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LANGDON, PROCK, GLENN & HALL WIN MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE AT MUCKLESHOOT CASINO RESORT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

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Kalitta, Prock, Glenn and Hall qualify No. 1 at Pacific Raceways

SEATTLE (July 19, 2025) – Top Fuel’s Shawn Langdon helped continue Kalitta Motorsports’ dominance in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday at Pacific Raceways, winning the specialty race for the fourth time this season as part of this weekend’s Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Austin Prock (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and John Hall (Pro Stock Motorcycle) all won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, while Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Prock, Glenn and Hall qualified No. 1 at the 11th of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Langdon made a spectacular run to close out qualifying and win the bonus race over points leader Tony Stewart, going a strong 3.718-seconds at 338.17 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air Careers dragster. The fourth Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win of the season ties Langdon with his Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta for the most victories in the bonus race this year.

It sets up Langdon nicely for the Countdown to the Championship playoffs and the former world champion also has his sights set on a first Seattle win in Top Fuel, especially after a standout run to close out qualifying.

“We made a good run last night, and then today smoked the tires twice, so we just had to get the thing tamed down a little bit,” Langdon said. “When Doug made that [3.720] run, that was obviously kind of a moonshot run. I wasn’t really quite sure if we were going to outrun that, but I knew Brian [Husen, crew chief] was going for it, and started making the moves. I knew he wasn’t going to slow it down.

“Brian’s done such a great job and encouraged me and my team has done such a fantastic job. I’ve just really got a one-track mind. I’m trying to stay really focused on what I need to be doing.”

Kalitta also easily held on to the No. 1 position, as Friday’s stellar pass of 3.671 at 335.90 in his 12,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster gave the veteran his sixth No. 1 qualifier through 11 races. Kalitta also made a strong run to close out qualifying (3.720), qualifying No. 1 for the 64th time in his career and giving the veteran confidence he can go to the winner’s circle for the first time in 2025.

“Tomorrow, obviously, is another opportunity [for a first season win], just hoping to go rounds,” Kalitta said. “It’s just a matter of getting yourself to the final and getting a shot at it. It’s been a while since we made to the final.

“We definitely have a good opportunity for tomorrow. We’ve got to take advantage of these opportunities over the next couple of weeks. Indy will be here before you know it. Just happy to have this momentum and everybody working together, so I’m looking forward to the stretch for sure.”

Langdon qualified second with a 3.689 at 332.92 and Brittany Force took third with a 3.703 at a track-record 340.47.

In Funny Car, Prock, the reigning world champion saved his best for last, going 3.879-seconds at 332.43 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to slip past Matt Hagan in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge to close out qualifying.

It gave Prock his second bonus win of the season and also gave the points leader his fourth No. 1 qualifier of what’s turned into another brilliant Funny Car season. Pacific Raceways has certainly turned into a special place for Prock, too, as his first career NHRA came in Seattle and he followed by sweeping the weekend a year ago.

The standout is on track to do that again after two stellar days in Seattle and he opens eliminations against rookie Dylan Winefsky, looking for his third straight win of the year.

“That was definitely gratifying. That was a clutch performance by this Cornwell Tools team,” Prock said. “I’m really happy to be behind the wheel of this thing. We executed that perfectly and what a show for the fans to close out Funny Car qualifying with side-by-side runs going for the top spot and the Mission #2Fast2Tasty win. That was a hell of a show.

“We’re actually ahead of last year’s pace with race wins and the [regular season championship] was on everybody’s mind as soon as we dropped the door. We’re doing a good job of holding our own right now. We got a 130-something point lead now with four races left, so you can’t say that you’re not looking at that already. We’ve just got to keep our heads down and keep turning on win lights and if we do that, I think we’ll have a good shot at wearing that regular season champion’s hat.”

Hagan qualified second, going 3.887 at 332.43 in his thrilling side-by-side duel with Prock, and J.R. Todd took third with a 3.901 at 329.26.

Pro Stock’s Dallas Glenn put on an amazing show on Saturday at his home track, setting the track record during both qualifying sessions, including a career-best 6.462 at 212.73 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro to earn the No. 1 qualifier spot and defeat KB Titan teammate Greg Anderson in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge.

It’s the second bonus race victory for Glenn this season, but this one will certainly be the most meaningful, doing it at a track where he grew up racing and with plenty of friends and family on hand. Glenn made two runs of 6.46 on Saturday, saving the best for last against Anderson to close out a truly memorable day.

“I grew up at the next exit, and I raced here a lot, so to be able to have some success here is in Pro Stock has always been something I’ve wanted to do. I’ve never been able to win here and to get this #2Fast2Tasty win definitely gives me a little taste of it,” Glenn said.

“I think it’s really special. We’ve done a lot of testing with my car, and it’s showing right now. To go 6.46 in Gainesville is one thing because you know, the air is always good. Everybody kind of expects it, but to do it here, it’s pretty special. It’s definitely a really good feeling and a good testament to how hard these engine guys have been working, how hard we’ve been working in the shop.”

Cody Coughlin qualified second with a 6.469 at 211.66 and Anderson took third with a 6.472 at 212.36.

Pro Stock Motorcycle’s John Hall continues to be on a terrific run, wrapping up his first career No. 1 qualifier and picking up his first win in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge by defeating Matt Smith with a run of 6.729 at 200.26 on his American Rebel Beer/Matt Smith Racing Buell on Friday at Pacific Raceways.

Hall’s first victory in 12 years came just weeks ago in Norwalk and he’s followed with a pair of outstanding days in Seattle. He’ll open eliminations from the top spot, as Friday’s run of 6.717 at 201.76 held up, looking to continue what’s been the best run of the veteran’s career.

“Everything I’ve accomplished in the last three weeks has been amazing and it’s great to get a No. 1,” Hall said. “I’ll take whatever I can get and I love it. It’s great being on top, but you’ve got to enjoy it while you’re there, because in drag racing, you could be on the bottom really quick.

“Qualifying No. 1 is always your goal when you get to the racetrack, but I never really thought about it.”

Gaige Herrera qualified second with a 6.721 at 201.76 and Matt Smith took third with a 6.733 at 201.88.

Eliminations for the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals begin at 10:30 a.m. PT on Sunday at Pacific Raceways.

KENT, Wash. — Sunday’s first-round pairings for eliminations for the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below

pairings.

Top Fuel — 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.671 seconds, 335.90 mph vs. Bye; 2. Shawn Langdon, 3.689, 338.17 vs. 11. Cameron Ferre, 8.895, 83.80; 3. Brittany Force, 3.703, 340.47 vs. 10. Ida Zetterstrom, 4.641, 167.97; 4. Clay Millican, 3.708, 331.12 vs. 9. Antron Brown, 3.828, 321.27; 5. Tony Stewart, 3.759, 327.59 vs. 8. Josh Hart, 3.812, 327.03; 6. Justin Ashley, 3.763, 329.50 vs. 7. Shawn Reed, 3.772, 331.28.

