March 14, 2026 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson wins O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—No matter the series, Las Vegas Motor Speedway agrees with Kyle Larson.

Surging into the lead from the seventh position moments after the final restart on Lap 154 of 200, Larson pulled away to win The LiUNA!, becoming the fifth different winner in five NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races this season.

Larson crossed the finish line in Saturday’s race 2.557 seconds ahead of Chase Briscoe, who recovered from a brush with the outside wall and resulting flat tire to finish second.

The victory was Larson’s second at Las Vegas to go with three in the NASCAR Cup Series. In his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series start of the 2026 season, the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet driver registered the 18th win of his career.

Sheldon Creed ran third, followed by series leader Justin Allgaier and Sammy Smith.

“I was a bit nervous,” Larson said of the final run. “I knew the 00 (Creed) and Briscoe were ripping the top. I tried it once, and I didn’t feel good up there at all.

“I don’t know — clean air just must have meant a lot today. So, glad I was able to get the lead when it mattered.”

Briscoe took responsibility for the mistake that cost him a chance to win.

“Even with the adversity we were dealing with, I knew if we got a lucky break, we were going to hopefully get back up there,” Briscoe said. “Honestly, it wasn’t an unfortunate break with the tire — I think it was my own fault.

“I just drove it into the fence and cost myself. I had a lot of fun. It was certainly fun slipping and sliding around the race track. You could kind of run all over. I had a blast.”

Jesse Love ran sixth in one of the fastest cars in the race. Love led 36 laps and was first off pit road after stops on Lap 120. But his team incurred a safety violation when a crew member fell over the wall on that stop, and Love restarted 32nd under penalty. A determined charge through the field earned the sixth-place finish.

Creed’s third-place run was not without incident. On Lap 148, a tap from Creed’s front bumper sent Taylor Gray’s Toyota rocketing into the Turn 3 wall and out of the race as the drivers were battling for second.

“I just got into him,” Creed said. “I was trying to pack some air. I didn’t know he was that close to the 17 (eighth-place finisher Corey Day). I could have cut him more of a break there, and I didn’t. That’s not the way I wanted to race him.”

Connor Zilisch ran seventh as the fourth JRM driver in the top seven. Day in eighth scored his fourth consecutive top 10 after leading nine laps before the Creed/Gray accident caused the eighth and final caution.

William Sawalich finished ninth, and Daytona winner Austin Hill ran 10th.

Allgaier led a race-high 48 laps to Larson’s 47, with the No. 7 JRM driver sweeping the first two stages to expand his series lead over Love to 13 points.

MORE: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings | O’Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series returns to action next Saturday at the historic Darlington Raceway for the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 (5:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Note: Post-race inspection in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series garage concluded without issue, confirming Larson as the Las Vegas winner.


NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the The LiUNA - Saturday, March 14, 2026
Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 300. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 3/14/2026 @ 08:40 PM Eastern

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps  Pos Status Tms Laps Pos
1 2 88 Kyle Larson(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 7 5 0 Running 1 47
2 23 19 Chase Briscoe(i) Wix Filters Toyota 200 3 2 0 Running 2 2
3 3 00 Sheldon Creed Ollie's Chevrolet 200 5 6 45 Running 1 1
4 9 7 Justin Allgaier Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet 200 1 1 53 Running 3 48
5 4 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 200 32 Running
6 7 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet 200 6 4 43 Running 4 36
7 17 1 Connor Zilisch(i) Carolina Carports Chevrolet 200 8 0 Running
8 11 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 8 7 36 Running 1 9
9 14 18 William Sawalich Soundgear Toyota 200 28 Running
10 13 21 Austin Hill 1-800-PACK-RAT Chevrolet 200 9 29 Running
11 18 9 Carson Kvapil WILDE Chevrolet 200 10 27 Running
12 12 99 Parker Retzlaff FUNKAWAY Chevrolet 200 25 Running
13 5 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Bali Toyota 200 10 25 Running 1 4
14 29 28 Kyle Sieg SynerFuse Chevrolet 200 23 Running
15 27 52 Daniel Dye(i) Champion Container Ford 200 0 Running
16 32 92 Josh Williams Call811.com Chevrolet 200 21 Running
17 24 24 Harrison Burton DEX/Sharp Toyota 200 20 Running
18 16 0 Cole Custer(i) Sysco Chevrolet 200 9 0 Running
19 8 32 Rajah Caruth Donut Media Chevrolet 200 18 Running
20 26 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 199 17 Running
21 22 48 Patrick Staropoli # Syfovre Chevrolet 199 16 Running
22 33 31 Blaine Perkins City Lights Shine Chevrolet 199 15 Running
23 38 07 Josh Bilicki Cowboy Pillows Chevrolet 199 14 Running
24 10 51 Jeremy Clements Alliance Driveway Solutions Chevrolet 199 13 Running
25 19 87 Austin Green 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet 199 12 Running
26 30 45 Lavar Scott # Urban Affairs Coalition Chevrolet 199 11 Running
27 15 27 Jeb Burton Bommarito Automotive Group Chevrolet 199 10 Running
28 37 91 Mason Maggio Success Unlocked Chevrolet 199 9 Running
29 36 55 Joey Gase Nevada Donor Network Chevrolet 199 8 Running
30 35 02 Ryan Ellis Tablo TV Chevrolet 198 7 Running
31 25 26 Dean Thompson MCM Transportation Toyota 198 6 Running
32 34 42 Nathan Byrd Randco Chevrolet 198 5 Running
33 20 39 Ryan Sieg SciAps/SA Recycling Chevrolet 197 4 Running
34 31 96 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 197 3 Running
35 1 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Chevrolet 196 2 12 Running 2 32
36 28 5 Chandler Smith(i) Victory Custom Trailers Ford 184 0 Ignition
37 6 54 Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota 148 4 3 16 Accident 2 21
38 21 25 Nick Sanchez Paynuity/Travel Curious Ford 141 1 Fuel Pump


