Jesse Love sweeps Phoenix stages as pre-race points leader Sheldon Creed falls three laps down

At Phoenix on October 17, a race-day post said four O'Reilly Series drivers were within 15 points of each other for the Chase lead, with four races to go. Later posts said pole-sitter Jesse Love swept both stages and had led 115 laps with 50 to go, while pre-race points leader Sheldon Creed was three laps down in 36th. Love led Allgaier and Day by 38 points as they ran.