Race Recap NASCAR Trucks
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Fri, Jul 31, 2026Round 3
Photo Finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Cowell Edges Richard Modrich by +0.157s
Race at a Glance
Field Size
35
Laps
102
Avg Lap Time
38.712
Cautions
4
Caution Laps
12
Lead Changes
16
Clean Runners
6
Lead Lap Finishers
20
Margin
+0.157s
Winner Spotlight
CustomBrandon Cowell
P1 Finish
Round 3 of the OGRL Old Guy Racing League Trucks Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway delivered exactly the kind of chaos a 1.5-mile superspeedway can produce, with 16 lead changes across 102 laps and four caution periods combining for 12 laps under yellow. When the checkered flag flew, it was #85 Brandon Cowell standing in victory lane — his third win of the season in the series — after climbing 17 positions from his P18 starting spot to steal the win with 10 laps led at the decisive moment. Cowell's run was the product of patience and sharp pit strategy in a race where the front of the field never stayed settled for long.
The driver who did the most work at the front was #71 Richard Modrich, who paced the field for 57 of 102 laps from his P3 starting position. Modrich's #71 truck had the raw speed to contend all night, and a runner-up result — the strongest of his season in the series — pulls him to 37 points in the standings, six back of Cowell. Completing the podium was #6 Caleb Pocock, who charged from P13 to finish third, leading six laps along the way despite carrying six incidents on his sheet. Pocock sits tied at 36 points in the standings alongside Charlie Stutzman after this result. #16 Mitchell Williams, who started on the front row in P2, faded to fifth by race's end, while pole sitter #53 Jason Pick led five laps early but fell back to ninth at the finish after losing eight positions from where he started.
The hard charger award at Las Vegas belonged to #21 Mark Osier without question. Buried in P32 at the green flag, Osier's night looked like a salvage mission before it even began — but the #21 crew delivered a 24-position gain to come home eighth, collecting 29 points and doing so with only three incidents across 102 laps. That kind of disciplined execution from the back of the pack is exactly the performance that keeps a driver relevant in the points conversation despite a rough qualifying effort. Six drivers across the 35-car field finished with a clean sheet of zero incidents, underscoring just how difficult the Las Vegas surface can be when the field is running deep into the night.
In the standings, Cowell's win pushes him to 43 points and gives him a six-point cushion over Modrich heading into Round 4. But the group chasing them is dense — Stutzman and Pocock are tied at 36, with Ricky Riley lurking at 35 despite a difficult P27 finish tonight that cost him 21 positions from where he started. Five drivers are separated by just eight points behind Cowell, meaning a single race result can reshuffle the entire order. The title fight in the OGRL Trucks Series is very much alive, and Las Vegas has only tightened the pressure on everyone in the top five.
Top Movers
Mark Osier21
▲ +24Christopher Harrington77
▲ +18Brandon Cowell85
▲ +17Finishing Order
| Finish | Start | +/- | Car # | Driver | Inc | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | +17 | 85 | Brandon Cowell | 0x | 41 |
| 2 | 3 | +1 | 71 | Richard Modrich | 0x | 37 |
| 3 | 13 | +10 | 6 | Caleb Pocock | 6x | 36 |
| 4 | 7 | +3 | 67 | Levi Wolfe | 6x | 33 |
| 5 | 2 | -3 | 16 | Mitchell Williams | 6x | 33 |
| 6 | 9 | +3 | 97 | William Bowman | 4x | 31 |
| 7 | 19 | +12 | 52 | Randy Coryer | 8x | 30 |
| 8 | 32 | +24 | 21 | Mark Osier | 3x | 29 |
| 9 | 1 | -8 | 53 | Jason Pick | 0x | 29 |
| 10 | 16 | +6 | 48 | Andrew Schroeder | 6x | 27 |
| 11 | 8 | -3 | 24 | Javier Zapata | 8x | 26 |
| 12 | 11 | -1 | 41 | Patrick Rawicz | 0x | 25 |
| 13 | 24 | +11 | 8 | James Santoyo | 11x | 25 |
| 14 | 21 | +7 | 72 | Clyde Cunfer | 0x | 24 |
| 15 | 33 | +18 | 77 | Christopher Harrington | 10x | 23 |
| 16 | 30 | +14 | 9 | Bentley Mcfarland | 4x | 22 |
| 17 | 10 | -7 | 15 | Michael Boone | 6x | 21 |
| 18 | 5 | -13 | 5 | Rick Sanchez | 4x | 20 |
| 19 | 22 | +3 | 14 | Marc Dumont | 6x | 18 |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | Andrew B Jones | 4x | 18 |
| 21 | 27 | +6 | 117 | Richard Leclerc | 4x | 16 |
| 22 | 29 | +7 | 816 | Hays Boughan | 4x | 15 |
| 23 | 15 | -8 | 62 | Charles L Sanchez | 9x | 14 |
| 24 | 34 | +10 | 13 | Jayson Hall | 0x | 13 |
| 25 | 26 | +1 | 295 | Rick Hughes | 10x | 12 |
| 26 | 17 | -9 | 82 | Jeff Simmons | 8x | 11 |
| 27 | 6 | -21 | 17 | Ricky Riley | 4x | 11 |
| 28 | 23 | -5 | 31 | Scott Carlson | 14x | 9 |
| 29 | 4 | -25 | 93 | Brent Just | 6x | 8 |
| 30 | 14 | -16 | 00 | Derek Rice | 4x | 7 |
| 31 | 12 | -19 | 18 | Charlie Stutzman | 8x | 7 |
| 32 | 31 | -1 | 066 | Dave Harrington | 4x | 5 |
| 33 | 35 | +2 | 51 | Ryan Hinshaw | 6x | 4 |
| 34 | 28 | -6 | 11 | Pernell Hanelt | 7x | 3 |
| 35 | 25 | -10 | 07 | Michael Hayes | 2x | 2 |


