Corey Day has been close to winning in the NASCAR O'Reilly Series, and it finally came to frution on Saturday. Day and the No. 17 team for Hendrick Motorsports won the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon. The Hendrick Motorsports driver survived the chaos and was in front when the caution flew on the final lap.

Following the event, Day discusses his first career NASCAR victory. Out of all places, the driver of the No. 17 car didn't expect his first win to come at Talladega.

"I sure as heck didn’t think it [first win] would be at a superspeedway,” Day said. “My No. 17 guys just built a rocket ship. I feel like we’ve been close, had a good day at [Rockingham Speedway], and had a couple other good days and just didn’t finish it off, so this is super cool.”

Day now sits fourth in the O'Reilly Series point standings, and he continues to be one of the fastest drivers in the sport. The No. 17 team had a tough start to the 2026 season, but the last one and a half months have been very good. Now, Day hopes this is the first of many wins in 2026.

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