The 2026 Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 79 laps on the asphalt road course, it was the 19th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the fourth running of the event.
Shane van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, showed off another dominating road course performance, leading a race-high 66 laps from the pole position to earn his sixth career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second of the season. With his win, Gisbergen also became the winningest international born driver in series history. Connor Zilisch finished second, and Brent Crews finished third. Anthony Alfredo and Parker Retzlaff rounded out the top five, while Carson Kvapil, Corey Day, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Sonoma Raceway is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, U.S. The road course features 12 turns on a hilly course with of total elevation change. It is host to one of only seven NASCAR Cup Series races each year that are run on road courses. It is also host to the NTT IndyCar Series and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Sonoma Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America. In 2022, the race was reverted to racing the club configuration.
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 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 Shane van Gisbergen (i) 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 Ross Chastain (i) 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 Will Rodgers 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 Kyle Kelley Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Brad Perez Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 71 Leland Honeyman (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Carson Kvapil 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 Friday, June 26, at 1:00 PM PST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Corey Day, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:16.374 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:16.37493.80229Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:16.80093.28132Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:16.96193.086Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, June 26, at 2:05 PM PST. Since Sonoma Raceway is a road course, 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 10. Shane van Gisbergen, driving for JR Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 1:15.029 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime19Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.02995.483219Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1:15.21895.243354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:15.45394.947496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.51894.865599Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.68094.662617Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.70594.63072Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:15.75494.56987Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1:15.75994.563941Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet1:15.79794.5161021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:15.87594.4181100Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet1:15.95094.3251218William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:16.02194.237138Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1:16.16994.0541420Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1:16.21693.9961532Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:16.31993.8691691Carson KvapilDGM RacingChevrolet1:16.33293.8531726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1:16.50993.6361807Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1:16.57893.5521924Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota1:16.62093.5002042Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:16.67993.4282188Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet1:16.70293.4002227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:16.76693.3232351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1:16.85193.219240Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1:16.89893.1622539Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1:17.04492.9862692Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet1:17.12692.8872731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1:17.16792.8382828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1:17.36892.5962902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:17.37292.592301Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:17.39592.5643145Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1:17.44992.5003244Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1:17.73292.163Qualified by owner's points3371Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet1:17.85092.0233448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1:17.95591.8993553Kyle KelleyJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1:18.51191.2483635Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1:19.23390.4173787Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet——3855Brad PerezJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 20 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts196Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet10219Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota9354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8499Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet7517Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6621Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5732Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet0842Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet3907Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2100Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 25 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts11Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet028Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet9300Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet8419Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota7591Carson KvapilDGM RacingChevrolet6641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet5788Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet4839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet390Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet21042Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 34 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts119Shane van Gisbergen (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet7966Running02301Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet794Running03219Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota791Running504496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet795Running435599Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet790Running3961691Carson KvapilDGM RacingChevrolet790Running377617Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet790Running368941Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet790Running34972Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet791Running28101100Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet790Running3511138Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet790Running35123787Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet790Running25131218William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota790Running24142188Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet790Running27152539Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet790Running25161807Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet790Running23172042Will RodgersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet790Running24181924Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota792Running1919240Alex LabbéSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet790Running21202351Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet790Running17212227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet790Running16221021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet790Running20232902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet790Running14243244Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet790Running13253448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet790Running122687Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet790Running11272692Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet790Running10281726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota790Running929354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota780Running16302731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet780Running7312828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet780Running6323145Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet780Running5333635Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet780Running4343553Kyle KelleyJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet770Running3353371Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet710Battery0361420Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota680Running1371532Ross Chastain (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet290Rear End0383855Brad PerezJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota00Fuel Pump1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 8 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 4 for 11 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 3 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 858 2 Jesse Love 651 (–207) 3 Corey Day 645 (–213) 4 Sheldon Creed 642 (–216) 5 Austin Hill 611 (–247) 1 6 Carson Kvapil 604 (–254) 1 7 Sammy Smith 578 (–280) 2 8 Brandon Jones 573 (–285) 9 Parker Retzlaff 533 (–325) 1 10 Sam Mayer 510 (–348) 2 11 Brent Crews 493 (–365) 2 12 Taylor Gray 492 (–366)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,004 2 Toyota 643 (–361) 3 Ford 189 (–815) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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