Christopher Bell (third), Ty Gibbs (fifth) and Bubba Wallace (sixth) led Toyota with top-10 finishes at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday evening.
Showing flashes of pace and continued improvement of his racecraft, Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) has been on the cusp of a Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin race win all season.
ABEL Motorsports put its pair of drivers in position to contend for victory on Sunday, working hard through the weekend to put two solid race cars on the grid for the 35-lap INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland.
Santino Ferrucci put his No. 14 Phoenix Investors AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet on pole for the BiTNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland with a lap of 58.2046 seconds
Foster continued his march toward the INDY NXT by Firestone championship Saturday by winning the pole for the Grand Prix of Portland with a top time of 1 minute, 2.1396 seconds.
With their respective top-10 runs at Daytona, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs are currently scored above the top-16 cutline to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs while Bubba Wallace is scored below the cutline ahead of next weekend's regular-season finale at Darlington.
The 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, executed a final lap pass on Kyle Busch amid an overtime shootout to become the 205th competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series, the 13th competitor to claim a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth by winning a regular-season event and deliver a milestone victory for Wood Brothers at the World Center of Racing.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, will pilot the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing that is set to expand to three cars in 2025.
