Kyle Larson narrowly wins NASCAR O'Reilly race at Texas
Larson held off a charging Justin Allgaier to win Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race
Kyle Larson, No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photo by: James Gilbert / Getty Images
Kyle Larson led a JR Motorsports 1-2 at Texas Motor Speedway, winning Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race over Justin Allgaier. JRM drivers have managed to win seven of the first 12 races to open the 2026 season.
This is Larson's 19th career NASCAR O'Reilly Series win and his third at Texas.
Sam Mayer finished third, Brent Crews fourth, and Parker Retzlaff fifth. Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones, Jesse Love, and Jeremy Clements filled out the remainder of the top ten.
Crews also earned the $100,000 Dash4Cash bonus prize.
Stage 1
It was a chaotic start with three multi-car wrecks within the first 20 laps. It began on the first lap, with the JGR duo of Tay. Gray and Sawalich spinning. Corey Day also slammed the outside wall, ending his race.
On the ensuing restart, things remained green for only a lap when Austin Green and Mason Maggio spun at the exit of Turn 2. Maggio tried to get back rolling, but actually drove up in front of the Chevrolet Corvette pace car, which had to take evasive action in a very sketchy moment.
A few laps later, Brad Perez crashed hard on the frontstretch, collecting Green and Lavar Scott.
At the front, things were getting tense between JR Motorsports teammates as Allgaier and Larson crowded each other on the front row, even making contact.
However, it was advantage Allgaier on the restart, who went on to win Stage 1 over Zilisch, Larson, B. Jones, Crews, Creed, Mayer, A. Hill, Clements, and Retzlaff.
Stage 2
Larson got the lead at the start of Stage 2, only for Zilisch to pass him soon after.
The next caution was for Austin Dillon, who cut down a tire and threw debris all over the track.
Zilisch went on to win the stage, beating Crews, Allgaier, Larson, Mayer, Jones, Retzlaff, Hill, Creed, and Sawalich.
Stage 3
Things got very wild at the front of the field as Larson challenged Zilisch for the lead, and got loose. Crews aggressively drove it in there, making it three-wide for the top spot. All three cars slammed doors at the exit of Turn 4 and Zilisch touched the wall, but they somehow got away with it.
Larson emerged with the lead, and Zilisch was forced to pit soon after with a flat right-front tire.
Green flag pit stops saw Larson extend his advantage, cycling back to the front with a 3+ second advantage over Allgaier. The championship leader began to close the gap, but a caution with 22 laps to go reset things as Rajah Caruth crashed.
It was Larson-Jones on the front row for the final restart, but Allgaier quickly moved up into second, and spent the rest of the race closely shadowing Larson. He could not find a way around the No. 88, and had to settle for a runner-up finish in the end.
RACE
| Cla | Driver | # | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Interval | Pits | Points | Retirement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
K. Larson
JR Motorsports
|
88 | Chevrolet | 200 |
2:25'22.776 |
6 | |||||||
| 2 |
J. Allgaier
JR Motorsports
|
7 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+0.293 2:25'23.069 |
0.293 | 7 | 54 | |||||
| 3 |
S. Mayer
Haas Factory Team
|
41 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+0.992 2:25'23.768 |
0.699 | 7 | 44 | |||||
| 4 |
B. Crews
Joe Gibbs Racing
|
19 | Toyota | 200 |
+1.671 2:25'24.447 |
0.679 | 7 | 48 | |||||
| 5 |
P. Retzlaff
Viking Motorsports
|
99 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+2.981 2:25'25.757 |
1.310 | 7 | 37 | |||||
| 6 |
S. Creed
Haas Factory Team
|
00 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+3.145 2:25'25.921 |
0.164 | 7 | 38 | |||||
| 7 |
A. Hill
Richard Childress Racing
|
21 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+4.622 2:25'27.398 |
1.477 | 7 | 36 | |||||
| 8 |
B. Jones
Joe Gibbs Racing
|
