The 2026 The LiUNA! was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the fifth race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 30th running of the event.
In a wild race, Kyle Larson, driving for JR Motorsports, took advantage of a late restart, and led the final 47 laps of the event to earn his 18th career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his first of the season. Justin Allgaier dominated the early stages of the race, winning both stages and led a race-high 48 laps, ending up with a fourth-place finish. Chase Briscoe finished second, and Sheldon Creed finished third. Sammy Smith rounded out the top five, while Jesse Love, Connor Zilisch, Corey Day, William Sawalich, and Austin Hill rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 Cole Custer (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Connor Zilisch (i) 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 9 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Chase Briscoe (i) 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 Myatt Snider Barrett–Cope Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Rajah Caruth Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Chad Finchum Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 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 Kyle Larson (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 Saturday, March 14, at 9:00 AM PST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Jeremy Clements, driving for his own team, Jeremy Clements Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.963 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet29.963180.222239Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30.023179.862387Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet30.024179.856Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 14, at 10:05 AM PST. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is an intermediate racetrack, 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.
Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, qualified on pole position with a lap of 29.462 seconds, and a speed of .
Three drivers failed to qualify: Myatt Snider, Chad Finchum, and Dawson Cram.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet29.462183.287288Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet29.524182.902300Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet29.569182.62448Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet29.623182.291520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.647182.143654Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.687181.89872Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.718181.708832Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet29.720181.69697Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet29.773181.3721051Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet29.793181.2511117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.816181.1111299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet29.830181.0261321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.906180.5661418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.956180.2641527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet29.981180.114160Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet29.994180.036171Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.016179.904189Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet30.021179.8741987Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet30.043179.7422039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30.065179.6112125Nick SanchezAM RacingFord30.067179.5992248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet30.083179.5032319Chase Briscoe (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota30.098179.4142424Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota30.112179.3302526Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota30.163179.0272644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet30.203178.7902752Daniel Dye (i)AM RacingFord30.209178.755285Chandler Smith (i)Hettinger RacingFord30.234178.6072928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30.340177.9833045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet30.410177.5733196Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet30.490177.1073292Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet30.504177.026Qualified by owner's points3331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.554176.7363442Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.673176.0513502Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.824175.1883655Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet30.827175.1713791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet30.851175.0353807Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet31.053173.896Failed to qualify3930Myatt SniderBarrett–Cope RacingChevrolet30.978174.3174035Chad FinchumJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet31.161173.2944174Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10241Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet9319Chase Briscoe (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0454Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7500Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet662Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet5788Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet390Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet01020Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10219Chase Briscoe (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota842Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet7588Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet5717Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet481Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0921Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2109Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 110 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1288Kyle Larson (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet20047Running022319Chase Briscoe (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2002Running03300Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2001Running45497Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20048Running53548Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running32672Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet20036Running437171Connor Zilisch (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running081117Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2009Running3691418William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2000Running28101321Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running2911189Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running27121299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running2513520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2004Running25142928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2000Running23152752Daniel Dye (i)AM RacingFord2000Running0163292Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet2000Running21172424Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota2000Running2018160Cole Custer (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2000Running019832Rajah CaruthJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2000Running18202644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet1990Running17212248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1990Running16223331Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1990Running15233807Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1990Running14241051Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet1990Running13251987Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet1990Running12263045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1990Running11271527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1990Running10283791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1990Running9293655Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running8303502Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1980Running7312526Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota1980Running6323442Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1980Running5332039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1970Running4343196Anthony AlfredoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running335141Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet19632Running1236285Chandler Smith (i)Hettinger RacingFord1840Ignition037654Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14821Accident16382125Nick SanchezAM RacingFord1410Fuel Pump1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 16 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 42 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 34 minutes and 5 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 237 2 Jesse Love 224 (–13) 3 Austin Hill 208 (–29) 1 4 Sheldon Creed 188 (–49) 1 5 Carson Kvapil 173 (–64) 6 Sammy Smith 164 (–73) 1 7 Corey Day 154 (–83) 1 8 Rajah Caruth 137 (–100) 1 9 Parker Retzlaff 129 (–108) 1 10 Sam Mayer 122 (–115) 11 Brandon Jones 120 (–117) 1 12 Taylor Gray 110 (–127)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 275 2 Toyota 127 (–148) 3 Ford 101 (–174) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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