Austin Dillon and the AAA Team Advance to the Next Round of the Chase with an Eighth-Place Finish at Dover International Speedway. "This AAA team is awesome. We have been working hard as a team, and I have been working hard as a driver to make myself better. This series is very tough, and I think the biggest thing was not giving up."
Within the world of NASCAR, there are victories that nearly every driver craves. The Daytona 500, Brickyard 400 and Southern 500 are among the most iconic events in the history of the sport, and ones that all drivers desire to win.
Strong finishes at the end of the Citizen Solider 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway, led five Team Chevy drivers to advance to the Round of 12, the second bracket of the Chase for the championship 10-race playoff.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – PLEASED WITH YOUR RUN? “Yeah, we had a decent day. We wanted to be just a little bit faster, but we’re just kind of gnawing away with these top-fives here these first three races, which is good. Of course, we want to get the wins, but top-fives will carry you a long ways. I’m happy with that with the Miller Lite Ford.”
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD - WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT A THIRD PLACE RUN A VERY SOLID DAY TODAY, ASSESS YOUR DAY AND MOVING ON TO ROUND 2 OF THE CHASE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT:
Running a solid 12th place after 100 of 400 laps of the Citizen Soldier 400 at Dover International Speedway, Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford blew the right-front tire and made contact with the Turn Three wall forcing them to the garage area for extensive repairs and an eventual 38th-place finish.
Regan Smith Substitutes in Rain-Delayed NASCAR XFINITY Series Race and Earns a 13th-Place Finish at Dover International Speedway "I want to first thank Richard Childress Racing for letting me hop in the No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet today."
Camry driver Daniel Suarez was victorious in Sunday’s rain-delayed NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Dover International Speedway to earn his second win of the season.
Recap: Ryan Blaney substituted for Joey Logano in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway, finishing fourth in a race that was delayed until Sunday morning due to rain on Saturday. Joey Logano was scheduled to drive the No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang at Dover and practiced the car on Friday.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Fitzgerald Ford Mustang – “It wasn’t quite what we wanted. We obviously want to finish better, but it wasn’t that bad all day. There was a point in the day where I thought we were decent early, and then kind of overadjusted and the track changed. The 19 was ridiculously fast. That was incredible, but we probably could have run second, but didn’t quite get going on the last restart and couldn’t quite be close enough.”
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe was made available to the media on Saturday after winning the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The two-time Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, posted a qualifying lap at 166.687 mph in 32.396 seconds to achieve the final pole position of the 2026 Cup Series season in Miami.
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse – DID YOU LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE? “Not that much. I thought it was a pretty good lap."
Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 2020 Truck Series champion from Alpine, California, posted a qualifying lap of 160.820 mph in 33.578 seconds to achieve the pole position in his final start with Haas Factory Team and in preparation of his 2026 championship bid in Miami.
