Corey Day
Hendrick Motorsports
2026 Xfinity Stats
Points
272
Starts
8
Wins
0
Poles
1
Top 5
3
Top 10
7
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
Leads most laps at Rockingham
Day won the pole and led 118 laps in the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Rockingham Speedway, but an issue on pit road led to a 10th-place result.
ANALYSIS
For much of the race, it appeared that Day was on his way to his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory, as he led a race-high 118 laps and won the first two stages. Issues in the pits would drop him back in the pack for the final stage, though, and while Day managed to recover up to 10th, he was unable to challenge for the win. Up next is Bristol, where Day finished 17th last season.
For much of the race, it appeared that Day was on his way to his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory, as he led a race-high 118 laps and won the first two stages. Issues in the pits would drop him back in the pack for the final stage, though, and while Day managed to recover up to 10th, he was unable to challenge for the win. Up next is Bristol, where Day finished 17th last season.
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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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Wins First-Career Pole
Day won the pole for the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season race at Rockingham Speedway on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 148.963 mph.
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Runner-up Finish at Martinsville
Day finished second in the NFPA 250 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday afternoon.
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Continues Strong Start
Day posted his fifth Top 10 in a row in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Sport Clip Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway, finishing in sixth place.
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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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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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