Practice #1 : Rockingham Speedway
North Carolina Education Lottery 250
Rockingham Speedway , Rockingham, NC
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- Rockingham Speedway
- North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire
- Kennametal Pole Award Winner: Corey Day
- Age: 20
- Team : No 17 - HendrickCarscom Chevrolet
- Owner: Rick Hendrick
- Crew Chief: Adam Wall
- Corey Day won the Kennametal Pole Award for the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire with a lap of 22717 seconds, 148963 mph
- This is his first pole in 19 NASCAR O'Reilly Series races
- This is his first pole and fifth top-10 start in 2026
- This is his first pole in one races at Rockingham Speedway
- Jesse Love (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2026 and his second in two races at Rockingham Speedway
- Parker Retzlaff (third) posted his second top-10 start at Rockingham Speedway It is his third in eight races this season
- Brent Crews (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 250
- Margin of Victory: 0.863 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 22 Minutes 36 Seconds
- Average Speed: 98.878
- Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
- Lead Changes: 8
- Green Flag Passes: N/A
- Rockingham Speedway
- North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire
- Race Winner: William Sawalich
- Age: 19
- Team : No 18 - Soundgear Toyota
- Owner: Joe Gibbs
- Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
- William Sawalich won the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Presented by Black's Tire, his first victory in 42 O'Reilly Series races
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Rockingham Speedway
- Brandon Jones (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Rockingham Speedway It is his third top-10 finish in 2026
- Justin Allgaier (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Rockingham Speedway
- Lavar Scott (15th) was the highest finishing rookie
- Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 126 points over Jesse Love
