William Byron topped qualifying at Kansas Speedway with a 179.206 mph lap in the No. 24 Chevrolet to claim his second pole of the season and his 10th career NASCAR Cup Series pole. The Hendrick Motorsports driver will be joined on the front row by teammate, Kyle Larson, who came up a little short with a 179.17 mph lap.
The NASCAR Cup Series and the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series head to Kansas Speedway this week. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano lead all active Cup Series drivers at Kansas with three wins each. So far this season we have crowned eight different Cup Series winners in the first 11 races of the year.
Martin Truex Jr. overcame a pit issue midway through Monday's race and recovered, with the aid of a quick two-tire pit stop late, to win the Wurth 400 at Dover. The win snapped a 54-race winless streak for Truex.
The 2017 Cup Series champion from Mayetta, New Jersey, led 68 of 400-scheduled laps and prevailed in a seven-lap shootout to win his first Cup points-paying event since September 2021.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series travel to Dover Motor Speedway. Friday evening will showcase the ARCA Menards Series East and the Xfinity Series will take center stage Saturday afternoon. The Cup Series will close out the weekend with the Würth 400 race on the one-mile concrete paved oval track known as the ‘Monster Mile.
The 31-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, led a race-high 124 of 200-scheduled laps and swept both stages en route to his first career victory across NASCAR's top three national touring series.
Christopher Bell finished eighth at Talladega, recording his seventh top 10 of the season.
"Noah Gragson accidentally turned Harrison Burton on lap 142," Bell said. "Those two have a history.
They got into a fight in 2020 at Kentucky. Gragson's car had Wendy's sponsorship, which conveniently answers the question, 'Where's the beef?'"
The two-time Cup Series champion from Las Vegas, Nevada, led three of 196 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final lap carnage amid late fuel concerns to claim his second triumph of the season and his first at 'Dega in 15 years.
The 30-year-old Burton from Halifax, Virginia, led 17 of 121 over-scheduled laps and survived an eventful competition to notch his second Xfinity Series career victory and first NASCAR win for Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport in Alabama.
Bowman has advanced to the Round of 12 in each of his NASCAR Cup Series playoff appearances - making it to the Round of Eight in the 2020 season to score a career-best sixth in the final standings.
