NASCAR Cup Series

With his win at Dover on Sunday, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott not only secured his second victory of the season, but he also punched his ticket to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs. Even though Elliott doesn’t have to worry about the unpredictability of Talladega Superspeedway’s 1000Bulbs.com 500 Sunday affecting his immediate postseason advancement, the Dawsonville, GA, native plans to go all-out in his return to NASCAR’s largest track this weekend because he knows his performance can certainly have long-term championship implications.

Do not count your chickens before they hatch. That was the lesson we got in Dover on Sunday. A lot of things can happen between the time the egg emerges from the backside of the hen to when that little pecker bursts from the shell. A lot of bad things.

Kyle Busch: Busch started on the pole at Dover and led 21 laps on his way to an eighth-place finish. "I'm just glad to survive with a decent finish," Busch said. "The 'Monster Mile' claimed a few victims on Sunday. Talladega's 2.66 mile track could be even more monstrous. Then we get Kansas Speedway's 1.5 mile track. It doesn't scare anyone, except prospective ticket buyers."

Brad Keselowski’s chances for a top-five finish at Dover International Speedway were derailed in the closing miles of the race, leaving Keselowski with a 14th-place finish in the final rundown. The driver of the Wurth Ford Fusion is seventh in the MENCS driver standings, 47 points behind the leader and 21 head of the ninth-place cutoff position.

Matt Kenseth battled a tight-handling car but survived late-race cautions, crossing the line 20th at Dover International Speedway Sunday afternoon in his Wyndham Rewards Ford Fusion.

For the second week in a row the closing laps did not end well for Martin Truex Jr. Last week while leading the road race at Charlotte Motor Speedway the Furniture Row Racing driver got taken out just before the finish line and finished 14th.

After blowing a right front tire, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rebounded to earn a ninth-place finish in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Dover International Speedway.

Racing fortune in NASCAR’s top level came full circle for Chase Elliott Sunday at Dover International Speedway. A year after enduring perhaps his toughest defeat, the 22-year-old fan favorite stayed on the track while his rivals pitted and survived a green-white-checkered restart with old tires to secure an unlikely victory in the “Gander Outdoors 400” Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff race.

Never give up - Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Napa Auto Parts Camaro ZL1 overcame two pit road penalties and put themselves in position to capitalize when it counted most to earn their second victory of the 2018 season in the Gander Outdoors 400, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover International Speedway. The win marks the second MENCS conquest of Elliott’s young Cup Series career and the third victory for the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The triumph, after 400 grueling laps around the ‘Monster Mile’, moves Elliott and the No. 9 Camaro ZL1 team on to the next Round of this year’s Playoffs and keeps him in contention to compete for the season-ending championship.

Austin Dillon Capitalizes on Seventh-Place Finish After Hard-Fought Day in No. 3 AAA Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 "I'm proud of the effort my team showed today at Dover International Speedway. We fought hard all day long for each position we could get with the No. 3 AAA Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. I fired off a little loose from the 14th spot, but the car got much tighter throughout the day."