Brandon Jones took the first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland Speedway since 2019, an event that rain delayed for more than four hours and was decided in overtime with a pass on Chase Elliott on the final restart. The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota number 20 started from 29th place, stayed in contention throughout the 200 scheduled laps, and on the decisive lap chose the inside lane to pass the JR Motorsports Chevrolet and claim his first victory of the season, the eighth of his career in the series, by 0.171 seconds.
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Connor Zilisch started from pole by metrics after qualifying was cancelled and led the 48 laps of the first stage unchallenged, but at the end of the segment he ran out of fuel on the cool‑down lap and had to be pushed to the pits. He started the second stage in 26th place and climbed to ninth by the end of the segment. Later, contact with the wall punctured a tyre, and a spin on lap 156 sent him to the back again, although he recovered to 10th place with 75 passes on the day. Elliott controlled the second stage and accumulated 78 laps led, the most of the night, until the seventh caution bunched the field with five laps to go in the scheduled distance and forced overtime. Elliott chose the outside lane for the restart and did not receive the push he expected from Jesse Love, who was on worn tyres. Jones stayed alongside through the first two corners and moved to the front in Turn 3. Elliott tried to return the move on the high side on the last lap, but admitted that the push worked against him and that he forced it too much on entry, leaving him without traction.
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Love rounded out the top three, Brent Crews was fourth, and Austin Hill fifth.
Justin Allgaier started 17th and climbed to fourth place by the end of the second stage, but a pit‑road safety violation for a crew member wearing improper equipment dropped him to the back on the lap 100 restart. He recovered to sixth place with 76 passes and left Chicagoland with 898 points, a 195‑point lead over Love in the overall standings. Jones moved up to sixth place with 633 points, and Taylor Gray, who led 55 laps on Saturday, finished seventh and is now 52 points above the Chase cut‑off line. The fight for the final postseason berth heated up with an incident between teammates: William Sawalich was running in the points when Crews tapped him from behind and sent him spinning through the grass on lap 165. Sawalich finished 29th and is now 44 points behind Crews, who holds the 12th and final Chase qualifying position. The series' next round is Saturday at EchoPark Speedway, near Atlanta.
Cuervo 300 2026
| Pos | Nº | driver | team | brand | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #20 |  Brandon Jones |
Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | - |
| 2 | #88 | Chase Elliott(i) |
JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | +0.17s |
| 3 | #2 | Jesse Love |
Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | +0.30s |
| 4 | #19 | Brent Crews # |
Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | +0.68s |
| 5 | #21 | Austin Hill |
Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | +1.02s |
| 6 | #7 | Justin Allgaier |
JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | +1.25s |
| 7 | #54 | Taylor Gray |
Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | +1.46s |
| 8 | #41 | Sam Mayer |
Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | +1.49s |
| 9 | #0 | Cole Custer(i) |
SS GreenLight Racing | Chevrolet | +1.68s |
| 10 | #1 | Connor Zilisch(i) |
JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | +1.92s |
| 11 | #9 | Carson Kvapil |
JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | +2.23s |
| 12 | #87 | Nick Sanchez |
Peterson Racing Group | Chevrolet | +2.34s |
| 13 | #8 | Sammy Smith |
JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | +2.50s |
| 14 | #99 | Parker Retzlaff |
Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | +2.50s |
| 15 | #24 | Harrison Burton |
Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | +2.65s |
| 16 | #00 | Sheldon Creed |
Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | +2.89s |
| 17 | #26 | Dean Thompson |
Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | +3.10s |
| 18 | #42 | Garrett Smithley |
Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | +3.21s |
| 19 | #17 | Corey Day |
Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | +3.31s |
| 20 | #27 | Jeb Burton |
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport | Chevrolet | +3.43s |
| 21 | #92 | Leland Honeyman Jr(i) |
DGM Racing x JIM | Chevrolet | +3.62s |
| 22 | #02 | Ryan Ellis |
Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | +3.62s |
| 23 | #91 | Myatt Snider |
DGM Racing x JIM | Chevrolet | +3.81s |
| 24 | #32 | Rajah Caruth |
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport | Chevrolet | +3.86s |
| 25 | #44 | Brennan Poole |
Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | +4.09s |
| 26 | #96 | Anthony Alfredo |
Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | +4.12s |
| 27 | #48 | Patrick Staropoli # |
Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | +4.16s |
| 28 | #45 | Lavar Scott # |
Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | +5.24s |
| 29 | #18 | William Sawalich |
Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | +5.39s |
| 30 | #28 | Kyle Sieg |
RSS Racing | Chevrolet | +8.86s |
| 31 | #39 | Ryan Sieg |
RSS Racing | Chevrolet | +1 vuelta |
| 32 | #31 | Blaine Perkins |
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport | Chevrolet | +2 vueltas |
| 33 | #53 | Tyler Tomassi |
Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | +2 vueltas |
| 34 | #55 | Joey Gase |
Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | +3 vueltas |
| 35 | #51 | Jeremy Clements |
Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | +3 vueltas |
| 36 | #07 | Josh Bilicki |
SS GreenLight Racing | Chevrolet | +5 vueltas |
| 37 | #38 | JJ Yeley |
RSS Racing | Ford | +146 vueltas |
| 38 | #47 | Dawson Cram |
Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | +166 vueltas |
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Drivers Standings 2026
| POS | PILOTO | PTS | ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Allgaier | 1048 | |
| 2 | Carson Kvapil | 810 | |
| 3 | Sheldon Creed | 782 | |
| 4 | Jesse Love | 749 | |
| 5 | Corey Day | 727 | |
| 6 | Brandon Jones | 718 | |
| 7 | Austin Hill | 716 | |
| 8 | Sammy Smith | 692 |
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