2026 Fleetio 200
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway
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The 2026 Fleetio 200 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 147 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped asphalt oval, it was the 25th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, the first race in the NASCAR Chase, and the 43rd running of the event.
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
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| Race 25 of 33 in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series | |||
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| Date | September 5, 2026 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.366 miles (2.198 km) | ||
| Distance | 147 laps, 200.802 mi (323.159 km) | ||
| Average speed | 102.045 miles per hour (164.226 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | JR Motorsports | ||
| Time | 30.424 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | |
| Laps | 60 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports | |
| Time | 30.632 | ||
| 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 | MRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon | ||
| Turn announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Tim Catalfamo (3 & 4) | ||
Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, took the lead from Corey Day after a late caution, and led the final 53 laps to earn his second career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second of the season.[10] Justin Allgaier won the first stage, leading a race-high 60 laps, while Anthony Alfredo won the second stage, leading nine laps. At race's end, Day finished second, and Brent Crews finished third. Sammy Smith and Austin Hill rounded out the top five, while Alfredo, Taylor Gray, Sam Mayer, Jeremy Clements, and Brandon Jones rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
On July 23, 2026, Fleetio, a business automotive fleet maintenance and optimisation platform, was named the title sponsor of the race.[11]
Surface issues
Darlington Raceway was last repaved following the May 2007 meeting (from 2005 to 2019, there was only one meeting; the second meeting was reinstated in 2020), and from 2008 to 2019, there was one night race. In 2020, a day race returned to the schedule, and instead of two races (one Xfinity and one Cup) during the entire year, the track hosted six races (three Cup, two Xfinity, and one Truck). The circuit kept repairing the circuit with patches during each summer before the annual Cup race in September. The circuit's narrow Turn 2 rapidly deteriorated with cracks in the tarmac allowing water to seep in the circuit. In July 2021, the circuit repaved a six hundred foot section at the entrance of Turn 2 and ending at the exit of the turn to repair the tarmac and resolve the issue for safety and to reduce the threat of weepers and surface issues in that section of the circuit.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
- (CC) denotes chase contender.
- (OC) denotes owners chase contender car.
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 5, at 1:30 PM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.[12]
Parker Retzlaff, driving for Viking Motorsports, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.300 seconds, and a speed of 162.297 miles per hour (261.192 km/h).
Practice results
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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| 1 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff (CC) | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.300 | 162.297 |
| 2 | 8 | Sammy Smith (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.569 | 160.869 |
| 3 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.675 | 160.313 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 5, at 2:35 PM EST.[12] Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate oval, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers were be on track by themselves and had one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.[13]
Carson Kvapil, driving for JR Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 30.424 seconds, and a speed of 161.636 miles per hour (260.128 km/h).[14]
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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| 1 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 21 | Austin Hill (CC) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 41 | Sam Mayer (CC) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff (CC) | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | Jesse Love (CC) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 87 | Nick Sanchez | Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 54 | Taylor Gray (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Stage Two Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | Corey Day (CC) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 00 | Sheldon Creed (CC) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 8 | Sammy Smith (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 21 | Austin Hill (CC) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 41 | Sam Mayer (CC) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 57
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 13 | 00 | Sheldon Creed (CC) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 147 | 53 | Running | 63 |
| 2 | 14 | 17 | Corey Day (CC) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 1 | Running | 44 |
| 3 | 8 | 19 | Brent Crews (OC) (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 4 | 11 | 8 | Sammy Smith (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 6 | 21 | Austin Hill (CC) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 44 |
| 6 | 12 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 9 | Running | 46 |
| 7 | 7 | 54 | Taylor Gray (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 8 | 5 | 41 | Sam Mayer (CC) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 9 | 15 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 32 |
| 10 | 3 | 20 | Brandon Jones (CC) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 147 | 3 | Running | 27 |
| 11 | 17 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 20 | Running | 41 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Jesse Love (CC) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 1 | Running | 27 |
| 14 | 19 | 87 | Nick Sanchez | Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 15 | 20 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 28 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 60 | Running | 35 |
| 18 | 31 | 9 | Jake Finch | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 20 | 16 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 147 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 10 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff (CC) | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 22 | 27 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 25 | 92 | Preston Pardus | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 33 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 34 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 9 | 88 | Rajah Caruth (CC) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 27 | 26 | 32 | Daniel Dye (i) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 28 | 29 | 42 | Logan Bearden | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 29 | 35 | 55 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | Overheating | 8 |
| 30 | 22 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 106 | 0 | Accident | 7 |
| 31 | 21 | 45 | Lavar Scott (R) | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 101 | 0 | Accident | 6 |
| 32 | 24 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 87 | 0 | Engine | 5 |
| 33 | 23 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | Accident | 4 |
| 34 | 37 | 53 | Glen Reen | Joey Gase Motorsports | Toyota | 73 | 0 | Accident | 3 |
| 35 | 32 | 91 | Mason Maggio | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 0 | Accident | 2 |
| 36 | 38 | 47 | Dawson Cram | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 29 | 0 | Electrical | 1 |
| 37 | 30 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | Clutch | 1 |
| 38 | 36 | 38 | Brad Perez | RSS Racing | Ford | 21 | 0 | Brakes | 1 |
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Race statistics
- Lead changes: 8 among 7 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 7 for 38 laps
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 1 hour, 58 minutes and 4 seconds
- Average speed: 102.045 miles per hour (164.226 km/h)
Standings after the race
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