Corey Day
Hendrick Motorsports
2026 Xfinity Stats
Points
118
Starts
4
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
2
Top 10
3
2026 Fantasy Outlook
The Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 Chevrolet moves from part-time to full-time competition in the upcoming season. Day made 11 starts with this team last season and earned a modest two Top-10 finishes and 15.9 average finish. This car and team are capable of winning as they did twice last year with both William Byron and Kyle Larson. However, Day is not ready for victory lane just yet. At just 20-years-old and with 24 combined starts between the Craftsman Truck Series and O'Reilly Series, Day is short on seat time. The California native has some obvious talent but it needs to be grown and cultivated before major success is possible. Still, Day's journey with the No. 17 team this season will be intriguing and draw a lot of attention. This team is very capable and if Day is a quick study, he could easily overperform our expectations. Read Past Outlooks
Runs Clean Race
Day collected his third Top-10 finish of the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season with a ninth-place run in the GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway.
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Day has been the subject of ire from his fellow NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts drivers this season due to his aggressive driving, but the rookie didn't cause any cautions on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway. He brought the No. 17 car home ninth in the GOVX 200, his third consecutive Top-10 finish. Day is now eighth in points heading into the first true intermediate race of the season at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Day scored his best intermediate finish last season with a fourth-place result.
Day has been the subject of ire from his fellow NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts drivers this season due to his aggressive driving, but the rookie didn't cause any cautions on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway. He brought the No. 17 car home ninth in the GOVX 200, his third consecutive Top-10 finish. Day is now eighth in points heading into the first true intermediate race of the season at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Day scored his best intermediate finish last season with a fourth-place result.
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
The young prospect takes over the strong No. 7 Chevrolet team that was raced to two victories and 12 Top-10 finishes by a handful of different drivers. There's lots of potential in this race team. However, they'll be starting from scratch this season with a very lightly experienced 19-year-old driver who has just four truck series starts of experience. Day earned three Top-20 finishes last season in a limited effort with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. It wasn't an eye-popping performance but it was good enough to earn Day a seat with a pretty good team. He's confirmed for eight events and will very likely share the rest of the season with multiple, unknown drivers at this point.
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Runner-up Finish at IRP
Day finished second in the TSport 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday night.
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Wins First Career Pole
Day won the pole for the Ecosave 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 177.700 mph.
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Signs with Hendrick
Hendrick Motorsports could have its next, young superstar in place. Day, a 19-year-old dirt racing extraordinaire, signed with NASCAR's winningest organization and will look to take the next step in his career starting in 2025.
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