MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA

RACE RECAP

Justin Allgaier won the MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA at Pocono Raceway after taking the lead for good on a restart with two laps remaining. William Byron pushed Allgaier clear on the final restart, and Allgaier beat Brent Crews by 0.607 seconds for his fifth O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win of 2026.

The race was chaotic even by Pocono standards, with 18 lead changes, 10 cautions, 39 yellow-flag laps and a red flag for cleanup. Taylor Gray led 24 laps and won Stage 1 before late trouble dropped him to 17th. Crews won Stage 2 and finished second, while Byron, Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed completed the top five.

Allgaier led a race-high 35 laps and scored 64.5 FantasyJolt points. The perfect lineup paired him with Rajah Caruth, Anthony Alfredo, Parker Retzlaff and Dean Thompson for 330.45 points on $49 salary.

Caruth was the slate's key value, climbing from 26th to seventh with Stage 2 points. Alfredo added a sixth-place finish at an $8 salary, while Retzlaff and Thompson turned lower-salary stage and laps-led scraps into perfect-lineup value.

BY THE NUMBERS

Lead Changes

Leaders

10/39

Cautions / Laps

DNFs

.607

Margin of Victory

99.032

Avg MPH

2:31:28

Race Time

Stage Winners

S1Taylor Gray

S2Brent Crews

Caution Breakdown

1L2–65L#2, 17 Incident Turn 1

2L9–113L#0, 18, 21, 39, 42 Incident Frontstretch

3L19–224LPossible Fluid On TrackLD #39

4L26–305L#1, 18 Incident Turn 1 / Stage 1 Conclusion

5L39–413L#92, 44, 48 Incident Turn 3

6L43–453L#38, 44 Incident Turn 2LD #48

7L52–565LStage 2 ConclusionLD #87

8L84–874L#38, 19 Incident Frontstretch

9L89–924L#8, 54, 88, 96 Incident Turn 2

10L96–983L#27, 45, 91 Incident Turn 3 [Red Flag: 00:07:31]

KEY TAKEAWAYS

01Justin Allgaier won by 0.607 seconds for his fifth O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory of 2026.

02Allgaier led a race-high 35 laps and took the lead for good on a restart with two laps remaining.

03The Pocono race had 18 lead changes, 10 cautions, 39 caution laps and a red flag for cleanup.

04Brent Crews won Stage 2 and finished second, passing William Byron on the final corner.

05The perfect FantasyJolt lineup used Allgaier, Rajah Caruth, Anthony Alfredo, Parker Retzlaff and Dean Thompson for 330.45 points.

VALUE PICKS

5.3

pts/$

Blaine Perkins$4

P20

4.75

pts/$

Anthony Alfredo$8

P6S2:P9

4.30

pts/$

Justin Allgaier$15

P1S1:P4S2:P2Led:35

4.20

pts/$

Rajah Caruth$10

P7S2:P4

4.11

pts/$

Sam Mayer$13

P4S1:P2S2:P7Led:14

BUSTS

0.2

pts/$

Corey Day$14

P38

0.31

pts/$

Jesse Love$13

P37

1.54

pts/$

Ryan Sieg$10

P26Led:4

1.80

pts/$

Nicholas Sanchez$10

P23

1.82

pts/$

William Sawalich$11

P21

PERFECT LINEUP

Optimal 5-driver roster for this race

Salary

$49/50

Avg Finish

P8.4

Total Points

330.45

Group	Driver	Salary	Finish	Led	Bonus	Pts
A	Justin Allgaier	$15	1	35	+16 S1:7 S2:9	129.00 2 × 64.50
B	Rajah Caruth	$10	7	0	+7 S2:7	73.50 1.75 × 42.00
C	Anthony Alfredo	$8	6	0	+2 S2:2	57.00 1.5 × 38.00
D	Parker Retzlaff	$9	15	2	+8 S2:8	42.75 1.25 × 34.20
E	Dean Thompson	$7	13	2	0	28.20 1 × 28.20