Justin Allgaier scores his second win of the season at Darlington Raceway

Justin Allgaier won the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 on Saturday at Darlington Raceway.
Justin Allgaier won the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 on Saturday at Darlington Raceway.

The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series visited Darlington Raceway on Saturday evening in the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200. Kyle Larson started the race on the pole, with Christopher Bell starting second.

Kyle Larson dominated the majority of the race, leading a race-high 107 laps and sweeping both stages. The only on-track caution that happened in this race came on lap 124 when Kyle Sieg spun after making contact with Dean Thompson in the backstretch, which also involved Austin Hill, Alex Labbe, and Lavar Scott.

With 15 laps to go, Justin Allgaier was the new leader with Brandon Jones in second place. On the restart, Allgaier cleared Jones at the exit of Turn 2. Allgaier pulled away and went on to win the race by 0.578 seconds over Brandon Jones, who led nine laps. For Allgaier, it was his second win of the season and the 30th career O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win.

Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Carson Kvapil rounded out the top five. Corey Day, Sheldon Creed, Parker Retzlaff, Sammy Smith, and Sam Mayer completed the top ten. Check out the rest of the standings here.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series visits Martinsville Speedway next Saturday at 3:30 pm on The CW.

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