Funny Car — 1. Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.879, 336.40 vs. 16. Dylan Winefsky, Dodge Charger, 4.224, 292.96; 2. Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.887, 332.43 vs. 15. Buddy Hull, Charger, 4.165, 270.70; 3. J.R. Todd, Toyota GR Supra, 3.901, 333.99 vs. 14. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 4.055, 306.88; 4. Ron Capps, GR Supra, 3.917, 328.78 vs. 13. Hunter Green, Charger, 4.039, 315.19; 5. Daniel Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 3.926, 327.51 vs. 12. Dave Richards, Mustang, 4.026, 311.05; 6. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.928, 329.75 vs. 11. Alexis DeJoria, Charger, 3.973, 328.94; 7. Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 3.948, 314.39 vs. 10. Jack Beckman, Camaro, 3.972, 324.59; 8. Spencer Hyde, Mustang, 3.958, 320.81 vs. 9. Paul Lee, Charger, 3.959, 316.60.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Jeff Diehl, 4.583, 191.57.

Pro Stock — 1. Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.462, 212.73 vs. 16. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.591, 208.46; 2. Cody Coughlin, Camaro, 6.469, 211.66 vs. 15. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.545, 210.90; 3. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.472, 212.36 vs. 14. Cory Reed, Camaro, 6.543, 210.47; 4. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.478, 212.26 vs. 13. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 6.532, 210.14; 5. Greg Stanfield, Camaro, 6.484, 211.99 vs. 12. Stephen Bell, Camaro, 6.530, 209.85; 6. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.499, 211.20 vs. 11. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.528, 210.44; 7. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.499, 210.83 vs. 10. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.518, 210.47; 8. Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.508, 210.47 vs. 9. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.512, 211.06.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Joey Grose, 6.764, 203.28.

Pro Stock Motorcycle — 1. John Hall, Beull, 6.717, 201.76 vs. 8. Chris Bostick, Suzuki, 6.854, 195.93; 2. Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.721, 201.40 vs. 7. Chase Van Sant, Suzuki, 6.812, 198.70; 3. Matt Smith, Buell, 6.733, 202.21 vs. 6. Jianna Evaristo, Buell, 6.772, 200.77; 4. Richard Gadson, Suzuki, 6.735, 200.50 vs. 5. Angie Smith, Buell, 6.752, 200.53.

KENT, Wash. — Saturday’s Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge final results from the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

Top Fuel Challenge — Shawn Langdon, 3.718 seconds, 338.17 mph def. Tony Stewart, 3.759 seconds, 327.51 mph.

Funny Car Challenge — Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.879, 336.40 def. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.887, 332.43.

Pro Stock Challenge — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.462, 212.73 def. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.491, 201.40.

Pro Stock Motorcycle Challenge — John Hall, Beull, 6.729, 200.26 def. Matt Smith, Buell, 6.850, 180.94.

KENT, Wash. — Final Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge round-by-round results from the 36th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

TOP FUEL CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Tony Stewart, 3.811, 327.59 def. Clay Millican, 8.648, 81.07; Shawn Langdon, 6.859, 90.03 def. Justin Ashley, 8.833, 71.56;

FINAL — S. Langdon, 3.718, 338.17 def. T. Stewart, 3.759, 327.51.

FUNNY CAR CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.966, 329.58 def. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 4.055, 306.88; Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 4.427, 294.37 def. Ron Capps, Toyota GR Supra, 8.867, 84.57;

FINAL — A. Prock, 3.879, 336.40 def. M. Hagan, 3.887, 332.43.

PRO STOCK CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.466, 212.49 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.492, 212.26; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.472, 212.36 def. Cory Reed, Camaro, Foul – Red Light;

FINAL — D. Glenn, 6.462, 212.73 def. G. Anderson, 6.491, 201.40.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHALLENGE:

ROUND ONE — John Hall, 6.727, 201.61 def. Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.735, 200.20; Matt Smith, Buell, 6.736,

202.15 def. Richard Gadson, Suzuki, 6.761, 200.50;

FINAL — J. Hall, 6.729, 200.26 def. M. Smith, 6.850, 180.94.

Connor Zilisch grabs second career Dover Motor Speedway victory in BetRivers 200

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DOVER, Del. (July 19, 2025) — Connor Zilisch captured his fourth victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season in the BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon, adding to his impressive rookie campaign.

Zilisch, 18, from Mooresville, N.C., put together a strong showing, taking the lead in Stage Two and never looking back in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

When rain began to fall, the field was brought down pit road under the red flag. After a 45-minute delay, the race was officially called after 134 completed laps and Zilisch was declared the winner.

“It’s awesome,” said Zilisch, who also won last year’s General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series race at Dover. “Wish we got to run all the laps … glad to have Miles [the Monster Trophy] here.

“Still really proud of this Junior Motorsports team. … We capitalized on all fronts, had good pit stops both stages and put ourselves in a position to be in the right spot when the rain fell. Very thankful.”

The race began with high energy as NXT Superstar Ethan Page fired up the crowd with an electric command to start engines. Once the green flag dropped, pole winner Taylor Gray won Stage One, leading all the laps. A costly pit stop dropped Gray outside the top 10 and he was never able to get back to the lead. Gray would go on to finish seventh.

Stage Two belonged to Zilisch, who drove up from his third -place starting position and kept control through multiple restarts.

Lap 113 marked a turning point as both Nick Sanchez and NASCAR Cup Series veteran Ross Chastain exited the race with mechanical failures.

Fan favorite Ryan Truex, from Mayetta, N.J., the winner of the last two NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Dover, came into the weekend hoping for a three-peat in front of friends and family. But the No. 24 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing struggled on speed throughout the afternoon and never quite found its rhythm. Truex battled through traffic for much of the race but ultimately crossed the line in 18th.

Another prominent local driver, Lavar Scott, made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut on Saturday. Scott, 21, from Carney’s Point, N.J., finished 28th, the final car on the lead lap.

Earlier in the day, Scott reflected on the significance of making his debut so close to home.

“[I live] 55 minutes from Dover Motor Speedway,” Scott said. “It’s a home race … I have friends and family, people I haven’t seen in years coming to support me.”

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Zilisch wins the BetRivers 200 at Dover

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Connor Zilisch claimed a series-best fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season in Saturday’s rain-shortened BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway.

“We’ve been showing it lately,” Zilisch said. “First of all, I hate that we couldn’t finish the race the right way. Aric [Almirola] was really fast and was going to give me a run for my money. Props to him for making me work for it.”

Zilisch qualified third and led 77 of the 134 laps before NASCAR was forced to red flag the race. Eventually, they called the race because of the rain.

