The 2026 Focused Health 302 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 201 laps on the asphalt oval, it was the 28th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, the fourth race in the NASCAR Chase, and the ninth running of the event.
In a thrilling finish, Corey Day, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, made a bold outside pass on Carson Kvapil in the final lap, hitting the wall three times but still managing to take the lead to earn his third career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his third of the season. Day won the first stage, leading a race-high 136 laps, while Sam Mayer won the second stage, leading 40 laps. At race's end, Kvapil finished second, and Jesse Love finished third. Brent Crews and Taylor Gray rounded out the top five, while Mayer, Jeremy Clements, William Sawalich, Austin Hill, and Anthony Alfredo 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. (CC) denotes chase contender. (OC) denotes owners' chase contender car.
Driver Team Make 00 Sheldon Creed (CC) Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 0 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Carson Kvapil (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love (CC) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brent Crews (OC) (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill (CC) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24 Harrison Burton Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Andrew Patterson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer (CC) Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Matt DiBenedetto Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Ford 45 Lavar Scott (R) Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 47 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Blake Lothian Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 87 Lee Pulliam Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth (CC) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Mason Maggio DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Josh Williams DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff (CC) Viking Motorsports Chevrolet Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, October 3, at 11:00 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 29.996 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime 1 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 29.996 180.024 2 20 Brandon Jones (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.325 178.071 3 54 Taylor Gray (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.401 177.626Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 3, at 12:05 PM 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.
Corey Day, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 29.858 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime117Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.858180.856200Sheldon Creed (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet29.877180.741320Brandon Jones (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota29.918180.493419Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota29.934180.397554Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota29.986180.084688Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.021179.87477Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.044179.736841Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet30.045179.73091Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.333178.024102Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet30.386177.7131124Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota30.426177.4801221Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet30.429177.4621348Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet30.530176.8751427Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.535176.8461532Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.620176.3551644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingFord30.621176.3501799Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet30.628176.3091896Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet30.654176.1601928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30.665176.0972039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet30.732175.7132151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet30.740175.6672226Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota30.845175.069238Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.847175.0582431Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet30.848175.0522542Matt DiBenedettoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.911174.6952687Lee PulliamPeterson RacingChevrolet31.017174.0982791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet31.158173.3102892Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet31.491171.4782902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.536171.2333045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet31.617170.794310Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet31.658170.5733253Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet31.721170.234Qualified by owner's points3355Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord31.946169.0353407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet32.125168.0933547Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet32.619165.5483618William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts117Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet10241Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factoy TeamChevrolet9388Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet8420Brandon Jones (CC)Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota752Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet6619 Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota5739Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet4854Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota3921Austin Hill (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2107Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts141Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factoy TeamChevrolet10217Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet9388Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet841Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet7551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet6618William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5719 Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota482Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet3954Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota21039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage Results Stage Three Laps: 111 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1117Corey Day (CC)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet201136Running75291Carson Kvapil (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2013Running423102Jesse Love (CC)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet2010Running434419Brent Crews (OC) (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2010Running425554Taylor Gray (CC)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2010Running376841Sam Mayer (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet20140Running5072151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2010Running3683618William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2015Running3491221Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2010Running30101896Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2012Running2711688Rajah Caruth (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2012Running42122039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2010Running3013200Sheldon Creed (CC)Haas Factory TeamChevrolet2017Running24141124Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota2000Running2315238Sammy Smith (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running22162226Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota2000Running21171644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingFord2000Running20182687Lee PulliamPeterson RacingChevrolet1990Running19191799Parker Retzlaff (CC)Viking MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running18201928Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1990Running17211427Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1992Running16221532Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1990Running15232542Matt DiBenedettoYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running14241348Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet1980Running1325310Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1980Running12263045Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet1980Running11273355Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord1980Running10282892Josh WilliamsDGM RacingChevrolet1970Running9292902Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1970Running8303407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1950Running7312431Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet1930Running6323253Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1920Running5332791Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet1750Running43477Justin Allgaier (CC)JR MotorsportsChevrolet560DVP4353547Dawson CramMike Harmon RacingChevrolet130Transmission236320Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota544Accident1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 15 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 21 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 13 minutes and 38 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sheldon Creed 2,259 1 2 Carson Kvapil 2,240 (–19) 1 3 Jesse Love 2,237 (–22) 2 4 Justin Allgaier 2,228 (–31) 1 5 Corey Day 2,218 (–41) 1 6 Sam Mayer 2,207 (–52) 1'' | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Taylor Gray | style="text-align:center;"| 2,168 (–91) |- |align="left"| 1''' 8 Sammy Smith 2,165 (–94) 9 Austin Hill 2,159 (–100) 10 Parker Retzlaff 2,142 (–117) 11 Brandon Jones 2,122 (–137) 12 Rajah Caruth 2,113 (–146)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,479 2 Toyota 964 (–515) 3 Ford 255 (–1,224) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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