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Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Monster Energy Mustang wound up with a disappointing 20th-place finish in the opening race of a Cup Series double-header at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang -- “I wasn’t very good all day. Overall, our Mobil 1 Mustang just never would turn and then we got it so it wouldn’t turn and too loose. We had trouble on pit road and had to come back in at one point, but everybody kept battling and doing everything that they could and wound up with a top five.”

Brad Keselowski scored a ninth-place finish in the Drydene 311 Saturday afternoon at Dover International Speedway. The driver of the WURTH Ford Mustang racked up his 17th top-10 finish in 24 races this season and his ninth at Dover.

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 MOUNTAIN DEW/TEAM RUBICON CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 5th “I think we had a decent Mountain Dew Chevrolet. We were off there to start and then had to take some extra time on pit road."

Austin Dillon And The Dow Coatings Chevrolet Team Lead Laps and Highlight Speed In Saturday Afternoon NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover International Speedway

Denny Hamlin earned his sixth NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) victory of the season in the Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Martin Truex Jr. (second) and Kyle Busch (third) joined Hamlin in the top-three to give Toyota their first top-three sweep and 10th in Toyota’s history. It is the seventh NCS victory for Toyota this season and 150th NCS win in Toyota’s history.

John Hunter Nemechek started Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Dover International Speedway from the 31st position. After the first handful of laps, he radioed to the team that his No. 38 ACME Markets Ford Mustang lacked right front grip and he was struggling to turn.

After finishing ninth and earning two stage points in stage one, Chris Buescher and the No. 17 SUNNYD team battled the Monster Mile to a 16th-place finish on Saturday at Dover International Speedway.

After a quick caution fell in the opening run of Saturday’s 311-lap race from Dover International Speedway, only three more yellow flags would wave in the remaining 302 laps as Ryan Newman drove the Guaranteed Rate Ford Mustang to a 19th-place finish.

Dover International Speedway this weekend unveiled additional permanent recognitions for the most accomplished driver in its long history as Jimmie Johnson makes his final trip to the Monster Mile as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver. Johnson stopped by to visit a few of the recognitions today.