Zilisch has three wins plus three runner-up finishes in the last eight races. And the win also moves him into second place in the championship standings.

“It’s been awesome,” he said, “and I feel like even when we miss a little bit we’re still a top-five car. And being able to go the race track and know that in the back of your head has definitely been comforting and confidence-inspiring every weekend,’’ Zilisch said. “Gotta keep knocking the door down with wins.”

Aric Almirola finished second in the No. 19 Young Life Toyota.

“It is fun to get back in the race car and compete. I felt really good about my car; I thought our Young Life Toyota GR Supra just needed clean air, Almirola said. “Such a good car and felt like we were able to match Connor (Zilisch) on lap times for a while. And, the longer it went, we were certainly better than he was and better in traffic than he was. He added that he was “very disappointed that we didn’t get to finish that one.” Almirola said.

Brandon Jones finished third, Justin Allgaier fourth, and Jesse Love finished fifth.

“We were close in our no. 20 Menards, Schultz Toyota GR Supra. Clean air was big. I wanted to get in the lead and had a couple of shots at it. It was a difficult track to pass. It did move around some, and we had to use the third lane today,” Jones said, but hard to get a run on people.

“I’m really proud of my guys,” he added. “We didn’t have any slip-ups all day today. We were really solid on pit road and made up a lot of ground.”

The race featured three caution flags for 18 laps, and four lead changes among four drivers.

After Dover, Justin Allgaier leads the Xfinity Series standings by 56 points over Connor Zilisch, 78 over Sam Mayer, 83 over Austin Hill, and 110 over Jesse Love.

The Xfinity Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Pennzoil 250 on Saturday, July 26th at 4:30 pm ET on the CW Network.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 20

Race Results for the BetRivers 200 – Saturday, July 19, 2025
Dover Motor Speedway – Dover, DE – 1 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length – 134 Laps – 134. Miles

PosStNoDriverStage 1Stage 2Stage 3PointsStauts
1388Connor Zilisch #41057Running
2619Aric Almirola22053Running
3420Brandon Jones33051Running
477Justin Allgaier74044Running
5122Jesse Love97038Running
61939Ryan Sieg05037Running
7154Taylor Gray #10040Running
8110Sheldon Creed108033Running
9818William Sawalich #89033Running
103116Christian Eckes #00027Running
11925Harrison Burton00026Running
121341Sam Mayer00025Running
131521Austin Hill010025Running
141899Matt DiBenedetto00023Running
15141Carson Kvapil #00022Running
162026Dean Thompson #00021Running
172117Jake Finch00020Running
183224Ryan Truex00019Running
19274Parker Retzlaff00018Running
201027Jeb Burton00017Running
213010Daniel Dye #00016Running
221632Rajah Caruth(i)0000Running
232642Anthony Alfredo00014Running
24178Sammy Smith00013Running
252344Brennan Poole00012Running
262851Jeremy Clements00011Running
272911Josh Williams00010Running
282245Lavar Scott0009Running
292570Leland Honeyman0008Running
303471Ryan Ellis0007Running
31365Kaz Grala(i)0000Running
322431Blaine Perkins0005Running
33387Nick Leitz0004Running
343391Josh Bilicki0003Running
353714Garrett Smithley0002Running
363528Kyle Sieg0001Running
37248Nick Sanchez #6006Steering
3859Ross Chastain(i)5600Rear Gear

Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES – Toronto Qualifying Report

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CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit
Toronto, Ontario
Qualifying Report
July 19

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (July 19) – Will Power, behind the wheel of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, led the Team Chevy-powered drivers in qualifying at the Toronto Indy, and was joined by Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and Callum Ilott in the No. 90 Prema Racing Chevrolet.

  • The 11 fastest of the 13 drivers in Group 1 were within six-tenths of a second of Kyle Kirkwood, the quickest driver in the group, with Power and Illot advancing for Team Chevy. Nolan Siegel in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet missed out on advancing by three and five-hundredths of a second.
  • O’Ward qualified from Group 2, who had the 10 quickest drivers within three-tenths of a second of the fastest driver in the group, Marcus Armstrong. David Malukas in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet was seven-hundredths of a second off transferring, while the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet with Josef Newgarden behind the wheel was nine-hundredths of an advantage to the Fast 12. It is O’Ward and Newgarden’s 7th trip to the Fast 12 this year.
  • In the Fast 12, Power set the second quickest lap of the day and was one of only three drivers to go sub 60 seconds on the day.
  • Power participated in his second Firestone Fast Six this season and his 12th in Toronto (eight of those have been Chevrolet-powered).

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Saturday qualifying timesheet:

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES):

Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 4th:

“The Verizon Chevy was good, I could have been second, maybe third. I kind of babied the tires the first two laps that last run, because I felt like the money lap would be the third. I probably didn’t bring him up enough. I knew the Andretti’s were going to be tough to beat, they look very good… we were right there, I mean, we’re close. We made some good changes, and it’s nice to get through.”

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 10th:

“I’m really happy with the car on primes, so I think it’ll be looking good for us in the race tomorrow. But just these reds, or these green tires have really been a difficult thing for us just to switch them on or just, like, find a way to make them work, really. We’re, like, seven tenths slower in q 2 versus q 1, and I have no real explanation for it. I don’t think we any of us do. It’s just it’s so frustrating. There’s such a difference when you go new to new, and it’s the same tire. So, it’s just I don’t know. I don’t think we’re the only one in the paddock, but it’s just really, really frustrating.

“But, I think I have the strongest car that I’ve had here. At least for the race tomorrow, I feel better than what we have in the past. So, we’ll see what we can what we can make happen from there, but it’s going to be tough.”

Callum Ilott, No, 90 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 12th:

“A bit of a high and low. The first part of qualifying was great; it was a really good lap that got us in despite it being a tight session. In the second part of qualifying, we just couldn’t get any momentum on a single lap. We got a chance at the end but it was not a session in the way it was meant to be, which is a shame after Q1. It will be really good to see what we can do for the race, and it’s not a bad starting position. We will be boosted up to 11th, but it would be nice to have had a fairer shot today.”

Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 13th:

“While the result doesn’t quite show it, I think we can be happy with that after yesterday. The team have done a great job to get us back to where we thought we would be yesterday, today. From a Qualifying execution standpoint, we beat a lot of strong cars that we probably didn’t think we’d be fighting with, so we can be pleased with how we did.”

Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 15th:

“Driver made an error there. Just missed, turn five apex just by a little bit, and you see with the concrete here, if you’re just off a little bit because it’s not rubbered in you lose a chunk. So, yeah, that’s on me. Unfortunately, sorry for everyone on the Gallagher Chevy, but we’ll make most of it tomorrow.”

