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Sheldon Creed Wins 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Opener
Sheldon Creed Wins 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase Opener
Sheldon Creed celebrates a long-awaited win at one of his favorite tracks and says the victory gives his team momentum to make a championship run. Click here to watch Sheldon's interview.
DARLINGTON, S.C. – It took 138 races for Sheldon Creed to finally claim his first career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at EchoPark Speedway this February. On Saturday night, he earned his second trophy – and the timing couldn’t be better, with the Californian opening the nine-race Chase presented by Mobil 1 with a visit to Victory Lane in the Fleetio 200 at Darlington Raceway.
Creed took the lead after his crew delivered a fast pit stop, putting his No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet in front of the field for a restart with 49 laps remaining. The 2020 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champ took it from there and held the lead all the way to the checkered flag, crossing the finish line 2.961 seconds ahead of Hendrick Motorsports rookie Corey Day, who also turned in an impressive effort in the Chase opener.
Over his career, Creed has been especially good at the famed 1.366-mile Darlington oval known as the track “Too Tough to Tame.” His work Saturday was his seventh top-10 finish in nine Darlington starts. He was runner-up here in 2022 and earned two truck race wins here in 2021.
“I’ve wanted this O’Reilly win here and to finally get that is incredible,” Creed, 29, said, acknowledging his team tried a different strategy early in the race that got him close enough to the front to benefit from the clutch pit stop.
“It ended up working out well, and was able to get second and the pit crew did a great job getting us out in the lead. Was able to control it from there. Was just praying for no cautions. Very thankful.”
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“Still a long way to go but need to keep finishing toward the front and scoring every point we can,” Creed said.
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*Excerpted from NASCAR Wire Service Press Release. See below for full release.
Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service. (2026, September 5). Sheldon Creed wins O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase opener at Darlington [Press Release]. https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2026/09/05/2026-oreilly-auto-parts-series-darlington-chase-recap-results/
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