, #7-Allgaier, #54-Gray, #87-Green, #96-Alfredo and #99-Retzlaff make pit road a busy place.
Lap 151: #51-Clements, #88-Byron and #20-Jones all are on pit road for scheduled pit stops.
Lap 150: #00-Creed is the first of the leaders to pit from second position. #18-Sawalich and #44-Poole also hit pit road.
Lap 147: #2-Love is falling into the tracks of the Haas Factory Team teammates #00-Creed and #41-Mayer. #1-Kvapil has driven away by nearly three seconds.
Lap 142: #51-Clements takes fifth position from #88-Byron.
Lap 139: #1-Kvapil clears #2-Love for the lead through the center of Turns 3 and 4 and is beginning to pull away.
Lap 137: The two leaders continue to race for the lead, allowing #00-Creed and #41-Mayer to draw closer to the race lead.
Lap 133: #1-Kvapil and #2-Love are side-by-side for the lead with 67 laps remaining.
Lap 131: #2-Love reports he is tight through Turns 1 and 2, allowing #1-Kvapil to gain ground. Kvapil is looking for his first career victory.
Lap 128: #1-Kvapil is closing in on #2-Love for the race lead while the duo work lapped traffic.
Lap 122: #7-Allgaier has re-entered the top 10, passing 11 cars since the restart.
Lap 119: #51-Clements keeps slicing through the field, passing #8-Smith for eighth position.
Lap 116: #54-Gray continues giving up positions, now back to sixth. #00-Creed, #41-Mayer and #88-Byron have all gotten by in the last handful of laps.
Lap 110: #1-Kvapil sneaks ahead of #54-Gray to take second position. #00-Creed is inching towards the front in fourth position.
Lap 108: Joe Gibbs Racing teammates #19-Crews and #18-Sawalich make contact through Turns 3 and 4, allowing #8-Smith to pass both cars.
Lap 105: #41-Mayer has cracked the top five after the restart. #18-Sawalich has rallied to seventh position, the second best Joe Gibbs Racing entry.
Lap 102: The field goes three-, four- and even five-wide through Turns 1 and 2 on the restart. #7-Allgaier jumped three spots to 18th position. #2-Love holds the lead over #54-Gray.
Lap 96: #2-Love keeps the lead off pit road. #54-Gray, gains six spots to second. #1-Kvapil, #19-Crews and #88-Byron are the rest of the top five. #7-Allgaier had an issue on the right-rear tire and lost 17 positions on pit road to restart 21st.
Lap 90: #2-Love wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #1-Kvapil, #88-Byron, #7-Allgaier, #19-Crews, #8-Smith, #27-Burton, #54-Gray, #00-Creed and #51-Clements earn stage points.
Lap 80: #2-Love has checked out to a three-second lead with 10 laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 68: #19-Crews has raced inside the top five after passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate #54-Gray.
Lap 65: #88-Byron works to the outside of #7-Allgaier to take third spot. #2-Love has driven out to a 1.5-second lead on #1-Kvapil. #18-Sawalich gets loose underneath #27-Burton racing for 11th position and the two make contact.
Lap 58: #19-Crews gets loose through Turns 1 and 2 and makes contact with #8-Smith. The Stage 1 winner has dropped to seventh after the restart.
Lap 57: #2-Love gets the launch on the restart, while #88-Byron dips to the bottom to gain two positions to third.
Lap 51: #2-Love takes the lead off pit road. #1-Kvapil moves up to second, with #8-Smith dropping to third. #17-Day slid through his stall and had a long stop, losing more than 15 positions.
Lap 45: #8-Smith wins Stage 1, his first stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #7-Allgaier, #1-Kvapil, #88-Byron, #27-Burton, #17-Day, #19-Crews, #00-Creed and #20-Jones earn stage points.
Lap 40: #8-Smith wraps the exit of Turn 4 to take the lead with five laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 38: #54-Gray has fallen outside the top 10. #2-Love leads the four JR Motorsports cars inside the top five.
Lap 33: Polesitter #54-Gray is freefalling through the to 10, dropping to seventh position.
Lap 30: #8-Smith is the fastest car on the track and is up to the runner-up spot after passing #88-Byron.
Lap 28: #1-Kvapil is the fourth JR Motorsports car slicing through the field, taking sixth position from #20-Jones.
Lap 22: #8-Smith is slowly making progress forward, up to third position. #7-Allgaier has cracked the top five, gaining 12 positions since the start of the race.
Lap 18: #88-Byron surges to second, passing #54-Gray, 1.4 seconds behind race leader #2-Love.
Lap 16: #25-Sanchez is off the pace with no power and coasting back to pit road.
Lap 13: #41-Mayer has raced inside the top 20 and is among the fastest cars on the track.
Lap 11: #2-Love takes the lead from #54-Gray with 34 laps remaining in the opening stage. #20-Jones has settled in third.
Lap 8: #88-Byron continues marching forward, passing #19-Crews for fourth position. #41-Mayer is up to 24th position after dropping to the rear at the start.
Lap 6: #7-Allgaier has cracked the top 10 after starting in 17th position.
Lap 3: #88-Byron passes #96-Alfredo to crack the top five. #27-Burton gets loose underneath Alfredo and moves him up the track.
Lap 1: #54-Gray gets the jump on the start and leads by a quarter of a second. #2-Love and #20-Jones are side-by-side for the runner-up spot with #19-Crews and #96-Alfredo filling out the top five.

