It’s a new day: Corey Day scores first O’Reilly victory at Talladega: Corey Day claimed the first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory of his career Saturday afternoon, driving to the yellow and checkered flags in the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway – his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet leading only the last lap to earn his first trophy in his first fulltime season.(Read more)(4-25-2026)

Making a last-lap pass and escaping the chaos, #17-Corey Day was out front when a caution flew on the final lap to win the Ag-Pro 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. It’s his first career victory.
#19-Brent Crews finished runner-up, recording his third consecutive top-five finish. #00-Sheldon Creed placed third and won the $100,00 Dash 4 Cash bonus. #8-Sammy Smith and #51-Jeremy Clements rounded out the top five.
#26-Dean Thompson, #2-Jesse Love, #20-Brandon Jones, #99-Parker Retzlaff and #87-Austin Green complete the top 10.
JR Motorsports drivers #1-Carson Kvapil and #7-Justin Allgaier won the first two stages, but were penalized during a round of green-flag pit stops and took the checkered flag in 22nd and 23rd.
There were 38 lead changes among 16 drivers and four cautions for 15 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 152.128 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Talladega Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Talladega Superspeedway:
Corey Day won the AG-PRO 300, his first victory in 22 O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Brent Crews # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2026.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Brent Crews (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 105 points over Sheldon Creed.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Standings after Talladega (Race 11 of 33):
1)#7-Justin Allgaier 544, +290
2)#00-Sheldon Creed 439, +185
3)#2-Jesse Love 403, +149
4)#17-Corey Day 399, +145
5)#20-Brandon Jones 353, +99
6)#8-Sammy Smith 352, +98
7)#1-Carson Kvapil 331, +77
8)#21-Austin Hill 321, +67
9)#54-Taylor Gray 302, +48
10)#99-Parker Retzlaff 292, +38
11)#18-William Sawalich 280, +26
12)#88-Rajah Caruth 268, +14
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13)#39-Ryan Sieg 254, -14
14)#41-Sam Mayer 241, -27
15)#19-Brent Crews 225, -43
16)#44-Brennan Poole 221, -47
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 113: #41-Mayer spins to the inside on the backstretch and clips the inside wall. #39-Sieg, #27-Burton, #24-Burton and #31-Perkins all get collected in another incident through Turn 3. The caution comes out with #17-Day scored as the leader, winning his first race. #00-Creed, #19-Crews, #8-Smith, #51-Clements, #26-Thompson, #2-Love, #20-Jones, #99-Retzlaff and #87-Green are the unofficial top 10.
Lap 112: #41-Mayer leads the inside line with #17-Day leading the middle and #00-Creed leading the top at the white flag.
Lap 111: #8-Smith has a big run down the backstretch and gets a push from #27-Burton. #17-Day gets next to #00-Creed for the race lead, allowing #41-Mayer to drop to the bottom and control the inside.
Lap 109: #17-Day has been shoved to second with help from #41-Mayer. #8-Smith is back inside the top five.
Lap 107: #00-Creed jumps to the outside of #2-Love and drops Love back outside the top 10 in the middle line. #27-Burton is slid into the runner-up position.
Lap 106: #27-Burton leads the inside line with help from #26-Thompson, #17-Day and #41-Mayer.
Lap 105: #88-Caruth shakes the field up by going to the outside line. The lead draft is now two- and three-wide.
Lap 103: The field remains single file with 10 laps remaining. #41-Mayer is trying to materialize runs at the rear of the pack but remains in 16th position.
Lap 99: The pack is single file around the top with #2-Love leading #00-Creed, #39-Sieg, #31-Perkins, #20-Jones, #27-Burton, #26-Thompson, #87-Green, #24-Burton and #17-Day.
Lap 97: #41-Mayer gets completely sideways off the front bumper of #99-Retzlaff on the exit of Turn 2. Mayer drops to 16th, still in the lead draft.
Lap 95: The lead draft is starting to fade to the top line. #2-Love leads #39-Sieg, #31-Perkins, #27-Burton and #20-Jones. #41-Mayer and #00-Creed drop to the inside and challenge for the race lead.
Lap 91: #54-Gray hits pit road with a flat tire. Now only 16 cars remain in the lead pack.
Lap 88: #99-Retzlaff gets to the outside of #2-Love as they trade the lead back and forth. #39-Sieg gets a bump from behind to get to the inside of Love.
Lap 87: #2-Love re-takes the race lead. Jordan Anderson Racing teammates #31-Perkins and #27-Burton are working together inside the top five.
Lap 84: The lead pack is dicing with #2-Love dropping from top to bottom. #8-Smith has pushed to the lead with help from #39-Sieg.
Lap 83: #96-Alfredo makes an unscheduled pit stop from inside the top 15.
Lap 80: The lead pack is now filled with 18 cars. #31-Perkins and #51-Clements have both cracked the top five.
