Practice Results: 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race at Homestead

Grady Lundberg | TobyChristie.com

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It’s been a really eye-opening season for Viking Motorsports. The little two-car team that could continues to impress with its speed, as Anthony Alfredo led the way in NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday afternoon.

Alfredo, driving the No. 96 Chevrolet, turned a lap time of 33.384 seconds (161.754 mph), which allowed him to top Jeremy Clements for the fastest lap of the session by a margin of 0.078 seconds.

Sam Mayer, Taylor Gray, and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the session.

Here is where the five drivers in contention for the championship ranked:

Creed (5th), Corey Day (7th), Jesse Love (11th), Carson Kvapil (17th), and Justin Allgaier (20th).

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Laps	B. Lap
1	96	Anthony Alfredo	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.384	0.000	161.754	39	1
2	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	33.462	0.078	161.377	21	1
3	41	Sam Mayer (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	33.470	0.086	161.339	36	36
4	54	Taylor Gray (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	33.677	0.293	160.347	52	1
5	00	Sheldon Creed (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	33.681	0.297	160.328	52	1
6	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	33.708	0.324	160.199	39	1
7	17	Corey Day (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.743	0.359	160.033	53	1
8	99	Parker Retzlaff (C)	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.876	0.492	159.405	59	1
9	88	Rajah Caruth (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.898	0.514	159.301	59	1
10	21	Austin Hill (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	33.928	0.544	159.161	48	33
11	2	Jesse Love (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	33.997	0.613	158.838	39	1
12	19	Brent Crews # (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	34.027	0.643	158.698	46	2
13	8	Sammy Smith (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	34.137	0.753	158.186	46	1
14	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	34.151	0.767	158.121	40	2
15	20	Brandon Jones (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	34.162	0.778	158.070	43	27
16	24	Harrison Burton	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	34.165	0.781	158.056	28	3
17	1	Carson Kvapil (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	34.233	0.849	157.743	48	31
18	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	34.243	0.859	157.696	29	1
19	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	34.246	0.862	157.683	41	1
20	7	Justin Allgaier (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	34.279	0.895	157.531	46	1
21	32	Andrew Patterson	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	34.467	1.083	156.672	36	2
22	48	Patrick Staropoli #	Big Machine Racing	Chevrolet	34.487	1.103	156.581	39	24
23	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	34.560	1.176	156.250	36	1
24	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	34.636	1.252	155.907	43	28
25	53	Will Rodgers	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	34.658	1.274	155.808	46	18
26	87	Nick Sanchez(i)	Peterson Racing	Chevrolet	34.665	1.281	155.777	45	1
27	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	34.691	1.307	155.660	30	1
28	45	Lavar Scott #	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	34.733	1.349	155.472	38	1
29	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	34.774	1.390	155.288	36	1
30	91	Mason Maggio	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	34.826	1.442	155.057	40	26
31	07	Josh Bilicki	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	35.066	1.682	153.995	22	20
32	0	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	35.079	1.695	153.938	16	16
33	50	Preston Pardus	Pardus Racing	Chevrolet	35.144	1.760	153.654	30	22
34	02	Ryan Ellis	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	35.191	1.807	153.448	36	24
35	42	Brad Perez	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	35.196	1.812	153.427	34	18
36	38	Patrick Emerling(i)	RSS Racing	Ford	35.278	1.894	153.070	8	2
37	55	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports	Ford	35.329	1.945	152.849	29	19
38	47	Dawson Cram	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	35.915	2.531	150.355	5	5

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Toby is the Founder of TobyChristie.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. Toby is also the co-host of The Final Lap Weekly Podcast. Additionally, he is an award-winning writer, and has followed the sport as a fan since 1993.