Starting from 14th place Car 9 Ross Chastain Carolina Carports Chevrolet won the Charbroil 300, his 3rd win in 220 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races. This is his 1st win & 5th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 12 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet, started from 17th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his 10th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 21 Austin Hill Global Industrial Chevrolet, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 6 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
4th Place Car 18 William Sawalich Starkey Toyota, started from 7th place followed by 5th place Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 2nd place. 6th Place Car 1 Connor Zilisch Registix Chevrolet, started from 5th place followed by 7th place Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps Chevrolet, started from 9th place. 8th Place Car 0 Cole Custer Sysco Chevrolet, started from 29th place followed by 9th place Car 91 Carson Kvapil Clarience Technologies Chevrolet, started from 24th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 88 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 10th place. Lavar Scott (17th) was the highest finishing rookie. Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 145 points over Jesse Love.
The race had 6 Cautions for 54 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for #24 spin turn 4. 2nd Caution on lap 27 for Competition caution [Red Flag: Lap 34, 4:21:59]. 3rd Caution on lap 47 for Stage 1 Completion. 4th Caution on lap 53 for #19, 20, 24 Crash in turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 62 for #41 Crash in turn 2. 6th Caution on lap 74 for Possible fluid on the track.
The race had 14 Lead Changes among 7 drivers; J. Allgaier 1; S. Mayer 2-13; J. Allgaier 14-39; C. Zilisch(i) 40; J. Allgaier 41; C. Zilisch(i) 42-47; J. Allgaier 48; B. Perkins 49-51; J. Allgaier 52-58; A. Hill 59; R. Chastain(i) 60-66; J. Love 67-68; R. Chastain(i) 69; J. Love 70-71; R. Chastain(i) 72-91.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 7, 9, 17, 41, 2, 20, 88, 19, 00
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 2, 21, 18, 17, 1, 39, 0, 91, 88
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 15
Race Results for the Charbroil 300 – Saturday, May 23, 2026
Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, NC – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 91 Laps – 136.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 5/23/2026 @ 11:50 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 14. Car 9 Ross Chastain(i) Carolina Carports Chevrolet 91 Running
2. 17. Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet 91 Running
3. 6. Car 21 Austin Hill Global Industrial Chevrolet 91 Running
4. 7. Car 18 William Sawalich Starkey Toyota 91 Running
5. 2. Car 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 91 Running
6. 5. Car 1 Connor Zilisch(i) Registix Chevrolet 91 Running
7. 9. Car 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps Chevrolet 91 Running
8. 29. Car 0 Cole Custer(i) Sysco Chevrolet 91 Running
9. 24. Car 91 Carson Kvapil Clarience Technologies Chevrolet 91 Running
10. 10. Car 88 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 91 Running
11. 8. Car 8 Sammy Smith Alpha Craft Chevrolet 91 Running
12. 31. Car 99 Parker Retzlaff Free Bird Southern Spring Water Chevrolet 91 Running
13. 13. Car 96 Anthony Alfredo Dogs By Andy K-9 Services Chevrolet 91 Running
14. 21. Car 26 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 91 Running
15. 30. Car 92 Leland Honeyman Jr(i) DPR Construction Chevrolet 91 Running
16. 16. Car 87 Austin Green Purple Hearts and Homes Chevrolet 91 Running
17. 37. Car 45 Lavar Scott # Urban Affairs Coalition Chevrolet 91 Running
18. 23. Car 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 91 Running
19. 22. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Mike Efaw’s/Indpendent Metal Strap Chevrolet 91 Running
20. 36. Car 53 David Starr Bret Baier/Cell Phones For Soldiers Chevrolet 91 Running
21. 27. Car 2 Ryan Ellis Four Loko USA Chevrolet 91 Running
22. 35. Car 27 Jeb Burton Purina Dog Chow Chevrolet 91 Running
23. 28. Car 55 Joey Gase Good Dad Gang Chevrolet 91 Running
24. 33. Car 31 Blaine Perkins Werner Operation Freedom Chevrolet 91 Running
25. 26. Car 07 Josh Bilicki Mando Chevrolet 91 Running
26. 32. Car 42 Nathan Byrd 24 Hour Garage Door Service Chevrolet 91 Running
27. 11. Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 91 Running
28. 20. Car 32 Andrew Patterson Winsupply Chevrolet 91 Running
29. 1. Car 7 Justin Allgaier Liquid IV/Hellmann’s/Commissary Chevrolet 91 Running
30. 15. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet Chevrolet 90 Running
31. 25. Car 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota 73 Accident
32. 12. Car 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger Chevrolet 73 Accident
33. 34. Car 35 Dawson Cram Denver Dirt Chevrolet 72 Engine
34. 38. Car 38 JJ Yeley Carolina Land & Grading Solutions Ford 64 Fuel Pump
35. 4. Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Pennington Toyota 62 Running
36. 3. Car 41 Sam Mayer Charbroil Chevrolet 61 Accident
37. 18. Car 19 Brent Crews # YoungLife Toyota 51 Accident
38. 19. Car 24 Harrison Burton Dead On Tools Toyota 51 Accident
Race Comments: No cars dropped to the rear prior to the start of the race. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 52 Mins, 52 Secs. Average Speed: 159.48 MPH Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 9 lap 60/30.12. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 9 lap 60/30.12. Caution Flags: 6 for 54 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 7 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 30, 2026 – Nashville Superspeedway
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