This was one of the most exciting races of the year as Carson Kvapil & Corey Day were fighting for the win Day hit the wall but kept his foot in it to win. Starting from pole Car 17 Corey Day (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet won the Focused Health 302, his 3rd win in 39 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races. This is his 3rd win & 18th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 1 Carson Kvapil (C) Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, started from 9th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 4 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 17th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 2 Jesse Love (C) Whelen Chevrolet, started from 10th place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 6 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
4th Place Rookie Car 19 Brent Crews (C) Grand Canyon University Toyota, started from 4th place followed by 5th place Car 54 Taylor Gray (C) Homes For Our Troops Toyota, started from 5th place. 6th Place Car 41 Sam Mayer (C) Starkey Omega A.I. + Chevrolet, started from 8th place followed by 7th place Car 51 Jeremy Clements Pounds Pickle Co/Inception Energy Chevrolet, started from 21st place. 8th Place Car 18 William Sawalich SoundGear Toyota, started from 36th place followed by 9th place Car 21 Austin Hill (C) Global Industrial Chevrolet, started from 12th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Sims Metal Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 18th place. Sheldon Creed (C) leads the point standings by 19 points over Carson Kvapil (C).
The race had 3 Cautions for 21 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 56 for #7, 20 Crash in Turn 2. 3rd Caution on lap 92 for Stage 2 Conclusion.
The race 15 Lead Changes among 9 drivers; C. Day (C) 1; S. Creed (C) 2-8; C. Day (C) 9-48; R. Caruth (C) 49; B. Jones (C) 50-53; S. Mayer (C) 54-93; R. Caruth (C) 94; W. Sawalich 95-99; C. Day (C) 100-144; A. Alfredo 145-146; J. Burton 147-148; C. Day (C) 149-189; C. Kvapil (C) 190-191; C. Day (C) 192-198; C. Kvapil (C) 199; C. Day (C) 200-201.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 17, 41, 88, 2, 19, 39, 54, 21, 7, 18
Stage 2 Top 10: 41, 17, 88, 1, 51, 18, 19, 2, 54, 39
UPDATED: Updated: No. 20 Disqualified
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 28
Race Results for the Focused Health 302 – Saturday, October 3, 2026
Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 201 Laps – 301.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 10/3/2026 @ 11:55 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 17 Corey Day (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
2. 9. Car 1 Carson Kvapil (C) Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 201 Running
3. 10. Car 2 Jesse Love (C) Whelen Chevrolet 201 Running
4. 4. Car 19 Brent Crews # (C) Grand Canyon University Toyota 201 Running
5. 5. Car 54 Taylor Gray (C) Homes For Our Troops Toyota 201 Running
6. 8. Car 41 Sam Mayer (C) Starkey Omega A.I. + Chevrolet 201 Running
7. 21. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Pounds Pickle Co/Inception Energy Chevrolet 201 Running
8. 36. Car 18 William Sawalich SoundGear Toyota 201 Running
9. 12. Car 21 Austin Hill (C) Global Industrial Chevrolet 201 Running
10. 18. Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Sims Metal Chevrolet 201 Running
11. 6. Car 88 Rajah Caruth (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
12. 20. Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps/GEMORO Chevrolet 201 Running
13. 2. Car 00 Sheldon Creed (C) Road Ranger Chevrolet 201 Running
14. 11. Car 24 Harrison Burton Dead On Tools Toyota 200 Running
15. 23. Car 8 Sammy Smith (C) O’Reilly Auto Parts Chevrolet 200 Running
16. 22. Car 26 Dean Thompson MCM Transportation Toyota 200 Running
17. 16. Car 44 Brennan Poole Toxic Waste Ford 200 Running
18. 26. Car 87 Lee Pulliam 3 Dimensional Services Chevrolet 199 Running
19. 17. Car 99 Parker Retzlaff (C) Funkaway Chevrolet 199 Running
20. 19. Car 28 Kyle Sieg SynerFuse Chevrolet 199 Running
21. 14. Car 27 Jeb Burton RemaxOutdoorGroup/Game&FishTV Chev 199 Running
22. 15. Car 32 Andrew Patterson Winsupply Chevrolet 199 Running
23. 25. Car 42 Matt DiBenedetto MP Wheels Chevrolet 199 Running
24. 13. Car 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 198 Running
25. 31. Car 0 Garrett Smithley Zonie Chevrolet 198 Running
26. 30. Car 45 Lavar Scott # Strictly Friendly Chevrolet 198 Running
27. 33. Car 55 Joey Gase NFPA Fire Prevention Week Ford 198 Running
28. 28. Car 92 Josh Williams Circle B Diecast Chevrolet 197 Running
29. 29. Car 02 Ryan Ellis Ajinomoto Chevrolet 197 Running
30. 34. Car 07 Josh Bilicki Movember Chevrolet 195 Running
31. 24. Car 31 Blaine Perkins WERNER Chevrolet 193 Running
32. 32. Car 53 Blake Lothian Nevada Donor Network Chevrolet 192 Running
33. 27. Car 91 Mason Maggio Success Unlocked Chevrolet 175 Running
34. 7. Car 7 Justin Allgaier (C) BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 56 DVP
35. 35. Car 47 Dawson Cram Hoods Home Center Chevrolet 13 Transmission
36. 3. Car 20 Brandon Jones (C) Menards/NIBCO Toyota 54 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 0, 18 (Unapproved Adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 13 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 135.37 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.287 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 17 lap 100/30.412. Caution Flags: 3 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 10, 2026 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
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