Justin Allgaier snags fifth O’Reilly victory of 2026 season at Pocono: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series’ MillerTech Battery 250 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway Saturday featured a record 18 lead changes and a record 10 cautions – including a seven-minute red flag period – but in the end, it was a very familiar scenario in Victory Lane: championship leader Justin Allgaier and the No. 7 JR Motorsports team celebrating an inspired drive.(Read more)(6-13-2026)

Holding off the field on a late-race restart, #7-Justin Allgaier won the MillerTech Battery 250 Presented by KOA O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Pocono Raceway. It’s his fifth victory of the 2026 season, tying his most for a single season (2018). He has extended his regular-season championship lead to 250 points.
#19-Brent Crews finished runner-up, passing #88-William Byron on the final lap. #41-Sam Mayer lost control of the race on a pair of late restarts, dropping to fourth position. #00-Sheldon Creed rounded out the top five.
#96-Anthony Alfredo earned his best finish of the season in sixth. #32-Rajah Caruth, #20-Brandon Jones, #1-Connor Zilisch and #9-Carson Kvapil complete the top 10.
#54-Taylor Gray led 24 laps and won the opening stage before placing 17th. #19-Crews won Stage 2.
There were 18 lead changes among 10 drivers and 10 cautions for 39 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 99.032 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Pocono Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Pocono Raceway:
Justin Allgaier won the MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA, his 33rd victory in 521 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his fifth victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Pocono Raceway.
Brent Crews # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Pocono Raceway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2026.
William Byron(i) (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Pocono Raceway.
Brent Crews (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 250 points over Jesse Love.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Pocono (Race 17 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 842, +413
2)#2-Jesse Love 592, +163
3)#17-Corey Day 575, +146
4)#00-Sheldon Creed 569, +140
5)#20-Brandon Jones 547, +118
6)#21-Austin Hill 523, +94
7)#9-Carson Kvapil 523, +94
8)#8-Sammy Smith 504, +75
9)#41-Sam Mayer 459, +30
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 446, +17
11)#18-William Sawalich 445, +16
12)#19-Brent Crews 432, +3
Currently below cutline
13)#54-Taylor Gray 429, -3
14)#32-Rajah Caruth 424, -8
15)#39-Ryan Sieg 395, -37
16)#44-Brennan Poole 328, -104
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 100: #7-Allgaier hangs on for his fifth victory of the season. #19-Crews, #88-Byron, #41-Mayer, #00-Creed, #96-Alfredo, #32-Caruth, #20-Jones, #1-Zilisch and #9-Kvapil complete the top 10.
Lap 98: #00-Creed jumps to the bottom of his Haas Factory Team teammate #41-Mayer on the restart, allowing #7-Allgaier to set sail with the lead.
Lap 96: The red flag has been displayed for track cleanup.
Lap 95: #8-Smith got into the rear of #99-Retzlaff, who bumped #27-Burton up the track into the marbles and spun in the middle of the field. #45-Scott and #91-Bean couldn’t avoid a spinning Burton.
Lap 93: #7-Allgaier rallies around the outside of Turn 1 to take the lead away from #41-Mayer on the restart. #88-Byron, #19-Crews and #00-Creed round out the top five.
Lap 88: #41-Mayer clears #7-ALlgaier on the exit of Turn 1. Separate wrecks occur in Turn 2. #8-Smith had an issue with the right-front tire and bumped #96-Alfredo up the track. #54-Gray spun further ahead on corner exit after #88-Byron got loose underneath him. Gray nosed into the inside wall and has multiple flat tires.
Lap 83: #38-Emerling slides into the inside wall on the frontstretch to bring out the caution. #24-Burton and #39-Sieg had yet to pit, running in first and fourth positions.
Lap 76: #41-Mayer makes the pass on #00-Creed for sixth position, but what will be the lead when the stops cycle through. #26-Thompson drops to pit road.
Lap 74: #19-Crews and #44-Poole both pit from a top 10 position. #00-Creed has raced to sixth with the top five drivers still needing to pit.
Lap 73: #51-Clements is now on pit road. with #18-Sawalich and #45-Scott.
Lap 72: Race leader #41-Mayer pits for the final time. #96-Alfredo, #88-Byron, #32-Caruth, #21-Hill, #07-Bilicki, #87-Sanchez, #20-Jones and #48-Staropoli all pit. #00-Creed leaped Mayer and Allgaier in the pit sequence.
Lap 71: #7-Allgaier is the first of the two leaders to pit from second position. #1-Zilisch is also heading down pit road for service.
Lap 70: #00-Creed pits from third position.
Lap 69: #7-Allgaier re-takes control, as he and #41-Mayer swap the lead back and forth. #99-Retzlaff and #0-Custer dip to pit road.
Lap 68: #51-Clements takes fifth position from #96-Alfredo. #8-Smith, #54-Gray and #9-Kvapil hit pit road for the final scheduled time.
