The 28-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led a race-high 103 of 163 laps and survived a two-lap shootout to notch two consecutive victories at his home track.
Hendrick Motorsports and Kaulig Racing were sanctioned L2-level penalties for unapproved modifications pertaining to the hood louvers from their respective vehicles.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, is set to achieve a milestone start in his ninth full-time season as a competitor in NASCAR's premier series.
The 25-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led 64 of 317 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in two late-race restarts, including one in overtime, to fend off teammate Kyle Larson and nab second consecutive Cup victory in the desert valley.
The 18-year-old Smith from Johnston, Iowa, led a race-high 92 of 200-scheduled laps and fended off teammate Ryan Truex en route to his first Xfinity career win in his 13th series start.
The 28-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led three times for 19 of 200-scheduled laps, including the final two as he tracked and overtook rookie Chandler Smith prior to the final lap for his second Xfinity victory of the 2023 season.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Olive Branch, Mississippi, led the final 10 of 212 over-scheduled laps to become the 42nd different competitor to win the Great American Race.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 31 of 65 laps and went from sixth to first during a five-lap shootout to record his first O'Reilly victory of 2026 in Austin.
For the second straight and the third time in five years, Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 DEX Team Penske Chevrolet will start the season-opening race, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, from the pole position.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane van Gisbergen takes JR Motorsports to Victory Lane for his fifth career O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win and first at NASCAR at COTA.
Scott McLaughlin helped Team Penske put memories of a tough 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season into the rearview mirror Saturday by starting 2026 with the NTT P1 Award for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Brent Crews (sixth) and William Sawalich (seventh) earned top 10 finishes in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
