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The O'Reilly Series Went to Sonoma. Here Is What Happened in the Championship.
Shane Van Gisbergen won the Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250. Justin Allgaier finished 26th. Allgaier leads the championship by 207 points. This is where we are.
Jun 29, 2026
John Speedway
Motorsports Columnist, Grand National Today
John Speedway covers the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, CARS Tour, and Late Model Stock racing with the intensity of a man who believes the next great stock car driver is racing on a short track right now — and the rest of the world just hasn't figured it out yet. Speedway brings decades of sports storytelling to the developmental series that build the stars of tomorrow. He covers the races, the drivers, the tracks, and the stories that happen after the checkered flag drops.
63 Articles
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Sonoma Isn't a Race Between Two Drivers. It's a Race Against One Company.
Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen have won twelve of the last fifteen O'Reilly Series road-course races, and they drive for the same team.
Jun 26, 2026
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Mini Tyrrell Wins at Dominion Again, the First Driver Ever to Do It Twice
Mini Tyrrell became the first driver to win twice at Dominion Raceway in ten CARS Tour visits, stealing the lead three-wide with five laps to go in the Mini's Mission 125.
Jun 15, 2026
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Allgaier Finally Wins at Pocono, the One Big Track That Kept Beating Him
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.
Jun 13, 2026
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Allgaier Owns Pocono on Paper. The Field Chasing Him Says That Doesn't Matter Anymore.
Justin Allgaier has led more laps at Pocono than anyone in O'Reilly Series history and brings a 179-point cushion to Saturday's MillerTech Battery 250. He just doesn't have the trophy.
Jun 13, 2026
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Five Tracks, Five Weeks, One Chase: The Summer Gauntlet That Could Decide Everything
Justin Allgaier leads by 179 points heading into a five-race summer stretch unlike anything the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series has seen.
Jun 11, 2026
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The Announcement Was Supposed to Be a New Contract. Childress Had to Make a Different One Instead.
Richard Childress and Kyle Busch had planned to announce a contract extension through 2027 at Michigan on Saturday. Instead, two weeks after Busch's death at 41, Childress spoke alone — about their…
Jun 7, 2026
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Honeycutt Pushed Heim to the Win at Michigan. Then He Tried to Take It Back.
Corey Heim held off his own TRICON Garage teammate Kaden Honeycutt by .065 of a second to win the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 at Michigan — after Honeycutt pushed him to the front, then tried to…
Jun 7, 2026
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Michigan's Off-Track Weekend: A YouTuber Doing Double Duty, an F1 Driver Headed to a Navy Base, and a Movie Dropping Friday
Cleetus McFarland pulls double duty as driver and grand marshal Saturday, ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen joins Trackhouse PROJECT91 for the inaugural San Diego race, and NASCAR's Navy mini film "Race…
Jun 5, 2026
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Layne Riggs Has the Points Lead for the First Time. He Got It the Hard Way.
Three weeks ago Layne Riggs was 38 points back. Two wins later he leads the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for the first time in his career — and he carries it into Michigan, where Kaden Honeycutt…
Jun 5, 2026
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Connor Hall Holds Off His Own Teammate at Langley as Kvapil Pads the Points
Connor Hall returned to his home track at Langley Speedway and held off Niece Motorsports teammate Landen Lewis to win the Visit Hampton Virginia 125.
Jun 1, 2026
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Three Nights on Nashville's Concrete: Trucks, the O'Reilly Series and the Cracker Barrel 400
All three NASCAR national series race at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend — Trucks on Friday, the O'Reilly Series on Saturday, and the Cracker Barrel 400 on Sunday night.
May 29, 2026
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Mason Walters Won His First CARS Tour Race in the Chassis Ben Maier Won the Title In
A driver from Catawba, North Carolina named Mason Walters won the 2026 CARS Tour Pro Late Model opener at Southern National in the same No.
May 27, 2026
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Landen Lewis Is Defending a Championship He Can't Catch on a Partial Schedule
Landen Lewis ran over the choose-V cone, got sent to the back at Caraway, and won the race anyway — his sixth career CARS Tour LMSC win.
