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Justin Allgaier prevails in door-to-door NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series showdown in Nashville

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May 30th, 2026

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

LEBANON, Tenn. – After a multiple brilliant and exhilarating door-to-door battles – veteran against rookie - in the closing portion of the race, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier prevailed to hoist his series best fourth NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race trophy of the season.

The 2024 series champion had to hold off talented 18-year-old rookie Brent Crews, who called the close-quarter racing in Saturday night’s Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 at Nashville Superspeedway, “the most fun I’ve had without winning.’’

Allgaier’s win in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet – ultimately by 1.4-second over Crews - was his third at the 1.33-mile Nashville concrete oval and the 32nd overall win of his championship career. And it took hard, clean side-by-side racing lap-after-lap for Allgaier to eventually get by Crews’ No. 19 Joe Gibbs Motorsports Toyota for good with 20 laps remaining and hold on to victory.

The veteran Allgaier celebrated by climbing out of his Chevy’s roof hatch then bowing to the Nashville crowd – an ode to the trademark winning celebration of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who passed away last Thursday after being ill with pneumonia and sepsis.

“First of all, it’s been a rough couple of weeks, and lots of prayers to [Busch’s wife] Samantha and Kyle and [their children] Brexton and Lennix - it’s been an emotional couple weeks,’’ said Allgaier.

“This team, right here, they are incredible. To win in Nashville, you fans. .. this place is electric. I love coming to Nashville.

“I told them before the race, that we were going to go to victory lane,’’ said a grinning Allgaier, who turns 40 years old next week and is capping his winning race weekend by running a triathlon in downtown Nashville Sunday.

“What a race,’’ he added with a grin.

The near-miss marks the North Carolinian Crews’ second runner-up this season. He led the race twice for a total of 45 laps – the most he’s ever led in a single race.

“Man, the positive was, I thought we were going to win that race,’’ Crews’ said when asked about the takeaway from the race. “I’m happy for our guys.

“Had to start 33rd and worked our way up to the lead and led a lot of laps and got to race one of the best guys in our series of all-time for the win in the last few laps,’’ he said. “Couldn’t ask for much more, other than to beat him.’’

Crews’ teammate William Sawalich finished third to claim his third-consecutive top five. Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer finished fourth – his fifth straight top 10 at Nashville with another JGR driver, Brandon Jones rounding out the top five.

Corey Day, Carson Kvapil, reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith rounded out the top 10. Smith, of note, is competing in the Nashville triathlon with his JR Motorsports teammate Allgaier.

Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love finished 16th after leading the most laps (87) - a later race pit stop miscue putting the reigning series champion a lap down at one point, before he rallied back. He lost some ground in the title run and now sits 179 points behind the 2024 series champion Allgaier in the championship.

“Definitely really frustrating,’’ a disappointed Love said after the race. “Our Camaro was really fast and I know we had a misstep on pit road but we’ve got the best pit crew in the garage right now, it’s not even close.

“The only thing I can control is the way I prepare and keep showing up even when it hurts and I know right now, my path isn’t necessarily coming with a lot of wins and that can be frustrating but it’s the past now, so all I can do is keep showing up and preparing. It’s going to turn around. It has to. There’s no other possible way it’s not going to and having faith in that will get me through all this.’’

YouTube personality Cleetus McFarland finished 36th in his second NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series start – rallying from a series of late race pit stop miscues and penalties to take the checkered flag in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

After a streak of 16 consecutive races, the series has its first off-week next weekend before returning to competition June 13 in the Miller Tech Battery 250 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (4 p.m., The CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Connor Zilisch is the defending race winner.

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NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race - Sports Illustrated Resorts 250

Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville, Tennessee

Saturday, May 30, 2026

1. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 188.

2. (33) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 188.

3. (5) William Sawalich, Toyota, 188.

4. (34) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 188.

5. (29) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 188.

6. (3) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 188.

7. (4) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 188.

8. (6) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 188.

9. (27) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 188.

10. (8) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 188.

11. (2) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 188.

12. (9) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 188.

13. (7) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 188.

14. (13) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 188.

15. (24) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 188.

16. (1) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 188.

17. (12) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 188.

18. (31) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 187.

19. (25) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 187.

20. (21) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 187.

21. (23) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 187.

22. (15) Leland Honeyman Jr(i), Chevrolet, 187.

23. (19) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 187.

24. (20) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 187.

25. (16) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 187.

26. (32) Logan Bearden, Chevrolet, 186.

27. (35) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 186.

28. (11) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 186.

