Hamlin rallies for 63rd Cup career victory at Michigan

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June 7, 2026

20260607204904-6c7d5568-me — Photo by Tim Jarrold for SpeedwayMedia.com.

Denny Hamlin was not to be denied from starting at the rear of the field and motoring his way to a thrilling NASCAR Cup Series victory for a second consecutive race weekend. His latest feat occurred in the 2026 FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, June 7.

The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, led twice for 40 of 200-scheduled laps. He took the green flag at the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments. This was due to damage he sustained to his car, caused by a flat left-rear tire during practice.

Throughout Sunday’s event at Michigan, Hamlin spent the early portions mired within the mid-pack region. He was also able to avoid significant damage to his entry during a Lap 82 multi-car accident on a restart that eliminated his 23XI Racing competitor and points leader, Tyler Reddick.

After notching an eighth-place result following the second stage period and navigating his way towards the front throughout the final stage period, Hamlin seized an opportunity during a 39-lap shootout. Racing in third place, he made a move beneath Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez to overtake both and assume the lead for the final time through the frontstretch. From there, Hamlin built his lead to more than 11 seconds before he motored his way to his unprecedented third Cup victory of the 2026 season and the 63rd of his illustrious career.

With on-track qualifying that determined the starting lineup occurring on Saturday, June 6, Denny Hamlin notched his 50th Cup career pole position with a pole-winning lap at 195.117 mph in 36.901 seconds. Hamlin, however, dropped to the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments on his pole-winning entry. The adjustments were a result of damage to the bottom area due to Hamlin cutting a left-rear tire and barely limping his entry to pit road.

As Hamlin dropped to the rear of the field, Carson Hocevar, who posted a qualifying lap at 195.022 mph in 36.919 seconds and had a homecoming pole snatched at the last second from Hamlin, led the field to the event’s start, and he shared the front row with Tyler Reddick, the latter of whom qualified in third place at 194.969 mph in 36.929 seconds.

Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, William Byron, Josh Berry and Erik Jones joined Hamlin as competitors who dropped to the rear of the field, all due to unapproved adjustments that were made to their respective cars.

When the green flag waved and the event commenced, Carson Hocevar launched his No. 77 Zeigler Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entry ahead from the outside lane, and he led the field through the first two turns and the backstretch. As the field cycled back to the frontstretch, Hocevar led the first lap while Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and the rest of the field followed suit.

On the second lap, the event’s first caution flew when rookie Connor Zilisch, who was racing towards the rear of the field, snapped sideways from the outside lane in Turns 3 and 4 before he spun his No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 car backward and made light contact with the outside wall. During the event’s first caution period, some, including William Byron, Erik Jones, Christopher Bell and Josh Berry, pitted early for service and to top off on fuel, while the rest, led by Hocevar, remained on the track.

The next restart on the sixth lap featured Hocevar gaining another strong advantage from the outside lane before he quickly darted to the left to the inside lane entering the first two turns. As the field fanned out through the backstretch, a three-wide battle between Hocevar, Ty Gibbs and Tyler Reddick ensued for the lead. Through Turns 3 and 4, Hocevar managed to motor ahead and retain the lead for the following lap.

On the eighth lap, Zilisch’s day went from bad to worse when he slipped up the track through the first two turns, spun to the bottom of the track and hit the inside wall head-on. Compared to his first incident, Zilisch’s latest incident was enough to eliminate him from further contention as he also sustained his third consecutive last-place finish, all due to on-track accidents. During the second caution period, some, including Byron, AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Ryan Preece and Todd Gilliland, pitted while the rest, led by Hocevar, remained on the track.

As the event restarted under green flag conditions on Lap 14, Hocevar and Reddick dueled in front of Kyle Larson, Gibbs and the field through the first two turns before Reddick used the inside lane to slide his No. 45 Rockstar Toyota Camry XSE entry up and overtake Hocevar entering the backstretch. As the field behind jostled for spots, Reddick led the next lap over Hocevar while Gibbs retained third place in front of Chase Elliott, Larson, Bubba Wallace, Daniel Suarez, Zane Smith, Riley Herbst and Chris Buescher, respectively. With various on-track battles ensuing through every turn and straightaway, Reddick proceeded to stabilize his lead to nearly seven-tenths of a second over Hocevar at the Lap 20 mark.

