The 2026 GOVX 200 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 22nd running of the event.
Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, was able to prevail on a late restart, holding off a dominant Jesse Love and led the final 11 laps of the race to earn his 29th career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his first of the season. Love had dominated the majority of the event, winning stage two and leading a race-high 114 laps, ending his race with a second-place finish. Carson Kvapil finished third, with Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer rounding out the top five. Sammy Smith, Jeb Burton, Rajah Caruth, Corey Day, and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.
GOVX was announced as the title sponsor on January 10, 2025.
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 5 Chandler Smith (i) Hettinger Racing Ford 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith 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 25 Nick Sanchez AM Racing Ford 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 30 Austin J. Hill Barrett–Cope Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Rajah Caruth Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Blake Lothian Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Nathan Byrd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 Lavar Scott (R) Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 52 Daniel Dye (i) AM Racing Ford 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 William Byron (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Mason Maggio DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff Viking Motorsports Chevrolet Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, March 6, at 5:00 PM MST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Jeb Burton, driving for Jordan Anderson Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.728 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime127Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet27.728129.833221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.835129.334326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota27.837129.324Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, March 6, at 6:05 PM MST. Since Phoenix Raceway is a mile oval, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Taylor Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 27.535 seconds, and a speed of .
Two drivers failed to qualify: Josh Williams and Blake Lothian.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.535130.74322Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.545130.695320Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.581130.525496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet27.671130.100519Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota27.684130.039688William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet27.740129.77678Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet27.748129.739817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.758129.692927Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet27.776129.6081028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet27.818129.4131124Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota27.837129.3241241Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet27.847129.2781321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.882129.116141Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet27.890129.0791518William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.939128.8521600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet27.943128.834177Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet27.969128.7141839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet28.001128.5671925Nick SanchezAM RacingFord28.014128.5072044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet28.022128.4702151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet28.024128.461220Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet28.067128.2652326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota28.084128.187245Chandler Smith (i)Hettinger RacingFord28.087128.1732532Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet28.129127.9822631Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet28.194127.6872787Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet28.195127.6822848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet28.370126.8952952Daniel Dye (i)AM RacingFord28.404126.7433045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet28.462126.4843199Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet28.473126.4363242Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet28.690125.479Qualified by owner's points3307Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet28.758125.1833430Austin J. HillBarrett–Cope RacingChevrolet28.908124.5333555Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet29.012124.0873674Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet29.054123.9073791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet29.616121.5563802Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet——Failed to qualify3992Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet28.706125.4094035Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota29.264123.018Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts18Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet1022Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet937Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet841Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet7588William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0627Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet5717Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota3900Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet21020Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts12Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1021Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet9388William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet047Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7519Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota668Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet5727Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet4854Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3900Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet21051Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 110 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1177Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20011Running69222Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet200114Running553141Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet20022Running5141600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet20020Running3751241Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet20011Running34678Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet20010Running467927Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2001Running3982532Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2001Running299817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running3210496Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running27112151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2000Running27121321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running2513688William Byron (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running0143199Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running2315154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20010Running2516320Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2000Running22171839Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2000Running2018519Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2000Running28193555Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running18202952Daniel Dye (i)AM RacingFord1990Running021245Chandler Smith (i)Hettinger RacingFord1990Running0222787Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet1990Running15231124Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota1990Running14241028Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1990Running13252326Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1990Running12262848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1990Running11272044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1990Running10282631Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1980Running929220Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1980Running8303307Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1970Running7313242Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running6323791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1960Running5333045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1950Running4343430Austin J. HillBarrett–Cope RacingChevrolet1950Running3351925Nick SanchezAM RacingFord1930Running2363674Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet1920Running1371518William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1730Accident1383802Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet130Suspension1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 20 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 4 for 37 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 7 minutes and 47 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Justin Allgaier 184 2 Jesse Love 181 (–3) 2 3 Austin Hill 179 (–5) 1 4 Carson Kvapil 146 (–38) 1 5 Sheldon Creed 143 (–41) 1 6 Sammy Smith 132 (–52) 1 7 Rajah Caruth 119 (–65) 8 Corey Day 118 (–66) 1 9 Sam Mayer 110 (–74) 1 10 Parker Retzlaff 104 (–80) 11 Brandon Jones 95 (–89) 6 12 Jeb Burton 94 (–90)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 220 2 Toyota 92 (–128) 3 Ford 79 (–141) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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