Kyle Larson led a JR Motorsports 1-2 at Texas Motor Speedway, winning Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race over Justin Allgaier. JRM drivers have managed to win seven of the first 12 races to open the 2026 season.
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This is Larson's 19th career NASCAR O'Reilly Series win and his third at Texas.
Sam Mayer finished third, Brent Crews fourth, and Parker Retzlaff fifth. Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones, Jesse Love, and Jeremy Clements filled out the remainder of the top ten.
Crews also earned the $100,000 Dash4Cash bonus prize.
Stage 1
It was a chaotic start with three multi-car wrecks within the first 20 laps. It began on the first lap, with the JGR duo of Tay. Gray and Sawalich spinning. Corey Day also slammed the outside wall, ending his race.
On the ensuing restart, things remained green for only a lap when Austin Green and Mason Maggio spun at the exit of Turn 2. Maggio tried to get back rolling, but actually drove up in front of the Chevrolet Corvette pace car, which had to take evasive action in a very sketchy moment.
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A few laps later, Brad Perez crashed hard on the frontstretch, collecting Green and Lavar Scott.
At the front, things were getting tense between JR Motorsports teammates as Allgaier and Larson crowded each other on the front row, even making contact.
However, it was advantage Allgaier on the restart, who went on to win Stage 1 over Zilisch, Larson, B. Jones, Crews, Creed, Mayer, A. Hill, Clements, and Retzlaff.
Stage 2
Larson got the lead at the start of Stage 2, only for Zilisch to pass him soon after.
The next caution was for Austin Dillon, who cut down a tire and threw debris all over the track.
Zilisch went on to win the stage, beating Crews, Allgaier, Larson, Mayer, Jones, Retzlaff, Hill, Creed, and Sawalich.
Stage 3
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KYLE LARSON GOES TO THE FRONT! pic.twitter.com/TFdqW7vnE9
Things got very wild at the front of the field as Larson challenged Zilisch for the lead, and got loose. Crews aggressively drove it in there, making it three-wide for the top spot. All three cars slammed doors at the exit of Turn 4 and Zilisch touched the wall, but they somehow got away with it.
Larson emerged with the lead, and Zilisch was forced to pit soon after with a flat right-front tire.
Green flag pit stops saw Larson extend his advantage, cycling back to the front with a 3+ second advantage over Allgaier. The championship leader began to close the gap, but a caution with 22 laps to go reset things as Rajah Caruth crashed.
It was Larson-Jones on the front row for the final restart, but Allgaier quickly moved up into second, and spent the rest of the race closely shadowing Larson. He could not find a way around the No. 88, and had to settle for a runner-up finish in the end.
RACE
| Cla | Driver | # | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Interval | Pits | Points | Retirement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  K. Larson JR Motorsports |
88 | Chevrolet | 200 |
2:25'22.776 |
6 | |||||||
| 2 | J. Allgaier JR Motorsports |
7 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+0.293 2:25'23.069 |
0.293 | 7 | 54 | |||||
| 3 |
S. Mayer Haas Factory Team
|
41 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+0.992 2:25'23.768 |
0.699 | 7 | 44 | |||||
| 4 |
B. Crews Joe Gibbs Racing
|
19 | Toyota | 200 |
+1.671 2:25'24.447 |
0.679 | 7 | 48 | |||||
| 5 |
P. Retzlaff Viking Motorsports
|
99 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+2.981 2:25'25.757 |
1.310 | 7 | 37 | |||||
| 6 | S. Creed Haas Factory Team |
00 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+3.145 2:25'25.921 |
0.164 | 7 | 38 | |||||
| 7 | A. Hill Richard Childress Racing |
21 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+4.622 2:25'27.398 |
1.477 | 7 | 36 | |||||
| 8 | B. Jones Joe Gibbs Racing |
20 | Toyota | 200 |