Through the first 25 scheduled laps, Reddick extended his lead to more than a second over Gibbs, with Gibbs overtaking Hocevar for the runner-up spot two laps earlier, while Hocevar, Elliott, Larson, Wallace, Zane Smith, Suarez, Buescher and Herbst were racing in the top 10 ahead of Joey Logano, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson, John Hunter Nemechek, Brad Keselowski, Ty Dillon, Michael McDowell, Austin Dillon, Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones, respectively. Meanwhile, Denny Hamlin was mired in 30th place. William Byron was positioned in 24th place ahead of teammate Alex Bowman. Christopher Bell occupied 28th place in front of Shane van Gisbergen, Hamlin, Josh Berry, Austin Hill and Ross Chastain, respectively.

Ten laps later, Reddick stabilized his lead to half a second over a hard-charging Ty Gibbs. Behind, Hocevar, Elliott and Wallace trailed in the top-five spots, respectively, while Larson, Zane Smith, Buescher, Herbst and Suarez followed suit in the top 10, respectively. Another three laps later, Todd Gilliland limped his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry to pit road due to suffering a flat left-rear tire. Amid Gilliland’s issues, Reddick continued to lead by four-tenths of a second over Gibbs, nearing the Lap 40 mark, while his 23XI Racing co-owner, Hamlin, was mired in 27th place behind Austin Cindric.

When the first stage period concluded on Lap 45, Reddick, who was reeling in 34th-place Ross Chastain to lap the latter, fended off Gibbs by three-tenths of a second to claim his first Cup stage victory of the 2026 season. Hocevar, Elliott, Wallace, Zane Smith, Larson, Buescher, Herbst and Suarez raced in the top 10, respectively. Altogether, 34 of 37 starters were on the lead lap. Under the first stage break period, the lead lap field led by Reddick peeled off the racetrack and pitted for service. Following the pit stops, Ty Gibbs exited pit road first. He was followed by Wallace, Hocevar, Buescher, Reddick, Zane Smith, Larson, Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek and Logano, respectively. Not long after, Buescher returned to pit road due to losing a hood pin on his entry.

The second stage period started on Lap 51 as Gibbs and Wallace occupied the front row. At the start, Gibbs was pushed by Hocevar ahead from the outside lane through the frontstretch before Wallace made a charge from the inside lane. As Gibbs was unable to block Wallace’s momentum entering the first two turns, Wallace used the inside lane to motor his No. 23 Columbia Toyota Camry XSE entry ahead and assume the lead entering the backstretch. As Wallace led the next lap, Hocevar battled and overtook Gibbs for third place while Zane Smith navigated his No. 38 Aaron’s Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry into third place ahead of Elliott, Reddick, Nemechek and Larson. Amid a variety of on-track battles within the field, Wallace was leading by three-tenths of a second over Hocevar by Lap 55.

On Lap 57, Hocevar overtook Wallace to lead through the frontstretch. As Hocevar led, Gibbs, Zane Smith and Elliott started to reel in on Wallace for the runner-up spot while Larson trailed the top-five duo by within two seconds. Gibbs then outdueled Wallace for the runner-up spot on Lap 61. However, Elliott overtook Wallace for third place by Lap 64. Seconds later, Gibbs used the inside lane through the first two turns to reassume the lead from Hocevar.

On Lap 64, the caution flew when Keselowski, who was racing in 12th place, blew a left-rear tire and dropped off the pace through the frontstretch and towards the outside wall from the first two turns. During this caution period, the field led by Gibbs returned to pit road for service while Cody Ware and JJ Yeley remained on the track. Following the pit stops and with mixed pit strategies ensuing, Elliott exited pit road first. He was followed by Chastain, Larson, Wallace, Gibbs, Reddick, Logano, Nemechek, Bell and Herbst, respectively. Amid the pit stops, Gibbs, who pitted for only two fresh tires, made contact with Ryan Preece while trying to exit his pit stall. Once both Ware and Yeley pitted, Elliott cycled in front with the overall lead.

