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.
Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, broke 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. 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 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series stock car races since 1992.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. Then in 1994, a total of 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 where before it was . 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. 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.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 00 Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 0 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 Luke Fenhaus (R) Hettinger Racing Ford 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Gio Ruggiero (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24 Harrison Burton Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 25 Nick Sanchez AM Racing Ford 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 30 Cody Ware (i) Barrett–Cope Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Ross Chastain (i) Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Nick Leitz (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 Lavar Scott (R) Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Chad Finchum (i) Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Mason Maggio DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff Viking Motorsports ChevroletOfficial entry list
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, February 20, at 5:00 PM EST. 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.
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 .
Dawson Cram was the only driver who failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime (R1) (R1)Time (R2) (R2)141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet31.873173.94031.804174.31821Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.019173.14731.885173.875354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota32.002173.23931.905173.766400Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet31.938173.58631.906173.760518William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota31.940173.57531.927173.646688Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.020173.14231.941173.570719Gio Ruggiero (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota32.035173.06132.006173.21888Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.024173.12032.031173.082917Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32.111172.65132.036173.055102Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32.091172.75932.057172.942Eliminated in Round 1117Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.114172.635——1239Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet32.182172.270——1324Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota32.221172.062——1448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet32.228172.024——1520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota32.238171.971——1635Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet32.278171.758——1726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota32.281171.742——1828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet32.288171.705——1991Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet32.337171.444——2021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32.341171.423——2192Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet32.407171.074——2231Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet32.410171.058——2399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet32.423170.990——2496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet32.429170.958——2527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet32.505170.558——2602Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet32.580170.166——275Luke Fenhaus (R)Hettinger RacingFord32.596170.082——2825Nick SanchezAM RacingFord32.597170.077——290Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet32.625169.931——3032Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet32.641169.848——3187Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet32.712169.479——3251Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet32.761169.226——Qualified by owner's points3344Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet32.793169.060——3445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet32.807168.988——3507Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet32.817168.937——3630Cody Ware (i)Barrett–Cope RacingChevrolet32.849168.772——3755Chad Finchum (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet33.000168.000——3842Nick Leitz (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet33.136167.310——Failed to qualify3974Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet33.577165.113——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 40 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts12Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10288Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet9399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet8454Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota757Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet6600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet571Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet4825Nick SanchezAM RacingFord3951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet21032Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet0 Stage Two Laps: 40 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts188Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet1027Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet931Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet8417Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota668Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet5721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4899Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet3900Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2102Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 83 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1400Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet16317Running6222399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet1630Running4632825Nick SanchezAM RacingFord1630Running374917Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1630Running405102Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet16331Running4363032Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet16322Running07141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet16323Running308688Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet16322Running489354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1632Running35101520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1630Running33111726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1630Running26122021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet16334Running29131448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1630Running2414290Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1630Running23153507Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1630Running22162527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1630Running22173755Chad Finchum (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1630Running0183842Nick Leitz (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1630Running0193344Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1630Running1820275Luke Fenhaus (R)Hettinger RacingFord1620Running17213187Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet1620Running16222602Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1610Running1523518William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1615Running1424719Gio Ruggiero (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1600Running0252496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1600Running12261991Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1550Engine11272192Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet1510Accident10283445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1501Accident9293251Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1490Running103088Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1410Accident12313630Cody Ware (i)Barrett–Cope RacingChevrolet1200Suspension03221Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1065Accident1733117Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1061Accident19341635Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet390Engine3351324Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota80DVP2362231Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet60DVP1371239Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet40Accident1381828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet40Accident1Official race results
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:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Hill 104 6 2 Rajah Caruth 82 (–22) 17 3 Sheldon Creed 80 (–24) 4 Jesse Love 80 (–24) 6 5 Parker Retzlaff 74 (–30) 4 6 Justin Allgaier 69 (–35) 4 7 Carson Kvapil 64 (–40) 16 8 Corey Day 50 (–54) 4 9 Sammy Smith 48 (–56) 10 Ryan Ellis 46 (–58) 15 11 Taylor Gray 44 (–60) 1 12 Brennan Poole 43 (–61)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 110 2 Ford 50 (–60) 3 Toyota 39 (–71) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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