Practice Results: 2026 NOAPS Cuervo 300 at Chicagoland

Jesse Love, who continues to seek his first win of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, turned the fastest lap in Saturday’s rescheduled practice session for the Cuervo 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Love topped Jeb Burton for the best lap time in the session by a margin of 0.288 seconds.

Justin Allgaier, Connor Zilisch, and Corey Day rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice at Chicagoland Speedway.

Photo: Josh Calloni | TobyChristie.com

Cuervo 300 Practice Results

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Best Lap	Laps
1	2	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing	Whelen	Chevrolet	31.118	0.000	173.533	1	46
2	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Bommarito.com Celebrates America 250	Chevrolet	31.406	0.288	171.942	1	38
3	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	BRANDT Professional Agriculture	Chevrolet	31.424	0.306	171.843	2	45
4	1	Connor Zilisch(i)	JR Motorsports	KOA	Chevrolet	31.425	0.307	171.838	2	49
5	17	Corey Day	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	31.429	0.311	171.816	2	52
6	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Sky Fund Aviation	Chevrolet	31.432	0.314	171.799	1	41
7	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing	Starkey Hearing	Toyota	31.448	0.330	171.712	2	50
8	41	Sam Mayer	Haas Factory Team	Audibel Hear Better Connect Better	Chevrolet	31.564	0.446	171.081	1	55
9	20	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Menards/MB Building Products	Toyota	31.585	0.467	170.967	3	56
10	88	Chase Elliott(i)	JR Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	31.625	0.507	170.751	2	58
11	87	Nick Sanchez	Peterson Racing	3-Dimensional Services	Chevrolet	31.675	0.557	170.481	1	38
12	99	Parker Retzlaff	Viking Motorsports	FUNKAWAY	Chevrolet	31.732	0.614	170.175	2	38
13	54	Taylor Gray	Joe Gibbs Racing	Operation 300	Toyota	31.753	0.635	170.063	4	51
14	21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing	Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen	Chevrolet	31.781	0.663	169.913	1	49
15	00	Sheldon Creed	Haas Factory Team	Road Ranger 250	Chevrolet	31.813	0.695	169.742	21	47
16	48	Patrick Staropoli #	Big Machine Racing	Syfovre	Chevrolet	31.822	0.704	169.694	2	53
17	96	Anthony Alfredo	Viking Motorsports	DUDE Wipes	Chevrolet	31.853	0.735	169.529	2	45
18	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing	AM Woodland	Chevrolet	31.875	0.757	169.412	2	42
19	8	Sammy Smith	JR Motorsports	Pilot	Chevrolet	31.895	0.777	169.306	2	45
20	9	Carson Kvapil	JR Motorsports	Arby's Cheesesteak	Chevrolet	31.953	0.835	168.998	2	54
21	0	Cole Custer(i)	SS-GreenLight Racing	Sysco	Chevrolet	32.069	0.951	168.387	29	52
22	19	Brent Crews #	Joe Gibbs Racing	YoungLife	Toyota	32.073	0.955	168.366	2	49
23	32	Rajah Caruth	Jordan Anderson Racing	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	32.076	0.958	168.350	2	38
24	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	SciAps	Chevrolet	32.077	0.959	168.345	24	47
25	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing	Thompson Pipe Group	Toyota	32.111	0.993	168.167	3	39
26	92	Leland Honeyman Jr(i)	DGM Racing	VOLTZ by Raptor Power	Chevrolet	32.134	1.016	168.046	1	47
27	45	Lavar Scott #	Alpha Prime Racing	Sunoco	Chevrolet	32.169	1.051	167.863	2	34
28	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing	GFL Green For Life	Chevrolet	32.292	1.174	167.224	3	37
29	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	SynerFuse.com	Chevrolet	32.360	1.242	166.873	30	46
30	42	Garrett Smithley	Young's Motorsports	Borland & Scahill. Ltd	Chevrolet	32.380	1.262	166.770	2	33
31	24	Harrison Burton	Sam Hunt Racing	Klutch Vodka	Toyota	32.392	1.274	166.708	17	24
32	91	Myatt Snider	DGM Racing	Rich Mar Florist	Chevrolet	32.423	1.305	166.548	1	40
33	38	JJ Yeley	RSS Racing	TBA	Ford	32.515	1.397	166.077	6	21
34	07	Josh Bilicki	SS-GreenLight Racing	Granum X Creekside Outdoors	Chevrolet	32.635	1.517	165.467	3	26
35	02	Ryan Ellis	Young's Motorsports	GOVX/Tablo TV	Chevrolet	32.808	1.690	164.594	2	29
36	47	Dawson Cram	Mike Harmon Racing	Slab Hard	Chevrolet	32.864	1.746	164.314	3	13
37	55	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports	JT Concrete	Chevrolet	32.892	1.774	164.174	19	29
38	53	Tyler Tomassi	Joey Gase Motorsports	F&F	Chevrolet	32.911	1.793	164.079	21	28