Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet SS, won the 44th Annual AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway today and further etched his name in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) history books.
A loose wheel coupled with a lack of cautions (four) dropped Kurt Busch to a 21st-place finish in Sunday’s AAA 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S/KOBALT TOOLS CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - IT’S YOUR EIGHTH VICTORY AT DOVER TODAY. TALK ABOUT THE LAST RUN. I’VE HAD CREW CHIEFS TELL ME THAT TWO TIRES WILL NOT BEAT FOUR TIRES. HOW DID YOU HOLD OFF YOUR TEAMMATE, DALE EARNHARDT, JR.? “Two (tires) worked good for us in practice. And believe me; I wanted to see four tires line-up in the fourth or fifth row. When they lined up right behind me,...."
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – WHAT HAPPENED? “I’m not exactly sure,but something in the rear end housing went out and burned itself up. I’m sure everything is screaming hot down there."
After two tough weekends in a row, Kyle Larson hoped to turn his luck around at Dover International Speedway in Saturday's 5-hour ENERGY 200. Despite fluctuating between tight and loose in the weekend's lone practice session, Larson still felt that he had a solid car for the 200-lap race. After qualifying 17th at the Monster Mile, Larson quickly began working his way forward in the No. 32 LiftMaster Chevrolet Camaro. A strong strategy call by crew chief Trent Owens put Larson near the front and the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender took it from there, earning his third second-place finish of the year.
Joey Logano was responsible for part of it, winning his fourth consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Monster Mile when he took the checkered flag for the “5-Hour ENERGY 200 benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer.” By doing so, he became the first driver to win four NASCAR Nationwide Series races at the Monster Mile and the first driver to win four consecutive races in any series whatsoever at Dover.
Toyota driver Brian Vickers (fourth) was the highest-finishing Camry in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Delaware's Dover International Speedway.
SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Snap-On Ford Mustang – YOU HAVE A SMALLER ADVANTAGE THAN WHEN THE RACE STARTED. “You can’t make one bad call and then have the driver speed on pit road and not give something up. We’ll talk about it and try to figure out how to not get ourselves in that position again, but we were fighting so free that first run that if I would have known we were gonna put on two tires – I even sat there and I told them while they were doing the two-tire stop, ‘The 22 is doing four.’ And then I even stalled it and we still didn’t put four on. I knew we were kind of sunk at that point, but I think we still could have got out of it with a 10th to 12th-place finish if I didn’t speed on pit road, but we weren’t gonna win with the strategy we had today.”
Reigning champion Isaac Kitzmiller carries strong momentum into Rockingham Speedway, aiming for his first career victory and a second consecutive championship.
Two-time Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon has the unique distinction of winning NHRA’s 1,000th race (Las Vegas, 2021) as well as the 900th race in Funny Car history
