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Series: NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series | Manufacturer: Chevrolet Base: Concord, North Carolina
| Car | Driver | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|
| No. 17 | Corey Day | Adam Wall |
Founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports operates from Concord, North Carolina. Its 2026 No. 17 is a full-season O'Reilly Series program.
Justin Allgaier finished seventh at Homestead and never led a lap, and it was enough to win his second O'Reilly Series championship by 14 points.
Justin Allgaier was sure last year that his racing career was over. He goes into Saturday's O'Reilly Series finale leading the four drivers who can still beat him.
Kyle Larson could have clinched the Cup title at Martinsville. A first-stage strategy call cost him a lap, William Byron won, and Larson takes a 67-point lead to Homestead.
Carson Kvapil held off teammate Justin Allgaier to win at Martinsville. Jesse Love crashed late, and Allgaier leads the Chase by 22 with one race left.
Kyle Larson leads by 73 with two races left. A 77-point lead after Martinsville on Sunday wins him the title with a race to spare.
Sammy Smith ran second to teammate Carson Kvapil through the closing laps at Talladega, then won on the final one by 0.084 seconds, a day after his Truck win.
During the caution after Larson's crash, crew chief Billy Scott brought Reddick in for two right-side tires, and on the restart he drove through a gap in the middle.
Jesse Love won the O'Reilly Series race at Phoenix by 0.128 seconds over Sam Mayer and went from two points behind in the Chase to 36 ahead. Leader Sheldon Creed's engine would not restart and he fell to fourth.
Spire Motorsports has signed Coca-Cola 600 winner Daniel Suarez to an extension for 2027. Suarez says contract talks began about four months ago.
Corey Day has gained 85 points on Creed over the last two races, going from 92 behind to seven.
Kyle Larson leads the Cup Series Chase by 49 points with four races left. He has the best average finish at Phoenix of anyone in the top six, but one win there. Joey Logano has four.
Corey Day led early, took a pit-road penalty, drove back and won the Blue Cross NC 300 with a three-wide pass 10 laps from the end. He is third in the Chase, seven points behind Sheldon Creed.
Corey Day led 136 of 201 laps from the pole, then had to take the lead back from Carson Kvapil twice in the last 12. Sheldon Creed kept the Chase lead, now 19 points over Kvapil, after Justin Allgaier was caught in an early crash.
A week after Kyle Larson took Kansas from him late, Chase Briscoe led 175 laps at Las Vegas and held Larson off at the end. Larson still leaves with a 40-point Chase lead over Denny Hamlin.
Kyle Larson swept both stages, led 235 of 267 laps and passed Chase Briscoe with seven laps left to win the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. He came in leading the NASCAR Cup Series Chase by one point. He leaves leading by 26, with six races to go.
Jesse Love took the lead with fifteen laps to go and won the Nu Way 225 at World Wide Technology Raceway, his first victory of 2026. Sheldon Creed finished second and left St. Louis leading the O'Reilly Series Chase by three points over Justin Allgaier, who has won six races this season to Creed's two.
Jeremy Clements has more starts than anyone in the history of NASCAR's second national series, and says the hardest part of the job is funding, not driving. His family's engine shop is why he lasted; his car runs Hendrick engines now. Two other teams at Darlington described the same trade.
Creed led the final 53 laps and won Saturday night's Fleetio 200 by 2.961 seconds, his second career win in the series. Allgaier led more laps than anyone, hit the wall with 23 to go and finished 17th. His championship lead, 229 points in August and 25 after the Chase reset, is now seven.
Justin Allgaier ended the regular season 229 points clear. The Chase reset left him 25 ahead of teammate Carson Kvapil going into Saturday's Fleetio 200 at Darlington, where Allgaier has four spring wins and none in the fall.
Justin Allgaier has won four of the last 10 O'Reilly Series races at Darlington and starts the Chase on top at 2,100 points.