he NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series visited Bristol Motor Speedway this past Thursday night for the start of their fourth annual championship Playoffs.
Hamlin was dominant in the first stage, swapping the lead back and forth with Kyle Larson six times before Hamlin had a right-rear tire go down after contact. The JGR driver was quiet after Stage 1 until he made contact with race leader Matt DiBenedetto for the lead with 12 to go.
Bristol would probably be the last place you would expect to see guys like Jeremy Clements, Gray Gaulding and Timmy Hill finishing inside the top-10, but truth be told, Bristol is an equalizer for teams.
The Bristol incident was another in a long line for Decker in 2019, as comments from both Hamlin and Crew Chief Frank Kerr highlighted the continuing lack of confidence they have in their driver.
It was a wild night for the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing driver Tyler Reddick who won the annual Xfinity Series Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for Saturday night's 59th Annual Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race with a lap of 14.848 seconds, 129.230 mph. This was Hamlin's first pole of the season, fourth at Bristol and the 31st of his career.
Start first and finish first was the name of the game for the GMS Racing driver Brett Moffitt as he took home the win Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Moffitt's third win of the season and locks him into the Round of 6 as the Playoffs continue.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., wife Amy and daughter Isla were safe and taken to a hospital for evaluation following a plane crash on Thursday afternoon in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Earnhardt’s sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, confirmed via Twitter.
NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. The Gander Outdoors Truck Series will feature the first race in Round 1 of their championship Playoffs while the Xfinity Series has five races remaining in the regular season. The Monster Energy Cup Series will close out the weekend with three to go.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway as the facility's all-time leader in wins (14), poles (13), top fives (70), top 10s (107) and laps led (3,115).
Flying Lizard Motorsports continues its 2026 SRO America campaign this weekend at Circuit of The Americas, bringing momentum from a successful Sonoma Raceway