With the event restarting on Lap 70, teammates Elliott and Larson dueled in front of Gibbs, Wallace and the field before Larson managed to slide up from the inside lane and lead through the first two turns. As the field fanned out, Larson cycled back to the frontstretch and led the next lap before Elliott reeled in and overtook Larson from the inside lane entering the first two turns. As Elliott led Larson, 23XI Racing’s Wallace, Reddick and Herbst occupied the top-five spots over Gibbs and Nemechek while Bell, Logano, Allmendinger, Austin Dillon and Hocevar jostled and battled for eighth place. Meanwhile, Hamlin navigated up to 14th place before he gained three spots over the next four laps. Behind, Allmendinger, Suarez, Austin Dillon, Ryan Blaney and Zane Smith battled fiercely for 12th place while Elliott continued to lead by four-tenths of a second over Larson on Lap 75.

Then on Lap 77, the caution returned when Allmendinger, who was battling in the top-15 mark, snapped sideways from the middle lane of the first two turns and spun towards the bottom of the backstretch, though Allmendinger was able to continue and slowly limp to pit road with flat tires. During the latest caution period, some, including Chase Briscoe, Preece, Michael McDowell, Josh Berry, Buescher, Austin Hill, Shane van Gisbergen, Todd Gilliland, JJ Yeley, and Brad Keselowski, were among those who stayed out, while the rest of the field, primarily front-runners led by Elliott, remained on the track.

The next restart on Lap 82 did not last long when a stack-up at the front through the frontstretch caused Hocevar, who restarted fourth in line from the inside lane, to bump Nemechek into Wallace as Wallace clipped Gibbs into Reddick. Reddick then spun down the track and hit the inside wall hard on the rear. He was then hit hard on the left side by Austin Dillon, eliminating both from further contention. Another competitor who was involved was Denny Hamlin, who was hit from behind and did a full 360 spin, but he managed to continue without being hit by oncoming traffic.

During the latest caution, some, including Hamlin, Gilliland, Buescher, Keselowski, Yeley, Briscoe and McDowell, pitted. The damaged entries of Reddick and Austin Dillon were taken behind the wall. Amid the on-track chaos, Elliott retained the lead over teammate Larson despite Larson barely getting hit by Reddick’s entry. Wallace, Herbst, Hocevar, Bell, Logano, Suarez, Erik Jones and Zane Smith followed suit, respectively.

For the next restart on Lap 89, Larson fended off Elliott, Wallace and the field through the first two turns before the caution quickly returned. This was due to Keselowski making contact with Nemechek and spinning from the bottom to the outside lane through the first two turns, where he then made hard contact against the outside wall and took his damaged No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse entry to the garage as his hopes of winning at his home track evaporated for a 29th time.

As the event restarted on Lap 93, Elliott dueled with Larson through the frontstretch before the former used the inside lane to motor ahead with the lead. Behind, Wallace used the outside lane to overtake Larson for the runner-up spot while Hocevar, Logano and Herbst battled for fourth place. Hocevar motored ahead with the spot ahead of teammate Suarez, Herbst, Logano, Bell, Blaney and Noah Gragson while Elliott led the next lap. Wallace then drag-raced and overtook Elliott to lead the Lap 95 mark through the frontstretch.

At the halfway mark on Lap 100, Elliott, who drag-raced and reassumed the lead from Wallace through the frontstretch two laps earlier, was leading while Larson and Suarez moved up to second and third, respectively. Behind, Wallace dropped to fourth place while Hocevar, who got loose entering Turns 3 and 4 while trying to throw a three-wide move beneath Larson and Wallace, dropped to ninth place. Meanwhile, Herbst occupied fifth place in front of Erik Jones, Bell and Logano while Byron trailed in 10th place. Meanwhile, Hamlin was mired in 15th place behind Gragson, Zane Smith, Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ty Gibbs was mired at the tail end of the lead lap category in 33rd place.

When the second stage period concluded on Lap 120, Elliott captured his second Cup stage victory of the 2026 season. Erik Jones charged his way into the runner-up spot ahead of Suarez, Larson, Byron, Bell, Hocevar, Hamlin, Logano and Zane Smith, respectively. At the same time, Wallace drifted back to 11th place in front of teammate Herbst, Gragson, Blaney and Cindric. By then, 31 of 38 starters were racing on the lead lap. Todd Gilliland emerged as the first competitor a lap down in 32nd place and was awarded the free pass to cycle back on the lead lap over Ty Gibbs. During the second stage break period, the lead lap field led by Elliott pitted for service. Following the pit stops, Elliott exited pit road first. He was followed by teammate Byron, Suarez, Buescher, Bell, Larson, Hamlin, Jones, Wallace and Michael McDowell, respectively.

