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NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Daytona International Speedway

annual NASCAR Xfinity Series race held in the spring at Daytona

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ597387 ↗
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Stock car racing events in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series have been held at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida during numerous seasons and times of year since 1982.

Until 2002, it was the only event of the O'Reilly Series to be annually held at Daytona International Speedway. In 2020, a Xfinity Series race was held on a modified road course layout.

February race

The United Rentals 300 is the first race of the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, 300-mile-long (483 km) held at Daytona International Speedway. It is held the day before the Daytona 500, and is considered the most prestigious event of the O'Reilly Series.

Austin Hill is the defending winner of the event.

History

In 1959, the new 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway hosted its first O'Reilly Series event. It was scheduled the day before the Daytona 500, and ran a distance of either 200 or 250 miles. In 1968, the race was shifted from the Modifieds division to the newly organized NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division.

In 1982, the Late Model Sportsman Division was reorganized into the modern day NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.

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