The 2026 BetRivers 200 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 200 laps on the concrete oval, it was the fourteenth race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 45th running of the event.
Corey Day, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, took advantage of a lap car and made a three-wide pass on Justin Allgaier with four laps to go, and led the remainder of the event to earn his second career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second of the season. Allgaier finished second after leading a race-high 71 laps, and Sam Mayer finished third. William Sawalich and Austin Hill rounded out the top five, while Brandon Jones, Carson Kvapil, Ryan Sieg, Sammy Smith, and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 00 Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 0 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 07 Josh Bilicki SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Ross Chastain (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brent Crews (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24 Harrison Burton Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Andrew Patterson Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 35 Dawson Cram Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Logan Bearden RSS Racing Ford 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 C. J. McLaughlin Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 Lavar Scott (R) Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 David Starr Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Blake Lothian Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 87 Austin Green Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Myatt Snider DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 B. J. McLeod (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff Viking Motorsports Chevrolet Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 16, at 9:30 AM EST, lasted for 50 minutes.
Taylor Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.749 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results PosDriverTeamMakeTime154Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.749151.585218William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.812151.18432Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.833151.051Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 16, at 10:35 AM EST. Since Dover Motor Speedway is a mile oval, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Ross Chastain, driving for JR Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 23.317 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime19Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet23.317154.394220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.372154.030317Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.416153.741488Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.457153.472554Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.472153.374641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet23.487153.27671Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.550152.866818William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota23.575152.704924Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota23.600152.542102Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.645152.2521139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet23.649152.2261200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet23.681152.021137Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.720151.7711499Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet23.720151.7711527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet23.741151.6361619Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota23.779151.3941721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.810151.197188Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet23.831151.0641992B. J. McLeod (i)DGM RacingChevrolet23.873150.7982044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet23.889150.6972151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet23.902150.6152226Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota23.917150.5212345Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet23.925150.4702428Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet23.958150.2632591Myatt SniderDGM RacingChevrolet24.051149.6822687Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet24.082149.4892796Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet24.149149.0742848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet24.204148.7362931Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet24.220148.637300Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet24.277148.2893132Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet24.298148.1603202Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet24.468147.131Qualified by owner's points3355Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota24.538146.7113407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet24.548146.6513535Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet24.666145.9503638Logan BeardenRSS RacingFord24.726145.5963742C. J. McLaughlinYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet24.937144.3643853David StarrJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts120Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1029Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet8454Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota7588Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet661Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet5718William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet392Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2107Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage Two Laps: 45 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts19Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet0288Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet9354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota842Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet7541Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet661Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet5717Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet487Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet3918William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota21039Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 110 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1317Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2004Running622137Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet20071Running393641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2001Running484818William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20015Running4051721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running326220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20031Running41771Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running4081139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2000Running309188Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running28102796Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running27112044Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2000Running26122687Austin GreenPeterson RacingChevrolet2004Running251319Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet20068Running014488Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet2001Running38152151Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2000Running2216924Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota2000Running21172428Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2000Running20181200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2000Running19193132Andrew PattersonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2000Running18202226Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota2000Running17212848Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet2000Running16221619Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2000Running1523102Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2004Running23242591Myatt SniderDGM RacingChevrolet2000Running13253202Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1990Running12263355Blake LothianJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota1990Running11273407Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1990Running10283535Dawson CramJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet1980Running9291992B. J. McLeod (i)DGM RacingChevrolet1950Running0303742C. J. McLaughlinYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1930Running731300Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1890Running632554Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1831Suspension20333853David StarrJoey Gase MotorsportsChevrolet620Vibration4342931Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet590Accident3353638Logan BeardenRSS RacingFord300Brakes2362345Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet230Engine1371527Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet100Accident1381499Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet100Accident1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 12 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 54 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 14 minutes and 6 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 679 2 Sheldon Creed 504 (–175) 3 Jesse Love 502 (–177) 1 4 Corey Day 484 (–195) 1 5 Brandon Jones 474 (–205) 6 Sammy Smith 427 (–252) 7 Austin Hill 424 (–255) 8 Carson Kvapil 420 (–259) 3 9 Sam Mayer 369 (–310) 10 Taylor Gray 365 (–314) 2 11 Parker Retzlaff 363 (–316) 1 12 William Sawalich 344 (–335)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 729 2 Toyota 471 (–258) 3 Ford 184 (–545) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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