Corey Day scores third-straight NASCAR O'Reilly Series top 10 with ninth-place run at Phoenix

AVONDALE, Ariz. - Having already shown plenty of speed , Corey Day had to display some resilience and steadiness on Saturday night. Overcoming a pit road hiccup and a couple of late chaotic restarts at Phoenix Raceway , Day drove the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet to a third-straight top-10 finish, picking up a couple of spots in the closing laps to come home ninth on Saturday night. Starting from the eighth position, Day spent the first few laps of Saturday's race gathering his footing, forfeiting a couple of spots early before making them up and then some. By the end of the first stage, he was one of the fastest cars on the race track and finished off the segment in seventh, earning four bonus points. RELATED: Check out all 13 Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series wins at Phoenix A pit road mishap set the team back a bit to start stage two, but Day went to work, methodically working his way forward from the 23rd spot. By the early portion of stage three, the Clovis, California, native was threatening to break back into the top 10. A yellow flag waved with 36 laps to go after a single-car spin. With the green-flag pit cycle underway and with Day having already come in for service, he was 16th at the time of the stoppage and restarted 14th when the green flag waved again with 29 circuits remaining. Yet another caution came just a couple of laps later for a multi-car crash setting up a final sprint to the end. Day went to work, picking off cars one-by-one and maneuvering through a pack of competitors with inside of three laps to go to register another solid finish in his first full time season in the series. William Byron also competed in Saturday's race in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. He finished 13th after sustaining damage in a late crash. RELATED: Alex Bowman out of Sunday's race at Phoenix after vertigo diagnosis The NOAPS is back next week with a race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event is set for a 5:30 p.m. start on Saturday. Here's a look at the final results from Phoenix: Play videoof: A one-of-a-kind trophy to celebrate the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion. Who won the NASCAR race today? Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Jesse Love, No. 2 Carson Kvapil, No. 1 Sheldon Creed, No. 00 Sam Mayer, No. 41 Sammy Smith, No. 8 Jeb Burton, No. 27 Rajah Caruth, No. 32 Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Anthony Alfredo, No. 96 Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Austin Hill, No. 21 William Byron, No. 88 Parker Retzlaff, No. 99 Taylor Gray, No. 54 Brandon Jones, No. 20 Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Brent Crews, No. 19 Joey Gase, No. 55 Daniel Dye, No. 52 Chandler Smith, No. 5 Austin Green, No. 87 Harrison Burton, No. 24 Kyle Sieg, No. 28 Dean Thompson, No. 26 Patrick Staropoli, No. 48 Brennan Poole, No. 44 Blaine Perkins, No. 31 Garrett Smithley, No. 0 Josh Bilicki, No. 07 Nathan Byrd, No. 42 Mason Maggio, No. 91 Lavar Scott, No. 45 Austin J. Hill, No. 30 Nick Sanchez, No. 25 Dawson Cram, No. 74 William Sawalich, No. 18 Ryan Ellis, No. 02