Starting from 3rd place Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet won the AG-PRO 300, his 1st win in 22 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races. This is his 1st win & 9th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Talladega Superspeedway. 2nd Place Rookie Car 19 Brent Crews Mobil 1 Toyota, started from 18th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 5th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 00 Sheldon Creed Ollie’s Chevrolet, started from 5th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 8 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
4th Place Car 8 Sammy Smith Arby’s BBQ Chevrolet, started from 13th place followed by 5th place Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet, started from 15th place. 6th Place Car 26 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, started from 17th place followed by 7th place Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet, started from pole. 8th Place Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Charbroil Toyota, started from 22nd place followed by 9th place Car 99 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet, started from 19th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 87 Austin Green 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 31st place. Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 105 points over Sheldon Creed.
The race had 4 Cautions for 15 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 2 for #48, 42, 32 Crash on the backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 27 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 52 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 113 for #27, 20, 24, 31, 39 Crash in turn 4.
The race had 38 Lead Changes 38 among 16 drivers; J. Love 0; J. Love 1-5; C. Kvapil 6; J. Love 7-10; C. Kvapil 11; S. Mayer 12-16; C. Kvapil 17-19; J. Love 20; S. Mayer 21-22; C. Kvapil 23-27; J. Yeley 28; C. Kvapil 29-30; H. Burton 31; C. Kvapil 32; J. Love 33-34; A. Hill 35-37; S. Smith 38-39; J. Allgaier 40; C. Kvapil 41-49; J. Allgaier 50-52; J. Yeley 53; T. Gray 54-56; J. Burton 57-58; T. Gray 59-61; A. Green 62; S. Creed 63; R. Caruth 64; S. Creed 65; A. Green 66-69; R. Caruth 70-73; B. Poole 74-76; L. Scott # 77; S. Creed 78; J. Love 79-83; S. Smith 84-87; J. Love 88-107; S. Creed 108-110; S. Mayer 111; S. Creed 112; C. Day 113.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 8, 00, 88, 26, 31, 41, 24, 2, 51
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 39, 00, 26, 99, 1, 24, 51, 87, 21
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 11
Race Results for the AG-PRO 300 – Saturday, April 25, 2026
Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, AL – 2.66 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 113 Laps – 300.58 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 4/25/2026 @ 06:40 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 3. Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 113 Running
2. 18. Car 19 Brent Crews # Mobil 1 Toyota 113 Running
3. 5. Car 00 Sheldon Creed Ollie’s Chevrolet 113 Running
4. 13. Car 8 Sammy Smith Arby’s BBQ Chevrolet 113 Running
5. 15. Car 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com Chevrolet 113 Running
6. 17. Car 26 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 113 Running
7. 1. Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet 113 Running
8. 22. Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Charbroil Toyota 113 Running
9. 19. Car 99 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 113 Running
10. 31. Car 87 Austin Green 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet 113 Running
11. 25. Car 5 JJ Yeley Jobber Ford 113 Running
12. 23. Car 31 Blaine Perkins Mezrano Alabama Injury Lawyers Chevrolet 113 Running
13. 6. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 113 Running
14. 35. Car 07 Josh Bilicki Insurance King Chevrolet 113 Running
15. 34. Car 44 Brennan Poole CWSons.com/Clark’s Chevrolet 113 Running
16. 27. Car 38 Patrick Emerling(i) Cowboy Pillows Chevrolet 113 Running
17. 10. Car 91 Mason Maggio ControlAltProtect Chevrolet 113 Running
18. 28. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Mama Justice MW LAW FIRM Chevrolet 113 Running
19. 29. Car 55 Joey Gase SunFire Heaters Chevrolet 113 Running
20. 37. Car 0 Garrett Smithley SLCC Chevrolet 113 Running
21. 12. Car 39 Ryan Sieg radius recycling Chevrolet 113 Running
22. 8. Car 1 Carson Kvapil Champion Irrigation Products Chevrolet 113 Running
23. 11. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 113 Running
24. 32. Car 45 Lavar Scott # Urban Affairs Coalition Chevrolet 113 Running
25. 2. Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Chevrolet 112 Accident
26. 24. Car 27 Jeb Burton Golden Corral Chevrolet 112 Accident
27. 30. Car 24 Harrison Burton Jesse Gerhard Memorial Fdn/Bulovas Toyota 112 Accident
28. 16. Car 18 William Sawalich Starkey Toyota 112 Running
29. 26. Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota 112 Running
30. 7. Car 88 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 112 Running
31. 9. Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes mentHOLE Chevrolet 112 Running
32. 33. Car 32 Tyler Ankrum(i) LiUNA!/TDA Investment Group Chevrolet 112 Running
33. 36. Car 35 Natalie Decker T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Haze’ Chevrolet 112 Running
34. 38. Car 74 Dawson Cram Jack’s Chevrolet 112 Running
35. 4. Car 92 Josh Williams First Bank of Alabama Chevrolet 112 Running
36. 21. Car 02 Ryan Ellis Zeroes Chevrolet 111 Running
37. 14. Car 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 105 Running
38. 20. Car 42 David Starr Breakthrough T1D Chevrolet 14 Overheating
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag to start the race, the following car dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 02 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 58 Mins, 33 Secs. Average Speed: 152.128 MPH. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 51 lap 76/49.651. Caution Flags: 4 for 15 laps. Lead Changes: 38 among 16 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 2, 2026 – Texas Motor Speedway
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