With a hearty shove from William Byron on the race’s last restart, Justin Allgaier obtained to the lead of Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence race at Pocono Raceway and did not relinquish it over the ultimate two laps to attain the win.
Allgaier was beside Sam Mayer on the entrance row the final restart of the afternoon, however Mayer fell again after his Haas Manufacturing unit Workforce teammate, Sheldon Creed, made an aggressive three-wide transfer for the lead that allowed Allgaier to scoot away.
The victory is the series-leading fifth of 2026 for Allgaier, his first at Pocono and the thirty third of his NOAPS profession. Allgaier additionally prolonged his factors lead over Jesse Love, who crashed on Lap 1 with Corey Day Saturday and completed thirty seventh, to 250 factors.
JR Motorsports additionally has 11 victories by the primary 17 races of the 2026 O’Reilly Sequence season.
“To begin with, I gotta say an enormous thanks to William Byron,” Allgaier advised CW Sports activities. “So pleased with this race group. This season has been particular. We will rejoice this one tonight.”
Allgaier has now received 5 races in a season for the second time in his profession and the primary time since 2018.
Notable outcomes
Brent Crews nipped Byron on the checkered flag for second, whereas Mayer and Creed ending fourth and fifth, respectively. Anthony Alfredo, Rajah Caruth, Brandon Jones, Connor Zilisch and Carson Kvapil accomplished the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embody Cole Custer in twelfth, Parker Retzlaff in fifteenth, Jeremy Clements in sixteenth, Taylor Grey in seventeenth and William Sawalich in twenty first.
Grey received Stage 1, with Crews successful Stage 2. Solely 27 drivers completed the race, with 11 ending it behind the wall attributable to mechanical failures or crashes.
There are seven races left within the O’Reilly Sequence common season going into the June 20 race at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego.
All quotations obtained firsthand until in any other case famous
