Race Results: 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Series The Progress Group 250 at Talladega

Grady Lundberg | TobyChristie.com

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Sammy Smith pulled off a weekend sweep at Talladega Superspeedway as he used a last-lap pass to get around Carson Kvapil for the win in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series The Progress Group 250 at Talladega.

Smith also won Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race with a last-lap pass.

Jesse Love finished third behind Smith and Kvapil, while Justin Allgaier and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top-five finishers.

Race Results: The Progress Group 250 at Talladega

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Diff	Status	Points
1	11	8	Sammy Smith (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	--	Running	63
2	4	1	Carson Kvapil (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.084	Running	54
3	1	2	Jesse Love (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.131	Running	34
4	14	7	Justin Allgaier (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.144	Running	51
5	12	00	Sheldon Creed (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	94	0.207	Running	43
6	10	17	Corey Day (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.274	Running	44
7	36	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.292	Running	30
8	27	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	94	0.327	Running	29
9	16	20	Brandon Jones (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	94	0.367	Running	28
10	7	96	Anthony Alfredo	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.434	Running	29
11	32	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.447	Running	26
12	24	91	Mason Maggio	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.551	Running	25
13	3	41	Sam Mayer (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	94	0.575	Running	24
14	25	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.589	Running	23
15	13	42	Nick Leitz(i)	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.660	Running	0
16	35	07	Josh Bilicki	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.673	Running	21
17	6	88	Rajah Caruth (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	0.956	Running	29
18	15	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	94	0.985	Running	21
19	23	43	Connor Mosack(i)	SPS Racing	Chevrolet	94	1.117	Running	0
20	28	55	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	1.187	Running	17
21	17	54	Taylor Gray (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	94	1.249	Running	20
22	38	87	Lee Pulliam	Peterson Racing	Chevrolet	94	1.360	Running	15
23	22	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	94	1.482	Running	14
24	19	24	Harrison Burton	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	94	1.751	Running	17
25	30	53	Will Rodgers	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	1.812	Running	12
26	34	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	94	1.903	Running	12
27	37	0	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	94	1.919	Running	10
28	29	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	94	2.057	Running	9
29	9	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	94	2.156	Running	9
30	20	02	Ryan Ellis	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	2.291	Running	7
31	26	99	Parker Retzlaff (C)	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	94	2.303	Running	6
32	21	48	Patrick Staropoli #	Big Machine Racing	Chevrolet	94	2.516	Running	5
33	33	32	Daniel Dye(i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	94	6.079	Running	0
34	8	19	Brent Crews # (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	94	9.844	Running	6
35	5	21	Austin Hill (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	92	2 laps	Running	9
36	31	71	Leland Honeyman Jr.(i)	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	88	6 laps	Running	0
37	18	4	Caesar Bacarella	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	85	9 laps	Running	1
38	2	9	Jake Finch	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	84	10 laps	Accident	4

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