After racing his way into Round of 12 on a tiebreaker, Alex Bowman knew he had to have a solid opening race at Dover if he wanted to move forward to the Round of 8 which begins at Martinsville Speedway later this month.
It was a quiet day for Kevin Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing team who had a special paint scheme design on the No. 4 Ford. Harvick was hoping to bring his "Harvick Beer" car to victory lane at Dover, a track that he has been so strong at in the past.
It was a dominating day for Denny Hamlin who was making his 500th career Cup Series start this weekend at Dover. Hamlin made it even more special by qualifying on the pole which gave him great track position to begin the race.
For the first time in over two years, Kyle Larson took the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team to victory lane. It was his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win at Dover International Speedway and the sixth overall of his Cup Series career.
It was a strange race for Joey Logano and his No. 22 Team Penske team. In fact, Logano did not even make a lap before he suffered his own problems. Just as soon as he rolled off pit road, he had a broken axle and had to take it behind the wall.
With a late-race pass for the lead, rookie sensation Chandler Smith took home the ARCA Menards Series win at Lucas Oil Raceway after the rain started falling on Lap 162.
It was quite the day for Chase Briscoe and his No. 98 team at Dover International Speedway. Briscoe had qualified on the pole for the race, however, they experienced electrical problems during his qualifying run.
Michael Annett and his No. 1 JR Motorsports team started in the back in the Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway after an engine change. It resulted in a nerve-wracking start for Annett especially after he had to avoid all the carnage that came within the first few laps.
Despite finishing eighth at Dover International Speedway Saturday afternoon, pit stop mistakes kept John Hunter Nemechek and his No. 23 GMS Racing team from making it to the next round of the playoffs.
The 29-year-old Majeski from Seymour, Wisconsin, led the final 56 of 200 laps and rallied from a pass-through penalty for jumping the restart in the first stage to score his first elusive Truck victory of 2024 at Lucas Oil IRP.
The 17-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, led a race-high 89 of 205 over-scheduled laps and fended off William Sawalich during an overtime attempt to win at Lucas Oil IRP for his third consecutive ARCA Menards Series East victory in recent weeks.
Santino Ferrucci, driver of the No. 14 Sexton Properties Chevrolet for AJ Foyt Racing, set the pace for Team Chevy and finished sixth in the first practice on the Streets of Toronto.
Tyler Reddick led practice Friday for the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG, as the NASCAR Cup Series is back on the fabled oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time since 2020.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Christopher Bell, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, along with 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, were made available to the media on Friday after practice for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