20 | Toyota | 200 |
+4.782 2:25'27.558 |
0.160 | 7 | 41 | |||||
| 9 |
J. Love
Richard Childress Racing
|
2 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+6.130 2:25'28.906 |
1.348 | 7 | 28 | |||||
| 10 |
J. Clements
Jeremy Clements Racing
|
51 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+6.351 2:25'29.127 |
0.221 | 7 | 29 | |||||
| 11 |
C. Kvapil
JR Motorsports
|
9 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+7.648 2:25'30.424 |
1.297 | 7 | 26 | |||||
| 12 |
A. Alfredo
Viking Motorsports
|
96 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+9.318 2:25'32.094 |
1.670 | 9 | 25 | |||||
| 13 |
S. Smith
JR Motorsports
|
8 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+13.093 2:25'35.869 |
3.775 | 7 | 24 | |||||
| 14 |
R. Sieg
RSS Racing
|
39 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+15.864 2:25'38.640 |
2.771 | 8 | 23 | |||||
| 15 |
W. Sawalich
Joe Gibbs Racing
|
18 | Toyota | 200 |
+16.984 2:25'39.760 |
1.120 | 9 | 23 | |||||
| 16 |
D. Thompson
Sam Hunt Racing
|
26 | Toyota | 200 |
+21.132 2:25'43.908 |
4.148 | 6 | 21 | |||||
| 17 |
P. Staropoli
Big Machine Racing Team
|
48 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+21.627 2:25'44.403 |
0.495 | 7 | 20 | |||||
| 18 |
J. Williams
DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
|
92 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+25.475 2:25'48.251 |
3.848 | 6 | 19 | |||||
| 19 |
L. Scott
Alpha Prime Racing
|
45 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+26.389 2:25'49.165 |
0.914 | 7 | 18 | |||||
| 20 |
B. Poole
Alpha Prime Racing
|
44 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+26.636 2:25'49.412 |
0.247 | 6 | 17 | |||||
| 21 |
C. Zilisch
JR Motorsports
|
1 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'33.594 |
1 Lap | 7 | ||||||
| 22 |
H. Burton
Sam Hunt Racing
|
24 | Toyota | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'33.917 |
0.323 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| 23 |
A. Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
|
3 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'40.320 |
6.403 | 9 | ||||||
| 24 |
R. Ellis
Young's Motorsports
|
02 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'44.179 |
3.859 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 25 |
B. Perkins
Jordan Anderson Racing
|
31 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'46.262 |
2.083 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| 26 |
J. Burton
Jordan Anderson Racing
|
27 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'46.594 |
0.332 | 18 | 11 | |||||
| 27 |
J. Bilicki
SS-Green Light Racing
|
07 | Chevrolet | 198 |
+2 Laps 2:25'50.458 |
1 Lap | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 28 |
J. Gase
Joey Gase Motorsports
|
55 | Chevrolet | 198 |
+2 Laps 2:25'52.541 |
2.083 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| 29 |
D. Starr
Joey Gase Motorsports
|
53 | Chevrolet | 197 |
+3 Laps 2:25'48.871 |
1 Lap | 7 | 8 | |||||
| 30 |
K. Sieg
RSS Racing
|
28 | Chevrolet | 196 |
+4 Laps 2:25'32.286 |
1 Lap | 8 | 7 | |||||
| 31 |
G. Smithley
SS-Green Light Racing
|
0 | Chevrolet | 194 |
+6 Laps 2:25'30.127 |
2 Laps | 11 | 6 | |||||
| 32 |
M. Maggio
DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
|
91 | Chevrolet | 189 |
+11 Laps 2:25'33.784 |
5 Laps | 12 | 5 | |||||
| 33 |
T. Gray
Joe Gibbs Racing
|
54 | Toyota | 188 |
+12 Laps 2:25'44.727 |
1 Lap | 12 | 4 | |||||
| 34 |
R. Caruth
Jordan Anderson Racing
|
32 | Chevrolet | 180 |
+20 Laps 2:13'26.670 |
8 Laps | 9 | 3 | Accident | ||||
| 35 |
A. Green
Peterson Racing Group
|
87 | Chevrolet | 17 |
+183 Laps 18'54.341 |
163 Laps | 4 | 2 | Accident | ||||
| 36 |
B. Perez
Young's Motorsports
|
42 | Chevrolet | 17 |
+183 Laps 18'55.877 |
1.536 | 2 | 1 | Accident | ||||
| 37 |
C. Day
Hendrick Motorsports
|
17 | Chevrolet | 1 |
+199 Laps 58.292 |
16 Laps | 3 | 1 | DVP | ||||
| 38 |
D. Cram
Joey Gase Motorsports
|
35 | Chevrolet | 1 |
+199 Laps 1'03.592 |
5.300 | 3 | 1 | Engine | ||||
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