2026 Focused Health 250 (Atlanta)

The 2026 Focused Health 250 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 172 laps—extended from 163 laps due to a double overtime finish on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the 21st race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the fifth and final running of the event.

In one of the most chaotic and wreck-filled races in history, which resulted in four red flags and a track-record of cautions, Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, survived the crash fest, including a double overtime restart, taking the victory after the leaders of Brennan Poole and Nick Sanchez wrecked on the final lap. This was Allgaier's 34th career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his sixth of the season. Carson Kvapil won the first stage, leading 29 laps, while Allgaier won the second stage, leading 15 laps. Despite 19 lead changes, Sammy Smith led the race-high 34 laps. At race's end, Kvapil finished second, and Parker Retzlaff finished third. William Sawalich and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top five, while Garrett Smithley, Brandon Jones, Kyle Sieg, Rajah Caruth, and Jeremy Clements rounded out the top ten.

Following the race, Allgaier clinched the regular season championship three races early. Jesse Love would also clinch a spot in The Chase.

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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 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Jake Finch 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 Jordan Anderson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 38 Logan Bearden RSS Racing Ford 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 47 Carson Ware Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Glen Reen Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 87 Nick Sanchez Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Mason Maggio 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

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 11, at 11:00 AM EST. Since EchoPark Speedway is an intermediate racetrack 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 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 31.944 seconds, and a speed of .

No drivers failed to qualify.

Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime (R1) (R1)Time (R2) (R2)141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet32.035173.06131.944173.55421Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet31.987173.32031.978173.36932Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32.128172.56032.020173.142418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota32.171172.32932.106172.67858Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.117172.61932.119172.608600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet32.224172.04632.136172.517719Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota32.279171.75332.155172.415888Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.238171.97132.194172.206954Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota32.218172.07832.200172.1741048Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet32.268171.81132.302171.630Eliminated in Round 11121Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32.286171.715——1220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota32.315171.561——1317Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32.327171.498——1451Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet32.335171.455——159Jake FinchJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.336171.450——167Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet32.379171.222——1796Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet32.393171.148——1887Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet32.400171.111——1939Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet32.429170.958——2028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet32.459170.800——2127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet32.545170.349——2299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet32.547170.338——2326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota32.573170.202——2492Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet32.583170.150——2524Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota32.619169.962——260Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet32.709169.495——2702Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet32.778169.138——2891Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet32.783169.112——2942Nick Leitz (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet32.857168.731——3044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet32.862168.705——3153Glen ReenJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet32.884168.593——3245Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet32.942168.296——Qualified by owner's points3355Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord32.946168.275——3407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet33.035167.822——3538Logan BeardenRSS RacingFord33.619164.907——3647Carson WareMike Harmon RacingChevrolet36.110153.531——3731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet46.808118.441——3832Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet————Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race

Race results

Stage Results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts11Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1028Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet932Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet8488Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet7500Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet6651Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet5717Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet487Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet3918William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21026Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1028Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet9388Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet841Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet7517Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6651Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet572Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4899Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet3900Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet21021Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1

Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 82 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1167Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet17215Running68221Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet17229Running5232299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running374418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1720Running3551796Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running326260Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1720Running3171220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1720Running3182028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1720Running299888Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet17218Running43101451Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1720Running37112891Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1720Running26123407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1720Running25131048Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1720Running24142326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1720Running24153153Glen ReenJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1720Running22161939Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1720Running21173044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1721Running201858Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet17234Running37191887Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet1710Running18203731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1710Running17213245Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1690Running16221121Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1597Accident16232702Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1591Accident1424719Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1535Accident1325600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet15227Accident202632Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1510Accident23273832Jordan AndersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1510Accident10282492Leland Honeyman (i)DGM RacingChevrolet1510Accident0292942Nick Leitz (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1510Accident030159Jake FinchJR MotorsportsChevrolet1430Accident731141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet11933Accident6321317Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1120Accident1533954Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1120Accident4342524Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota1012Engine3353538Logan BeardenRSS RacingFord690Fuel Pump2363647Carson WareMike Harmon RacingChevrolet630Suspension1373355Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord20Engine1382127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet00Brakes1Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 19 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 13 for 76 laps Red flags: 4 Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 27 seconds Average speed:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 966 2 Jesse Love 726 (–240) 1 3 Sheldon Creed 693 (–273) 1 4 Corey Day 689 (–277) 2 5 Carson Kvapil 682 (–284) 6 Brandon Jones 664 (–302) 2 7 Austin Hill 659 (–307) 8 Sammy Smith 639 (–327) 9 Parker Retzlaff 593 (–373) 10 Sam Mayer 555 (–411) 1 11 Brent Crews 540 (–426) 1 12 Taylor Gray 539 (–427)Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,094 2 Toyota 731 (–363) 3 Ford 192 (–902) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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