Lap 77: #1-Kvapil and #7-Allgaier both got blend line penalties for impeding the field down the backstretch, making the field split them.
Lap 76: #00-Creed cycles to the race lead with #2-Love, #27-Burton, #96-Alfredo and #87-Green all inside the top five.
Lap 74: #88-Caruth leads the rest of the Chevrolets down pit road with #00-Creed and #17-Day close behind. Caruth got caught for speeding on pit road.
Lap 72: The Toyotas pit, led by #54-Gray. #18-Sawalich slid his tires on pit entry and clipped #19-Crews and got ticketed with a speeding penalty.
Lap 70: #2-Love, #21-Hill, #87-Green, #96-Alfredo, #99-Retzlaff and #27-Burton hit pit road to start the cycle of green-flag pit stops. Hill stalled leaving his pit stall.
Lap 67: #88-Caruth and #87-Green are battling for the lead. #2-Love and #27-Burton have both driven back inside the top five. #54-Gray, #21-Hill and #1-Kvapil are among those that have drifted outside the top 10.
Lap 63: #00-Creed takes the lead with help from #17-Day. #88-Caruth dices to the front row after getting by #87-Green.
Lap 61: #87-Green has raced to the lead, battling #54-Gray. #00-Creed is back inside the top five after restarting in the rear.
Lap 59: The lead pack is nearly entirely three wide. #27-Burton slid back to outside the top 10 but has connected with #00-Creed who is swiftly working through the field.
Lap 58: #54-Gray clears the field to take the race lead. The battle for second is four-wide between #27-Burton, #99-Retzlaff, #41-Mayer and #21-Hill.
Lap 57: #27-Burton gets shoved out to the lead with a bump from #21-Hill. #19-Crews is the third car on the outside line.
Lap 55: #18-Sawalich, #39-Sieg, #00-Creed and #26-Thompson all received blend line violation penalties and will drop to the rear for the restart. #7-Allgaier topped off with fuel coming to one to go. #54-Gray is the new race leader.
Lap 53: #18-Sawalich gains 12 positions on pit road to take the lead. #54-Gray and #27-Burton were other big gainers on pit road.
Lap 50: #7-Allgaier dips to the inside of #1-Kvapil through Turns 3 and 4 and hangs on to win Stage 2. #39-Sieg, #00-Creed, #26-Thompson, #99-Retzlaff, #1-Kvapil, #24-Burton, #51-Clements, #87-Green and #21-Hill earn stage points.
Lap 46: The only driver on the inside line is #8-Smith with four laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 44: The field is starting to get single filed out on the outside line. #1-Kvapil leads #7-Allgaier, #39-Sieg, #00-Creed and #26-Thompson.
Lap 41: #8-Smith gets split by a pair of JR Motorsports teammates. #7-Allgaier and #1-Kvapil have gotten alongside. #39-Sieg is planted on the back bumper of Kvapil to take the top two spots.
Lap 38: #8-Smith drives to the inside of #21-Hill to take the lead with help from #7-Allgaier.
Lap 35: The Richard Childress Racing teammates of #21-Hill and #2-Love are controlling the first row. #1-Kvapil leads the inside line with help from #20-Jones and #17-Day.
Lap 33: #20-Jones and #2-Love split #1-Kvapil to put him in the middle. #54-Gray has raced inside the top 10 for the first time.
Lap 32: #24-Burton gets pushed to the lead from #21-Hill. #1-Kvapil dives to the inside down the backstretch.
Lap 28: #1-Kvapil is the first car off pit road. #2-Love, #20-Jones, #21-Hill and #24-Burton were the biggest movers on pit road.
Lap 25: #1-Kvapil wins the opening stage by .005 seconds ahead of #8-Smith. #00-Creed, #88-Caruth, #26-Thompson, #31-Perkins, #41-Mayer, #24-Burton, #2-Love and #51-Clements score stage points.
Lap 23: #41-Mayer misses a block on #1-Kvapil, putting three JR Motorsports cars out front.
Lap 20: #2-Love takes the lead with help from #21-Hill. #1-Kvapil, #17-Day and #39-Sieg are all racing inside the top five.
Lap 19: #21-Hill dives to the bottom behind #2-Love and is inside the top five for the first time. Love was forced below the yellow line to make a four-wide move to take second position.
Lap 17: #41-Mayer is working the full width of the race track, blowing all three lines. #2-Love was able to get a shove by to take the lead.
Lap 14: #41-Mayer, #2-Love and #1-Kvapil continue to swap the lead back and forth. #17-Day now leads the inside line with help from #7-Allgaier and #39-Sieg.
Lap 11: #1-Kvapil jumps to the outside in front of #41-Mayer to take the lead from #2-Love. Three JR Motorsports cars lead the outside line.
Lap 8: The field is three-wide from first to 28th in the running order. The top 28 cars are separated by 1.5 seconds.
Lap 7: #1-Kvapil clears for the lead and drops down in front of #41-Mayer in the middle line.
Lap 6: #41-Mayer gets a push from #1-Kvapil to get next to #2-Love for the race lead. JR Motorsports is working the outside line with #8-Smith and #88-Caruth moving through the top 10.
Lap 5: #2-Love takes the lead on the restart. #92-Williams gets split in the middle and dropped outside the top 10 after restarting fourth.
Lap 1: #48-Staropoli gets turned on the backstretch after a bump from #18-Sawalich and gets clipped by #42-Starr. #32-Ankrum, making his series debut, also got front-end damage. #2-Love is scored as the leader after a push from #17-Day on the initial start.