David Malukas, No. 4 Clarience Technologies/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 16th:

“We missed out. Sat there and just went through the data until qualifying was over and found some stuff that I can really work on and make myself better just seeing from the other drivers. I think overall, we just kind of missed that window a little bit with tire temp. I think we were kind of in between lap two and three and by the end of lap three, the tires were already falling off and we were holding on for dear life. So missed that window a little bit, but still could have gotten lap in and just miffed with myself. We’re going to get our heads down and see what we can do for tomorrow.”

Josef Newgarden, No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet qualified 18th:

“The PPG Chevy was super fast on the primes (Firestone primary tire) but we just struggled to get a handle on the softer compound. Tomorrow should be a primary tire race, so we are well positioned there. Obviously, this is a tough track to just drive through the field. We’ll need some strategy to go with a fast car – and some luck that we haven’t had yet this year – but it can be done.”

Christian Lundgaard, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet qualified 19th:

“It was a disappointing Qualifying, for sure. We knew going into Toronto that this is one of the team’s toughest race weekends. We just can’t find the pace the others have for this track, and that shows in our Qualifying today. It’s a long race, and it usually gets pretty messy on these streets, so we need to stay clean and pick up as many positions as we can tomorrow.”

Robert Shwartzman, No. 83 PREMA Racing Chevrolet qualified 20th:

“The qualifying unfortunately was extremely tight. Overall I’m quite happy with how the car felt, I had just one moment in Turn 1 where I lost the car at the rear. I tried my best to get in and transferring was within two tenths. I felt like we could have potentially been there, but it was super tight. I think the qualifying went well and the car felt good. We all did a pretty good job. Without this slight mistake with the snap on the rear, I think we could have had a really good chance, but it is what it is. We’re going to start from P20 and tomorrow I will do my best to go forwards through the field to get towards the top end.”

Conor Daly, No. 76 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 21st:

“Yeah to be honest, looking at the board and being .2 from transferring, when we were 2 seconds off this morning, is a pretty decent jump forward. I appreciate the team working with me to get a little bit more comfortable balance for me to drive. We’re just not quite where we need to be on the street courses yet, but I appreciate Chevy and the team. We’ve made a huge step forward from where we started and hopefully we can have a good solid race tomorrow.”

Christian Rasmussen, No. 21 ECR Splenda Chevrolet qualified 22nd:

How do you get two-tenths at a track like this?

“It’s definitely tight. But to be fair, it is every weekend. You know? You see the same at Mid-Ohio. You see it everywhere. It’s just so, competitive-this field. But we’ve been we’ve been struggling to get the car right all weekend. Just haven’t had the pace. I was honestly pretty happy with my lap. I didn’t think there was much more to extract out of it. So that was a positive, but, obviously, we’re just we’re just too slow. So, we need to, to find something.

Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 Sexton Properties/A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet qualified 23rd:

“Honestly, kind of just a bit beside myself. You know I think we’ve been doing a really good job with the car. We thought we had made the correct changes, when in reality, I think we overlooked a very important thing in the philosophy of the setup, and it just showed, so I think tomorrow we’ll be fine.”

Alexander Rossi, No. 20 ECR Java House Chevrolet qualified 24th:

“We are coming away from qualifying quite disappointed. We have not yet had the pace we need this weekend, so we will work hard overnight to see how we can improve the cars for the race tomorrow.”

Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Holliger Racing Chevrolet qualified 25th:

Chevrolet on the Streets Of Toronto

Chevrolet wins on the Streets Of Toronto: 13

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2017 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2016 – Will Power – Team Penske
2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 Race #2 – Mike Conway – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology
2012 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Global
1993 – Paul Tracy – Team Penske
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing
1989 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1988 – Al Unser Jr. – Galles Racing
1987 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing

Chevrolet poles on the Streets Of Toronto: 12

2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2018 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske
2017 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske
2016 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing
2015 – Josef Newgarden – Ed Carpenter Racing
2014 – Race #1 – Sebastien Bourdais – KV Racing Technology
1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske
1992 – Bob Rahal – Rahal Hogan Racing
1991 – Michael Andretti – Newman Haas Racing
1990 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske
1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing
1988 – Danny Sullivan – Team Penske

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto: 36

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Danny Sullivan (5), Helio Castroneves (4), Michael Andretti (3), Sebastien Bourdais (3), Emerson Fittipaldi (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Josef Newgarden (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Bob Rahal (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Mario Andretti (1), Eddie Cheever (1), Mike Conway (1), Luca Filippi (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Felix Rosenqvist (1), and Paul Tracy (1)

Chevrolet podiums on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (13), Galles Racing (5),, Ed Carpenter Racing (4), Newman Haas Racing (4), Chip Ganassi Racing (3), Dragon Racing (2), Patrick Racing (2) Andretti Global (1), Arrow McLaren (1), KV Racing Technology (1), and Rahal Hogan Racing (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto: 1109

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by driver: Al Unser Jr. (182), Michael Andretti (153), Emerson Fittipaldi (123) Josef Newgarden (113), Will Power (97), Simon Pagenaud (84), Sebastien Bourdais (79), Helio Castroneves (74), Scott Dixon (56), Paul Tracy (54), Danny Sullivan (50), Ryan Hunter-Reay (36), Scott McLaughlin (28), Tony Kanaan (19), Rinus VeeKay (18), Mike Conway (7), Mario Andretti (6), Jordan King (6), Pato O’Ward (3), Luca Filippi (2), JR Hildebrand (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Spencer Pigot (1) and Felix Rosenqvist (1)

Chevrolet laps led on the Streets Of Toronto by team: Team Penske (519), Galles Racing (182), Newman Haas Racing (159), Chip Ganassi Racing (74), Patrick Racing (74), Ed Carpenter Racing (64), Andretti Global (36), Dragon Racing (20), Arrow McLaren (4), A.J. Foyt Racing (1), Carlin (1) and Panther Racing (1)

Manufacturer History on the Streets Of Toronto

Wins (with competition):

13 – Chevrolet (2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #2, 2014 Race #1, 2012, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)

10 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2013 Race #1, 2013 Race #2, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1996)

4 – Ford (2000, 1995, 1994, 1992)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

1 – Cosworth (1986)

Earned Poles (with competition):

12 – Chevrolet (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Race #1, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)

11 – Honda (2024, 2023, 2022, 2013 Race #2, 2013 Race #1, 2012, 2001, 2000 1999, 1998, 1996)

2 – Ford (1995, 1994)

2 – Cosworth (1987, 1986)

1 – Toyota (2002)

1 – Mercedes (1997)

** 2014 Race #2 – Helio Castroneves (Team Penske Chevrolet) started from the pole on driver points after qualifying was rained out**

Historical Chevrolet in the INDYCAR SERIES information

INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturer Championships (since 1979)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins in the Twin-Turbo 2.2L V6 Era (2012-present)

Chevrolet-Powered Wins (All-time)

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Herta Claims Another NTT P1 Award on Streets of Toronto

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TORONTO (Saturday, July 19, 2025) – Colton Herta gave Andretti Global all the credit for delivering another fast racecar at Exhibition Place, but let’s be honest: The second-generation NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver is wicked quick on this 11-turn, 1.786-mile street circuit.

