Starting from 10th place Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota won the Kansas Lottery 300, his 2nd win in 56 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races. This is his 1st win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top finish in 3 races at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place Car 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger Chevrolet, started from 4th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 5 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet, started from 3rd place posted his 11th Top 10 finish in 17 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrole, started from 9th place followed by 5th place Car 19 Brent Crews YoungLife Toyota, started from 5th place was the highest finishing rookie. 6th Place Car 88 William Byron HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 2nd place followed by 7th place Car 0 Cole Custer Sysco Chevrolet, started from 36th place. 8th place Place Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Loctite Toyota, started from 14th place followed by 9th place Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Chevrolet, started from 19th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 12th place. Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 131 points over Sheldon Creed.
The race had 7 Cautions for 37 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for # 07, 1, 88, 99 Incident Backstretch (Red Flag 12:09). 2nd Caution on lap 22 for Competition Caution. 3rd Caution on lap 39 for #2, 18, 21 Crash in Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 65 for #96 Crash on the Frontstretch. 6th Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 7th Caution on lap 102 for #8, 17, 39 Crash on the Backstretch.
The race had 11 Lead Changes among 8 drivers; C. Kvapil 0; C. Day 1-23; B. Jones 24-48; A. Alfredo 49-54; W. Byron(i) 55; B. Jones 56-70; J. Love 71; B. Jones 72-98; S. Creed 99-146; C. Day 147-149; R. Sieg 150-152; T. Gray 153-200.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 20, 17, 7, 2, 96, 54, 00, 19, 27, 88
Stage 2 Top 10: 20, 00, 7, 2, 17, 8, 54, 24, 41, 26
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 10
Race Results for the Kansas Lottery 300 – Saturday, April 18, 2026
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 4/18/2026 @ 10:20 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 10. Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota 200 Running
2. 4. Car 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger Chevrolet 200 Running
3. 3. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 200 Running
4. 9. Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrole 200 Running
5. 5. Car 19 Brent Crews # YoungLife Toyota 200 Running
6. 2. Car 88 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 Running
7. 36. Car 0 Cole Custer(i) Sysco Chevrolet 200 Running
8. 14. Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Loctite Toyota 200 Running
9. 19. Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Chevrolet 200 Running
10. 12. Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps Chevrolet 200 Running
11. 22. Car 26 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 199 Running
12. 6. Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 199 Running
13. 16. Car 27 Jeb Burton easycare Chevrolet 199 Running
14. 24. Car 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 199 Running
15. 18. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Kingdom Truck Sales Chevrolet 199 Running
16. 11. Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 199 Running
17. 30. Car 92 Josh Williams Kole Trucking Chevrolet 199
18. 27. Car 45 Lavar Scott # Urban Affairs Coalition Chevrolet 198 Running
19. 17. Car 44 Brennan Poole Skuttle Tight Chevrolet 198 Running
20. 7. Car 18 William Sawalich SoundGear Toyota 198 Running
21. 13. Car 32 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 198 Running
22. 29. Car 02 Ryan Ellis Tablo TV Chevrolet 198 Running
23. 21. Car 31 Blaine Perkins WERNER Chevrolet 198 Running
24. 32. Car 42 Nathan Byrd Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet 197 Running
25. 25. Car 28 Kyle Sieg SynerFuse Chevrolet 197 Running
26. 23. Car 07 Josh Bilicki SBG Records Chevrolet 196 Running
27. 33. Car 55 Joey Gase Stripes TV Chevrolet 194 Running
28. 20. Car 24 Harrison Burton DEX/SHARP Toyota 190 Running
29. 28. Car 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 120 Engine
30. 31. Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 65 Accident
31. 37. Car 35 Blake Lothian Stripes TV Chevrolet 62 Brakes
32. 35. Car 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Group Chevrolet 61 Engine
33. 34. Car 91 Mason Maggio KAM Powersports Chevrolet 51 Engine
34. 15. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 37 Accident
35. 26. Car 5 Luke Baldwin(i) Victory Custom Trailers Ford 4 Suspension
36. 8. Car 99 Parker Retzlaff GEMORO Chevrolet 2 Accident
37. 1. Car 1 Carson Kvapil Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 1 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag, the following car dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 00 (pre-event inspection penalty). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 55 Secs. Average Speed: 116.946 MPH. Margin of Victory: .718 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 00 lap 100/30.833. Caution Flags: 7 for 37 laps. Lead Changes: 11 among 8 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 25, 2026 – Talladega Superspeedway
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