HFT Weekend Preview: Naval Base Coronado.
By Haas Factory Team
Saturday O’Reilly Series Action:
Date: Saturday, June 20th at 5 p.m. ET
Track: Naval Base Coronado, San Diego, CA
Race Distance: 60 laps / 204 miles
Broadcast: CW | MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday Cup Series Action:
Date: Sunday, June 21st at 4 p.m. ET
Track: Naval Base Coronado, San Diego, CA
Race Distance: 75 laps / 255 miles
Broadcast: Prime | MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
On-Track Activity:
Friday:
3:30 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Practice
CW App | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
5 p.m. ET – Cup Practice
Prime | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Saturday:
1 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Qualifying
CW App | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
2:30 p.m. ET – Cup Qualifying
Prime | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
5 p.m. ET – O’Reilly Race
CW | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday: 4 p.m. ET – Cup Race
Prime | MRN & SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Race Weekend Quick Hits:
For the first time ever, NASCAR will race in San Diego with a street course event at Naval Base Coronado featuring all three national series. The 3.4-mile temporary circuit with 16 turns will be built on Naval Air Station North Island as part of the United States Navy’s 250th anniversary celebration.
Sheldon Creed (569 points) enters the weekend fourth in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings, trailing only Corey Day (575), Jesse Love (592), and Justin Allgaier (842). Creed owns the second-best average finish in the series this season (10.4) and is one of just three drivers with 11 or more top-10 finishes.
Sam Mayer has back-to-back top-five finishes at Nashville (4th) and Pocono (4th) and has led laps in four of his last five starts. Mayer is tied for third in the O'Reilly Series with an average starting position of 8.6 and has qualified inside the top seven in four of the last five races.
Cole Custer’s Naval squadron pairing this weekend is Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four (HSC-4), also known as the "Black Knights”.
Cup Driver Lineup:
No. 41 Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Partner: Texas A&M
Key Numbers:
Custer has made one career NASCAR Cup Series start on a street course, finishing 33rd last season at the Chicago Street Course after an early-lap incident. He does however hold two career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Road Course wins, coming at Portland (2023) and the Chicago Street Race (2023).
O’Reilly Auto Parts Driver Lineup:
No. 00 Driver: Sheldon Creed
Hometown: Alpine, CA
Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
Partner: Boulder Crest Foundation
Key Numbers:
Creed is set to make his fourth career street course start in the O’Reilly Series this Saturday in San Diego.
Across three NOAPS starts at the Chicago Street Course, Creed’s best finish was third last season after leading nine laps.
No. 41 Driver: Sam Mayer
Hometown: Franklin, WI
Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
Partner: Audibel
Key Numbers:
Mayer is in line for his fourth career street course start in the O’Reilly Series this weekend, where he has a career best finish of eighth last season at the Chicago Street Course. He boasts O’Reilly Series victories at the Charlotte Road Course (2023 & 2024), Watkins Glen (2023), and Elkhart Lake (2023).
HFT Pocono Recap:
Haas Factory Team had a strong weekend at Pocono, earning two top-five finishes in Saturday’s O’Reilly Series race with Sam Mayer finishing fourth and Sheldon Creed fifth. Cole Custer charged from the rear of the field to 12th on Saturday and ran inside the top 10 briefly in Sunday’s Cup Series race before settling for 24th after a late restart.