Herta won the NTT P1 Award for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto for the second consecutive year and the third time in four years. Only Dario Franchitti (five) and Sebastien Bourdais (four) have won more poles for this event.

Herta figures to deliver a strong performance in Sunday’s race, too, as he has finished second, third and first in the past three outings. The 90-lap contest is set for noon ET (FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network).

“We have a great car here, it’s plain and simple as you see,” Herta said of the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian that turned the only Firestone Fast Six lap under 1 minute (59.8320 seconds). “I’d like to think (the team’s drivers are) better than everybody else, but the cars are really just that good.

“I think (the cars) make us look really good.”

Herta won his second pole of the season, the other also coming on a street circuit (in last month’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear). He pushed his career pole total to 16, breaking a tie with Tony Kanaan and Juan Pablo Montoya on the all-time list. Herta’s total ranks 21st in history, with Emerson Fittipaldi next on the list with 17.

Herta’s goal now is to win his first race of the season. He won two races last year, including this one.

The surprise of this qualifying session was that Kyle Kirkwood didn’t join Herta on the front row. The teammates had the dominant cars of practice, and they finished 1-2 in last year’s race. But the rear of Kirkwood’s No. 27 Silver Gold Bull Honda slipped out from under him on his final qualifying lap, and he quickly aborted with the hope he’d get another lap. There wasn’t enough time.

“We just gave away a pole, without a doubt,” a disappointed Kirkwood said. “I started the lap and the first time all weekend, I got a huge snap. (The car) has been understeering and the one time I go through (Turn 2) when it matters for pole it bottoms (out) and I have the huge snap. It’s unfortunate.

“It feels like I’m throwing away poles left and right on street courses.”

Kirkwood was in a similar mood in Detroit after he qualified third. However, he recovered to win that race, the second of his street circuit victories this season. He also won the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April. He has three race wins this year.

Series leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing qualified second in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. He holds a 129-point lead over the field with five races remaining as he bids for his third consecutive season championship and fourth in five years. Palou finished fourth in this event last year, and this is one of the circuits where he has not won a race.

Rounding out the top six qualifiers were Marcus Armstrong (No. 66 SiriusXM/Root Insurance Honda of Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian), Team Penske’s Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal (No. 15 United Rentals Honda) and Kirkwood.

Palou’s teammate, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon (No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda), leads active drivers with four victories at Exhibition Place. Power has three race wins here while teammate Josef Newgarden (No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet) has two.

Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard (2023) and Herta (2024) are the other previous Toronto race winners in this 27-car field. The winner at Exhibition Place has come from the pole each of the past two years and three times in the past four years.

This is the fourth and final street race of the season. The last events on the calendar will be held on a pair of road courses (WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and Portland International Raceway) followed by two oval tracks (The Milwaukee Mile and Nashville Superspeedway).

Chase Elliott secures Cup Series pole at Dover after qualifying canceled

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Chase Elliott photo by David Myers for SpeedwayMedia.com.

Chase Elliott secured the NASCAR Cup Series pole at Dover Motor Speedway after Saturday’s qualifying session was canceled due to rain.

The Busch Light Pole Award was determined by NASCAR’s qualifying matrix (70% previous race finish and 30% current owner points).

Elliott commented on the importance of the pole and how it reflects on their efforts throughout the season.

“It’s definitely a different pole than normal,” he said. “Saturday has definitely not been a strong suit, so we had to blaze a little different trail to get a pole. At the end of the day, it’s a testament of hard work throughout the year and a good stretch of races, right? It earns you the metric that puts you in a position if it were to rain.

Elliott continued, saying, “It’s a little different vibe, but we’ll take it. We’ll try to take advantage of that first pit stall tomorrow. It’s always a big deal. It’s not something we have a whole bunch of, so we’d like to get in the habit of getting that more often. Hopefully, we’ll have a good day.”

Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and William Byron round out the top-five starters for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400.

The AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 will be broadcast at 2 p.m. ET on TNT Sports/truTV and HBO Max with radio coverage provided by PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Starting Lineup

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Taylor Gray captures third career Xfinity Series pole at Dover

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Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

Taylor Gray will lead the field to green for the Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon. It is the third career pole for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.

He was 29th in practice and commented on the adjustments the team made before the qualifying session.

“Unloading off the truck, we just missed some travel stuff a little bit, and we were really hard in the splitter and worked throughout practice to make our car better.” Gray added, “I’m super proud of all my guys at Joe Gibbs Racing, obviously just super proud of the turnaround we had”.

Nick Sanchez will join him on the front row, followed by Connor Zilisch, Brandon Jones, and Ross Chastain to round out the top five.

Starting Lineup – Xfinity Series at Dover

PosNoDriverTeamTimeSpeed
154Taylor Gray #Operation 300 Toyota23.578152.685
248Nick Sanchez #Big Machine Label Group Chevrolet23.673152.072
388Connor Zilisch #Carolina Carports Chevrolet23.753151.56
420Brandon JonesMenards/Schultz Toyota23.766151.477
59Ross Chastain(i)Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet23.787151.343
619Aric AlmirolaYoung Life Toyota23.794151.299
77Justin AllgaierRegistix Chevrolet23.835151.038
818William Sawalich #Soundgear Toyota23.841151
925Harrison BurtonMorton Buildings Ford23.884150.729
1027Jeb BurtonFasTrack Auto Transport Chevrolet23.889150.697
110Sheldon CreedFriends of Jaclyn Ford23.916150.527
122Jesse LoveWhelen Chevrolet23.927150.458
1341Sam MayerAudibel Ford23.948150.326
141Carson Kvapil #Bass Pro Shops/Clarience Tech Chevrolet23.949150.319
1521Austin HillTitan Risk Solutions Chevrolet23.956150.276
1632Rajah Caruth(i)Events DC Chevrolet24150
178Sammy SmithPilot Chevrolet24.024149.85
1899Matt DiBenedettoViking Motorsports Chevrolet24.024149.85
1939Ryan SiegSci Aps Ford24.135149.161
2026Dean Thompson #Thompson Pipe Group/Legends Toyota24.135149.161
2117Jake FinchHendrickCars.com Chevrolet24.14149.13
2245Lavar ScottMongoose Power Solutions Chevrolet24.192148.81
2344Brennan PooleClark’s/CW & Sons Chevrolet24.205148.73
2431Blaine PerkinsWerner Chevrolet24.206148.723
2570Leland HoneymanLH Construction Chevrolet24.221148.631
2642Anthony AlfredoLanita Specialized Chevrolet24.227148.595
274Parker RetzlaffFix Your Lid Chevrolet24.235148.545
2851Jeremy ClementsBG Crane Services/Alliance Chevrolet24.249148.46
2911Josh WilliamsAlloy Employer Services Chevrolet24.309148.093
3010Daniel Dye #Champion Container Chevrolet24.374147.698
3116Christian Eckes #Campers Inn RV Mobile Medic Chevrolet24.438147.312
3224Ryan TruexNew Jersey State Police Toyota24.441147.293
3391Josh BilickiRita’s Italian Ice ChevroletOwner Points146.843
3471Ryan EllisEnglert/Sila Services ChevroletOwner Points146.753
3528Kyle SiegIMS FordOwner Points146.027
365Kaz Grala(i)Ferguson ChevroletOwner Points145.625
3714Garrett SmithleyCamp Barnes ChevroletOwner Points144.893
387Nick LeitzDexerDry.com ChevroletOwner Points0

