The 2026 Fleetio 200 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 147 laps on the egg-shaped asphalt oval, it was the 25th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, the first race in the NASCAR Chase, and the 43rd running of the event.
Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, took the lead from Corey Day after a late caution, and led the final 53 laps to earn his second career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second of the season. Justin Allgaier won the first stage, leading a race-high 60 laps, while Anthony Alfredo won the second stage, leading nine laps. At race's end, Day finished second, and Brent Crews finished third. Sammy Smith and Austin Hill rounded out the top five, while Alfredo, Taylor Gray, Sam Mayer, Jeremy Clements, and Brandon Jones rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
On July 23, 2026, Fleetio, a business automotive fleet maintenance and optimisation platform, was named the title sponsor of the race.
Surface issues Darlington Raceway was last repaved following the May 2007 meeting (from 2005 to 2019, there was only one meeting; the second meeting was reinstated in 2020), and from 2008 to 2019, there was one night race. In 2020, a day race returned to the schedule, and instead of two races (one Xfinity and one Cup) during the entire year, the track hosted six races (three Cup, two Xfinity, and one Truck). The circuit kept repairing the circuit with patches during each summer before the annual Cup race in September. The circuit's narrow Turn 2 rapidly deteriorated with cracks in the tarmac allowing water to seep in the circuit. In July 2021, the circuit repaved a six hundred foot section at the entrance of Turn 2 and ending at the exit of the turn to repair the tarmac and resolve the issue for safety and to reduce the threat of weepers and surface issues in that section of the circuit.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (CC) denotes chase contender. (OC) denotes owners chase contender car.
Driver Team Make 00 Sheldon Creed (CC) Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 0 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Carson Kvapil (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love (CC) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Jake Finch JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brent Crews (OC) (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill (CC) 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 Daniel Dye (i) Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 38 Brad Perez RSS Racing Ford 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer (CC) 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 47 Dawson Cram 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 Toyota 54 Taylor Gray (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 87 Nick Sanchez Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Mason Maggio DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Preston Pardus DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff (CC) Viking Motorsports ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 5, at 1:30 PM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Parker Retzlaff, driving for Viking Motorsports, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.300 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime199Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet30.300162.29728Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.569160.869396Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet30.675160.313Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 5, at 2:35 PM EST. Since Darlington Raceway is an intermediate oval, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers were be on track by themselves and had one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Carson Kvapil, driving for JR Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 30.424 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime11Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.424161.63627Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.485161.312320Brandon Jones (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota30.619160.60642Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet30.622160.590541Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet30.626160.569621Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet30.745159.948754Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota30.819159.564819Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota30.849159.409988Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.855159.3781099Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet30.880159.249118Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.925159.0171296Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet30.950158.8891300Sheldon Creed (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet30.974158.7651417Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.015158.5561551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet31.016158.5501624Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota31.112158.0611726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota31.126157.9901839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet31.211157.5601987Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet31.241157.4092044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet31.254157.3432145Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet31.282157.2022218William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota31.290157.1622327Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet31.326156.9812448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet31.362156.8012592Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet31.497156.1292632Daniel Dye (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet31.504156.0942731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet31.535155.9412828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet31.543155.9012942Logan BeardenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.602155.6103002Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.658155.335319Jake FinchJR MotorsportsChevrolet31.790154.6903291Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet31.804154.622Qualified by owner's points3307Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet31.880154.253340Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet31.885154.2293555Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet31.946153.9353638Brad PerezRSS RacingFord32.230152.5783753Glen ReenJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota32.493151.3433847Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts17Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1021Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet9321Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet8441Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet7599Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet6696Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet5751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet482Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet3987Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet21054Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts196Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet10217Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet9300Sheldon Creed (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet848Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet751Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet667Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet5721Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet4841Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet3928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet21039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 57 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11300Sheldon Creed (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet14753Running6321417Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1471Running443819Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1470Running344118Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running405621Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1470Running4461296Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet1479Running467754Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1470Running318541Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet1470Running3991551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1470Running3210320Brandon Jones (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota1473Running27111726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1470Running261211Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet14720Running411342Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1471Running27141987Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet1470Running25152044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1470Running22162828Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1470Running231727Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet14760Running3518319Jake FinchJR MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running19191839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1470Running19201624Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota1470Running17211099Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet1470Running22222731Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1470Running15232592Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet1470Running14243307Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1470Running1325340Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1470Running1226988Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1450Running11272632Daniel Dye (i)Jordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1450Running0282942Logan BeardenYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1450Running9293555Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1190Overheating8302218William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1060Accident7312145Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1010Accident6322448Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet870Engine5332327Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet730Accident4343753Glen ReenJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota730Accident3353291Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet690Accident2363847Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet290Electrical1373002Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet230Clutch1383638Brad PerezRSS RacingFord210Brakes1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 8 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 38 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 58 minutes and 4 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 2,135 1 2 Sheldon Creed 2,128 (–7) 1 3 Carson Kvapil 2,116 (–19) 1 4 Austin Hill 2,099 (–36) 2 5 Corey Day 2,089 (–46) 2 6 Jesse Love 2,087 (–48) 1 7 Sammy Smith 2,080 (–55) 2 8 Brandon Jones 2,077 (–58) 1 9 Sam Mayer 2,069 (–66) 1 10 Parker Retzlaff 2,057 (–78) 11 Taylor Gray 2,056 (–79) 12 Rajah Caruth 2,031 (–104)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,314 2 Toyota 863 (–451) 3 Ford 216 (–1,098) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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