May 26, 2026
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Ross Chastain Wins Rain-Shortened Charbroil 300, Smashes Watermelon After Bowing to Kyle Busch
Ross Chastain drove through oil and rain to win the Charbroil 300 at Charlotte, then bowed to the crowd and smashed a watermelon in tribute to Kyle Busch.
May 25, 2026
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Layne Riggs Bows to the Crowd, Wins Charlotte Truck Race in Kyle Busch's Honor
Layne Riggs dedicated his Charlotte Truck Series victory to Kyle Busch with a bow to the grandstand, winning a race thrice delayed by rain under NASCAR's adverse conditions provision.
May 25, 2026
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Two Primary Deals in One Day: Viking Motorsports Loads Up for Charlotte
Viking Motorsports announced two primary sponsors on the same Monday heading into its home-state race at Charlotte — Dogs by Andy and Paladin on Anthony Alfredo's No.
May 23, 2026
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I Didn't Think I'd Be Writing This One
John Speedway on the loss of Kyle Busch — a personal goodbye to Rowdy, days before the sport returns to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600.
May 21, 2026
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NASCAR's Hall of Fame Class of 2027 Is Set
NASCAR's Hall of Fame Class of 2027 is set: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Larry Phillips, with Lesa France Kennedy taking the Landmark Award. Induction is January 22, 2027, in uptown Charlotte.
May 20, 2026
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The Boys Are Going Racing: NASCAR and Bussin' With The Boys Launch a Weekly
NASCAR and Bussin' With The Boys are launching "Racin' With The Boys," a 14-episode weekly summer show produced by Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions.
May 20, 2026
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Kyle Busch Wins His Fifth Dover Truck. Dystany Spurlock Took the Green Flag and Made History.
Kyle Busch won his record fifth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, leading 147 of 200 laps in the Spire Motorsports No. 7 Chevrolet and sweeping both stages.
May 18, 2026
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Corey Day Beat Allgaier at Dover. The Pass Came With Four Laps Left, Up Against the Outside Wall.
Corey Day, 20, made his first Dover start a winning one. The Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 split lapped traffic against the outside wall with four laps left to pass Justin Allgaier and take the…
May 18, 2026
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Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third…
May 18, 2026
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What to Watch and Who's Hot Heading Into Dover's First All-Star Race
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup…
May 15, 2026
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The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast.
May 15, 2026
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Allgaier Has the Championship Lead. Zilisch Has the Last Win. They Both Run at Dover Saturday.
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…
May 12, 2026
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Honeycutt Won at Watkins Glen. Now He Brings the Trucks Lead to Dover.
Kaden Honeycutt comes into Dover Friday night as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader after his first career Truck win at Watkins Glen — same-day ARCA and Trucks sweep included.
May 12, 2026
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Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday.
May 12, 2026
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Stays in the No. 47. Hyak Motorsports Just Locked Him In Long-Term.
Hyak Motorsports announced a multi-year contract extension with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Monday, keeping the 2023 Daytona 500 winner in the No.
May 12, 2026
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Connor Zilisch Was Fifteen Seconds Back. He Won at the Last Brake Zone.
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…
May 12, 2026
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SVG Was Twenty-Nine Seconds Behind With Twenty-Four Laps Left. He Won by Seven.
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a…
May 12, 2026
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Kaden Honeycutt Just Pulled Off the First Weekend Sweep in CARS Tour History
Kaden Honeycutt won the CARS Pro Late Model Tour and CARS Late Model Stock Tour features at Ace Speedway on Saturday, May 9, 2026 — becoming the first driver in CARS Tour history to pull off a…
May 10, 2026
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Fifty Thousand Dollars on the Table at Three Virginia Tracks. The Triple Crown Is Back, and FloRacing Is Still Buying.
NASCAR and FloSports announced Thursday that the 2026 Virginia Triple Crown presented by FloRacing returns with a $50,000 purse — same as last year — with $20,000 going to the overall champion.
