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The O'Reilly Auto Parts Series: Complete Guide to NASCAR's Second-Tier National Series

Grand National Today’s guide to the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, including the 33-race schedule, Daytona field and nine-race Chase.

What Is the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series?

The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series is NASCAR’s second-tier national touring series. It carried the Xfinity Series name through 2025 and adopted the O’Reilly Auto Parts title in 2026.

The series combines full-time championship teams, developing drivers, veteran series regulars and event-specific entries. A driver can compete for more than one organization during a season.

2026 Championship Structure

The 2026 season contains 33 races:

  • Races 1–24: regular season
  • Race 24: Daytona International Speedway on August 28
  • Races 25–33: the nine-race Chase
  • Chase field: 12 drivers
  • Championship finale: Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 7

Chase Tracks

The Chase visits Darlington Raceway, World Wide Technology Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Phoenix Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s current event information places the 2026 O’Reilly race on the 1.5-mile oval.

Track Guides

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Ace Speedway

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Anderson Motor Speedway

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Bristol Motor Speedway

The Last Great Colosseum: a 0.533-mile concrete oval cut into the hills of northeast Tennessee, h...

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Caraway Speedway

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Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race sc...

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Chicagoland Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway: the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, Illinois, with 18-degree turns, its record hol...

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Circuit of the Americas

Circuit of the Americas, NASCAR's road course in Austin, Texas: its 2.4-mile layout, NASCAR histo...

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Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race schedule...

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Daytona International Speedway Track Guide

Daytona International Speedway: the 2.5-mile, 31-degree-banked World Center of Racing. History, t...

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Dominion Raceway

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Dover Motor Speedway

The Monster Mile: a one-mile concrete oval in Dover, Delaware, host to Cup racing every year sinc...

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EchoPark Speedway

EchoPark Speedway, the former Atlanta Motor Speedway: a 1.54-mile quad-oval with 28-degree bankin...

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Florence Motor Speedway

Florence Motor Speedway in Timmonsville, South Carolina: the 2026 schedule, South Carolina 400 da...

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Hickory Motor Speedway

Hickory Motor Speedway track guide, 0.363-mile paved oval, CARS Tour 2026 Throwback Classic detai...

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Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Speedway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race sc...

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the 2.5-mile Brickyard, home of the Brickyard 400 since 1994, with i...

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Iowa Speedway

Iowa Speedway: the 0.875-mile Newton short track designed by Rusty Wallace, its Cup winners since...

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Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway: a 1.5-mile tri-oval near Kansas City with 17 to 20 degrees of variable banking, ...

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Langley Speedway

Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia: the remaining 2026 schedule, track length and banking, the...

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race sc...

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Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park: the 0.686-mile oval near Indianapolis, its Truck Series hist...

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Martinsville Speedway

Complete guide to Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR's shortest and oldest track. ValleyStar 300, trai...

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Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway: a 2-mile oval in the Irish Hills with 18-degree turns, its Cup r...

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Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway: how big the track is, the 2026 All American 400 dates, parking an...

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Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville Superspeedway: the 1.33-mile concrete oval in Lebanon, Tenn., with every Cup winner sin...

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Naval Base Coronado

NASCAR's San Diego street course at Naval Base Coronado: the 3.4-mile, 16-turn layout, the first ...

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway: the flat 1.058-mile oval in Loudon, its Cup Series record holders, ...

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Newport Speedway

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North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway: track length and banking, the remaining 2026 events, the 2027 NASCAR A...

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Phoenix Raceway

Phoenix Raceway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race schedule, l...

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Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway: the 2.5-mile, three-turn Tricky Triangle in Long Pond, Pa., its record holders, 2...

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Richmond Raceway

Richmond Raceway: the 0.75-mile D-shaped short track in Virginia, its Cup history since 1953, 202...

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Rockingham Speedway

Rockingham Speedway: the 0.94-mile oval known as The Rock, its Cup history from 1965 to 2004, its...

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Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma Raceway: NASCAR's 1.99-mile road course in California wine country, with 160 feet of eleva...

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South Boston Speedway

South Boston Speedway in Virginia: the remaining 2026 dates, the full 2027 schedule, ticket price...

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Southern National Motorsports Park

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Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega Superspeedway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with race sch...

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Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway: a 1.5-mile Fort Worth oval with 20- and 24-degree turns, its Cup history, 2...

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Tri-County Speedway

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Wake County Speedway

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Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International: the 2.45-mile New York road course, its history since 1948, record ho...

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World Wide Technology Raceway

World Wide Technology Raceway guide for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, with ra...