Race Info:
Ag-Pro 300
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 113 laps / 300.58 miles
Stages: 25 / 50 / 113
Average time of race: 2:34:55
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 70 mph
Fuel window: 45 laps

Cars to the rear: #02-Ryan Ellis (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

#2-Jesse Love won the pole for the Ag-Pro 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Talladega Superspeedway (182.313 mph). It’s his fourth consecutive pole at Talladega (longest streak in track history), and the 10th of his career. Richard Childress Racing have won the last eight Talladega pole awards.
#41-Sam Mayer will line up on the front row after being quickest in the opening round of qualifying (182.168 mph). #17-Corey Day will start third (181.974 mph), with #92-Josh Williams (181.949 mph) and #00-Sheldon Creed (181.946 mph) rounding out the top five.
#21-Austin Hill, #88-Rajah Caruth, #1-Carson Kvapil, #96-Anthony Alfredo and #91-Mason Maggio complete the top 10.
See the complete Talladega Starting Lineup and Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Talladega Superspeedway:
Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the AG-PRO 300 with a lap of 52.525 seconds, 182.313 mph.
This is his 10th pole in 77 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races.
This is his first pole and ninth top-10 start in 2026.
This is his fourth pole in five races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Sam Mayer (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2026 and his first in nine races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Corey Day (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his seventh in 11 races this season.
Patrick Staropoli (14th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

There is no practice session for the Ag-Pro 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Ag-Pro 300 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #0-Garrett Smithley, #5-JJ Yeley, #32-Tyler Ankrum, #35-Natalie Decker, #38-Patrick Emerling, #42-David Starr, #55-Joey Gase, #74-Dawson Cram, #91-Mason Maggio.
See the full Talladega Entry List.

Talladega 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