May 9, 2026
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Kaden Honeycutt Won the ARCA Race. Then He Won the Truck Race. The Last Driver Who Pulled That Off Was Sam Mayer in 2020.
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…
May 9, 2026
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Smith on Florence Practice Day: 'Like Riding a Bike'
Project Never Lift's first practice day. Mamba Smith back in a Late Model for the first time since 2022.
May 8, 2026
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Mopar's First NASCAR-Certified Late Model Crate in Years Is in the Pipeline. QCG Is Doing the Work. Lee Faulk Racing Has the Receipts.
A 5.7L Hemi is going through NASCAR certification for Late Model Stock racing. Queen City Garage is doing the testing. Lee Faulk Racing — the shop that took the last new manufacturer engine through…
May 8, 2026
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Lewis Apologized. Then He Won Caraway Anyway.
Landen Lewis ran over the choose-V cone before an early restart at Caraway Speedway, got sent to the rear of the field, and apologized for it on the race broadcast.
May 4, 2026
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Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2.
May 4, 2026
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The Hungry Gator Got to Larson's Bumper. He Just Couldn't Get Around Him.
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.
May 3, 2026
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Brent Crews Just Won the Last $100,000 Bonus of the Year. He's Eighteen.
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…
May 3, 2026
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Cup Drivers Are Back in The CW's O'Reilly Series Booth
The CW is running its Cup-driver guest-analyst rotation again for six O'Reilly Series races. Denny Hamlin opens at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
May 1, 2026
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Two ARCA Races, One Saturday Night: East at Nashville, West at Shasta, Both on FloRacing
Both ARCA Menards Series regional tours run on Saturday May 2: the Cook Out Music City 150 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway at 9 p.m. ET, the Bill Schmitt 173 at Shasta Speedway at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Apr 30, 2026
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Taylor Gray Short-Pits Kansas — and Jason Ratcliff Wins the Ballgame From the Box
Taylor Gray won the Kansas Lottery 300 on a Jason Ratcliff short-pit call at Lap 143. Sheldon Creed pocketed the $100K Dash 4 Cash. Corey Day's top-10 streak ended at eight.
Apr 19, 2026
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Patrick Staropoli's Crew Is Back. He's 101 Points Behind the Cut Line.
Patrick Staropoli's Big Machine Racing crew chief, car chief, and engineer return at Kansas after a four-race suspension.
Apr 15, 2026
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Caden Kvapil Stole a Race, Dawson Sutton Came Home, and Nashville Got Three Guitars and a Sold-Out Saturday Night
Caden Kvapil won the LMSC feature and Dawson Sutton took the PLM race at the sold-out Tootsie's Music City Showdown at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, the CARS Tour's inaugural visit to Music City.
Apr 12, 2026
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Connor Zilisch Stayed Out on Old Tires With 28 Laps Left. Rodney Childers Knew Exactly What He Was Doing.
Rodney Childers made the call to stay out on old tires with 28 laps left. Connor Zilisch made him look like a genius, holding off Kyle Larson to win the Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Apr 12, 2026
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Blaine Perkins Drove From Bakersfield to Bristol. It Took Him About Six Years.
Blaine Perkins grew up in Bakersfield, California — not exactly NASCAR country. But here he is at Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31, making the case that the West Coast can produce short track racers too.
Apr 10, 2026
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Anthony Alfredo Has 150 Starts and Something to Prove. Viking Motorsports Is Betting He's Right.
After 150+ career starts and 23 top-10s, Anthony Alfredo arrives at Viking Motorsports in 2026 with a familiar crew chief and an unfamiliar thing: stability. Now what does he do with it?
Apr 10, 2026
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Brandon Jones Finished Second at The Rock. JR Motorsports Doesn't Build Cars for Second Place.
Brandon Jones put the JRM No. 9 in second place at Rockingham — and in doing so, gave us the cleanest possible picture of what this car is capable of. Now comes the harder part.
