The 20-year-old Day from Clovis, California, enters Rockingham with high momentum as he is reeling off a six-race top-10 streak to commence his first O'Reilly campaign.
The 2024 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Riverton, Illinois, was awarded the pole position for Saturday's event at Martinsville due to rain canceling Friday's qualifying session.
Crew chief Patrick Donahue, car chief Dillon Bassett and engineer Morgan Olsen have been barred for the next four O'Reilly events due to fallen ballast from Patrick Staropoli's No. 48 entry during this past weekend's event at Sin City.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, went from seventh to first during a 47-lap dash that enabled him to achieve his first NASCAR victory of the 2026 season in Sin City.
The 22-year-old Mayer from Franklin, Wisconsin, clocked in a singe-qualifying pole-winning lap at 183.287 mph in 29.462 seconds for his second O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole of 2026 at Sin City.
The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series began its western swing this past weekend in the desert at Phoenix Raceway, the first race there since the championship finale back in November.
The 2024 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Riverton, Illinois, rallied from a slow pit service prior to the final stage to notch his first O'Reilly victory of 2026 at Phoenix.