With 74 laps remaining, the final stage period commenced as Elliott and Byron occupied the front row. At the start, Elliott received a bump from Bell from the inside lane to motor ahead of Byron and lead the field through the first two turns. As the field smoothly navigated through the backstretch and Turns 3 and 4, Elliott led the next lap over Bell, Byron, Larson and Suarez while Hamlin, Jones, Logano, Wallace and Zane Smith followed suit, respectively. As Jones navigated his way up to sixth place over the next three laps, Wallace dropped to 10th in front of Logano while Suarez, Hocevar and Zane Smith raced from seventh to ninth, respectively. Meanwhile, Elliott led by two-tenths of a second over Bell and nearly half a second over Byron with 70 laps remaining.

Down to the final 60 laps of the event, Elliott maintained a lead that stood to three-tenths of a second over Bell, though Bell was making steady gains to reel in Elliott for the lead. Behind, Byron trailed in third place by eight-tenths of a second while Hamlin was racing in fourth place and trailing by a second. Meanwhile, Larson settled in fifth place in front of Jones, Suarez, Hocevar, Zane Smith and Wallace while Austin Cindric, Logano, Blaney, Buescher, Chastain, Stenhouse, Berry, Gragson, Preece and Nemechek occupied the top-20 spots, respectively.

A lap later, the caution flew when Zane Smith, who was racing in ninth place, slid through the first two turns and wrecked backwards on the driver’s left side against the outside wall, where his wrecked entry emerged with a flat left-rear tire. By then, Jones occupied fifth place from Larson as Elliott continued to lead. During this caution period, the lead lap field led by Elliott returned to pit road for service. Following the pit stops, the top-four competitors led by Byron and including Bell, Chastain and Logano exited pit road first after all pitted for two fresh tires. Elliott, who pitted for four fresh tires, followed suit ahead of Hamlin, Larson, Berry, Suarez and Jones, respectively. Amid the pit stops, Berry was sent to the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road.

The next restart came with 53 laps remaining. Byron received a push from teammate Elliott from the inside lane. This enabled Byron and his No. 24 AXALTA Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entry to motor ahead with the lead. Two turns later, the caution returned when Elliott, who was dueling with Bell for the runner-up spot, got loose and sent both hard against the outside wall in Turns 3 and 4.

The carnage only involved Elliott and Bell as Byron retained the lead.

Officials displayed the red flag for more than 20 minutes while track crews cleared the wreckage and repaired the damaged wall. Elliott’s No. 9 NAPA Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 struck Bell’s No. 20 Rheem Toyota Camry XSE, leaving Bell’s car heavily damaged. Doctors later determined Bell had suffered ankle and wrist injuries that will require further evaluation this week.

When the red flag lifted and the event restarted under green with 147 laps remaining, Suarez assumed the lead from Byron before the caution returned during the following lap. This latest caution was due to a nine-car accident on the frontstretch that involved Shane van Gisbergen, Josh Berry, Cody Ware, Noah Gragson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Michael McDowell, Ryan Preece, Ty Dillon and Austin Hill.

During the next restart with 39 laps remaining, Suarez maintained a slight lead while teammate Hocevar executed a three-wide move along with Hamlin that pinned Byron in the middle, with Hocevar and Hamlin moving into second and third while Hocevar challenged Suarez for the lead in a side-by-side battle through the backstretch. Then entering Turns 3 and 4, Hamlin gained a huge draft on both Hocevar and Suarez. He then threw a three-wide move beneath the latter two to overtake them through the frontstretch for the following lap and clear the field entering the next two turns.

Down to the final 30 laps of the event, Hamlin was leading by six-tenths of a second over Suarez while Wallace, Byron, Hocevar, Logano, Jones, Blaney, Buescher and Larson. Hamlin increased his lead to a second with 25 laps remaining before he added another second to his advantage with 20 laps remaining. Behind, Suarez maintained the runner-up spot over Wallace, Hocevar and a hard-charging Jones while Logano, Blaney, Byron, Larson and Buescher raced in the top 10 ahead of Chastain, Briscoe, Cindric, Cole Custer and Herbst.