Cars to the rear: #02-Ryan Ellis,#41-Sam Mayer, 42-Nathan Byrd (all for unapproved adjustments).

Race details:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 200 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:18:16
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel window: 81 laps

Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Invocation: 5:35:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 5:36:00 p.m.
Command: 5:43:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 5:52:00 p.m.

Pit-Stall Selections

At a speed of 130.743 mph, #54-Taylor Gray won the pole for the GOVX 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway. It’s his fourth career pole in 50 career starts and first at Phoenix.
Most recent Phoenix winner #2-Jesse Love will start on the front row (130.695 mph). #20-Brandon Jones turned the third-quickest lap (130.525 mph), with #96-Anthony Alfredo (130.100 mph) and #19-Brent Crews (130.039 mph) rounding out the top five. Alfredo delivered Viking Motorsports its best career starting position.
#88-William Byron, #8-Sammy Smith, #17-Corey Day, #27-Jeb Burton and #28-Kyle Sieg complete the top 10. Multi-time Phoenix winner #7-Justin Allgaier will roll off from 17th position.
Did Not Qualify: #92-Josh Williams, #35-Blake Lothian.
See the complete Phoenix Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Phoenix Raceway:
Taylor Gray won the Pole Award for the GOVX 200 with a lap of 27.535 seconds, 130.743 mph.
This is his fourth pole in 50 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
Jesse Love (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2026 and his fifth in five races at Phoenix Raceway.
Brandon Jones (third) posted his 12th top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his second in four races this season.
Brent Crews (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the GOVX 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#27-Jeb Burton 129.832 mph
#21-Austin Hill 129.333 mph
#26-Dean Thompson 129.324 mph
#24-Harrison Burton 129.189 mph
#32-Rajah Caruth 128.783 mph
Slowest: #74-Dawson Cram 122.187 mph
Most laps run: #48-Patrick Staropoli, 55
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 29 drivers): #27-Burton 128.337 mph
Notes: #41-Sam Mayer diagnosed a power steering issue prior to making a lap and spent the first half of practice on pit road getting it repaired. #26-Thompson thought he was having engine issues, but the Sam Hunt Racing team checked the plug wires and found no cause for concern.
See full Phoenix Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will run a new left-side tire at Phoenix, paired with the right-side tire used last season at Phoenix and World Wide Technology Raceway.

There are 40 drivers/teams on the entry list for the GOVX 200 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Two cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #5-Chandler Smith, #30 Austin J Hill, #32-Rajah Caruth, #35-Blake Lothian, #42-Nathan Byrd, #52-Daniel Dye, #55-Joey Gase, #74-Dawson Cram, #88-William Byron, #91-Mason Maggio.
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