The 22-year-old Gilliland from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, spent his final off-weekend period from the NASCAR Cup Series by celebrating a Truck Series victory at Knoxville, Iowa.
The 30-year-old Suarez from Monterrey, Mexico, became the first Mexican-born competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series following a dominant run in Sonoma, California.
The NASCAR Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series travel to the 1.99-mile road course at Sonoma Raceway this weekend. The Xfinity Series is off and will return to competition at Nashville Superspeedway on June 25.
The 2018 Cup Series champion led 20 of 242 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in a late crossover battle with Kyle Busch to capture the inaugural Cup event in Madison, Illinois.
The 40-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, rallied from last place on the opening lap to assume the lead during a four-lap shootout for his second Xfinity victory of 2022.
The 19-year-old Heim from Marietta, Georgia, prevailed over a late caution, a preferred lane choice and an overtime shootout to claim the first of three Triple Truck Challenge bonuses at Gateway.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series makes its debut at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) before a first-ever sellout crowd. The Camping World Truck Series will join them for the series’ 22nd race at the 1.25-mile paved oval.
Denny Hamlin started on pole at Charlotte, but faded quickly and was not much of a factor until a big wreck on an overtime restart left Hamlin with the lead. Hamlin battled Kyle Busch in the second overtime and edged his teammate by 0.014 seconds.
The 41-year-old Hamlin from Chesterfield, Virginia, led four times for 15 of 413 over-scheduled laps and outlasted the on-track chaos and two overtime attempts to notch his first 600 triumph at the Queen City.
The NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series are at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend while the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series is at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Hendrick Motorsports has piled up more than twice as many wins as any other organization (11) in the crown jewel event and also leads in top fives (29), top 10s (46) and laps led (1,101).
Funny Car driver Daniel Wilkerson was .042 of a second away from securing his first NHRA win on Sunday in Sonoma and he will have another opportunity for redemption at this weekend’s 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