With less than 10 laps remaining, Hamlin maintained a lead that grew beyond eight seconds over Hocevar, Wallace and Jones while Larson and Suarez fiercely battled for fifth place. Jones proceeded to overtake Wallace and Hocevar to move into second place while Larson barely outdueled Suarez for fifth place. Meanwhile, Hamlin grew his lead to 10 seconds with five laps remaining.

When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Hamlin remained in the lead by 10 seconds over Jones. With no late challenges lurking close from behind, Hamlin steered his No. 11 National Debt Relief Toyota Camry XSE entry smoothly around Michigan for a final time before he claimed the checkered flag and won by more than 11 seconds.

Photo by Tim Jarrold for SpeedwayMedia.com.

With the victory, Hamlin, who won after rallying from starting at the rear of the field for a second consecutive event, notched his 63rd career win in the NASCAR Cup Series division, which moved him into a tie with his former teammate and the late two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch for ninth place on the all-time wins list. He also achieved his third victory of the 2026 season and his fourth at Michigan. Hamlin’s victory was also the ninth of the 2026 season for Toyota and the fourth for Joe Gibbs Racing.

During Hamlin’s victory celebrations and burnouts on the frontstretch, he carried a black flag. It highlighted the number decals 1 and 8 to honor the No. 18, a number that was piloted by Kyle Busch as Hamlin paid tribute and saluted his late teammate.

“This Joe Gibbs team just keeps giving me amazing race cars,” Hamlin said on the frontstretch on Prime Video. “This National Debt Toyota was just amazing. At the last run there, I just hammered down, had a few good restarts, and once we got to the lead, I was going to lay it out. All I had. The offseason was rough for me. It was brought for the NASCAR family. We lost a lot of people. This week, we lost Gentleman Ned [Jarrett], the original badass of the No. 11. We’re still thinking of Kyle [Busch], [wife] Samantha, [kids] Brexton, Lennix. Just an unbelievable feeling to be able to strap in every week and I don’t take it for granted this opportunity that I’m in. I just love we’re making the best of it.”

Photo by Patrick Sue-Chan for SpeedwayMedia.com.

Erik Jones recorded Legacy Motor Club’s new highest-finishing result by finishing in the runner-up spot, which marks Jones’ highest result since finishing third in the 2025 Southern 500, while Bubba Wallace rallied from a three-race slump to finish in third place for his second top-five result of the 2026 season.

Kyle Larson and Carson Hocevar, the latter of whom led 21 laps in front of his home crowd, finished in the top five. Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher and Chase Briscoe completed the top 10 in the final running order.

There were 23 lead changes for 11 different leaders. The event featured a race-record 11 cautions for 54 laps. In addition, 20 of 37 starters finished on the lead lap.

Following the 15th event of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, Tyler Reddick continues to lead the regular-season standings by 51 points over Denny Hamlin, 157 over Ryan Blaney, 187 over Chase Elliott and 199 over Ty Gibbs.

Results:

Denny Hamlin, 40 laps led
Erik Jones
Bubba Wallace led nine laps
Kyle Larson led four laps
Carson Hocevar, 21 laps led
Daniel Suarez, 10 laps led
Joey Logano
Ryan Blaney
Chris Buescher
Chase Briscoe
Austin Cindric
Cole Custer
Riley Herbst
John Hunter Nemechek
Josh Berry
Ross Chastain, one lap led
AJ Allmendinger
William Byron led seven laps
Alex Bowman
Austin Hill
JJ Yeley, one lap down, two laps led
Todd Gilliland, one lap down
Cody Ware, two laps down
Ty Dillon, four laps down
Ty Gibbs – OUT, Accident, six laps led
Michael McDowell – OUT, Accident
Noah Gragson – OUT, Accident
Ryan Preece – OUT, Accident
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – OUT, Accident
Shane van Gisbergen – OUT, Accident
Christopher Bell – OUT, Accident
Chase Elliott – OUT, Accident, 67 laps led, Stage 2 winner
Zane Smith – OUT, Accident
Brad Keselowski – OUT, Accident
Tyler Reddick – OUT, Accident, 33 laps led, Stage 1 winner
Austin Dillon – OUT, Accident
Connor Zilisch – OUT, Accident

Next on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, for the Great American Getaway 400, on Sunday, June 14. It will air at 3 p.m. ET on Prime Video, MRN Radio, SiriusXM and HBO MAX.

