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Connor Zilisch earned the pole for the Cuervo 300 at Chicagoland after rain washed out qualifying, with a weather delay pushing the green flag to around 4:30 p.m. CT. Chase Elliott is in the field in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Chevrolet leads the season with strong 1.5-mile track results, and the 200-lap, 300-mile race will air on CW Network with MRN radio and streaming options on Fubo, NASCAR.com, and SiriusXM.
Post-race inspection for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Naval Base Coronado came back clear; Austin Hill captured the victory, and Justin Allgaier leads the regular-season standings by 224 points over Jesse Love with six races remaining.
Jesse Love criticized NASCAR Race Control for how they handled the weather-delayed NASCAR O'Reilly Charlotte race, saying they were 'running out the clock' under caution and ended the event after Stage 2 amid rain, fog and an oil slick. Ross Chastain won, with Austin Hill second and Love third. Love stressed anger but also empathy for those affected and suggested some issues are bigger than winning a trophy.
Ross Chastain drove to a rain-shortened victory in the Charbroil 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win since 2019 and his first at Charlotte. The race was halted after Lap 91 due to rain, with Jesse Love finishing runner-up and Austin Hill third as drivers navigated a slippery, oil-slick track amid multiple cautions. The win came as the sport faced the backdrop of Kyle Busch's death earlier in the week.
Connor Zilisch won the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Watkins Glen, marking his third consecutive road-course victory, and post-race inspection found no issues; Justin Allgaier leads the Regular Season Championship by 155 points with 11 races remaining.
CW and ESPN have agreed to stream CW Sports live events on the ESPN App (ESPN Unlimited), with CW broadcasting on The CW Network as well; the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series will be the exclusive CW Sports property through 2031, and the deal launches in Summer 2026, expanding access to NASCAR and other CW Sports programming across devices.
Post-race inspection for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Darlington Raceway found no issues; Justin Allgaier won the race, earning 69 points, and now leads Jesse Love by 52 points in the regular-season standings.
Kyle Larson surged from seventh after a late restart on Lap 154 of 200 to win the LiUNA!-sponsored O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing 2.557 seconds ahead of Chase Briscoe. Sheldon Creed finished third, Justin Allgaier led the most laps but ended up fourth, and this victory marks Larson's 18th career O'Reilly win and his second Las Vegas win in this series.
Austin Hill dominated the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway, starting from pole and leading 78 of 120 laps, then withstood three late restarts to beat Justin Allgaier by 0.081 seconds for his 15th career win and a fifth straight Daytona triumph for Richard Childress Racing as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series kicks off the season.
Hettinger Racing announced it will compete full-time in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, starting with the Daytona race, supported by Ford Racing and Roush Yates Engines, with veteran Joe Williams Jr. as competition director, aiming to grow into a top national contender.