29. (26) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 185.

30. (14) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 185.

31. (18) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 184.

32. (28) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 184.

33. (10) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 184.

34. (36) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 183.

35. (38) Cleetus McFarland, Chevrolet, 182.

36. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 179.

37. (22) David Starr, Chevrolet, Suspension, 151.

38. (37) JJ Yeley, Ford, Rear End, 59.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 132.452 mph.

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 53 Mins, 16 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.403 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 2 for 15 laps.

Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J. Love 1-49;J. Yeley 50;J. Love 51-54;J. Allgaier 55-75;J. Love 76-85;J. Allgaier 86-94;J. Love 95-118;B. Crews # 119-145;B. Jones 146;A. Hill 147-148;R. Sieg 149-150;B. Crews # 151-168;J. Allgaier 169-188.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Jesse Love 4 times for 87 laps; Justin Allgaier 3 times for 50 laps; Brent Crews # 2 times for 45 laps; Ryan Sieg 1 time for 2 laps; Austin Hill 1 time for 2 laps; JJ Yeley 1 time for 1 lap; Brandon Jones 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 2,17,7,21,88,1,18,39,8,19

Stage #2 Top Ten: 7,2,1,18,19,17,41,99,88,39

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2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Schedule

Round	Date	Track	Location	Race Name	Time (ET)
1	Sat., Feb. 14	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	United Rentals 300	5:00 PM
2	Sat., Feb. 21	EchoPark Speedway	Braselton, GA	Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250	5:00 PM
3	Sat., Feb. 28	Circuit of The Americas	Austin, TX	Focused Health 250	3:00 PM
4	Sat., Mar. 7	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ	GOVX 200	7:30 PM
5	Sat., Mar. 14	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, NV	The LiUNA NASCAR Xfinity Series	5:30 PM
6	Sat., Mar. 21	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, SC	Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200	5:30 PM
7	Sat., Mar. 28	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	NFPA 250	3:30 PM
8	Sat., Apr. 4	Rockingham Speedway	Rockingham, NC	North Carolina Education Lottery 250	2:30 PM
9	Sat., Apr. 11	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	SciAps 300	7:30 PM
10	Sat., Apr. 18	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS	Kansas Lottery 300	7:00 PM
11	Sat., Apr. 25	Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, AL	Ag-Pro 300	4:00 PM
12	Sat., May 2	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, TX	Andy’s Frozen Custard 300	3:30 PM
13	Sat., May 9	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, NY	Mission 200 at The Glen	4:00 PM
14	Sat., May 16	Dover Motor Speedway	Dover, DE	BetRivers 200	4:00 PM
15	Sat., May 23	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, NC	BetMGM 300	5:00 PM
16	Sat., May 30	Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, TN	Tennessee Lottery 250	7:30 PM
–	Sat., June 6	–	–	Off Week	–
17	Sat., June 13	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, PA	Explore the Pocono Mountains 250	4:00 PM
18	Sat., June 20	Naval Base Coronado	Coronado, CA	N/A	5:00 PM
19	Sat., June 27	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, CA	Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250	5:30 PM
20	Sat., July 4	Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, IL	N/A	5:30 PM
21	Sat., July 11	EchoPark Speedway	Braselton, GA	Focused Health 250	7:00 PM
–	Sat., July 18	–	–	Off Week	–
22	Sat., July 25	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, IN	Pennzoil 250	4:00 PM
–	Sat., Aug. 1	–	–	Off Week	–
23	Sat., Aug. 8	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA	Hy-Vee Perks 250	5:00 PM
–	Sat., Aug. 15	–	–	Off Week	–
–	Sat., Aug. 22	–	–	Off Week	–
24	Fri., Aug. 28	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL	Wawa 250	7:30 PM
25	Sat., Sept. 5	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, SC	N/A	7:30 PM
26	Sat., Sept. 12	World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, IL	Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog	7:30 PM
27	Fri., Sept. 18	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN	Food City 300	7:30 PM
–	Sat., Sept. 26	–	–	Off Week	–
28	Sat., Oct. 3	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, NV	Focused Health 302	7:30 PM
29	Sat., Oct. 10	Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL	Concord, NC	Blue Cross NC 250	4:00 PM
30	Sat., Oct. 17	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ	N/A	7:30 PM
31	Sat., Oct. 24	Talladega Superspeedway	Lincoln, AL	The Progress Group 250	3:30 PM
32	Sat., Oct. 31	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, VA	IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250	4:00 PM
33	Sat., Nov. 7	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, FL	O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship	5:00 PM

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