The 2026 Suburban Propane 300 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the 0.533-mile-long asphalt oval, it was the ninth race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the second running of the event.
Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, made a successful pit strategy by staying out on older tires with 28 laps to go, and held off a dominant Kyle Larson in the final six laps to earn his 12th career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his first of the season. Larson swept both stages and led a race-high 230 laps but was unable to get past Zilisch in the final laps and settled for second. Brent Crews finished third, while Justin Allgaier and Carson Kvapil rounded out the top five. Sheldon Creed, William Sawalich, Corey Day, Parker Retzlaff, and Taylor Gray rounded out the top ten.
This was the first of four races for the Dash 4 Cash program. The drivers eligible for the D4C were William Sawalich, Brandon Jones, Justin Allgaier, and Rajah Caruth, since they were the highest finishing O'Reilly Series regulars following the race at Rockingham. Allgaier finished in fourth and claimed the $100,000 bonus.
Report Background
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all-concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.
Besides holding racing events, the track has hosted the Battle at Bristol, a college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies on September 10, 2016, and the MLB Speedway Classic, an MLB baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds from August 2-3, 2025.
Suburban Propane was announced as the title sponsor on February 24.
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 Connor Zilisch (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 J. J. Yeley Hettinger Racing Ford 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brent Crews (R) 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 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Rajah Caruth Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Blake Lothian Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Logan Bearden 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 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Gray Gaulding Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Kyle Larson (i) 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 Chevrolet Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, April 11, at 2:00 PM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Taylor Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 15.746 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos. Driver Team Make Time 154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.746121.860 220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.774121.643 388Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet15.817121.313Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, April 11, at 3:05 PM EST. Since Bristol Motor Speedway is a short track, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 15.634 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.634122.733200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet15.676122.404388Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet15.709122.147420Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.757121.774541Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet15.769121.682654Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.786121.55177Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet15.802121.42889Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet15.816121.320999Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet15.829121.2211044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet15.830121.2131139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet15.831121.205122Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.851121.0521327Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet15.852121.0451417Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.853121.037151Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet15.859120.991168Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet15.864120.9531719Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota15.892120.7401896Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet15.948120.3161951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet15.949120.3082028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet15.959120.2332126Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota15.984120.0452224Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota15.998119.9402321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet16.076119.3582442Logan BeardenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet16.087119.2762587Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet16.102119.1652645Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet16.124119.0032707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet16.139118.8922874Gray GauldingMike Harmon RacingChevrolet16.142118.8702992Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet16.151118.8043031Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet16.153118.7893191Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet16.175118.6283248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet16.283117.841Qualified by owner's points3302Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet16.286117.819345J. J. YeleyHettinger RacingFord16.287117.812350Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet16.427116.8083655Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet16.619115.4583735Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota16.926113.3643832Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 85 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts188Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet9339Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet847Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6618William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota571Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet082Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3941Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet21017Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1
Stage Two Laps: 85 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts188Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet937Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet841Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0519Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota6618William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5720Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4841Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet3917Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2109Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 130 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1151Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30024Running02388Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet300230Running031719Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota3003Running41477Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet3000Running48589Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet3000Running336200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet3000Running497118William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30027Running4081417Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3000Running329999Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet3000Running2810654Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3000Running27111139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30013Running3412122Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3000Running2813168Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet3000Running24143832Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet3000Running23151951Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet3001Running22161327Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet3000Running21172224Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota3000Running20181044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet3000Running1919420Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3002Running2820541Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet3000Running22212321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3000Running16223031Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2990Running15232707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2990Running14242126Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota2980Running13252028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2980Running1226345J. J. YeleyHettinger RacingFord2980Running11273248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet2980Running10282874Gray GauldingMike Harmon RacingChevrolet2980Running9292992Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet2970Running8303302Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2970Running7313655Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet2970Running6322645Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet2950Running5332442Logan BeardenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2950Running4343735Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota2950Running3352587Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet2900Running2361896Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2870Running1373191Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1910Engine138350Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1760Suspension1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 13 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 59 laps Red flags: 1 Time of race: 2 hours, 3 minutes and 11 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 470 1 2 Sheldon Creed 340 (–130) 1 3 Jesse Love 324 (–146) 1 4 Corey Day 304 (–166) 1 5 Carson Kvapil 300 (–170) 2 6 Austin Hill 293 (–177) 7 Sammy Smith 284 (–186) 8 Brandon Jones 275 (–195) 9 Parker Retzlaff 257 (–213) 1 10 William Sawalich 254 (–216) 1 11 Rajah Caruth 238 (–232) 12 Taylor Gray 230 (–240)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 474 2 Toyota 281 (–193) 3 Ford 154 (–320) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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