A sour engine left Harrison Rhodes with a 37th-place finish in Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway. Rhodes parked his Meding’s Seafood/Iron Source Chevrolet after completing 91 of the race’s 200 laps.
A track-bar problem left Garrett Smithley with a 27th-place finish in Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway. Smithley parked the Heroes Haven Chevrolet after completing 176 of the race’s 200 laps.
Camry driver Daniel Suárez finished third with the top-Toyota entry in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
RYAN BLANEY (No 22 Fitzgerald Ford Mustang) -- Finished 2nd - CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF THE 22 TEAM THIS YEAR? “Yeah, it’s starting to get back to that performance. They put a lot of work in the offseason towards where this car should run again. Just a lot of hard work by everyone, from Greg Erwin and everybody who puts effort into the team. Not only everyone at the race track but those who put these cars together. They put a lot of time over the winter to try and get back in contention, to win eight to 10 races a year and win an owner’s championship."
Ross Chastain finished 21st in Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway. Chastain started 20th and pushed into the second 10 before coming home in 21st.
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion) -- CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CAR AND THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW? “Yeah, this year so far we’ve had really good race speed and not a lot in practice and qualifying speed. It seems to be the case this weekend as well. Not really where we want to be on the practice charts. It seems like that goes in cycles where you’re really fast in practice sometimes and really good in the race to go with that. Sometimes it’s the other way around where you’re not very good in practice and you’re good in the race. And sometimes it’s the other way where you’re really good in practices and not in the race. That’s part of the cycle. It can be frustrating at times but I’m confident we’re going to be strong tomorrow based on the last few weeks and how the scenarios have played out.”
The defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Johnny Sauter arrived in Dover hoping to find the win that had eluded the team for the first five races of the 2017 season. The Allegiant team, led by crew chief Joe Shear, Jr., worked through both Thursday practice sessions to make improvements on a tight-handling Chevrolet. Friday morning, Sauter qualified his Silverado in the 11th position for the 200-lap event after advancing to the final round of multi-vehicle qualifying.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Pedigree Petcare Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How does it feel to win the pole here at Dover International Speedway? “It feels great to beat that 78 (Martin Truex Jr.). Our team cars have been really fast this year, so those guys are really on it, but overall couldn’t be more excited about this Pedigree Camry and the guys and all the work that we’ve done all year long, but to sit on the pole here means a little bit for us – it gives us a really good pit selection for Sunday and, more importantly, just gives us the track position right off the bat."
KURT BUSCH (No 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion) -- Qualified 6th “We’re making good improvements. We were sixth in Kansas and going for the pole position at Charlotte and ended up P12. I was going for it today with a good, clean lap. We want a little more. We’re making improvements. Any time that I pressure the car to get that extra tenth out of it, we lose a tenth. We need to figure out how to get that tenth on Fridays. Overall, I’m happy with the effort. The car unloaded with a lot of speed.”
Kyle Larson made a strong showing at Dover International Speedway today by qualifying his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS in fifth place for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Larson ran a fast speed of 158.179 mph around the famed Monster Mile track.
