Johnson didn't let those thoughts consume him as he scored a record-breaking 8th career win at the Dover International Speedway, breaking a tie with the King Richard Petty and Bobby Allison. It marked the 5th win of the season and the 65th victory of his career for Johnson.
Racer's can barely withstand being out of the car for the work week yet out of it for an extended period. Eric McClure, NASCAR Nationwide Series driver, was sidelined from racing due to acute renal failure. The long hour waits thinking "Will I ever get back in a car" passed through Eric's mind throughout the long period off.
Jimmie Johnson has already written a few pages in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history book and Sunday afternoon at Dover in the AAA 400 he added one more.
The AAA 400 is over at Dover International Speedway. After a beautiful day of racing in the first state Jimmie Johnson was able to hold on Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Junior for the win. Johnson has put his name in NASCAR record books as he becomes the all-time wins leader at the tough "Monster Mile".
Logano won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at Dover on Saturday afternoon after leading a race high 106 of 200 laps in the 5-hour ENERGY 200 benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer. He took the lead for the final time with 59 laps to go, moving past Kyle Busch who had inherited the lead while using a different pit strategy. It was the winning pass for Logano, who cruised to a 14 second victory over rookie Kyle Larson.
Joey Logano started on the pole for today’s Dover 200 at the Monster Mile. Logano had won the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race the past three times at Dover, and he ended up in Victory Lane for the fourth straight time at his favorite track on the NASCAR circuit.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the J.F. Electric team had a roller coaster of a day in Charlotte, but made the most out of it and nabbed another top-10 finish.
The 23-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, led a race-high 52 of 110 laps and fended off the competition through time constraints to notch his second Truck victory of 2026.
Kaden Honeycutt battled for the lead late before finishing second in a shortened NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Trevor Huddleston led the final 126 laps to score his second consecutive victory in Saturday’s The Legendary Billy Green 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts at Colorado National Speedway.
The 2025 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Alva, Florida, outlasted two red flag delays due to weather and a late scrape into the wall while leading to notch a weather-shortened victory at Charlotte.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, was awarded the pole position for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 event at Charlotte due to rain canceling Saturday's qualifying session.