NEWTON, Iowa — The “new” Carson Kvapil is now two-for-two.
In his first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection race since claiming his first victory July 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kvapil as soon as once more discovered his solution to victory lane—this time in two overtimes at Iowa Speedway.
Grabbing the lead from Ross Chastain on the primary time beyond regulation restart in Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 on the 0.875-mile quick observe, Kvapil held the highest spot via the second additional interval after an eight-car wreck in Flip 2 on Lap 252 worn out a handful of potential contenders.
Winless in his first 63 O’Reilly Collection begins, Kvapil has now remade himself as a contender to the sequence title with only one race remaining within the common season.
The motive force of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet heads to the Aug. 28 race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway second within the standings with a 28-point benefit over third-place Sheldon Creed, who completed fifth on Saturday.
In a race that went 10 laps past its scheduled distance of 250 laps, Kvapil crossed the completed line 0.343 seconds forward of runner-up Rajah Caruth, who took benefit of the highest lane on the ultimate restart on Lap 259 to surge into second place.
William Sawalich ran third, adopted by Chastain and Creed. Nick Sanchez, Taylor Grey, Dean Thompson, Harrison Burton and Brennan Poole accomplished the highest 10.
For sensible functions, it was the penultimate restart that determined the difficulty. Chastain, main within the high lane, spun his tires on the restart and surrendered the result in Kvapil. Behind them, the Toyota of rookie Brent Crews washed up the observe and sideswiped the No. 39 Chevrolet of pole winner Ryan Sieg, launching Sieg’s automotive into the skin wall.
Crews’ Supra then collected the No. 7 Chevrolet of Justin Allgaier, who had charged from twenty fourth to 3rd after pitting for contemporary tires on Lap 185. The following warning was the twelfth of the afternoon, tying the race document.
“I knew we had a very quick automotive,” Kvapil mentioned of the restart on Lap 252. “I knew the 7 (Allgaier) was on more energizing tires, in order that was my greatest concern there… All of it labored out. We had the restart we would have liked, and we acquired the win.”
With Kvapil in pursuit, Chastain was cruising towards his second victory of the season when Jeb Burton spun in Flip 2 to trigger the eleventh warning and ship the race to time beyond regulation.
“I believe the 9 (Chastain) in all probability had it (earlier than) the yellow got here on the market on the finish,” mentioned Kvapil, the ninth driver to earn his first two O’Reilly victories consecutively. “We had been quick operating him down there—we simply didn’t have sufficient to fill the hole.”
Three JR Motorsports drivers—Kvapil, Caruth and Chastain—completed within the high 4, marking the eightieth straight race at the very least one JRM driver has completed within the high 10, breaking a tie for the sequence document with RFK Racing (2008-2010).
The race additionally tightened the battle for the ultimate spots within the Chase. Crews and Sawalich are tied for eleventh and twelfth within the standings, the final two Chase-eligible positions. Their Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Taylor Grey, is one level again in thirteenth.
Caruth in 14th trails Crews and Sawalich by 15 factors heading to the regular-season finale at Daytona.
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection Race – Hy-Vee Perks 250
Iowa Speedway
Newton, Iowa
Saturday, August 8, 2026
(3) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 260.
(4) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 260.
(17) William Sawalich, Toyota, 260.
(2) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 260.
(6) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 260.
(14) Nick Sanchez, Chevrolet, 260.
(13) Taylor Grey, Toyota, 260.
(27) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 260.
(16) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 260.
(26) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 260.
(28) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 260.
(21) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 260.
(10) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 260.
(15) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 260.
(20) Carson Brown, Chevrolet, 260.
(18) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 260.
(9) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 260.
(22) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 260.
(19) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 260.
(25) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 260.
(23) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 260.
(34) Joey Gase, Ford, 260.
(32) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 260.
(5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 260.
(31) Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 260.
(30) Derek Lemke(i), Chevrolet, 259.
(12) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 259.
(24) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 259.
(33) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 258.
(7) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 257.
(35) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 257.
(36) Tyler Tomassi, Toyota, 256.
(1) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, Accident, 252.
(29) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, Suspension, 231.
(11) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 200.
(8) Corey Day, Chevrolet, Accident, 193.
(37) Carson Ware, Chevrolet, Accident, 164.
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