In an exhilarating battle and sumptuous show of racing between two of NASCAR’s finest, Kyle Larson held off Justin Allgaier within the closing laps to win Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Collection Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Larson opened up a lead after the race’s closing restart with lower than 20 laps to go, however Allgaier mounted a livid cost and was on Larson’s bumper all through the ultimate 10 laps.
Nevertheless, Allgaier was unable to get a ok run to make the successful transfer, with Larson holding him off to earn his nineteenth profession O’Reilly Collection win and his second of 2026.
“I actually did not assume I had an opportunity there with Justin behind me,” Larson advised CW Sports activities. “He was actually good and catching me there on that future after the inexperienced flag cease. He was simply actually good behind me and will run a whole lot of completely different lanes again there.”
“He was all the time closing on me. Because of him for racing me clear there. That was an excellent little run to the top there.”
Larson and Allgaier had beforehand traded paint early within the race underneath warning. The win is the second in a row within the O’Reilly Collection competitors for Larson.
Allgaier, Sam Mayer, Brent Crews and Parker Retzlaff rounded out the highest 5, with Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones, Jesse Love and Jeremy Clements finishing the highest 10.
Crews received the $100,000 Sprint 4 Money bonus over Creed.
Notable outcomes
Different notable finishers embody Carson Kvapil in eleventh, Sammy Smith in thirteenth, Connor Zilisch in twenty first, Austin Dillon in twenty third and Rajah Caruth in thirty fourth. Zilisch led laps in Saturday’s race however light in Stage 3 earlier than struggling a flat tire.
Saturday’s race featured three cautions inside the first 20 laps however solely two for trigger over the ultimate 180.
Allgaier leads Creed by 121 factors within the sequence standings by 12 races. The 2024 sequence champion has 9 prime fives and 10 prime 10s thus far in 2026.