CHEVROLET NCS AT DOVER: Chase Elliott Media Availability Quotes

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NASCAR CUP SERIES
DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES
JULY 19, 2025

 With precipitation forcing the cancellation of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Dover Motor Speedway, the starting lineup for tomorrow’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 will be set by the rulebook, putting Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team on the pole.

Media Availability Quotes:

Chase, what does starting on the front row mean for you and the team?

“It’s definitely a different pole than normal. Saturday has definitely not been a strong suit, so we had to blaze a little different trail to get a pole. At the end of the day, it’s a testament of hard work throughout the year and a good stretch of races, right? It earns you the metric that puts you in a position if it were to rain.

It’s a little different vibe, but we’ll take it. We’ll try to take advantage of that first pit stall tomorrow. It’s always a big deal. It’s not something we have a whole bunch, so we’d like to get in the habit of getting that more often. Hopefully, we’ll have a good day.”

Obviously a new tire for this weekend. What’s the feeling of not having any laps from that tire before the green flag?

“At the moment, I don’t really know because I haven’t spent any time on it.

I think all we can really do at this point is just try and dissect any similarities that the tire this weekend might have to a change that we’ve maybe already seen throughout the year. Really just make your best guess off of the information that you have in front of you with that. I feel like that stuff is always a little bit of an educated guess when you’re coming to these places for the first time.

Hopefully, we hit that right and can have a good day and get going. I’m sure the track being fresh like it is right now and the Xfinity drivers fixing to go run — I’m not sure if we’re expecting any more rain overnight or not, but hopefully there’ll be some rubber down before we start tomorrow. I think that would certainly help concerns as the race gets going, but we’ll see. Last year, we were cording tires within just a handful of laps in practice. It could be an interesting day. We’ll find out.”

Do you feel maybe like the guinea pig being on the pole without practicing qualifying with this? Not to the extreme of the Bristol fiasco where everybody was losing tires so quickly, but do you feel like you’re sort of like it’s a lab rat waiting to feel the green with this? How does the debriefing conversations take place when you’re on the pole like this?

“We didn’t get on track, so I don’t really know that we have anything to debrief, honestly, unless we want to talk about our travel getting up here (laughs). But outside of that, I don’t really think we had a whole bunch going on. I don’t really know other than I just was talking about maybe thinking back to some other races that we’ve had a similar tire; try and take an educated guess on something that we’ve already seen or hope pieces of the puzzle are looking at us somewhere that we can try and pick apart. But outside that, I do feel like it is a little bit of a risk kind of being out front. If you are able to get through one and two well and get clear when you have clean air like that, you’re kind of in the best position to make the most lap time, right? And a lot of times when you’re running fast on a green track on a fresh tire, that typically can lead to issues. So we’ll just have to see… see what this race is like today and how much rubber is left over before we start tomorrow. Kind of eyeball that before we start the race and find a silver lining in there somewhere. Hopefully I’ll be the first one back around to the rubber when everybody gets done running through it one time, so we’ll look at it that way.”

Here at Dover, you’ve had 14 starts and 10 of those you’ve had top-fives. What is it about this place that you like so much? And what is it about this track that you just tend to find that piece of consistency from start to finish in races?

“Yeah, that’s been a popular question throughout the day. I honestly don’t know why the track has suited me throughout my career. Kind of right from the rip, I enjoy coming up here. I ran a truck race here early on in my career, and a few Xfinity races when we raced up here twice a year at that time. So yeah, all those races were just enjoyable. The track is challenging. It’s one of those places that can certainly reach out and get you if you don’t watch it. I’ve always just tried to respect this place as best as I know how and hope that it shows me some respect back, and that’s kind of always been my approach.”

I’m not sure if you’re aware, but 24 straight races here, the pol sitter hasn’t gone on to win. I’m just wondering, does that give you any expectations?

“Thanks a lot… I really appreciate that (laughs).

I mean, no. I guess just hope it’s not 25. That’s about all I can do right now. We’ll try to try to break the streak.

We obviously haven’t put rubber down here since spring of last year, and with the rain and stuff now, are you worried that these conditions are going to make the track a lot different from what you’re used to and kind of shake out your groove?

“I mean, it’s certainly a concern, I think, as you start the race. When you just have unknowns with the tire, I think kind of to expand on some of the earlier questions — yes, I think that there’s definitely an element of concern and just the fact that you don’t have those answers, right? And I think as a race team, you always want to try to have all the answers you can get in front of you before you start the race.

Unfortunately, this is just a circumstance where we’re just simply not going to have that before tomorrow. So it’ll be a little bit of a trial-and-error run throughout the race, and hopefully the error is not too large that we can’t overcome if there is one. Be smart, take advantage of that first pit stall, try to go to work and put together a full race.”

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Toyota GAZOO Racing – NCS Dover Quotes – Denny Hamlin – 07.19.25

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Toyota GAZOO Racing – Denny Hamlin
NASCAR Cup Series Quotes

DOVER, Del. (July 19, 2025) – Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was made available to the media on Saturday prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Dover Motor Speedway.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 Progressive Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing

What are your thoughts on running an open team and are you worried about Tyler Reddick’s contract and being lured away to another team?

“I don’t have any direct comment to that. All I can tell you, and this will be my blanket answer for all questions about this is, if you want answers, you want to understand all of why this is happening, come December 1st. You will get the answers that you are looking for and all will be exposed.”

What is the impact of the Brickyard 400 and what is the strategy of that race?

“There is just so much history at that track. Just the close calls that I’ve had at that one – that is kind of the last big major win that I don’t have on my resume. Leading with six laps to go, blowing a tire back in 2020 – just so many close calls. It is one that I’m highly motivated to run really well at. It is also always been kind of a showcase of driver, team, engine department – kind of everything. You don’t see a whole lot of surprises there – there has been some, but not a whole lot. Maybe a little more in the Next Gen era because qualifying means more, track position means more than it ever has, but generally speaking, nothing takes away from the prestigious of winning at that track. That is just something that is very, very special. The facility has so much history that you just can’t take away – no matter the circumstances or how you win it – you just can’t take away from the prestige of winning at the Brickyard.”

