NASCAR O’Reilly: Taylor Gray wins Kansas Lottery 300
Taylor Gray held off Sheldon Creed to capture his first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts victory of 2026 and second career win Saturday in the Kansas Lottery 300.
“It’s been a long start to the year,” said Gray, whose highest finish before Kansas was seventh at Rockingham.
Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love, and Brent Crews rounded out the Top-5 finishers.
Brandon Jones, who led the opening two stages, had an uncontolled tire penalty in Stage 3 during green flag pit stops. He finished eighth.
Stages 1 & 2
Lap 100: Caution. Sammy Smith and Corey Day.
Stage 2 complete Lap 90.Top-10: Jones, Creed, Allgaier, Love, Day, S. Smith, Gray, H. Burton, Mayer, Thompson
Lap 80: Brandon Jones has checked out to a 2.5 second lead over Sheldon Creed and William Byron.
Lap 71: Back to green with Love and allgaier out front
Lap 64: Caution for Anthony Alfredo. Tire issue sends him into the wall. He was inside the Top-10.
Lap 57: Byron and Jones battle for the lead.
Stage 1 complete lap 45. Top-10: Brandon Jones, Corey Day, Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love, Anthony Alfredo, Taylor Gray, Sheldon Creed, Brent Crews, Jeb Burton, William Byron
Lap 42: 3 to go in Stage 1. Brandon Jones and Taylor Gray lead.
Lap 38: Austin Hill goes for a spin on the front stretch. Caution.
Lap 27: Back to green. Brandon Jones and Taylor Gray lead.
Lap 21: Competition caution.
Lap 20: Allgaier has closed to within a couple of car lengths to Day.
Lap 15: Corey Day’s lead over Justin Allgaier is nearly 1 second.
Lap 6: Back to green.
Lap 2: Carson Kvapil is upside down on the backstretch. Caution was intially for a Josh Bilicki spin in Turn 1. Red flag is displayed.
Lap 1: Corey Day leads lap one.
7:10 p.m. ET: Green flag!
Carson Kvapil will start from the pole for tonight’s Kansas Lottery 300. Follow here for live updates from the race!
Race Details
Distance: 200 laps/300 miles
Stages: 45, 90, 200
Green flag: 7:09 p.m. ET
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
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