Sheldon Creed opens NASCAR O'Reilly Chase with Darlington win

Motorsport photoOn a long final run at Darlington Raceway, Sheldon Creed drove off with the race win in the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet. This is Creed's second career win, and it put him within striking distance of the points lead to open the 2026 Chase.Creed is now just seven points out of the championship lead, which is still held by Justin Allgaier despite a 17th-place finish."Oh, this is everything to me," said Creed in Victory Lane. "I've been so close here so many times, and I'