Rowe Makes History With Drive From 24th To Win at WWTR

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June 7, 2026

MADISON, Ill. (Sunday, June 7, 2026) – In a historic drive for the ages, Myles Rowe climbed from 24th and last in the starting field Sunday to win the INDY NXT by Firestone race at World Wide Technology Raceway.

It was the longest climb to victory in the 40-year history of the INDYCAR development series. The previous lowest starting spot for a race winner was 18th, set by Esteban Guerrieri in the 2012 Freedom 100 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.

“It’s a chess game out there,” Rowe said. “Confidence is key in motorsports. The Abel Motorsports Force Indy guys, they really gave me a car today to have that kind of confidence to have a plan and to be able to execute it.

“I’m so thrilled I could give this to them, especially after the disappointment yesterday and having to start from the back. This is no doubt awesome.”

Rowe drove his No. 99 Abel Motorsports with Force Indy machine to his first victory of the season and third career INDY NXT victory – all on ovals – by 2.2081 seconds over rookie Alessandro de Tullio in the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing car.

Josh Pierson finished a season-best third in the No. 29 Starchive Andretti entry, prevailing in a fierce joust for the final podium spot with fellow series veteran Niels Koolen, who ended up a career-best fourth in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing car, and fifth-place Max Taylor in the No. 28 Susan G. Komen machine of Andretti Global.

Rowe was forced to start last in the 24-car field after he lost his qualifying run Saturday for failure to follow the direction of INDYCAR. Rowe continued on a third flying lap after taking the checkered for his two-lap run, which would have earned him the pole, due to what he said were radio communication problems.

But Rowe wasted little time charging toward the front on the asymmetrical, 1.25-mile oval just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis and its famous Gateway Arch.

He climbed to 10th by Lap 19 of the 75-lap race, using the high line around the track to zoom past rivals on corner exit. Rowe passed Taylor for third with a rare inside move in Turn 1 on Lap 32 and set his sights on pole sitter Lochie Hughes running second in the No. 26 Andretti Global machine and leader Pierson.

On Lap 41, Rowe passed Hughes for second while running in the middle in a breathtaking, three-wide move entering Turn 3. Rowe then zeroed in on leader Pierson, who was one second ahead but starting to navigate lap traffic.

It didn’t take long for Rowe to catch and pass Pierson. On Lap 47, Rowe dove under Pierson exiting Turn 4 for a lead he would not surrender. That was the most noteworthy of 229 on-track passes and 183 passes for position in this thrilling race, series records for this track.

“It’s a balance, an equilibrium,” Rowe said of his strategy. “There are times where I needed to be aggressive and times I really needed to be calculated. I was definitely trying to make sure I managed the right rear (Firestone Firehawk tire) because I knew at the end that was going to be important, just making sure I kept it underneath me so I had something for the end.”

Two caution periods bunched the field in the last 22 laps, with the yellow flying for debris on Lap 54 – which Rowe ran over at speed while leading without any damage to his car – and for a two-car accident on Lap 61 involving veterans Salvador de Alba in the No. 17 HMD Motorsports entry and Yuven Sundaramoorthy in the No. 15 Cusick Morgan Motorsports car. Neither driver was hurt.

Pierson made his last gasp for the lead on Lap 68 after the final restart, looking under Rowe in Turn 1. But he couldn’t complete the pass, and Rowe rocketed away over the closing laps to win comfortably.

The series points lead changed hands again as rookie Nikita Johnson returned to the top after finishing seventh in the No. 21 Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR car. He is two points ahead of previous championship leader and fellow rookie Enzo Fittipaldi, who finished 13th in the No. 67 HMD Motorsports machine. Rookie Tymek Kucharczyk is just five points behind Johnson in third after placing ninth in the No. 71 HMD Motorsports entry.

While not as dramatic as Rowe’s charge, Fittipaldi climbed from 23rd after starting from pit lane due to a mechanical problem. He already forfeited his guaranteed qualifying attempt Saturday due to a mechanical issue while rolling out for qualifying that prevented the No. 67 HMD Motorsports entry from going through pre-qualifying technical inspection.