Fastest Lap Bonus: #41, lap 8 / 30.549

Race Comments: Kyle Larson won The LiUNA at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his 18th NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: Nos. 31, 48, 96 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: (3) 30 Myatt Snider, 35 Chad Finchum, 74 Dawson Cram.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 34 Mins, 5 Secs. Average Speed: Margin of Victory:

Caution Flags: : 8 for 42 laps; Laps: 3-6 (#1, 51 incident turn 2 [None]); 15-19 (#0, 87 incident turn 2 [51]); 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [None]); 59-63 (#51 spin frontstretch [41]); 92-97 (Stage 2 Conclusion [51]); 119-123 (#26, 48 incident turn 2 [02]); 133-137 (#07, 48 incident frontstretch [02]); 149-153 (#00, 54 incident turn 3 [51]).

Lead Changes: 16 among 9 drivers; S. Mayer 1-5; S. Creed 6; S. Mayer 7-33; J. Allgaier 34-48; C. Briscoe(i) 49; J. Love 50-56; T. Gray 57; J. Love 58-64; J. Allgaier 65-93; C. Briscoe(i) 94; J. Love 95-104; J. Allgaier 105-108; J. Love 109-120; T. Gray 121-140; C. Day 141-149; B. Jones 150-153; K. Larson(i) 154-200.
 116.82 MPH 2.557 Seconds

Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 19, 54, 2, 88, 00, 17, 1, 21, 9
Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 41, 19, 54, 00, 2, 88, 17, 0, 20

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: March 21, 2026 - Darlington Raceway

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CURRENT NASCAR O'REILLY AUTO PARTS SERIES STANDINGS

As of March 14, 2026

UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL

1. Justin Allgaier 7 5 0 237 0 0 1 2
2. Jesse Love 2 5 0 224 -13 13 0 2
3. Austin Hill 21 5 0 208 -29 16 1 3
4. Sheldon Creed 00 5 -1 188 -49 20 1 0
5. Carson Kvapil 9 5 1 173 -64 15 0 0
6. Sammy Smith 8 5 0 164 -73 9 0 1
7. Corey Day 17 5 -1 154 -83 10 0 0
8. Rajah Caruth 32 5 1 137 -100 17 0 1
9. Parker Retzlaff 99 5 -1 129 -108 8 0 0
10. Sam Mayer 41 5 1 122 -115 7 0 1
11. Brandon Jones 20 5 0 120 -117 2 0 0
12. Taylor Gray 54 5 -1 110 -127 10 0 0
13. Jeb Burton 27 5 1 104 -133 6 0 0
14. Brennan Poole 44 5 0 97 -140 7 0 0
15. William Sawalich 18 5 -3 95 -142 2 0 0
16. Patrick Staropoli # 48 5 -1 87 -150 8 0 0
17. Anthony Alfredo 96 5 2 82 -155 5 0 0
18. Ryan Sieg 39 5 2 81 -156 1 0 0
19. Blaine Perkins 31 5 0 81 -156 0 0 0
20. Kyle Sieg 28 5 -7 72 -165 9 0 0