Johnson didn't let those thoughts consume him as he scored a record-breaking 8th career win at the Dover International Speedway, breaking a tie with the King Richard Petty and Bobby Allison. It marked the 5th win of the season and the 65th victory of his career for Johnson.
Racer's can barely withstand being out of the car for the work week yet out of it for an extended period. Eric McClure, NASCAR Nationwide Series driver, was sidelined from racing due to acute renal failure. The long hour waits thinking "Will I ever get back in a car" passed through Eric's mind throughout the long period off.
Jimmie Johnson has already written a few pages in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history book and Sunday afternoon at Dover in the AAA 400 he added one more.
Logano won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at Dover on Saturday afternoon after leading a race high 106 of 200 laps in the 5-hour ENERGY 200 benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer. He took the lead for the final time with 59 laps to go, moving past Kyle Busch who had inherited the lead while using a different pit strategy. It was the winning pass for Logano, who cruised to a 14 second victory over rookie Kyle Larson.
The 20-year-old Gray from Artesia, New Mexico, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 130.743 mph in 27.535 seconds for his first O'Reilly pole of 2026 at Phoenix.
William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of running double-duty in the NASCAR Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Phoenix Raceway.
Super.com will serve as the primary partner for Rick Ware Racing (RWR) and driver Cody Ware during the NASCAR Cup Series race weekend March 7-8 at Phoenix Raceway.
Actor, voice artist and comedian Partick Warburton will say the most famous words in motorsports ahead of the Straight Talk Wireless 500 on Sunday, March 8.
David Malukas earned his first career pole position in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet with a two-lap average qualifying effort of 175.383mph.
