The 2026 United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at Qualcomm Circuit (located on Naval Base Coronado) in San Diego, California. Contested over 60 laps on the road course, it was the 18th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the inaugural running of the event.
In a long and action-packed race, Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, made an aggressive move on Taylor Gray with two laps to go, and held off him in the final lap to earn his 16th career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second of the season. Hill led 13 laps and won the first stage, and Gray won stage two, leading a race-high 16 laps. Creed finished third, with Carson Kvapil and Sammy Smith rounding out the top five. Jesse Love, Parker Retzlaff, Austin Green, Harrison Burton, and Corey Day rounded out the top ten.
The race was marred by a manhole cover that a lap car launched in the air and struck Corey Day's radiator, causing him to miss 5 laps. The race was under a red flag while the United States Navy Welding Team, or "Steel Team 6", worked through the race day crowds to enter the track to repair the track incident. The first time that active duty servicemembers, Dylan Thorn and Patrick Tanzi, have entered an active NASCAR track. Another incident delayed the race by 45 minutes with a massive wreck shortly after halfway. On the lap 34 restart, Sam Mayer would accidentally clip the inside wall in turn one, sending him up the track and slamming into the outside wall. Several other drivers were involved while trying to avoid the incident, including race winning contender Brent Crews. 25 drivers were confirmed to have been involved in the incident and resulted in a 43-minute red flag to repair the outside wall. Anthony Alfredo lost feeling in his left knee and initially struggled to climb from his car following the wreck but later recovered and was released from the infield care center.
Report Background
Coronado Street Course (also known as Qualcomm Circuit for sponsorship reasons) is a street circuit on Naval Base Coronado (more specifically Naval Air Station North Island) that will host the NASCAR Cup Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and the Truck Series. It previously hosted the Global MX-5 Cup in 2012 and 2013, and Stadium Super Trucks in 2014 as part of Speed Festival, which was also held there between 1997 and 2016.
Rumors began that NASCAR was looking to hold a street race in the SoCal area, after the removal of the Chicago Street Race. It was officially announced on July 23, 2025, that NASCAR would host a first of its kind street race on the Naval Base Coronado, with the lower national series O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and the Truck Series following suit.
NASCAR might be forced to move the race due to the 2026 Iran war, and as part of its normal contingency planning it does have a back-up plan if need be.
This race will be held in commemoration of the United States Navy's 250th birthday alongside the country's 250th.
United Rentals was announced as the title sponsor on May 27.
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 Alex Labbé 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 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 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 Andrew Patterson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Dawson Cram Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Baltazar Leguizamón 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 50 Preston Pardus Pardus Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Brad Perez Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Jesse Iwuji 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 Friday, June 19, at 12:30 PM PST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Austin Green, driving for Peterson Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 2:15.503 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime187Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet2:15.50390.330219Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2:15.76190.158321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2:16.23589.845Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 20, at 10:00 AM PST. Since Qualcomm Circuit has a road course layout, the qualifying procedure used was a two-group system with one round. Drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Each driver had multiple laps to set a time. Whoever set the fastest time between both groups won the pole.
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying was set at the exit of Turn 15 before the chicane. Brent Crews, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 2:14.294 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime119Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2:14.29491.143299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet2:14.45691.033396Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2:14.53390.981421Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2:14.55590.96751Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:14.63090.916641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2:14.77990.815700Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2:15.00990.661887Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet2:15.11890.587918William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2:15.51590.322108Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:15.64990.2331154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2:15.73090.179120Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2:16.52089.6571350Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet2:16.54189.6431445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet2:16.83489.4511524Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota2:16.96989.363167Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.02789.3251707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2:17.20589.2101844Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2:17.38489.0931902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.59788.9552031Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2:17.62688.9372188Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet2:17.81788.8132227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2:18.05088.6642326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota2:18.47688.3912439Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2:18.52388.3612592Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet2:18.68388.2592655Brad PerezJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota2:19.00888.0522751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2:19.10487.9922848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet2:19.50287.7412928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2:19.52087.7293032Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2:19.53587.7203117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2:20.08087.3793242Baltazar LeguizamónYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2:21.31186.617Qualified by owner's points3320Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2:22.35485.9833435Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet2:24.96584.4343591Jesse IwujiDGM RacingChevrolet2:25.83183.9333653Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet2:26.36383.628372Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 15 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts121Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet9341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet8496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet751Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet668Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet5700Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet4887Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet3954Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21018William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1 Stage Two Laps: 15 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet9396Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet8417Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7541Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet6619Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota571Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet4821Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet398Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet21018William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 30 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1421Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet6013Running6821154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6016Running473700Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet600Running38451Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet6015Running445108Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet600Running396372Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet600Running317299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet605Running488887Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet600Running3291524Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota600Running28103117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet600Running34112439Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet600Running26123320Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota600Running25132031Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet600Running24143032Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet600Running23152751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet600Running22161707Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet600Running21172227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet600Running20181350Preston PardusPardus RacingChevrolet600Running19192655Brad PerezJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota600Running18202848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet600Running17213435Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet600Running16222188Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet600Running15233653Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet600Running14241844Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet600Running13253591Jesse IwujiDGM RacingChevrolet600Running12262592Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet590Running027120Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet520Electrical10282326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota520Running9291445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet480Running8301902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet470Running731119Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota4411Engine1132167Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet430Engine5333242Baltazar LeguizamónYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet410Engine434641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet340Accident1735396Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet340Accident1736918William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota340Accident3372928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet280Engine1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 10 among 5 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 17 laps Red flags: 2 Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes and 54 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 847 2 Jesse Love 623 (–224) 3 Corey Day 609 (–238) 4 Sheldon Creed 607 (–240) 1 5 Austin Hill 591 (–256) 1 6 Brandon Jones 572 (–275) 7 Carson Kvapil 567 (–280) 8 Sammy Smith 543 (–304) 1 9 Parker Retzlaff 494 (–353) 3 10 Taylor Gray 476 (–371) 2 11 Sam Mayer 476 (–371) 1 12 William Sawalich 448 (–399)Official driver's standings