Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, overcame a pit road penalty and damage to the nose of his Roush Fenway Ford to earn a fifth-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) runner-up effort in the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS was impressive, but didn’t come easy at Bristol Motor Speedway.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2nd - YOU STARTED OUT WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT YOU CAME BACK WITH A NICE 2ND PLACE FINISH “We had a lot of luck on those last several restarts."
TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – “It was a lot of battling back. We went through a lot of adversity to get there, but we just didn’t give up. We had a really good race car. That’s what paid off. You can’t come back if you don’t have good race cars and we’ve got that now."
Austin Dillon Powers Through the Tight Turns to Finish Fourth at Bristol Motor Speedway. "This was definitely a different race today. It was interesting to have the heat races."
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford Mustang, was running inside the top 15 before a flat right-front tire on Lap 112 damaged the right-side of his Roush Fenway Ford. The damage forced an unscheduled green-flag pit stop and ultimately led to a 25th-place finish on Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Fans Invited to Enjoy NASCAR Driver & Celebrity Q&A Session on the Midway Immediately Following the NASCAR XFINITY Series Race on Saturday, April 23. The checkered flag waves. The crowd goes wild. The driver does a memorable frontstretch burnout, and when the smoke clears next Saturday after the NASCAR XFINITY Series race, a new celebration begins at Richmond International Raceway.
“I think this is probably our second-best race of the season as far as just putting it all together. We raced with some good cars, but after the first and second pit stop, we just missed it a little bit. We probably were at our best at the beginning of the race, but I’m proud of my guys.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, was barred by Spire Motorsports from competing in the 2026 Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead following his on-track incident and brake-checking Austin Cindric at Martinsville.
Spire Motorsports has suspended Carson Hocevar for this weekend’s NASCAR Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Justin Haley will drive the No. 77 Spectrum Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
The three-time Truck Series champion from Tulare, California, will compete in ThorSport Racing's No. 66 Ford to cap off the 2026 Truck Series season after stepping away from full-time competition following the 2025 season.
