2026 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6] | |||
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| Race 2 of 33 in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series | |||
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| Date | February 21, 2026 | ||
| Location | EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.54 miles (2.48 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 163 laps, 251.02 mi (403.98 km) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas Factory Team | ||
| Time | 31.804 | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | The CW | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Jamie McMurray, and Parker Kligerman | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman | ||
| Turn announcers | Doug Turnbull (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
The 2026 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 is an upcoming NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race that will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 163 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it will be the second race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 35th running of the event.
Report
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car races since 1992.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[7][8] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
On June 3, 2025, SMI announced the track's renaming to EchoPark Speedway under a new seven-year sponsorship deal with the Smith family-owned business, EchoPark. The renaming ended a 35-year stint under the Atlanta Motor Speedway name.[9]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 20, at 5:00 PM EST.[10] Since EchoPark Speedway is an intermediate track with superspeedway rules, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers had one lap to set a time and determined positions 11–38. The fastest ten drivers from the first round advanced to the second and final round, and whoever set the fastest time in Round 2 won the pole and determined the rest of the starting lineup.[11]
Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, qualified on pole position, having advanced from the preliminary round and set the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 31.804 seconds, and a speed of 174.318 mph (280.538 km/h).[12]
Dawson Cram was the only driver who failed to qualify.
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 1 |
Stage Two Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 1 |
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 83
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
References
- ^ "2026 schedule". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ^ "NASCAR releases 2026 schedule, adding Chicagoland and shifting All-Star to Dover". NASCAR. August 20, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
- ^ "Entry list" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ^ "Qualifying Results" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ^ "Starting Lineup" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway to re-profile track in 2022 and drivers are expressing frustration with the changes". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway track reprofile begins | NASCAR". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ Spanberg, Erik (June 3, 2025). "NASCAR track in Atlanta gets new name with Charlotte ties". Charlotte Business Journals. Archived from the original on June 3, 2025. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
- ^ "2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series EchoPark Speedway Spring Race Page". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ^ "2026 NASCAR Qualifying Procedures". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (February 20, 2026). "Sam Mayer Surprises with Pole for Haas Factory Team at EchoPark Speedway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 20, 2026.