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Brent Crews

2026 Season — NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

● Playoff eligible
13th
Position
443
Points
0
Wins
6
Top 5
9
Top 10
17
Starts

Through June 20, 2026 · 404 pts behind leader

Brent Crews — Driver Profile

Car: No. 19 | Team: Joe Gibbs Racing | Manufacturer: Toyota Crew Chief: Seth Chavka | Sponsors: Mobil 1, SoundGear Status: Full-time (after March 30, 2026) | Hometown: Davidson, North Carolina | Age: 18

2026 Season

Brent Crews is 18 years old and driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 — a combination that makes him one of the most closely watched developmental prospects in NASCAR. The Davidson, NC native ran a restricted schedule early in the season due to age-based eligibility rules on larger ovals; he has been racing full-time since March 30. Through 8 starts he has four consecutive top-five finishes and six top-tens. The Texas Motor Speedway result on May 2 — a fourth-place finish in the Andy's Frozen Custard 340 — earned him the year's final $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus, his first career D4C payout. His career first top-five came at Bristol on April 11, when he drove from 17th to a third-place finish behind Connor Zilisch and Kyle Larson. His earlier best was a sixth at COTA.

2026 Stats (through 12 races, 8 starts): 4 consecutive top 5s | 6 top 10s | $100K Dash 4 Cash bonus (Texas, May 2)

Career

Crews is the youngest full-time driver on the 2026 O'Reilly Series grid and one of the youngest ever to run a JGR national-series program. He arrived at the national level with strong grassroots credentials and the full support of one of NASCAR's premier organizations. His age-based restrictions in early 2026 only applied to specific tracks; once those lifted, he transitioned to a complete full-time schedule.

The Story

The story with Crews in 2026 is patience and potential in equal measure. The eligibility restrictions compressed his early-season schedule, but the flash of pace at COTA — a sixth-place finish from a sixth-place qualifying spot — confirmed that the underlying talent is real. For an 18-year-old in a JGR car, the expectation isn't championship contention; it's learning the series fast enough to become dangerous by 2027.

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Coverage (10 articles)

Brent Crews Just Won the Last $100,000 Bonus of the Year. He's Eighteen.

John Speedway·

The 2026 Dash 4 Cash program closed Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, and the season's final $100,000 bonus went to Brent Crews — eighteen years old, in his rookie season, driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota. Crews finished fourth in the race; none of the other three D4C-eligible drivers finished ahead of him. It was his first such bonus and the year's last one.

Connor Zilisch Was Fifteen Seconds Back. He Won at the Last Brake Zone.

John Speedway·

Connor Zilisch ran Jesse Love down on fresher tires Saturday at Watkins Glen, then passed him in the final corner of the final lap to win the Mission 200 by 0.262 seconds — Zilisch's third consecutive NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win at The Glen and his thirteenth career win.

The Hungry Gator Got to Larson's Bumper. He Just Couldn't Get Around Him.

John Speedway·

Kyle Larson held the bottom for 17 green-flag laps and beat his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier to the line by 0.293 seconds at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Allgaier — the points leader, three-time winner this year, sitting on the pole — got to Larson's bumper. He just couldn't get around him without contact, and he wasn't going to make contact. JR Motorsports went one-two. Allgaier extended his championship lead to 121 points anyway.

Kaden Honeycutt Won the ARCA Race. Then He Won the Truck Race. The Last Driver Who Pulled That Off Was Sam Mayer in 2020.

John Speedway·

Kaden Honeycutt won the ARCA Menards General Tire 100 at Watkins Glen on Friday afternoon. Then he won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bully Hill Vineyards 176 in overtime over Connor Zilisch — becoming the second driver in history to take an ARCA race and a Truck race on the same day, joining Sam Mayer's 2020 Bristol sweep. Honeycutt now leads the Truck Series championship by 29 over Chandler Smith.

Allgaier Has the Championship Lead. Zilisch Has the Last Win. They Both Run at Dover Saturday.

John Speedway·

Justin Allgaier brings the championship lead to Saturday's Dover BetRivers 200 (640 points, +155 over Sheldon Creed). Connor Zilisch brings the last win, having passed Jesse Love in the final corner of the Mission 200 at Watkins Glen by 0.262 seconds for his third straight O'Reilly Series win at The Glen. The brand-new Goodyear right-side tire designed for the Monster Mile's concrete decides the rest.

Allgaier Finally Wins at Pocono, the One Big Track That Kept Beating Him

John Speedway·

Justin Allgaier finally won at Pocono, the one big track that kept beating him, surviving a wild three-wide final restart to take the MillerTech Battery 250 by .607 seconds. A two-laps-to-go shove from JR Motorsports teammate William Byron sealed his fifth win of 2026 and stretched his championship lead to 250 points over Jesse Love.

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