2026 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at EchoPark Speedway
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The 2026 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 163 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the second race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 35th running of the event.
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| Race 2 of 33 in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series | |||
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| Date | February 21, 2026 | ||
| Location | EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.54 miles (2.48 km) | ||
| Distance | 163 laps, 251.02 mi (403.98 km) | ||
| Average speed | 105.508 miles per hour (169.799 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas Factory Team | ||
| Time | 31.804 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 34 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | |
| Time | 30.883 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | The CW | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Jamie McMurray, and Parker Kligerman | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman | ||
| Turn announcers | Doug Turnbull (1 & 2) and Jack Johnson (3 & 4) | ||
In a thrilling, action-packed race, Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, would finally break through after Ross Chastain and Austin Hill collided on the final lap, giving Creed the lead and held on to earn his first career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win after 15 runner-up finishes.[9] Parker Retzlaff tied a career-best 2nd, and Nick Sanchez finished 3rd. Corey Day and Jesse Love rounded out the top five, while Chastain, Sam Mayer, Rajah Caruth, Taylor Gray, and Brandon Jones rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car races since 1992.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[10][11] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
On June 3, 2025, SMI announced the track's renaming to EchoPark Speedway under a new seven-year sponsorship deal with the Smith family-owned business, EchoPark. The renaming ended a 35-year stint under the Atlanta Motor Speedway name.[12]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 20, at 5:00 PM EST.[13] Since EchoPark Speedway is an intermediate track with superspeedway rules, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers had one lap to set a time and determined positions 11–38. The fastest ten drivers from the first round advanced to the second and final round, and whoever set the fastest time in Round 2 won the pole and determined the rest of the starting lineup.[14]
Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, qualified on pole position, having advanced from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 31.804 seconds, and a speed of 174.318 mph (280.538 km/h).[15]
Dawson Cram was the only driver who failed to qualify.
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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| 1 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 25 | Nick Sanchez | AM Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 32 | Ross Chastain (i) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 0 |
Stage Two Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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| 1 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 83
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 4 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 163 | 17 | Running | 62 |
| 2 | 23 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 46 |
| 3 | 28 | 25 | Nick Sanchez | AM Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 4 | 9 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 10 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 31 | Running | 43 |
| 6 | 30 | 32 | Ross Chastain (i) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 22 | Running | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 163 | 23 | Running | 30 |
| 8 | 6 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 22 | Running | 48 |
| 9 | 3 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 2 | Running | 35 |
| 10 | 15 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 11 | 17 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 163 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | 20 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 34 | Running | 29 |
| 13 | 14 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 29 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 35 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 25 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 17 | 37 | 55 | Chad Finchum (i) | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 18 | 38 | 42 | Nick Leitz (i) | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 19 | 33 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 27 | 5 | Luke Fenhaus (R) | Hettinger Racing | Ford | 162 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 31 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 26 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 5 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 161 | 5 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 7 | 19 | Gio Ruggiero (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 19 | 91 | Mason Maggio | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | Engine | 11 |
| 27 | 21 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | Accident | 10 |
| 28 | 34 | 45 | Lavar Scott (R) | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 1 | Accident | 9 |
| 29 | 32 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 30 | 8 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | Accident | 12 |
| 31 | 36 | 30 | Cody Ware (i) | Barrett–Cope Racing | Chevrolet | 120 | 0 | Suspension | 0 |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 106 | 5 | Accident | 17 |
| 33 | 11 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 106 | 1 | Accident | 19 |
| 34 | 16 | 35 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 39 | 0 | Engine | 3 |
| 35 | 13 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 8 | 0 | DVP | 2 |
| 36 | 22 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | DVP | 1 |
| 37 | 12 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
| 38 | 18 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
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Race statistics
- Lead changes: 24 among 11 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 7 for 46 laps
- Red flags: 1
- Time of race: 2 hours, 22 minutes and 45 seconds
- Average speed: 105.508 miles per hour (169.799 km/h)
Standings after the race
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