Podium finishers
- P1 · Austin Hill · No. 21
- P2 · Justin Allgaier · No. 7
- P3 · Ryan Sieg · No. 39
Austin Hill won at Daytona International Speedway. See how the race was decided and review the supplied result details below.
Race date
5:00 PM ET
Local time
Winner
Austin Hill
Car 21 · Chevrolet
Track
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, FL
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Podium finishers
Most laps led
Led 78 laps · finished P1.
Biggest mover
Started P32, finished P6 · gained 26.
Field report
17 listed as a retirement or non-running finish.
Race recap
Austin Hill won the first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series points race of 2026 from pole, sweeping both stages, leading 78 of 120 laps and beating Justin Allgaier by 0.081 seconds.
After falling to 12th during the final pit sequence, Hill used the middle lane to recover and survived three restarts in the last 12 laps, blocking Allgaier on the final two-lap run.
It was Hill's fourth Daytona season-opener win in five years, his 15th series victory and his 11th on a drafting track; Richard Childress Racing won the event for a fifth straight year.
Race outcome and turning point checked against NASCAR O'Reilly Series race recap. The table below is maintained from the race results feed.
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Checkered flag
Started 1 · Led 78 laps · Earned 75 points
| Finish | Driver | Car | Mfr | Start | +/− | Laps | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Hill 🏁 | 21 | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | 120 | 78 | Running | 75 |
| 2 | Justin Allgaier | 7 | Chevrolet | 13 | +11 | 120 | 0 | Running | 50 |
| 3 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | Chevrolet | 10 | +7 | 120 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 4 | Jordan Anderson | 32 | Chevrolet | 17 | +13 | 120 | 4 | Running | 33 |
| 5 | Sammy Smith | 8 | Chevrolet | 12 | +7 | 120 | 1 | Running | 36 |
| 6 | Ryan Ellis | 02 | Chevrolet | 32 | +26 | 120 | 1 | Running | 31 |
| 7 | Carson Kvapil | 1 | Chevrolet | 11 | +4 | 120 | 0 | Running | 47 |
| 8 | Blaine Perkins | 31 | Chevrolet | 14 | +6 | 120 | 0 | Running | 36 |
| 9 | Jesse Love | 2 | Chevrolet | 2 | -7 | 120 | 27 | Running | 37 |
| 10 | Rajah Caruth | 88 | Chevrolet | 7 | -3 | 120 | 1 | Running | 34 |
| 11 | Anthony Alfredo | 4 | Chevrolet | 26 | +15 | 120 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | Brennan Poole | 44 | Chevrolet | 25 | +13 | 120 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 13 | Patrick Emerling | 38 | Ford | 19 | +6 | 120 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 14 | Parker Retzlaff | 99 | Chevrolet | 27 | +13 | 120 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 15 | Kyle Sieg | 28 | Chevrolet | 36 | +21 | 120 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | Lavar Scott | 45 | Chevrolet | 37 | +21 | 120 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | Josh Bilicki | 07 | Chevrolet | 34 | +17 | 120 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | Patrick Staropoli | 48 | Chevrolet | 8 | -10 | 120 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | Carson Ware | 30 | Chevrolet | 38 | +19 | 120 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | Carson Hocevar | 42 | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | 120 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 21 | Daniel Dye | 52 | Ford | 33 | +12 | 120 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 22 | Austin Green | 87 | Chevrolet | 30 | +8 | 118 | 0 | 2 laps down | 15 |
| 23 | Luke Fenhaus | 5 | Ford | 23 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 3 laps down | 14 |
| 24 | Sheldon Creed | 00 | Chevrolet | 5 | -19 | 116 | 0 | 4 laps down | 18 |
| 25 | Jeb Burton | 27 | Chevrolet | 22 | -3 | 107 | 0 | 13 laps down | 14 |
| 26 | William Sawalich | 18 | Toyota | 4 | -22 | 99 | 2 | 21 laps down | 22 |
| 27 | Corey Day | 17 | Chevrolet | 6 | -21 | 99 | 0 | 21 laps down | 10 |
| 28 | Taylor Gray | 54 | Toyota | 9 | -19 | 99 | 0 | 21 laps down | 9 |
| 29 | Harrison Burton | 24 | Toyota | 24 | -5 | 98 | 0 | 22 laps down | 8 |
| 30 | Brandon Jones | 20 | Toyota | 15 | -15 | 92 | 0 | 28 laps down | 8 |
| 31 | Sam Mayer | 41 | Chevrolet | 3 | -28 | 91 | 6 | 29 laps down | 6 |
| 32 | Jeremy Clements | 51 | Chevrolet | 29 | -3 | 91 | 0 | 29 laps down | 10 |
| 33 | Natalie Decker | 35 | Chevrolet | 35 | +2 | 91 | 0 | 29 laps down | 4 |
| 34 | Josh Williams | 92 | Chevrolet | 31 | -3 | 77 | 0 | 43 laps down | 3 |
| 35 | Dean Thompson | 26 | Toyota | 18 | -17 | 68 | 0 | 52 laps down | 2 |
| 36 | Nick Sanchez | 25 | Ford | 28 | -8 | 32 | 0 | 88 laps down | 4 |
| 37 | Giovanni Ruggiero | 19 | Toyota | 16 | -21 | 29 | 0 | 91 laps down | 0 |
| 38 | Mason Maggio | 91 | Chevrolet | 21 | -17 | 0 | 0 | Did not start | 1 |
| — | Caesar Bacarella | 4 | — | — | — | — | 0 | Did not qualify | — |
| — | David Starr | 53 | — | — | — | — | 0 | Did not qualify | — |
| — | Garrett Smithley | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | Did not qualify | — |
| — | Joey Gase | 55 | — | — | — | — | 0 | Did not qualify | — |
Starting grid
Car 21 · Chevrolet
Car 7 · Chevrolet
Car 39 · Chevrolet
Car 32 · Chevrolet
Car 8 · Chevrolet
Car 02 · Chevrolet
Car 1 · Chevrolet
Car 31 · Chevrolet
Car 2 · Chevrolet
Car 88 · Chevrolet
Car 4 · Chevrolet
Car 44 · Chevrolet
Car 38 · Ford
Car 99 · Chevrolet
Car 28 · Chevrolet
Car 45 · Chevrolet
Car 07 · Chevrolet
Car 48 · Chevrolet
Car 30 · Chevrolet
Car 42 · Chevrolet
Car 52 · Ford
Car 87 · Chevrolet
Car 5 · Ford
Car 00 · Chevrolet
Car 27 · Chevrolet
Car 18 · Toyota
Car 17 · Chevrolet
Car 54 · Toyota
Car 24 · Toyota
Car 20 · Toyota
Car 41 · Chevrolet
Car 51 · Chevrolet
Car 35 · Chevrolet
Car 92 · Chevrolet
Car 26 · Toyota
Car 25 · Ford
Car 19 · Toyota
Car 91 · Chevrolet
Quick answers
The race is scheduled for Saturday, February 14, 2026. The green-flag time above converts automatically to your local timezone.
The listed start is 5:00 PM ET; use the automatically converted time at the top of this page for your location.
The current broadcast listing is CW. Recheck near race day in case the network moves coverage.
The event is at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL. It is listed as a superspeedway.
Austin Hill won the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Daytona. The decisive sequence and result context are summarized in the race recap above.
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