Starting from 29th Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/MD Building Products Toyota won the Cuervo 300, his 8th win in 355 NASCAR O’Reilly Series races. This is his 1st win & 11th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 5 races at Chicagoland Speedway. 2nd Place Car 88 Chase Elliott HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 11th place posted his 4th Top 10 finish in six races at Chicagoland Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet, started from 6th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 races at Chicagoland Speedway.
4th Place Rookie Car 19 Brent Crews YoungLife Toyota, started from 2nd followed by 5th place Car 21 Austin Hill Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet, started from 16th place. 6th Place Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet, started from 17th place followed by 7th place Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota, started from 25th place. 8th Place Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Hear Better Connect Better Chevrolet, started from followed by 9th place Car 0 Cole Custer Sysco Chevrolet, started from 21st place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 1 Connor Zilisch KOA Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from pole. Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 195 points over Jesse Love.
The race had 7 Cautions for 40 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 134 for Debris. 4th Caution on lap 157 for No. 1 Spin Turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 166 for Nos. 18, 19 Crash on the Backstretch. 6th Caution on lap 186 for No. 39 Spin Turn 2. Caution on lap 7th Caution on lap 196 for Nos. 28, 48 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 16 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; C. Zilisch(i) 1-48; J. Love 49; C. Elliott(i) 50-94; J. Love 95; T. Gray 96-99; J. Love 100-102; C. Elliott(i) 103-108; T. Gray 109-139; B. Jones 140; C. Elliott(i) 141-157; T. Gray 158; R. Sieg 159-161; B. Jones 162-169; T. Gray 170-188; B. Jones 189; C. Elliott(i) 190-199; B. Jones 200-201.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 2, 17, 88, 00, 54, 41, 18, 7, 96
Stage 2 Top 10: 88, 2, 54, 7, 41, 20, 00, 17, 1, 19
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 20
Race Results for the Cuervo 300 – Saturday, July 4, 2026
Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, IL – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 201 Laps – 301.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 7/5/2026 @ 01:15 AM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 29. Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/MD Building Products Toyota 201 Running
2. 11. Car 88 Chase Elliott(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
3. 6. Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet 201 Running
4. 2. Car 19 Brent Crews # YoungLife Toyota 201 Running
5. 16. Car 21 Austin Hill Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 201 Running
6. 17. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 201 Running
7. 25. Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota 201 Running
8. 9. Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Hear Better Connect Better Chevrolet 201 Running
9. 21. Car 0 Cole Custer(i) Sysco Chevrolet 201 Running
10. 1. Car 1 Connor Zilisch(i) KOA Chevrolet 201 Running
11. 3. Car 9 Carson Kvapil Arby’s Cheesesteak Chevrolet 201 Running
12. 15. Car 87 Nick Sanchez 3-Dimensional Services Group Chevrolet 201 Running
13. 10. Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 201 Running
14. 5. Car 99 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 201 Running
15. 18. Car 24 Harrison Burton Klutch Vodka Toyota 201 Running
16. 8. Car 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger 250 Chevrolet 201 Running
17. 26. Car 26 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 201 Running
18. 23. Car 42 Garrett Smithley Borland & Scahill. Ltd. Chevrolet 201 Running
19. 4. Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
20. 22. Car 27 Jeb Burton 17 Bommarito.com Celebrates America 250 201 Running
21. 31. Car 92 Leland Honeyman Jr(i) VOLTZ by Raptor Power Chevrolet 201 Running
22. 28. Car 02 Ryan Ellis GOVX/Tablo TV Chevrolet 201 Running
23. 12. Car 91 Myatt Snider Rich Mar Florist Chevrolet 201 Running
24. 32. Car 32 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
25. 24. Car 44 Brennan Poole AM Woodland Chevrolet 201 Running
26. 7. Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Poopsicle Chevrolet 201 Running
27. 27. Car 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 201 Running
28. 34. Car 45 Lavar Scott # Sunoco Chevrolet 201 Running
29. 13. Car 18 William Sawalich Starkey Toyota 201 Running
30. 33. Car 28 Kyle Sieg SynerFuse Chevrolet 201 Running
31. 14. Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps Chevrolet 200 Running
32. 30. Car 31 Blaine Perkins GFL Green for Life Chevrolet 199 Running
33. 35. Car 53 Tyler Tomassi F&F Chevrolet 199 Running
34. 37. Car 55 Joey Gase JT Concrete Chevrolet 198 Running
35. 20. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Sky Fund Aviation Chevrolet 198 Running
36. 19. Car 07 Josh Bilicki Granum X Creekside Outdoors Chevrolet 196 Running
37. 38. Car 38 JJ Yeley Ford 55 Power
38. 36. Car 47 Dawson Cram Slab Hard Chevrolet 35 Engine
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: No 45 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 9 Secs. Average Speed: 118.119 MPH. Margin of Victory: .171 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: 1 Lap 2/31.0730. Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps. Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: July 11, 2026 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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