The sixth race of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200, is done and dusted. The race started at 5:30 pm ET on Saturday, March 21, and lasted for one hour, 47 minutes, and nine seconds. It took place at the Darlington Raceway, with a total of 38 entries.
Driving the #7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, Justin Allgaier secured his second win of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season at Darlington.
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Allgaier benefitted from a poor pit stop by the dominant driver of the day, Kyle Larson, and seized the lead from Brandon Jones on the last restart with 15 laps to go and then held off Jones to the finish line in P1.
The 39-year-old driver from Springfield, Illinois, led the final 31 laps and crossed the finish line by a margin of 0.578 seconds ahead of Jones to take the checkered flag. It marked Allgaier’s 30th NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts win of his career.
Meanwhile, Brandon Jones finished runner-up, followed by Christopher Bell, polesitter Kyle Larson, and Carson Kvapil in the top-five. Corey Day, Sheldon Creed, Parker Retzalff, Sammy Smith, and Sam Mayer completed the top 10.
Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 saw six lead changes among four drivers and witnessed three caution flags.
NASCAR 2026 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 final results
Here are the final results for 2026 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway:
- #7 – Justin Allgaier
- #20 – Brandon Jones
- #19 – Christopher Bell
- #88 – Kyle Larson
- #1 – Carson Kvapil
- #17 – Corey Day
- #00 – Sheldon Creed
- #99 – Parker Retzalff
- #8 – Sammy Smith
- #41 – Sam Mayer
- #2 – Jesse Love
- #96 – Anthony Alfredo
- #39 – Ryan Sieg
- #9 – Ross Chastain
- #54 – Taylor Gray
- #25 – Nick Sanchez
- #18 – William Sawalich
- #44 – Brennan Poole
- #51 – Jeremy Clements
- #07 – Josh Bilicki
- #26 – Dean Thompson
- #24 – Harrison Burton
- #32 – Rajah Caruth
- #92 – Josh Williams
- #5 – JJ Yeley
- #27 – Jeb Burton
- #0 – Garrett Smithley
- #87 – Austin Green
- #48 – Patrick Staropoli
- #31 – Blaine Perkins
- #55 – Joey Gase
- #02 – Ryan Ellis
- #30 – Myatt Snider
- #42 – Nathan Byrd
- #21 – Austin Hill
- #45 – Lavar Scott
- #28 – Kyle Sieg
- #91 – Alex Labbe
Catch NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams and drivers next at Martinsville Speedway for the seventh race of the season next Saturday.
Edited by Yash Soni










