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Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang, is battling for a spot in the Round of 8 this weekend at Dover. He was part of a press conference this morning to talk about what it’s going to take to advance.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action at Dover International Speedway while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. The Monster Energy Series heads to the first race of the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Xfinity Series Playoffs enters the final race of the Round of 12.

Richard Childress Racing at Dover International Speedway ... RCR has earned four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins at Dover International Speedway, most recently in September 2006 when Jeff Burton drove the No. 31 Chevrolet to Victory Lane. Three additional victories came with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel, including both events at the Monster Mile in 1989 as well as the spring race in 1993. RCR has also earned one pole award, 24 top-five and 56 top-10 finishes in 169 combined starts at the high-banked, one-mile oval. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, contributed three of those top 10s from 1976-1980.

Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis no. 222. This chassis has been raced four times this season at Auto Club Speedway by Spencer Gallagher (start: 15th/finish: 11th), Dover International Speedway by Johnny Sauter (start: 11th, finish: 6th), Kentucky Speedway by Gallagher (start: 15th/ finish: 20th) and at Darlington Raceway by Chase Elliott (start: 38th/finish: 6th).

News and notes: After surviving the twists and turns of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, Boyd will head to the Monster Mile for some "unfinished business" at Dover. “It's hard to believe we're almost in that final stretch of races, already. I've learned so much this season and I'm excited to finish these last five races out strong. Dover was intimidating to me the first time I went there, but I feel like we got better as the race went on. Unfortunately we had that battery issue last time, so I would love to go there and have a solid redeeming run this time around."

Heading into the final race before the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff field drops to eight, Elliott Sadler sits in the sixth spot — 11 markers above the cutline.

Briscoe on Dover “I’m excited to get to Dover, I’ve only been there once but I really enjoyed it a lot. I normally like high-banked places and Dover is certainly that. It’s always nice to have a little more confidence after a win and hopefully we can carry that to Dover.”

This weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover International Speedway marks Ryan Reed’s 10th start at the Monster Mile. In his nine previous starts, Reed has one top-five and two top-10 finishes. His best finish of fifth came in the 2017 spring race.

CHASE BRISCOE, No. 98 Ford Performance Ford Mustang – WHAT HAS THIS YEAR BEEN LIKE? “Just going back to what you said about the past couple years it was in this very room where I first got a chance at a stock car. They had the Peak Stock Car Dream Challenge with Michael Waltrip and I remember coming down to Charlotte and had never turned a lap in a stock car, and I didn’t win the competition, but this was kind of what kick-started it.

Ryan Preece (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course on Saturday afternoon.