Do you have confidence you can win this weekend? What do you think the tire is going to do?

“That is the only kind of kink – chink in the armor with where does your confidence lay is we do have a different tire combination. I feel like we’ve done a really good job at adapting to that and understanding that this is a tire that we have had on a couple of the intermediates, but overall, I’m very confident. I feel as so, since I’ve changed my style of driving at this track over the last six to seven years, it has worked with all kinds of tires and cars. Yes, still very confident.”

Has anything changed that has made you second guess your decision to file the lawsuit?

“Not a chance.”

Have you talked about running open cars and what it would mean if 41 cars show up?

“December 1st is all that matters. Mark your calendar.”

Is it a big focus on your time?

“I would love to be doing other things. I have a lot going on, but when I get in the car in a few minutes, nothing else is going to matter other than that. I always give my team 110 percent. I always prepare – whether I have side

jobs, side hustles, more kids – that all matters, but I always give my team all the team that I need to make sure when I strap in, I’m 100 percent committed.”

Was there a meeting at 23XI or any message to the team?

“No.”

What has made Joe Gibbs Racing so successful at Dover?

“I think good cars mean a fair amount of it, and the second is – I was really blessed to have Martin Truex as a teammate. He was exceptional at this race track, and really the gold standard. As Jimmie’s (Johnson) success started to tail off, he was the next guy in line that every time we came here, you were going to have to battle him for race wins. Early in my career, I was studying Jimmie. Late in my career, I was studying Martin – those two guys were the guys I changed my style too and it has been better.”

How important would it be to get the regular season championship?

“It is important. It is something that all of the guys that are in contention are really striving for. It is something that – it is an accomplishment that we would all like to have. Obviously, it didn’t take precedence over the birth of my son. If the regular season was all that I cared about, I wouldn’t have missed that race but family has changed my priorities a little bit on that. It is one of the – I don’t know that it is another crown jewel, but it is certainly a crowning accomplishment that we have in our series now that rewards big sample sizes. I think that is why people would view it pretty highly. If you look at the guys that have won it, it has been the guys that have dominated the first 26 races of the season. There have been no flukes, no accidental winners. It is the biggest sample size that we have in the sport, so that is why I think it is the most legitimate.”

How do you feel like the In-Season Challenge went?

“I think it has been successful. I think it has been unfortunate, right, you probably had a lot of the top seeds get knocked out pretty early in it, but overall, I thought the implementation of it has been good. I thought the press around it has been good. We are talking – I think none of the eight had even won a race this year – so while it was kind of an unfortunate thing that you knocked out your top seeds and guys that people were probably counting on to keep their brackets going, I think overall it has been great for the storylines of the drivers that are still in it, and it will matter. I think the only – if I were in charge – it is just tweaking the tracks that it is. I think even the finale next week, you are not going to have a side-by-side battle of your head-to-head guys, just because we are going to a track where we don’t run side-by-side. It is just refine your schedule around – if you keep it – make sure you have these five on race tracks that could create a compelling thing to watch on TV, because even if you have someone who is – next week, if your top two guys are running eighth to 10th – they might as well be a full track apart. It is such a huge buffer on a place like Indy. Overall, I think it has been a good success, and I’m glad that they did implement it.”

What are your thoughts of being an owner to a driver that is still in the running to win the In-Season Challenge?

“I think Tyler (Reddick) probably knows that – it is probably as important to us as it is to him. He was able to win the driver’s regular season last year, and that was a good accomplishment. It was a good milestone for that team. He knows the importance of it and that we want to win it, and he is certainly highly motivated.”

Can you talk about the improvements that Tyler Reddick has made the last three weeks?

“Yeah, he’s closed in – I think he has now passed me in the points. I’ve had a bit of a rough go of it. They are kind of doing what they were doing in the middle of the summer last year where they made that run towards the regular season – while their pace hasn’t been elite, but their finishing hasn’t been elite. They are just executing well, getting the best finishes they can out of their car that day, and that has been the key. Really truthfully, people like him and Chase Elliott making this little run towards the regular season has really been largely due to them not beating themselves, and the rest of us just stepping on it.”

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Toyota GAZOO Racing – NCS Dover Quotes – Tyler Reddick – 07.19.25

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Toyota GAZOO Racing – Tyler Reddick
NASCAR Cup Series Quotes

DOVER, Del. (July 19, 2025) – 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to the media on Saturday prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Dover Motor Speedway.

TYLER REDDICK, No. 45 SiriusXM Toyota Camry XSE, 23XI Racing

What kind of concern do you have being in an open car and your contract?

“Everything related to litigation, charters – I don’t have a comment for at this time. Thank you though.”

What updates do you want on the In-Season Challenge and your match-up with Ty Gibbs?

“The last three weeks I feel like we’ve raced around each other a bunch, so I don’t know if I’m going to need any. I feel like that will continue, especially – I don’t know where I saw the stat somewhere on X – I saw that I think 490 some laps that we’ve ran here, we’ve ran like 490 laps within two or three spots of each other, or something like that. It does feel like every time I’ve been at Dover since Ty (Gibbs) has been in the Cup Series, I can at least see him on the track when I’m making laps, and yeah, last year, I finished directly behind him – so I feel like that is going to continue. I feel like we are going to be around each other a lot this weekend. Hopefully, we will have some good hard racing.”

What is your expectation on the new tire at Dover this weekend?

“I don’t know the exact details – but as far as – I believe it is a right side that we run at some of the intermediate style tracks, but yes, the left side is different. The trend with that has been softer tires that lay more rubber – something that goes along with that is marbling outside of the racing lane, but typically when there is more rubber going down on the race track, it is presenting us with more options on the racing surface, especially a place like this. Even last year, when we ran here, it was laying so much rubber down on the track that it was forcing you, late in the runs, to move around to get away from the rubber build up. I feel like we were having so much of it on corner exit, it reminds me of Martinsville. That would be exciting. That would be good. Certainly, would force you to move around off the bottom if the rubber really builds up like that again, and quite possibly could do more of that. Excited to see what that means here. Typically, I felt like, this race track – the more sun, the more heat it has, all of the stuff we talked about just now increases. I think the more that happens, the more wide the surface gets, the more options we have as drivers as the tires wear out.”

Do you anticipate the track to open up quicker with multiple lanes with the new tires?
“Yeah, I mean, that is a guess. I think practice will be telling to some degree. I felt like in years past, we don’t lay a lot of rubber down in practice, and if this tire does lay rubber in practice, or quite a bit of rubber, I think that will be a sign on how much faster the track will rubber in and how much sooner it will fall off a little bit. That’s my thought.”

