Corey Day: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Driver

Corey Day: Driver Profile

2026 Season

Corey Day drives the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 Chevrolet in the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Current points and Chase status are shown in the live stats on this page as official results are loaded.

Career

Day is part of Hendrick Motorsports' first full O'Reilly Series program since 2006, a significant organizational commitment. He came up through the Hendrick pipeline and enters 2026 as the clearest test case of what a fully supported HMS O'Reilly program can produce at the national level.

2026 Dover Win

Day won his second career O'Reilly Series race in his first Dover start, passing Justin Allgaier with four laps left by running up against the outside wall and splitting Blake Lothian's lapped car. Margin: 0.461 sec. "This one feels really, really good. The Talladega one was unexpected at a superspeedway, but we earned this one."

Coverage (9 articles)

Corey Day Wins Las Vegas After Late Duel With Kvapil

John Speedway·October 6, 2026

Corey Day led 136 of 201 laps from the pole, then had to take the lead back from Carson Kvapil twice in the last 12. Sheldon Creed kept the Chase lead, now 19 points over Kvapil, after Justin Allgaier was caught in an early crash.

Sheldon Creed Led the Last Three Laps at Bristol and Won. He Takes an 11-Point Chase Lead to Las Vegas.

Jack Beckett·September 21, 2026

Sheldon Creed passed William Sawalich on an overtime restart and won the Food City 300 at Bristol by 0.253 seconds, leading only the final three laps. Carson Kvapil and Jesse Love led 240 laps between them and finished 24th and 17th. Creed now leads the O'Reilly Series Chase by 11 points over Justin Allgaier with six races left.

Jesse Love Won at Gateway. Justin Allgaier Finished 13th and Lost the Points Lead by Three.

Jack Beckett·September 13, 2026

Jesse Love took the lead with fifteen laps to go and won the Nu Way 225 at World Wide Technology Raceway, his first victory of 2026. Sheldon Creed finished second and left St. Louis leading the O'Reilly Series Chase by three points over Justin Allgaier, who has won six races this season to Creed's two.

Sheldon Creed Won the Chase Opener at Darlington. Justin Allgaier's Lead Went From 25 Points to Seven.

Jack Beckett·September 6, 2026

Creed led the final 53 laps and won Saturday night's Fleetio 200 by 2.961 seconds, his second career win in the series. Allgaier led more laps than anyone, hit the wall with 23 to go and finished 17th. His championship lead, 229 points in August and 25 after the Chase reset, is now seven.

Justin Allgaier Led the O'Reilly Series by 229 Points. The Reset Left Him 25, at a Track Where He Has Never Won in the Fall.

Jack Beckett·September 5, 2026

Justin Allgaier ended the regular season 229 points clear. The Chase reset left him 25 ahead of teammate Carson Kvapil going into Saturday's Fleetio 200 at Darlington, where Allgaier has four spring wins and none in the fall.

Corey Day

2026 Season: NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Corey Day: Driver Profile

2026 Season

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2026 Dover Win

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Coverage (9 articles)

Corey Day Wins Las Vegas After Late Duel With Kvapil

Sheldon Creed Led the Last Three Laps at Bristol and Won. He Takes an 11-Point Chase Lead to Las Vegas.

Jesse Love Won at Gateway. Justin Allgaier Finished 13th and Lost the Points Lead by Three.

Sheldon Creed Won the Chase Opener at Darlington. Justin Allgaier's Lead Went From 25 Points to Seven.

Justin Allgaier Led the O'Reilly Series by 229 Points. The Reset Left Him 25, at a Track Where He Has Never Won in the Fall.

The O'Reilly Series Chase Opens at Darlington Saturday Night: The Race, the Field and the Track

Carson Kvapil Had Never Won a Race. On Saturday His Own Team Finished Second, Third and Fourth.

JR Motorsports Is One Top-10 From a Record That Has Stood Since 2010

Justin Allgaier wins a wreck-filled Focused Health 250 at Atlanta, pushing his O'Reilly Series lead to 240

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