The next INDY NXT by Firestone race is a doubleheader at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, with a race Saturday, June 20 and another Sunday, June 21.

TOYOTA RACING – NCS Michigan Post-Race Report – 06.07.26

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June 7, 2026

DENNY HAMLIN CLAIMS HISTORIC VICTORY
All three Toyota partner teams in the top-three for second time in history

BROOKLYN, Mich (June 7, 2026) – Denny Hamlin delivered a historic victory as he tied the late Kyle Busch with 63 Cup Series wins. He drove away late to win by more than 10 seconds at Michigan International Speedway. With the win, Hamlin becomes the first driver in Toyota’s history to win 60 NASCAR Cup Series races.

Michigan-native Erik Jones had a season-best result for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB as he brought his Camry home in second, while 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace finished third – giving Toyota a second straight top-three sweep for the first time in our history. It is the second time Toyota has swept the top-three finishing positions with three different organizations (Darlington-2 2025).

Toyota drivers also swept the weekend at Michigan with Gio Ruggiero winning on Friday in ARCA, Corey Heim claiming victory on Saturday in Trucks and Hamlin’s win today.

TOYOTA RACING Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Michigan International Speedway
Race 15 of 36 – 400 miles, 200 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS

1st, DENNY HAMLIN

2nd, ERIK JONES

3rd, BUBBA WALLACE

4th, Kyle Larson*

5th, Carson Hocevar*

10th, CHASE BRISCOE

13th, RILEY HERBST

14th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK

25th, TY GIBBS

31st, CHRISTOPHER BELL

35th, TYLER REDDICK

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 National Debt Relief Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 1st

What does it mean to tie Kyle Busch with 63 wins?

“The off-season has been so tough for the whole NASCAR community, and we’ve been losing a lot of people. It is an honor. The only way I could tie him, was to outlive him. He was just an amazing competitor. Someone that I learned so much from, and that last run, I drove as hard as I could to stink them up like Kyle (Busch) did.”

Can you talk about that last run?

“This is a really momentum based race track. I didn’t think I was going to clear those guys on the frontstretch. It just happened when they were side drafting, it allowed me to clear. That was it for us.”

How much did you have to work on the race car?

“We were legit 30th. We were a 30th place car at the beginning. We couldn’t do anything with it, but the moment the track came to us, and we got some track position and had some great restarts and this thing woke up right where it was yesterday.”

Toyota is winning the Heritage Trophy for the third straight year, and you have delivered it twice. What does that mean to you?

“Amazing. 1-2-3 for Toyota, and all three Toyota organizations, 1-2-3. It is fantastic. The LEGACY guys, great finish for them. Bubba (Wallace), awesome job. This is momentum that both of those teams need.”

ERIK JONES, No. 43 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry XSE, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB

Finishing Position: 2nd

What does it mean to be on the podium at Michigan?

“Yeah, it is good. It is a nice day. It is disappointing in some ways. To have the car we had; it’s not we fluked into second, we were running up here all day. We had a fast Dollar Tree Camry. It just didn’t work perfectly. You need everything to go well. Restarts got chaotic at the end, and the last one didn’t work out for us, and I had to pick through traffic. By time I got up there, the race was over and Denny (Hamlin) was gone. A lot of positives to take away. The car was really fast. I couldn’t ask much more out of it for balance. We will work on it, and if we keep bringing cars like this, we will win races soon.”

TYLER REDDICK, No. 45 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK Toyota Camry XSE, 23XI Racing

Finishing Position: 35th

Are you okay and what happened out there?

“It was a bit smoky in there, just caught quite a bit of stuff there on the left side, and it got knocked around, so just a lot of exhaust, brings some smoke in. I’m alright, just a bummer for our ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK Toyota Camry. I felt like we had really good speed. We were set up with a good restart to get second there, and maybe race for the lead there, and just an all-around bummer. I wanted to come in here and have a good points day. We had really, really good speed yesterday and it showed again today. All-in-all, it’s a bummer. It’s a race I felt like we could have won, got away from us. All year long, we’ve done a really good job at staying out of messes like this, so it’s unfortunate to have it happen. At least we got a couple of stage points, we will see if we get back out there. I haven’t heard if we can fix it yet. We will just have to grind it out. It’s not going to be great, and going out early next week in qualifying, we will have our work cut out for us starting early in Pocono, but we will see if we can get our Camry fixed and move up a couple of more spots, if possible.”

