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Race Recap Elite O'Reilly Series

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Thu, Mar 12, 2026Round 5

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Traas Dominates Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Leads from Pole to Victory

Race at a Glance

Field Size

20

Laps

115

Avg Lap Time

35.655

Cautions

2

Caution Laps

6

Lead Changes

14

Clean Runners

13

Lead Lap Finishers

15

Margin

+2.109s

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Winner Spotlight

79

Jordan Traas

P1 Finish

Started: P1Finished: P1Incidents: 0
14 Lead Changes15 Lead Lap Finishers
P1
79

Jordan Traas

Started P1 • Inc 0

P2
00

Zachary Lovelace

Started P3 • Inc 0

Judson Curtis car
P3
29

Judson Curtis

Started P7 • Inc 2

Jordan Traas delivered a commanding wire-to-wire victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading all 115 laps from pole position to claim his first win of the RFRL O'Reilly Series season opener. The #79 driver maintained his advantage through two caution periods that accounted for just 6 laps, keeping Zachary Lovelace's charging #00 machine at bay throughout the race. Lovelace advanced one position from his third-place starting spot to finish second, while Judson Curtis rounded out the podium in the #29 car after climbing four positions from his seventh-place grid position despite accumulating two incidents during the 20-car race.

The race's standout performance belonged to Daniel Mcconnell, who earned hard charger honors by advancing eight positions from 15th to finish seventh in the #81 Chevrolet. Mcconnell's clean drive helped him join 12 other incident-free competitors in a race that saw relatively few on-track incidents. Jonathan Burt also impressed with a six-position gain from 12th to sixth, while Brian Sousa matched Mcconnell's eight-position improvement by driving from 19th to 11th place.

Several pre-race contenders struggled to maintain their starting positions, most notably Thomas Wynne who plummeted 15 positions from fourth to 19th after encountering difficulties that resulted in two incidents. David McConnell suffered an eight-position drop from ninth to 17th with four incidents recorded against his #74 entry, while Scott Millikan fell five spots from eighth to 13th despite running incident-free.

Championship leader John Crosby extended his points advantage despite finishing fifth, adding 32 points to reach 213 total with nine races remaining. Tom Ringer maintained second place in the standings at 188 points after gaining 28 points with his ninth-place finish, though his four incidents and three-position drop from sixth suggest potential concerns. Zachary Lovelace's runner-up finish vaulted him from fourth to third in the championship with 169 points, while Tony Brent's fourth-place result moved him into a fifth-place tie with Scott Millikan at 161 points each.

🔥Hard Charger: Daniel Mcconnell (+8)
✨Cleanest Race: Jordan Traas (0x)
⚡Pole: Jordan Traas
🔴Most Incidents: Zachary Wynne (10)

Top Movers

Daniel Mcconnell81

▲ +8

Brian Sousa60

▲ +8

Jonathan Burt11

▲ +6

Finishing Order

FinishStart+/-Car #DriverLaps LedIncPoints
11079Jordan Traas750x40
23+100Zachary Lovelace60x35
37+429Judson Curtis—2x34
42-282Tony Brent—0x33
55073John W Crosby160x32
612+611Jonathan Burt—0x31
715+881Daniel Mcconnell—0x30
810+269Todd Parent10x29
96-368Tom Ringer—4x28
1011+154Tiyler Walts10x27
1119+860Brian Sousa10x26
1214+25Brandon M Hinton—0x25
138-503Scott Millikan—0x24
1413-192David Burcicki74x23
1517+2#6Victor Etheridge50x22
1616019Jessica Bowman—0x21
179-874David McConnell24x20
1820+272Zachary Wynne—10x19
194-1571Thomas Wynne12x18
2018-266Brandon H Yates—4x17
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