What makes this track difficult to qualifying at?

“It is a test of your guts. That is for sure. This place, again in practice, you will go out there and you will have some kind of idea on how fast it could possibly be on a cleanish race track, and by the end of the run, you are kind of driving it like you would do it in the race. You get out of the car and you look at some data, and then you go out and go qualify. You get two laps, but realistically, I think it is going to be one lap, so with that you just have to have good notes, you have to be ready, as soon as you get out of the car to put practice behind you until tomorrow or later in the day after you qualified, because the mind set and the approach and how much harder you have to drive the car on those two laps is an extreme. I feel like it is more extreme here than a lot of the race tracks that we go too for qualifying.”

10 years ago, you won here in the Truck Series. How significant is to have the unique Dover trophy?

“For me personally, it was early in my NASCAR career. It was really cool to get a trophy as unique as that. I’ve been fortunate to win some unique trophies over the years, but that is one for me, running Trucks, that was a big deal. Obviously, having a trophy like that is really cool, but in the Truck Series – it is not the full-size trophy, but it is still a trophy nonetheless, I don’t know. I just felt like the year before, I had some issues I was fighting in the car comfort wise. I was motivated to come back here the next year, 10 years ago, and run good. There is something about this place, the way it races, how creative you have to be in the car, how much you have to search – I just love this race track and would love to take home the full-size trophy on Sunday.”

What are the odds that the three guys named Ty or Tyler in the Cup Series would make the final four of the In-Season Challenge?

“Did John Hunter (Nemechek) change his name to Ty yet? (laughter) Yeah, that is pretty wild. There is a lot of things that have happened throughout this that looking back, you would have thought at some point – and it finally happened last week, you would have thought that at some points there would be teammates matched up, and we finally got that, and yeah, it seems if the first two letters in your name are T and Y, you are going to pretty far in this thing, so yeah, very interesting for sure. I think, myself and other drivers talk about it for sure, it is all about execution these weeks – for the most part, everyone is really close on speed that making the right strategy call or having good restarts, avoiding the chaotic, big losses of track position – all of those things really, really matter, and I feel like the In-Season Tournament really has shown that – the drivers that step up to the plate and get it done, and have that ability or find their way through it. I think for my case, I was fortunate throughout it. At Atlanta, Kyle (Larson) unforuntately, got caught up in it, so I was okay there. I really thought me and (Carson) Hocevar were going to be around each other a lot in Chicago, and then he collected about half the field when he had his issue. Sonoma was a real test. (Ryan) Preece, I think was better than us last week, but it came down to the end of the race. We came in and got tires – he did as well, but he got collected in the chaos. We were able to shoot the gap and get through it. The pressure of being behind the guy you have to beat throughout the day, throughout the race is something that can get to you, so you just have to understand it, put it away and use it to motivate yourself to hopefully get back to him and hopefully battle with him. I feel like me and Ty (Gibbs) will most likely be around each other a lot tomorrow and probably today in practice too.”

Can you talk about racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

“We’ve gotten to race the road course, and I got to race on the oval, the full circuit, a couple years back when I was running Xfinity, so it was really cool last year to get in it, get back to running the two-and-a-half mile track with the Next Gen car and see what that’s like. It was really mind blowing to see some of the tendencies you would have to do with that car to make it through the pack. (Kyle) Larson really used that to his advantage last year, and it is going to be interesting to see how much the field has learned from that and how much they apply what he did to what the field is going to do when we go back. It is fun. We did last year – we had that 50 minute practice – you are going out there on stickers and you are going as fast as you can. It is really exhilarating to nail the lap and get it right at a place like that. It is very unforgiving if you miss it – even in a Cup car.”

Are you having a sense of optimism since you are consistently in the top-10, or is it frustration because you haven’t won a race yet this season?

“I would say that – I think it is fair, I think at some degree that we frustrated that we haven’t won for sure, but we’ve been using it as motivation to keep improving and finding speed and increasing the amount of times that we properly execute throughout the race. We haven’t really backed away from the fact that we haven’t won a race. We are just using it motivate. It is crazy. I feel like three weeks ago we were 120 something points behind William Bryon and a lot of those cars up there, and the last couple of weeks we have closed the gap. Sonoma – we didn’t really make up much ground at all – but we were still able to pass my bossman, Denny (Hamlin), in points. I think we are right on that cusp of being right there of having weeks like we’ve had in the last three weeks. I think we can keep closing in on it. If we keep performing at that level, we will continue to find opportunities to battle for wins and hopefully one of those come our way too.”

Were the last three races track specific success?

“It’s Atlanta, and Chicago. I don’t know – I know that Shane (Van Gisbergen) is really good at street courses, and there is a number of guys good at road courses, but something about the way you get around Chicago works for me. I’ve been fast every time we’ve been there. For us to have the speed that we did in Chicago is good, but yeah, Sonoma for us was a weekend where we didn’t have the speed that we wanted, we thought our car drove good, but we were able to put tires on and get the finish. I think this weekend will be really important. We’ve been working really hard the last two months to figure out what we are missing and get some of that speed back, and I think it will be a really important test to see how much progress we’ve made on that. This is a place where yes, you’ve got to run a smooth, clean race. It is easy to make a mistake and get yourself out of it, but we definitely want to unload in practice here today and be top-five on pace for sure.”

What would it mean to you to win a million dollars?

“It would be great. I feel like I’m too busy to think about what I would even do with it, but nonetheless it would be great to have and once I have some free time, maybe if I get some free time during the week, I can think about what I would spend it on, but if anything, you can just put it away and maybe have some fun with the money during the off-season.”

Any chance it might get you back into a dirt car?

“Much less would get me back in the dirt car, that is for sure. It is a tricky balance. I love dirt racing. I always have. That is what got me going in racing. It just a difficult balance. I want to make sure I’ve giving my team, my crew everything I can to be prepared. I think it is really important to do all you can during the week to be prepared, so right now, to able to disappear a night or two a week to go race dirt doesn’t make the most sense, and I’m hoping here soon – I keep saying it – I feel like one day I will just do it. I will be able to do that at some point, but as of right now, it doesn’t look like it is happening.”

Do you think NASCAR made the right choice on the tracks for the In-Season Challenge?

“I don’t think there is a wrong choice, honestly. Yes. I think the tracks that we went too had a sense of some unpredictability to it. They could have done it anywhere, but certainly, the tracks that they chose added to that chaos certainly. Getting going, I felt like Sonoma was kind of the first race in this tournament where it should play out, somewhat naturally, but you still did have a lot of movers late in the race with those restarts. I’m good with it either way. Whatever tracks they want to choose, I’m all for it. It’s been fun, and I’ve enjoyed it.”

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