Apr 10, 2026
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Austin Green Grew Up Inside NASCAR. Now He's Racing His Way Into It.
Austin Green's father drove these cars. Now Green has his own full-time seat at Peterson Racing — 33 races to prove that the name on the back of the firesuit is his, not a legacy he's borrowing.
Apr 10, 2026
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Austin Hill Has Won at Daytona Four Times in Five Years. The No. 21 Has a Long Season Ahead.
The RCR No. 21 opened 2026 at Daytona the same way he opens most years — in Victory Lane. Austin Hill's fourth season-opener win in five years is a reminder that the talent was never the question.
Apr 10, 2026
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William Sawalich Wins His First at The Rock: The No. 18 Is Back
William Sawalich wins his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham, ending a three-year drought for the JGR No. 18. Corey Day led 118 laps but finished tenth.
Apr 5, 2026
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Langley Speedway: The Flattest Track in Virginia Built a Proving Ground That Doesn't Forgive
A comprehensive track guide to Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia — the flattest competitive oval in the Virginia short-track ecosystem, home of the Hampton Heat, and the proving ground where…
Apr 2, 2026
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Connor Zilisch Has the Best Résumé in NASCAR. He's Also 33rd in Points.
Karting world champion at eleven. Daytona and Sebring winner at seventeen. Eleven Xfinity wins before turning twenty. Connor Zilisch has the most complete résumé in NASCAR — and he's learning what…
Apr 2, 2026
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Lee Pulliam: 2,387 Days Between Wins, and Then He Came for Everything
Four national championships. More than fifty wins at South Boston. Six years of silence. Then Lee Pulliam came back and led forty laps in his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series start at Martinsville.
Apr 2, 2026
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Peyton Sellers: The King of South Boston Still Has the Fastest Car in the Parking Lot
Five Virginia Triple Crown championships. Eight South Boston Speedway track championships. Two NASCAR Weekly Series national titles.
Apr 2, 2026
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South Boston Speedway: Sixty-Eight Years of Asphalt, Ambition, and the Fastest Small Town in Virginia
South Boston Speedway has been the front door of professional stock car racing since 1957. From Junior Johnson's first NASCAR win to Peyton Sellers' eight track championships, the four-tenths-mile…
Apr 2, 2026
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Martinsville Speedway: The Oldest Track in NASCAR Still Hands You a Grandfather Clock When You Win
The oldest continuously operating track in NASCAR is a half-mile paperclip in Virginia that still hands winners a cherry-wood grandfather clock. From H.
Apr 2, 2026
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The Kvapil Brothers Are Running the Same Ladder. One of Them Already Knows What's at the Top.
Travis Kvapil won a Truck Series championship in 2003. Twenty years later, both his sons won CARS Tour titles in the same season.
Apr 2, 2026
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North Wilkesboro Speedway: They Built It Crooked, Left It for Dead, and It's Getting a Points Race Anyway
North Wilkesboro Speedway was built crooked in 1946, hosted Cup races for 49 years, sat abandoned for 26 more, and came back from the dead. On July 19, 2026, it hosts its first points race in 30 years.
Apr 2, 2026
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JR Motorsports Runs Cars at Every Level of Stock Car Racing. That's Not an Accident.
JR Motorsports runs programs at every level of stock car racing — Late Models, O'Reilly Series, and selected Cup starts — all under one roof in Mooresville.
Apr 2, 2026
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Connor Hall Has Won at Every Track in Virginia. Now He's Learning What's Beyond It.
Connor Hall won eleven straight at Langley, back-to-back national championships, and the 2025 Virginia Triple Crown. Now JR Motorsports, the CARS Tour, and the Truck Series are teaching him what's…
Apr 2, 2026
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Hickory Motor Speedway: The Smallest Classroom in NASCAR Produced the Biggest Names in the Sport
The track they call the Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars is .363 miles of asphalt in Newton, North Carolina. From Ralph Earnhardt to Connor Zilisch, the smallest classroom in the sport keeps producing…
Apr 2, 2026