After leading three laps and running in the top-10 for a majority of the first 50 laps in Sunday’s AAA 400 at the Monster Mile, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blew two right front tires ultimately sending the Little Hug Fruit Barrel Ford to the garage resulting in a 39th-place finish.
KEVIN HARVICK -- No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion “We had a good day with our Jimmy John’s Ford. We just got caught under caution and could never make it back up. We had an okay car and just tried to stay out of trouble all day. Long day. A lot going on out there today.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN TO YOU? “It means a lot to me. When I was growing up in southern California racing dirt bikes I was a big Cale Yarborough fan. We travelled across the country to race in the Amateur Nationals heading to Oklahoma, we stopped at a Hardees I walked in thinking I would meet Cale Yarborough and left with a burger. So, it opened my eyes to the world of sponsorship at that point in time, but I was such a fan and it’s been an amazing journey along the way. It was a huge honor to tie him with three consecutive championships a few years back and then to be here at 83 wins and a day where things played out in such an awkward and weird fashion just very happy that we’ve got it done. To my 83 wins, I’m just so proud that it’s come with one owner, one sponsor, one manufacturer, one crew chief, one team, this is a very special journey this whole Hendrick Lowe’s team has been on.”
With cars wrecking every which way in his mirror, Austin Theriault edged Christian Eckes by about two feet at the final stripe to win the wild Shore Lunch 250 Saturday night at Elko Speedway. Theriault, in Ken Schrader's No. 52 Federated Auto Parts Toyota, nudged Eckes out of the way inside of four laps remaining before Eckes rooted Theriault off the bottom lane coming to the checkered flag. With their cars locked together off turn four, Theriault held firm on the high side just long enough to earn his second career ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards victory.
After starting on the pole, Larson proved his worth during the race as well as he took his No. 42 Chevrolet to Victory Lane, earning his first win at Dover International Speedway, his third XFINITY Series victory of the season and the eighth of his career.
Recap: Ryan Blaney and the No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang team captured their fourth second place finish of the 2017 season in the OneMain Financial 200 on Saturday afternoon. Blaney showed the speed of the No. 22 Ford early on, qualifying in the second position at Dover International Speedway. Once the race began, Blaney settled in to the second position during the caution filled 60 lap stage.
There are many times in professional motorsports when a result doesn't tell the full story of what was accomplished in the journey. For Chad Finchum and the No. 40 Overstock Mercantile team, Saturday's OneMain Financial 200 at the Dover (Del.) International Speedway was a successful trip that will lead to much better performances in the near future.
Daniel Hemric Finishes 13th in XFINITY Series Debut at Dover International Speedway "We fought all day, there's no doubt about that. We had a decent qualifying effort, had issues before the race and had to go to the back for the start. It showed the strength of this Blue Gate Bank Chevrolet having to come through the field and pass cars."
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Globe Life Ford Mustang, scored the victory in the second stage of Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Dover International Speedway, earning a valuable bonus point toward the playoffs. Wallace started 18th and drove to the front of the field, taking the lead just before the end of Stage 2. He ran inside the top 10 for much of the final stage and crossed the finish line for the final time in eighth. The result is Wallace’s seventh top-10 of 2017, ranking the Roush Fenway Racing driver second among all series regulars.
Larson and Ryan Blaney were in a class by themselves at Dover International Speedway in the 11th NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. In winning for the third time in six starts this season, Larson led 137 of the 200 laps to Blaney’s 28.
