When asked the importance of winning one of the first two races so as to not need to rely on a decent finish at the wild card race of Talladega, Austin Dillon said that it's important, but "you can still have a really good finish at Talladega."
Truex dominated the 47th Annual Citizen Soldier 400, leading 187 laps, on his way to his second career win at the Dover International Speedway on Sunday.
On paper, it looked easy for the 24-year-old from Monterrey, Mexico. Suarez started fifth and led 123 of 200 laps on his way to victory. In reality, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Suarez.
“It’s been a good experience," Buescher said. "We’ve learned a lot through it. We look at Dover as the last race of this round and we really don’t have anything to lose. Chicago and Loudon weren’t the races that we wanted to have and we come into Dover, one of my favorite race tracks.
A persistent rain forced NASCAR to cancel qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Friday. As per the NASCAR rulebook, the field will line up based on points with points leader Brad Keselowski leading the field to the green flag on Sunday.
The two XFINITY practices on Friday in preparation for Saturday's race at Dover fought against the weather and although one session ended up going off without any issues, the second session was cut short due to rain.
In the opening Sprint Cup Series practice session on Friday morning, Kyle Larson ended up being the fastest at the Dover International Speedway. Larson’s lap at 165.578 mph was his final lap in the practice session as the No. 42 team was preparing for qualifying.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series head to Dover International Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.
SPARTA, Ky. -- Chaos and carnage ruled the night in the bluegrass state, and Elliott Sadler survived the onslaught to score the victory in the XFINITY Chase opener.
LOUDON, N.H -- Dominating doesn't begin to describe the performance of William Byron at the UNOH 175 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 18-year-old rookie from Charlotte led 161 of the 175 laps on the way to his sixth Camping World Truck Series win of the season. With the victory in the first race of the Truck Series Chase, Byron advances to the second round.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, clocked in a single-qualifying lap at 182.313 mph in 52.525 seconds for his first pole position of the 2026 season at 'Dega.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Taylor Gray was made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race from Talladega Superspeedway.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing joins the 50th anniversary celebration of Roush, the engineering and technology company founded by Jack Roush in 1976.
