The 2026 MillerTech Battery 250 Presented By KOA was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Pocono Raceway in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. Contested over 100 laps on the oval, it was the 17th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 11th running of the event.
Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, pulled off a dominant performance, leading a race-high 35 laps and holding off the field on the final restart to earn his 33rd career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his fifth of the season. With his win, Allgaier also clinched a spot into the Chase. Taylor Gray led 24 laps and won the first stage, and Brent Crews won stage two, leading 9 laps. Crews finished second, and William Byron finished third. Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top five, while Anthony Alfredo, Rajah Caruth, Brandon Jones, Connor Zilisch, and Carson Kvapil rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Pocono Raceway is a oval speedway located in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.
From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two NASCAR (often with ARCA in each) race weekends. Then in 2020, the circuit was reduced to just one race meeting while having two races. The first race was moved over to World Wide Technology Raceway which is near St. Louis starting in 2022.
MillerTech Battery, who sponsored the Craftsman Truck Series race in 2025, was announced as title sponsor on January 29, 2026.
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 Cole Custer (i) 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 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 Carson Ware Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Patrick Emerling (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Nathan Byrd 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 53 Natalie Decker (i) Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 87 Nick Sanchez Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 William Byron (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Dexter Bean DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Leland Honeyman (i) 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, June 13, at 10:30 AM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.902 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime12Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet54.902163.928220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota55.014163.595396Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet55.095163.354Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 13, at 11:35 AM EST. Standard intermediate track qualifying was in effect, although at Pocono, a hybrid road course qualifying rule was used. The timing line was set in the North Straight, exiting Turn 2, where cars exited pit road, drove two-thirds of a lap, then took the green flag at the timing line exiting Turn 2, and completing their lap there the next time by. Teams then immediately pitted the car, meaning only two laps were run. In addition, up to three cars could be at the track at one time, separated by considerable intervals (about 20 seconds) to ensure drafting was prohibited.
Brandon Jones, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 54.686 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime120Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota54.686164.576254Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota54.749164.387388William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet54.787164.27347Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet54.798164.24058Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet54.923163.86669Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet54.959163.758741Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet55.008163.613819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota55.050163.488939Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet55.119163.2831018William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota55.122163.2741117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet55.169163.1351296Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet55.221162.9811399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet55.298162.755141Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet55.304162.7371551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet55.343162.6221600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet55.354162.5901721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet55.406162.4371827Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet55.462162.2731944Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet55.538162.0512028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet55.619161.815212Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet55.722161.5162287Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet55.873161.0802324Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota56.035160.6142402Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet56.039160.6022545Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet56.196160.1542632Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet56.221160.0832748Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet56.221160.0832838Patrick Emerling (i)RSS RacingChevrolet56.551159.1482992Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet56.553159.1433035Carson WareJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet57.492156.5443153Natalie Decker (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsToyota57.832155.6233242Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:09.112130.223Qualified by owner's points3331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:57.20876.7873491Dexter BeanDGM RacingChevrolet——3526Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota——360Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet——3707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet——3855Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 25 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10241Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet9388William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet047Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord578Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet4819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota399Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet21021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 25 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts119Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1027Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet9399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet8432Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet7588William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet061Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0741Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet4851Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet3996Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2109Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 50 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts147Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10035Running722819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1009Running483388William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running04741Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet10014Running4651600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet1000Running3761296Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running3372632Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1000Running378120Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1000Running09141Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running01069Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1004Running30112324Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota1005Running2612360Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1000Running0133526Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1002Running24141721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1000Running24151399Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet1002Running30161551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1001Running2417254Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10024Running30181944Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1000Running191958Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running22203331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1000Running17211018William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1000Running16223707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1000Running15232287Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet1000Running14242402Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running13252748Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1000Running1226939Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1004Running11273035Carson WareJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running10281827Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet930Accident9292545Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet930Accident8303491Dexter BeanDGM RacingChevrolet930Accident7312838Patrick Emerling (i)RSS RacingChevrolet810Accident0322028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet500DVP5332992Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet360Accident0343153Natalie Decker (i)Joey Gase MotorsportsToyota170Engine0353242Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet70Accident2363855Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord30Engine137212Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10Accident1381117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet00Accident1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 18 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 39 laps Red flags: 1 Time of race: 2 hours, 31 minutes and 28 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 842 2 Jesse Love 592 (–250) 3 Corey Day 575 (–267) 4 Sheldon Creed 569 (–273) 5 Brandon Jones 547 (–295) 6 Austin Hill 523 (–319) 7 Carson Kvapil 523 (–319) 8 Sammy Smith 504 (–338) 2 9 Sam Mayer 459 (–383) 10 Parker Retzlaff 446 (–396) 2 11 William Sawalich 445 (–397) 2 12 Brent Crews 432 (–410)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 894 2 Toyota 574 (–320) 3 Ford 189 (–705) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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