Lap 66: #41-Mayer drives deep into Turn 1 to clear #7-Allgaier for the race lead. #00-Creed runs in third position, nearly two seconds back.
Lap 60: #41-Mayer packs air on the rear of #96-Alfredo to take second position. #00-Creed slips through to third position.
Lap 59: #96-Alfredo rakes the runner-up position, passing #41-Mayer on the entry of Turn 1.
Lap 57: #7-Allgaier is pushed out to the lead by #41-Mayer as the two get side-by-side for the lead with Allgaier hanging on. #96-Alfredo settles into third place.
Lap 53: The cars that didn’t pit prior to the stage end will pit during the stage break. #7-Allgaier is the new race leader, followed by #88-Byron, #41-Mayer, #96-Alfredo and #9-Kvapil. #28-Sieg is parked during the stage break for not meeting minimum speed prior to the caution.
Lap 50: #19-Crews wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #7-Allgaier, #99-Retzlaff, #32-Caruth, #88-Byron, #1-Zilisch, #41-Mayer, #51-Clements, #96-Alfredo and #9-Kvapil earn stage points.
Lap 48: #19-Crews takes the lead through Turn 2. #7-Allgaier is up to third on fresh tires.
Lap 46: #99-Retlaff clears #19-Crews for the race lead on the restart. #28-Sieg got loose underneath #20Jones and smacked the wall in Turn 3.
Lap 43: The majority of the leaders pit during the caution. #19-Crews stays out to take the race lead. #99-Retzlaff, #1-Zilisch, #51-Clements, #32-Caruth, #26-Thompson and #54-Gray are among those that don’t pit.
Lap 42: #7-Allgaier jumps ahead on the restart. #00-Creed and #9-Kvapil battle for second. #38-Emerling spins off the front bumper of #44-Poole in Turn 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 39: #54-Gray is among a few drivers that hit pit road for service. #18-Sawalich, #07-Bilicki, #39-Sieg and #35-Ware are also making repairs.
Lap 37: #44-Poole bumped #92-Honeyman entering Turn 3. Honeyman backed into the wall and #48-Staropoli hit the wall to bring out another caution.
Lap 37: #00-Creed drops to the bottom down the backstretch to pass both #21-Hill and #96-Alfredo to take fourth position.
Lap 35: #7-Allgaier drives around #9-Kvapil down the Long Pond straightaway to take the lead back.
Lap 34: #21-Hill got extremely loose off Turn 1 and dropped to fourth behind #99-Retzlaff.
Lap 32: #54-Gray has cracked the top 10 after restarting 23rd. The top three cars of #9-Kvapil, #7-Allgaier and #21-Hill have stretched their advantage over fourth place #99-Retzlaff.
Lap 31: #9-Kvapil takes the lead around the outside of #7-Allgaier through the Tunnel Turn. #27-Burton gained a couple of positions on the restart to fourth place.
Lap 27: The cars that didn’t pit during the prior caution hit pit road for service during the stage break. #7-Allgaier is the new race leader with #9-Kvapil, #21-Hill, #96-Alfredo and #99-Retzlaff the top five. Stage 1 winner #54-Gray overshot his pit stall and had to reverse before the team changed four tires. #20-Jones will have to drop to the rear for equipment interference.
Lap 25: #54-Gray wins the opening stage under caution. #41-Mayer, #7-Allgaier, #20-Jones, #00-Creed, #8-Smith, #19-Crews, #9-Kvapil and #21-Hill earn stage points.
Lap 25: #18-Sawalich washes up the track into #1-Zilisch in the middle of Turn 1. Zilisch backed into the wall while Sawalich also received damage.
Lap 24: #54-Gray edges ahead of #41-Mayer at the start-finish line to retakes the lead.
Lap 23: #41-Mayer passes #54-Gray for the lead off Turn 3 after running the majority of the lap single file. #88-Byron, #20-Larson and #7-Allgaier is up to fifth on fresh tires.
Lap 19: Split decision with some drivers making pit stops during the caution led by #7-Allgaier. #21-Hill, #96-Alfredo, #24-Burton are among the leads that pit.
Lap 18: #53-Decker is off the pace with a mechanical issue in Turn 1 to bring out the caution.
Lap 15: #7-Allgaier takes third position from #20-Jones. #8-Smith gets loose and loses two positions to ninth. #51-Clements has gotten by a pair of JR Motorsports cars and runs sixth.
Lap 14: #9-Kvapil has fallen to seventh position, losing five starts since the restart. #51-Clements has jumped to eighth position.
Lap 13: #9-Kvapil lost three positions to fifth, reporting smoke coming out of the right side of his car.
Lap 12: #54-Gray maintains the lead on the restart. #9-Kvapil settles in to second position. #41-Mayer, #20-Jones and #8-Smith round out the top five.
Lap 8: #39-Sieg checks up behind #18-Sawalich and gets turned by #21-Hill. #0-Custer got into the rear of #42-Byrd as he checked up deeper in the field and clobbered the inside wall on the frontstretch.
Lap 7: #54-Gray clears for the lead through Turn 1 with a push from #9-Kvapil. #20-Jones and #41-Mayer are battling for third with #7-Allgaier rounding out the top five.
Lap 1: #54-Gray clears #20-Jones for the lead entering Turn 1. #17-Day spins off corner exit and comes down the track and collides with #2-Love. Day is done for the race.
The adverse conditions time for today’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race will be 8:25 p.m. ET. Once the Race leader has crossed the start/finish line after this time has expired, the next lap will be the white flag, followed by the checkered flag, with no overtime.

