After five runner-up finishes in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, it was finally Carson Kvapil‘s day.
Kvapil held off a hard-charging Justin Allgaier to win his first career NOAPS race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Pennzoil 250 on July 25.
“It’s very emotional,” Kvapil told The CW broadcast after claiming his first win. “On that lap backward, I just sat there and thought about the hard work I put in, me and my dad Travis, to get to this point.”
Behind Kvapil and Allgaier, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott and William Sawalich completed the top five. JR Motorsports took up the entire top four for the first time in series history.
“I’m disappointed that we ran second, we knew that short run speed was going to be a challenge all day and long run speed was where we were going to be great,” Allgaier said. “Happy for Carson, the kid’s worked his tail off to get to this point and it’s really cool to see him get his first victory.”
Brent Crews, Corey Day, Sheldon Creed, Brandon Jones and Austin Hill rounded out the top 10.
Jeremy Clements won the opening stage of the race after starting in fourth. His No. 51 car ran into issues late and he had to pit during the closing laps of the event. Clements finished 37th, three laps down.
Rajah Caruth won the second stage of the race after staying out late in the stage. He held on to the track position and claimed the green-and-white checkered flag before ultimately finishing in 22nd.
Kvapil jumped up from fifth to second in points, only trailing Allgaier.
At the Chase cut line, Sam Mayer is 29 above 13th, Crews is 13 up and Taylor Gray holds the final spot by seven points.
Sawalich is the first driver out and Caruth is 20 points behind Gray in 12th with two races remaining before The Chase begins.
Indianapolis O’Reilly Results
The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will return to action for the 23rd race of the season on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Iowa Speedway. Television coverage will begin at 5 p.m. ET and broadcast on The CW.
Michael Bellifemini joined Frontstretch in February 2026 as a contributor. Bellifemini was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University. He called Seton Hall men's and women's basketball games for their college radio station, 89.5 FM WSOU, and continues to broadcast in the area. Outside of covering NASCAR, Bellifemini is also an avid baseball, football, basketball, and hockey fan and enjoys watching different sports leagues on a daily basis.
And since Carson won, look for another round of washed up has been drivers whining that NASCAR needs to change the car, again. It happened after SVG led laps last week and it will keep happening.