John Hunter Nemechek was fastest in practice, won the pole and led a race-high 69 laps en route to his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of the season Friday night at Darlington Raceway.
Chase Elliott scored his first win of the season last week at Dover Motor Speedway, effectively putting to rest any concerns that he or his team were struggling this year. Elliott, however, was never worried.
“Just being able to see the fans enjoying themselves whether it be in the campgrounds or the stands, we missed that for about 2 1/2 years with the pandemic,” he said. “I’m looking forward with a lot of anticipation to seeing that again.”
This week NASCAR travels to Darlington Raceway for the fan-favorite Throwback Weekend featuring special paint schemes and activities that pay tribute to NASCAR tradition.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series travel to the one-mile concrete paved oval of Dover Motor Speedway, aptly nicknamed, the Monster Mile.
The 29-year-old Chastain from Alva, Florida, rallied from an early pit road speeding penalty to overtake Erik Jones on the final lap through the tri-oval to claim his second career win in NASCAR's premier series.
Chase Briscoe and Christopher Bell battled to the line with the Indiana-native coming on top by mere inches to win consecutive races for the first time in his Cup Series career.
The two-time Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, beat teammate Christopher Bell by 0.029 seconds for his second consecutive Cup Chase victory and be within 65 points of the points lead.
