Corey Day wins NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Talladega in April 2026

The NASCAR O’Reilly Series competed at Talladega Superspeedway and it was a thrilling event. Carson Kvapil won Stage 1 while Justin Allgaier won Stage 2; however, neither driver won after NASCAR penalized them for impeding cars. Instead, it was a full-time O’Reilly Series driver who won their first career NASCAR race in 2026.

Corey Day and the No. 17 team for Hendrick Motorsports won the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega on Saturday, earning their first victory of the 2026 O’Reilly Series season. Day was able to survive the chaos on the final lap, beating Brent Crews and Sheldon Creed before the caution flag flew on the final lap.

WHAT A RACE!!!@corey_day_ is victorious in a WILD finish at Talladega! pic.twitter.com/DibthcpX7i

— The CW Sports (@TheCW_Sports) April 25, 2026

The Hendrick Motorsports driver has been so close to winning his first career NASCAR event but no one expected it to come on a superspeedway track. Now, Day is finally a NASCAR winner and he hopes it is the first of many. After all, this should give Day even more confidence moving forward.

NASCAR results: O’Reilly Series race at Talladega Superspeedway (April 2026)

1. No. 17 Corey Day
2. No. 19 Brent Crews
3. No. 00 Sheldon Creed
4. No. 8 Sammy Smith
5. No. 51 Jeremy Clements
6. No. 26 Dean Thompson
7. No. 2 Jesse Love
8. No. 20 Brandon Jones
9. No. 99 Parker Retzlaff
10. No. 31 Austin Green
11. No. 5 J.J. Yeley
12. No. 31 Blaine Perkins
13. No. 21 Austin Hill
14. No. 07 Josh Bilicki
15. No. 44 Brennan Poole
16. No. 27 Patrick Emerling
17. No. 91 Mason Maggio
18. No. 28 Kyle Sieg
19. No. 55 Joey Gase
20. No. 0 Garrett Smithley
21. No. 39 Ryan Sieg
22. No. 1 Carson Kvapil
23. No. 7 Justin Allgaier
24. No. 45 Lavar Scott
25. No. 41 Sam Mayer
26. No. 27 Jeb Burton
27. No. 24 Harrison Burton
28. No. 18 William Sawalich
29. No. 54 Taylor Gray
30. No. 88 Rajah Caruth
31. No. 96 Anthony Alfredo
32. No. 32 Tyler Ankrum
33. No. 35 Natalie Decker
34. No. 74 Dawson Cram
35. No. 92 Josh Williams
36. No. 02 Ryan Ellis
37. No. 48 Patrick Staropoli
38. No. 42 David Starr

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