+4.782 2:25'27.558 |
0.160 | 7 | 41 | |||||
| 9 |
J. Love Richard Childress Racing
|
2 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+6.130 2:25'28.906 |
1.348 | 7 | 28 | |||||
| 10 | J. Clements Jeremy Clements Racing |
51 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+6.351 2:25'29.127 |
0.221 | 7 | 29 | |||||
| 11 |
C. Kvapil JR Motorsports
|
9 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+7.648 2:25'30.424 |
1.297 | 7 | 26 | |||||
| 12 |
A. Alfredo Viking Motorsports
|
96 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+9.318 2:25'32.094 |
1.670 | 9 | 25 | |||||
| 13 |
S. Smith JR Motorsports
|
8 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+13.093 2:25'35.869 |
3.775 | 7 | 24 | |||||
| 14 | R. Sieg RSS Racing |
39 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+15.864 2:25'38.640 |
2.771 | 8 | 23 | |||||
| 15 |
W. Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing
|
18 | Toyota | 200 |
+16.984 2:25'39.760 |
1.120 | 9 | 23 | |||||
| 16 |
D. Thompson Sam Hunt Racing
|
26 | Toyota | 200 |
+21.132 2:25'43.908 |
4.148 | 6 | 21 | |||||
| 17 |
P. Staropoli Big Machine Racing Team
|
48 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+21.627 2:25'44.403 |
0.495 | 7 | 20 | |||||
| 18 | J. Williams DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports |
92 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+25.475 2:25'48.251 |
3.848 | 6 | 19 | |||||
| 19 |
L. Scott Alpha Prime Racing
|
45 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+26.389 2:25'49.165 |
0.914 | 7 | 18 | |||||
| 20 | B. Poole Alpha Prime Racing |
44 | Chevrolet | 200 |
+26.636 2:25'49.412 |
0.247 | 6 | 17 | |||||
| 21 |
C. Zilisch JR Motorsports
|
1 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'33.594 |
1 Lap | 7 | ||||||
| 22 | H. Burton Sam Hunt Racing |
24 | Toyota | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'33.917 |
0.323 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| 23 | A. Dillon Richard Childress Racing |
3 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'40.320 |
6.403 | 9 | ||||||
| 24 | R. Ellis Young's Motorsports |
02 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'44.179 |
3.859 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 25 |
B. Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing
|
31 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'46.262 |
2.083 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| 26 | J. Burton Jordan Anderson Racing |
27 | Chevrolet | 199 |
+1 Lap 2:25'46.594 |
0.332 | 18 | 11 | |||||
| 27 | J. Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing |
07 | Chevrolet | 198 |
+2 Laps 2:25'50.458 |
1 Lap | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 28 | J. Gase Joey Gase Motorsports |
55 | Chevrolet | 198 |
+2 Laps 2:25'52.541 |
2.083 | 10 | 9 | |||||
| 29 | D. Starr Joey Gase Motorsports |
53 | Chevrolet | 197 |
+3 Laps 2:25'48.871 |
1 Lap | 7 | 8 | |||||
| 30 |
K. Sieg RSS Racing
|
28 | Chevrolet | 196 |
+4 Laps 2:25'32.286 |
1 Lap | 8 | 7 | |||||
| 31 | G. Smithley SS-Green Light Racing |
0 | Chevrolet | 194 |
+6 Laps 2:25'30.127 |
2 Laps | 11 | 6 | |||||
| 32 |
M. Maggio DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
|
91 | Chevrolet | 189 |
+11 Laps 2:25'33.784 |
5 Laps | 12 | 5 | |||||
| 33 |
T. Gray Joe Gibbs Racing
|
54 | Toyota | 188 |
+12 Laps 2:25'44.727 |
1 Lap | 12 | 4 | |||||
| 34 |
R. Caruth Jordan Anderson Racing
|
32 | Chevrolet | 180 |
+20 Laps 2:13'26.670 |
8 Laps | 9 | 3 | Accident | ||||
| 35 |
A. Green Peterson Racing Group
|
87 | Chevrolet | 17 |
+183 Laps 18'54.341 |
163 Laps | 4 | 2 | Accident | ||||
| 36 |
B. Perez Young's Motorsports
|
42 | Chevrolet | 17 |
+183 Laps 18'55.877 |
1.536 | 2 | 1 | Accident | ||||
| 37 |
C. Day Hendrick Motorsports
|
17 | Chevrolet | 1 |
+199 Laps 58.292 |
16 Laps | 3 | 1 | DVP | ||||
| 38 |
D. Cram Joey Gase Motorsports
|
35 | Chevrolet | 1 |
+199 Laps 1'03.592 |
5.300 | 3 | 1 | Engine | ||||
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