2026 MillerTech Battery 250

The 2026 MillerTech Battery 250 Presented By KOA was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race held on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Pocono Raceway in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. Contested over 100 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0km) oval, it was the 17th race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 11th running of the event.

Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, pulled off a dominant performance, leading a race-high 35 laps and holding off the field on the final restart to earn his 33rd career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his fifth of the season. With his win, Allgaier also clinched a spot into the Chase. Taylor Gray led 24 laps and won the first stage, and Brent Crews won stage two, leading 9 laps. Crews finished second, and William Byron finished third. Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top five, while Anthony Alfredo, Rajah Caruth, Brandon Jones, Connor Zilisch, and Carson Kvapil rounded out the top ten.

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Background

Pocono Raceway is a 2.5-mile (4.0km) oval speedway located in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1970s. Nicknamed "The Tricky Triangle", the speedway has three distinct corners and is known for high speeds along its lengthy straightaways.

From 1982 to 2019, the circuit had two NASCAR (often with ARCA in each) race weekends. Then in 2020, the circuit was reduced to just one race meeting while having two races. The first race was moved over to World Wide Technology Raceway which is near St. Louis starting in 2022.

MillerTech Battery, who sponsored the Craftsman Truck Series race in 2025, was announced as title sponsor on January 29, 2026.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, June 13, at 10:30 AM EST, and lasted for 50 minutes.

Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.902 seconds, and a speed of 163.928 miles per hour (263.817km/h).

Practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 13, at 11:35 AM EST. Standard intermediate track qualifying was in effect, although at Pocono, a hybrid road course qualifying rule was used. The timing line was set in the North Straight, exiting Turn 2, where cars exited pit road, drove two-thirds of a lap, then took the green flag at the timing line exiting Turn 2, and completing their lap there the next time by. Teams then immediately pitted the car, meaning only two laps were run. In addition, up to three cars could be at the track at one time, separated by considerable intervals (about 20 seconds) to ensure drafting was prohibited.

Brandon Jones, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 54.686 seconds, and a speed of 164.576 miles per hour (264.859km/h).

No drivers failed to qualify.

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 25

Stage Two Laps: 25

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 50

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 18 among 10 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 10 for 39 laps
• Red flags: 1
• Time of race: 2 hours, 31 minutes and 28 seconds
• Average speed: 99.032 miles per hour (159.377km/h)

Standings after the race