Race Info
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 100 laps / 250 miles
Stages: 25 / 50 / 100
Average time of race: 2:24:37
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution car speed: 70 mph
Fuel Window: 39 laps

Cars to the rear: #0-Cole Custer, #07-Josh Bilicki, #26-Dean Thompson, #31-Blaine Perkins, #38-Patrick Emerling, #42-Nathan Byrd (unapproved adjustments), #55-Joey Gase (engine change), #91-Dexter Bean (backup car).

Pit-Stall Selections

#20-Brandon Jones won the pole for the MillerTech Battery 250 Presented by KOA O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Pocono Raceway at a speed of 164.576 mph. It’s his first pole at Pocono in 11 starts.
Joe Gibbs Racing swept the front row with #54-Taylor Gray turning the second-quickest lap (164.387 mph). #88-William Byron will start third (164.273 mph), with #7-Justin Allgaier (164.240 mph) and #8-Sammy Smith (163.866 mph) rounding out the top five.
#9-Carson Kvapil, #41-Sam Mayer, #19-Brent Crews, #39-Ryan Sieg and #18-William Sawalich complete the top 10.
Five cars didn’t make a qualifying lap. #42-Nathan Byrd, #31-Blaine Perkins and #91-Dexter Bean all wrecked during their timed lap.
See the complete Pocono Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Pocono Raceway:
Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA with a lap of 54.686 seconds, 164.576 mph.
This is his 15th pole in 352 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and 12th top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in 11 races at Pocono Raceway.
Taylor Gray (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2026 and his third in three races at Pocono Raceway.
William Byron(i) (third) posted his third top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his third in three races this season.
Brent Crews (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the MillerTech Battery 250 Presented by KOA O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Pocono Raceway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#2-Jesse Love 163.928 mph
#20-Brandon Jones 163.594 mph
#96-Anthony Alfredo 163.354 mph
#00-Sheldon Creed 163.348 mph
#88-William Byron 168.232 mph
Slowest: #55-Joey Gase 99.414 mph
Most laps run: #99-Parker Retzlaff, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr., 30
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 11 drivers): #88-Byron 159.286 mph
Notes: Practice was stalled in the opening minutes for #55-Joey Gase stopping at the entrance to pit road. #07-Josh Bilicki went to the garage with a mechanical issue. Rookie #48-Patrick Staropoli spun through Turn 1 just over 10 minutes into the session.
See full Pocono Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Racing Notes: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will run the left-side specification they most recently used at Dover Motor Speedway, alongside a right-side tire introduced at Iowa Speedway last August. As is standard on tracks one-mile and longer, the 15-inch tires will also use inner liners.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the MillerTech Battery 250 Presented by KOA O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Pocono Raceway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Cole Custer, #1-Connor Zilisch, #9-Carson Kvapil, #32-Rajah Caruth, #35-Carson Ware, #38-Patrick Emerling, #42-Nathan Byrd, #53-Natalie Decker, #55-Joey Gase, #87-Nick Sanchez, #88-William Byron, #91-Dexter Bean, #92-Leland Honeyman Jr.
See the full Pocono Entry List.

Pocono 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