NASCAR O’Reilly Series race results from Circuit of the Americas
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series drivers are on the grid in Austin, Texas. They’re set for the green flag at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
View COTA race results for the NASCAR O’Reilly Series below.
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Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen set the front row. 65 laps of stock car racing are up next…
COTA – O’Reilly
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 20 (1-20 / 65)
Green flag, they three wide for the lead into turn one. Shane van Gisbergen pops out with the lead.
Lap 6, Zilisch has a run on van Gisbergen into turn one. He clears him, Zilisch to the lead!
3 to go in stage one, van Gisbergen leans on the bumper of Zilisch and he takes the lead away. Both of them head to the pit lane to flip the stage.
Austin Hillk stays out and he wins stage one at Circuit of the Americas!
COTA Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Austin Hill; 2. Sam Mayer; 3. Justin Allgaier; 4. Brandon Jones; 5. Jesse Love; 6. Carson Kvapil; 7. Corey Day; 8. Austin Green; 9. Rajah Caruth; 10. Shane van Gisbergen
COTA – O’Reilly
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 20 (21-40 / 65)
Hill heads for the pit lane with the rest of the field. Shane van Gisbergen cycles back to the race lead.
Green flag on stage two, they form three wide for the lead into turn one. Brent Crews rubs doors and he leads into turn two.
Lap 29, van Gisbergen is on the bumper of Crews. He dives inside, van Gisbergen reclaims the lead!
6 to go in stage two, Baltazae Leguizamon is in the turn one tire barrier. The caution is out.
Shane van Gisbergen and most of the leaders head for the pit lane. Sam Mayer wins the race to the pit exit. Carson Kvapil and seven others stay out. Slow stop for Zilisch as the teams repairs damage.
Green, Kvapil leads into turn one as Mayer makes it three wide behind him. Mayer climbs to 2nd by turn two. Mayer pulls alongside Kvapil and he clears his with ease on new tires.
Sam Mayer wins stage two at COTA!
COTA Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Sam Mayer; 2. Justin Allgaier; 3. Carson Kvapil; 4. Jesse Love; 5. Shane van Gisbergen; 6. Austin Hill; 7. Sammy Smith; 8. Brandon Jones; 9. Ross Chastain; 10. Ryan Sieg
COTA – O’Reilly
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 25 (41-65 / 65)
Green flag on stage three, Mayer leads Love out of turn one. Love looks inside of Mayer in the battle for the lead. Shane van Gisbergen makes it a three wide battle! van Gisbergen jumps from 3rd to 1st in one corner.
10 to go, van Gisbergen leads Love by 1.8 seconds.
9 to go, Sage Karam is off track and stalled in the sand. The caution is out.
Shane van Gisbergen leads most of the leaders to the pit lane. Sammy Smith wins the race to the pit exit. Nick Sanchez and four others stay out.
Green, Sanchez throws a block. They form four wide for the lead. Sam Mayer has the lead but he runs wide. Shane van Gisbergen clears them all and takes the lead by turn two.
4 to go, Harrison Burton spins in front of the field, no caution. Sam Mayer misses the braking zone and finds the tire barrier. Rajah Caruth is collected, no caution.
3 to go, Connor Zilisch has climbed to 5th. Corey Day clips him in the right rear and sends him into the barrier, no caution.
Shane van Gisbergen wins at Circuit of the Americas!
COTA
Race Results
February 28, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Pos | Driver
1. Shane van Gisbergen
2. Austin Hill
3. Sammy Smith
4. Jesse Love
5. Corey Day
6. Brent Crews
7. William Sawalich
8. Justin Allgaier
9. Ross Chastain
10. Brennan Poole
11. Sheldon Creed
12. Taylor Gray
13. Alex Labbe
14. Sam Mayer
15. Brandon Jones
16. Ryan Sieg
17. Blaine Perkins
18. Jeb Burton
19. Carson Kvapil
20. Patrick Staropoli
21. Connor Zilisch
22. Lavar Scott
23. Anthony Alfredo
24. Kyle Sieg
25. Nick Sanchez
26. Dean Thompson
27. Preston Pardus
28. JJ Yeley
29. Harrison Burton
30. Parker Retzlaff
31. Rajah Caruth
32. Jeremy Clements
33. Austin Green
34. Ryan Ellis
35. Sage Karam
36. Josh Bilicki
37. Baltazar Leguizamon
38. Austin J Hill
NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Austin Hill
154
2. Jesse Love
-28
3. Justin Allgaier
-39
4. Sheldon Creed
-48
5. Carson Kvapil
-59
6. Rajah Caruth
-64
7. Sammy Smith
-68
8. Corey Day
-68
9. Parker Retzlaff
-73
10. Sam Mayer
-76
11. Brandon Jones
-81
12. Brennan Poole
-84
