Charbroil 300

May 23Charlotte Motor Speedway200 Laps

RACE RECAP

Ross Chastain won a Charbroil 300 that looked less like a 300-mile race than a survival test. The race was stopped twice by rain and ultimately called after 91 of 200 scheduled laps, with Chastain in front after winning the second stage. Before the stoppage, he drove through fluid in Turn 1, brushed the outside wall and kept enough speed in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to stay ahead of Jesse Love.

Chastain started 14th and led 28 laps for his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win since 2019, his first at Charlotte and the third of his career. He did it on a night when most of the expected rhythm disappeared. Rain washed out practice and qualifying earlier in the day, then a four-hour delay split the race itself. When Dawson Cram's No. 35 put fluid on the track on Lap 73, eight cars slid through the oil, including the eventual winner.

Love finished second for Richard Childress Racing, with Austin Hill third, William Sawalich fourth and Corey Day fifth. Connor Zilisch won Stage 1 and finished sixth. Justin Allgaier led 36 laps from the pole but finished 29th, while Sam Mayer, Brent Crews and Harrison Burton were all knocked out by mid-race incidents before the rain had the final word.

BY THE NUMBERS

14
Lead Changes
7
Leaders
6/54
Cautions / Laps
6
DNFs
Under Caution
Margin of Victory
159.48
Avg MPH
1:52:52
Race Time
Stage Winners
S1Connor Zilisch
S2Ross Chastain
Caution Breakdown
1L3โ€“119L#24 spin turn 4
2L27โ€“3711LCompetition caution [Red Flag: Lap 34, 4:21:59]
3L47โ€“515LStage 1 Completion
4L53โ€“586L#19, 20, 24 incident turn 2
5L62โ€“665L#41 incident turn 2
6L74โ€“9118LPossible fluid on the track

KEY TAKEAWAYS

01Chastain's first O'Reilly win since 2019 came through survival rather than clean-air dominance.
02The Lap 73 fluid incident changed the complexion of the race and put eight cars into trouble.
03Jesse Love converted a 17th-place start into second and gained ground on a night built for mistakes.
04Allgaier led the most laps but lost the result when the race tilted from speed to attrition.
05Rain turned the Charbroil 300 from a 200-lap intermediate test into a 91-lap race of track position.

VALUE PICKS

6.0
pts/$
Car #45
Lavar Scott$4
P17
5.25
pts/$
Car #53
David Starr$4
P20
4.70
pts/$
Car #9
Ross Chastain$14
P1S1:P3S2:P1Led:28
4.62
pts/$
Car #2
Jesse Love$12
P2S1:P6S2:P2Led:4
4.37
pts/$
Car #21
Austin Hill$11
P3S2:P3Led:1

BUSTS

0.5
pts/$
Car #19
Brent Crews$13
P37S1:P9
0.71
pts/$
Car #20
Brandon Jones$14
P35S1:P7
0.77
pts/$
Car #00
Sheldon Creed$13
P32S1:P10
0.83
pts/$
Car #54
Taylor Gray$12
P31
1.02
pts/$
Car #41
Sam Mayer$12
P36S1:P5Led:12