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James Gilbert\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\nDuring the final caution of Saturday\u2019s Andy\u2019s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway crew chief Andrew Overstreet radioed an encouraging message to pole winner Justin Allgaier.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing stops a hungry gator,\u201d said Overstreet, referencing Allgaier\u2019s Little Gator nickname. \u201cNot even the so-called \u2018Greatest of All-Time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
But Kyle Larson, the G.O.A.T Overstreet referenced, proved too much for Allgaier during a 17-lap green-flag run to the finish. Though Allgaier caught Larson in the closing circuits, he couldn\u2019t find a way past his JR Motorsports teammate, who won his second NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts event in four starts this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really didn\u2019t think I had a chance there with Justin behind me,\u201d said Larson, who beat Allgaier to the finish line by 0.293 seconds. \u201cHe was really good, catching me there on that long run after the (earlier) green-flag stop (on Lap 145 of 200).<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just hoping in clean air I could kind of get away, like I did the run before to start stage 3, but he was (able to get) behind me, and he could run a lot of different lanes back there, too. I was trying to do what I could to take his air away while also maintaining a good corner for myself, but he was always closing on me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to him for racing me clean\u2026 that was a great little run to the end there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory was Larson\u2019s second straight at Texas and third overall and the 18th in the series of his career.<\/p>\n
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Though Allgaier matched his best finish at Texas and increased his series lead to 121 points over second-place Sheldon Creed, the disappointment was etched in the face of the runner-up. <\/p>\n
\u201cWithout contact, I don\u2019t know if there was any way to get around him, and I tried everything I could possibly try and just unfortunately came up short,\u201d said Allgaier, a three-time winner this season. \u201cJR Motorsports 1-2, obviously that\u2019s a big deal\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m going to go back and watch this one a bunch and try to figure out what I could have done better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larson was first off pit road under caution for Rajah Caruth\u2019s crash off Turn 2 on Lap 179. Allgaier was third behind Brandon Jones and lined up behind Larson in the bottom lane for the Lap184 restart.<\/p>\n
Allgaier quickly cleared Jones and took off in pursuit of Larson, using the top lane to gain time on his teammate. Though Allgaier got to Larson\u2019s bumper in the closing laps, he was stymied in his efforts to pass for the win.<\/p>\n
Sam Mayer finished third, one spot ahead of rookie Brent Crews, who collected a $100,000 bonus as the highest-finishing eligible Dash 4 Cash driver. It was the first such payout for Crews in the final Dash 4 Cash event of the season.<\/p>\n
Parker Retzlaff came home fifth, followed by Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Jones, Jesse Love and Jeremy Clements.<\/p>\n
The race was punctuated by seven cautions (for 36 laps), the first of which was a bifurcated five-car wreck on the opening lap.<\/p>\n
James Gilbert\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u2019Nothing stops a hungry gator\u2019 except a Kyle Larson it seems. <\/p>\n
Hendrick Motorsports driver Corey Day entered the race fourth in the series standings and exited the event after a hard crash into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 1.<\/p>\n
Day started the race sixth in the outside lane and lost control near the exit of one of NASCAR\u2019s most treacherous corners.<\/p>\n
\u201cStarting outside, you\u2019ve got to run up there through the first corner,\u201d Day said. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t feel like I was faster through the corner than the guys in front of me, but I was all good, and all of a sudden I\u2019m sideways, and there\u2019s no saving it coming off of (Turn) 2 like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate it for my 17 guys. We had such a good car yesterday, and for me to go ruin it lake that on the first lap of the race, I feel terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larson led a race-high 93 laps, followed by Allgaier (54), who won the first 45-lap stage wire-to-wire. Connor Zilisch won Stage 2 before fading to 21st in the final segment.<\/p>\n
Larson, Crews and Zilisch provided a breathtaking moment on Lap 105, running three-wide through Turn 4 and bouncing off each other before Larson took the lead. Larson was amazed all three cars escaped without harm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought for sure it was going to be big,\u201d said Larson, who will race as defending NASCAR Cup Series champion in Sunday\u2019s Wurth 400 Presented by LIQUI MOLY (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).<\/p>\n
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race Results Andy’s Frozen Custard 340<\/p>\n
Texas Motor Speedway<\/p>\n
Fort Worth, Texas<\/p>\n
Saturday, May 2, 2026
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1. (3) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
2. (1) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
3. (17) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
4. (5) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n
5. (10) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
6. (11) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
7. (7) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
8. (2) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n
9. (21) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
10. (8) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
11. (14) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
12. (18) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
13. (15) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
14. (9) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
15. (16) William Sawalich, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n
16. (22) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n
17. (28) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
18. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
19. (37) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
20. (27) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n
21. (4) Connor Zilisch(i), Chevrolet, 199.<\/p>\n
22. (24) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 199.<\/p>\n
23. (20) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 199.<\/p>\n
24. (38) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 199.<\/p>\n
25. (29) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 199.<\/p>\n
26. (25) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 199.<\/p>\n
27. (33) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 198.<\/p>\n
28. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 198.<\/p>\n
29. (35) David Starr, Chevrolet, 197.<\/p>\n
30. (23) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 196.<\/p>\n
31. (32) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 194.<\/p>\n
32. (30) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 189.<\/p>\n
33. (12) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 188.<\/p>\n
34. (13) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, Accident, 180.<\/p>\n
35. (19) Austin Green, Chevrolet, Accident, 17.<\/p>\n
36. (34) Brad Perez, Chevrolet, Accident, 17.<\/p>\n
37. (6) Corey Day, Chevrolet, DVP, 1.<\/p>\n
38. (31) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, Engine, 1.<\/p>\n
Average Speed of Race Winner: 149.522 mph.<\/p>\n
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 25 Mins, 23 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.293 Seconds.<\/p>\n
Caution Flags: 7 for 36 laps.<\/p>\n
Lead Changes: 13 among 6 drivers.<\/p>\n
Lap Leaders: J. Allgaier 1-53;K. Larson(i) 54;C. Zilisch(i) 55;K. Larson(i) 56;C. Zilisch(i) 57-93;B. Crews # 94;C. Zilisch(i) 95-104;K. Larson(i) 105-144;B. Crews # 145;R. Sieg 146;R. Caruth 147-148;K. Larson(i) 149-179;J. Allgaier 180;K. Larson(i) 181-200.<\/p>\n
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Larson(i) 5 times for 93 laps; Justin Allgaier 2 times for 54 laps; Connor Zilisch(i) 3 times for 48 laps; Brent Crews # 2 times for 2 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 2 laps; Ryan Sieg 1 time for 1 lap.<\/p>\n
Stage #1 Top Ten: 7,1,88,20,19,00,41,21,51,99<\/p>\n
Stage #2 Top Ten: 1,19,7,88,41,20,99,21,00,18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the final caution of Saturday\u2019s Andy\u2019s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway crew chief Andrew Overstreet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,4386,634,8347,82],"class_list":["post-644149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kyle-larson","tag-nascar","tag-o","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}