NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 Entry List (Darlington)

There are 40 drivers on the preliminary entry list for Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway, the sixth event on the 33-race schedule for the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.

With the maximum field size set at 38 drivers for all NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series events in 2026, there will be two drivers (and teams) that are sent packing following qualifying on Friday evening.

The most-recent winner in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, Kyle Larson (who triumphed Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway), is not scheduled to be in the field for Saturday’s event at Darlington Raceway. Instead, the No. 88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports is scheduled to be driven by Alex Bowman (although Bowman is not confirmed to return to action this weekend due to vertigo symptoms).

There are lots of notable additions to the field for the sixth event of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series event, at Darlington, including:

• No. 0 – Garrett Smithley – SS-GreenLight Racing
  • After a week on the sidelines watching Cole Custer take the wheel of the No. 0 Chevrolet, Garrett Smithley returns to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series for the fourth time this season at Darlington.
• No. 1 – Carson Kvapil – JR Motorsports
  • After driving a fifth entry for JR Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Carson Kvapil will be reunited with Rodney Childers for Saturday’s event at Darlington, with a new sponsor, Champion Irrigation Products.
• No. 5 – TBA – Hettinger Racing
  • Hettinger Racing has yet to confirm who will drive the No. 5 Ford Mustang Dark Horse on Saturday. Chandler Smith competed for the team at Phoenix and Las Vegas.
• No. 9 – Ross Chastain – JR Motorsports
  • Ross Chastain will make his first of several NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starts in the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports at Darlington. Chastain will run triple-duty this weekend, also competing in the Truck Series event for Niece Motorsports.
• No. 19 – Christopher Bell – Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Christopher Bell will run triple-duty this weekend at Darlington, joining Joe Gibbs Racing for a one-off in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Bell will drive the No. 19, as Brent Crews is not old enough to compete at Darlington. This will be the final race that Crews is absent from in 2026.
• No. 30 – Myatt Snider- Barrett-Cope Racing
  • Myatt Snider returns to Barrett-Cope Racing for a second straight weekend after a DNQ at Las Vegas.
• No. 32 – Rajah Caruth – Jordan Anderson Racing
  • With a NASCAR Cup Series driver in the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports this weekend, Rajah Caruth jumps over to the No. 32 for the third straight week. Caruth earned a top-10 for the team at Phoenix Raceway.
• No. 35 – TBA – Joey Gase Motorsports
  • Joey Gase Motorsports has not yet confirmed who will drive the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro on Saturday. Chad Finchum competed for the team at Las Vegas, but DNQ’ed.
• No. 42 – Nathan Byrd – Young’s Motorsports
  • Nathan Byrd returns to Young’s Motorsports for a third consecutive NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series event in the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro.
• No. 74 – Dawson Cram – Mike Harmon Racing
  • After failing to make the show last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Dawson Cram and Mike Harmon Racing will enter the No. 74 Chevrolet once again at Darlington.
• No. 88 – TBA – JR Motorsports
  • Alex Bowman was scheduled to drive the No. 88 Chevrolet at Darlington, but with his condition unknown at the moment, the JR Motorsports entry is listed as TBA.
• No. 91 – Alex Labbe – DGM Racing
  • Alex Labbe will return to DGM Racing for Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series event at Darlington. Labbe typically runs the road courses for SS-GreenLight Racing, his most-recent race being Circuit of the Americas.

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