LEBANON – Justin Allgaier now has a trio of Gibson Guitar trophies after winning the NASCAR Nashville O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race for the second straight year with a late pass of Brent Crews on May 30.
It was Allgaier’s third career win at Nashville in the series. He also won in 2022.
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William Sawalich finished third, Sam Mayer was fourth, and Brandon Jones was fifth in the Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 at Nashville Superspeedway.
O’REILLY NASHVILLE RACE RESULTS: Who won NASCAR O’Reilly Series Nashville race? Winner is Justin Allgaier, plus full results
It was Allgaier’s fourth win of the season in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. He won back-to-back earlier in the 2026 season at Darlington and Martinsville and at Phoenix before that.
“Justin’s just incredible,” JR Motorsports co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “He seems to get better and better with every race. We’ve raced with Justin for so long. I’ve always felt like Justin was steady, dependable, and always uniquely one of our better cars every single race.”
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It was JR Motorsports’ 10th win in 16 races this season.
Allgaier, 39, in his 17th full-time O’Reilly Series season, led after the second stage and then moved back ahead of Crews, with 19 laps left.
“If I could figure out why I’m so good at Nashville, I’d figure out how to do it at every race,” Allgaier said. “Since the very first race here (2009), I fell in love with this racetrack. It dropped off the schedule for a long time. Obviously, getting Nashville back on the schedule, this is one of those places I circle every year.”
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With the success Allgaier has had on the 1.33-mile concrete track at Nashville, it appears at times not to take much for him to win. But that is not the case.
“Everything about this place is so much fun, but it’s not an easy racetrack,” Allgaier said. “I was sitting in the car in victory lane tonight, and I had to take a minute because I was exhausted. It takes everything out of you.”
Crews never backed off as he was racing for his first win. He made contact in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with Allgaier in the last five laps, trying to pull back in front.
“That was probably the most fun I’ve had in a race without winning,” Crews said. ” I just wanted to race him hard at the end, and that’s what I did.”
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It was Allgaier’s 32nd career win in the O’Reilly Series. This is the quickest Allgaier has reached four wins in a season in his career.
Allgaier also moved into sixth place and ahead of Jack Ingram on the all-time O’Reilly Series career wins list. He is now five wins behind Carl Edwards in fifth.
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