O'Reilly Auto Parts Series StatChat 2026 - Bristol
- Adam Carabine
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By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Bristol, Tennessee for the Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Bristol is a 0.533-mile short track oval, with a concrete surface and heavy banking in the corners. The track was built in 1961, and has been a staple on the O’Reilly Series calendar since its inception in 1982. Phil Parsons won the first O’Reilly Series race there that same year. Aric Almirola won the most recent race at Bristol last fall, and Kyle Larson won it in the spring last year.
Tomorrow’s race will be 300 laps long (for a total of 159.9 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 85 – 170 – 300. Pit road speed is 30 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 35 mph. The fuel window is 160-175 laps, but tire wear will likely cause more frequent pit stops.
This year, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has run 1,395 laps, for 1,771.46 miles so far. No driver has completed 100% of all laps, but Jesse Love and Brennan Poole are each 2 laps down.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Bristol:
Harrison Burton | 9.43 over 7 races |
Justin Allgaier | 10.89 over 27 races (2 wins) |
Jesse Love | 11.67 over 3 races |
Sam Mayer | 12.00 over 7 races |
Brandon Jones | 12.06 over 18 races |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Bristol:
Austin Green | 34.50 over 2 races |
Dean Thompson | 32.50 over 2 races |
Josh Bilicki | 29.83 over 6 races |
Blaine Perkins | 28.50 over 4 races |
Ryan Ellis | 27.00 over 7 races |
Bristol is a Short Track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Justin Allgaier | 12.12 over 161 races (13 wins) |
Harrison Burton | 12.19 over 36 races (1 win) |
Taylor Gray | 12.92 over 16 races (1 win) |
Jesse Love | 13.36 over 22 races (1 win) |
Brandon Jones | 13.43 over 103 races (2 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Josh Bilicki | 30.06 over 32 races |
Austin Green | 28.63 over 7 races |
Blaine Perkins | 27.04 over 33 races |
Ryan Ellis | 26.12 over 50 races |
Kyle Sieg | 25.88 over 35 races |
Kyle Busch is the winningest driver in this series at Bristol, having scored 9 wins. Kevin Harvick had 5, and Morgan Shepherd had 4. Justin Allgaier leads current drivers with 2 wins.
Drivers who ran their first O’Reilly’s Series race at Bristol:
Harrison Burton | 2019 – P10 |
Drivers who earned their first O’Reilly’s Series win at Bristol:
Justin Allgaier | 43rd Career O’Reilly’s Start |
Drivers whose most recent O’Reilly Series Victory was at Bristol:
No one | -- |
Notable drivers who have not won at Bristol:
Austin Hill | (has won at 7 other tracks) |
Sam Mayer | (has won at 6 other tracks) |
Brandon Jones | (has won at 4 other tracks) |
Harrison Burton | (has won at 4 other tracks) |
Sammy Smith | (has won at 3 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, no driver lists Bristol as their BEST or WORST track.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2025
Justin Allgaier | +477 pts |
Sheldon Creed | +316 pts |
William Sawalich | +203 pts |
Sammy Smith | +177 pts |
Jesse Love | +108 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025
Nick Sanchez | -473 pts |
Sam Mayer | -373 pts |
Harrison Burton | -371 pts |
Dean Thompson | -228 pts |
Kyle Sieg | -144 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Justin Allgaier | 6.63 |
Sheldon Creed | 7.50 |
Sammy Smith | 9.13 |
Jesse Love | 9.50 |
Parker Retzlaff | 12.38 |
William Sawalich | 17.50 |
Blaine Perkins | 22.63 |
Dean Thompson | 23.00 |
Worst Career Year
Kyle Sieg | 27.88 |
Ryan Ellis | 27.50 |
Nick Sanchez | 26.57 |
Jeremy Clements | 26.13 |
Harrison Burton | 24.25 |
Sam Mayer | 20.38 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
Patrick Staropoli | 119 |
Lavar Scott | 98 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Chevrolet | 419 |
Toyota | 247 |
Ford | 120 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
JR Motorsports | 373 |
RCR | 271 |
Haas Factory | 255 |
Joe Gibbs | 244 |
Hendrick | 225 |
Viking | 208 |
Jordan Anderson | 194 |
RSS Racing | 179 |
Alpha Prime | 162 |
Sam Hunt | 147 |
SS-Green Light | 129 |
Big Machine | 119 |
DGM | 119 |
Young’s | 109 |
Jeremy Clements | 88 |
Peterson | 83 |
Hettinger | 78 |
AM Racing | 75 |
Barrett-Cope | 50 |
Joey Gase | 13 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
Milestone Watch
Sheldon Creed | Looking for his 40th Career Top 5 |
Jesse Love | Looking for his 20th Career Top 5 |
Taylor Gray | Looking for his 10th Career Top 5 |
Jeb Burton | Looking for his 50th Career Top 10 |
Harrison Burton | Looking for his 60th Career Top 10 |
Justin Allgaier | Looking for his 310th Career Top 10 |
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Jeremy Clements | 117 races |
Jeb Burton | 98 races |
Harrison Burton | 75 races |
Sammy Smith | 31 races |
Nick Sanchez | 23 races |
Sam Mayer | 19 races |
Brandon Jones | 13 races |
Taylor Gray | 9 races |
Jesse Love | 8 races |
Austin Hill | 7 races |
The race begins Saturday, April 11th at 7:30 pm EST (4:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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