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Ford Racing Notes and Quotes – Michigan Cup Post-Race Quotes

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Ford Racing Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
FireKeepers Casino 400 — Michigan International Speedway
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Ford Finishing Results:

7th – Joey Logano

8th – Ryan Blaney

9th – Chris Buescher

11th – Austin Cindric

15th – Josh Berry

22nd – Todd Gilliland

27th – Noah Gragson

28th – Ryan Preece

33rd – Zane Smith

34th – Brad Keselowski

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a scrappy day and honestly not very good, but we kept working on it and got it a little bit better all day. We stayed out of some of the messes and we were able to salvage an eighth out of it. So, not a bad day overall. We’re still looking for the speed that we need to contend, but hopefully we can learn a lot and move on.” NOT THE RESULT YOU WANTED, BUT WHAT FIGHT THIS TEAM SHOWED TODAY. “Yeah, a lot of fight. We just stuck with it all day. Honestly, we weren’t very good. We kind of struggled after practice and didn’t qualify great. We were just kind of stuck in the 15th to 25th range depending on where you dropped us. We got working on it a little bit more and more and got it a little bit better for the day. We stayed out of some of the messes – a couple wrecks – and was able to scrap together an eighth. I’m proud of everybody for sticking with it all day, for sure. We definitely continue to work and try to get better. That’s all we can really do. We have a ways to make up to get to the 11. They’re on it right now, but second, third, fourth, they were within striking distance from us, so we’ll just try to keep working with it. I appreciate Menards, Richmond, Ford Racing for what they do with our program. I wish we could have got Ford in Victory Lane, but we’ll try again next week.”

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Kroger/OscarMayer/Rustik Oven Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “That was a rollercoaster of a day. We ended up on pit road about twice as much as we wanted to and lost track position consistently. It’s a shame. This Kroger/Oscar Mayer/Rustik Oven Ford Mustang was really good and really fast. I felt like we were close to in the hunt. We didn’t quite have what it took to win today, but certainly we were able to run in the top 10 and thought we should have had a chance to at least have a top five without some of the damage on the day.” WHERE DID IT GO SIDEWAYS? “The first pit stop we had to do a little bit of nose repair. Then we had it happen two more times with just checking up for wrecks and we were constantly having to put tape on to try and protect this thing. It was certainly a tough day and not anything like we needed it to go, but I’m proud of everybody to keep after it and bring a top 10 out of the day. That’s solid.”

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Autotrader Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We’ve got the ball rolling again. That’s about what we had for speed in the car was right around there. For where we’re at, that’s best in class. We’ve just got to try to find a little more speed. These are the type of tracks that everything is gonna show up. We executed a really good race. Paul called a great race. The pit crew did great. I executed one restart good of them all. All the rest of them I was hanging on to, but, overall, we’re at the point where we’re proud of top 10s, which is not a good place to be, but we’re proud of a top 10.” THIS GETS YOU CLOSER TO THE CUT LINE. “The grind is gonna be all the way to the end here. We’ve got to keep having days like this and sort of stacking points. We were 30 back a couple weeks ago. I don’t know where we are now, but we’ve got to keep doing this. We can’t afford to have bad races. We’ve got to keep grinding out points here and there where we can.” WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE WITH THE GRIND YOU’RE GOING THROUGH? “I’ve been in both spots multiple times. It’s really hard to stay up top when you are on top. We got ourselves caught behind the eight ball right now, so we just keep grinding. There’s no sense of panic or throw caution to the wind type moments. You just have to keep your head down and keep grinding and get whatever you can get. That’s kind of what we did today. We got what we could. We have no mulligans left. There are no bad races available, so you’ve just got to get as many points as possible every race.” IS MOMENTUM A THING WITH TWO TOP 10S IN THE LAST THREE RACES? “Yeah, it is. Confidence is a real thing. That’s what momentum is – just confidence within the team. There as a stretch of races there where you were just wondering what was going to go wrong next because it was just one thing after another. Now, it seems like, we’re back to our old ways where at least we can maximize finishes and that’s back to what the 22 is good at. That confidence is regaining for sure.”

RYAN PREECE, No. 60 BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I just got hooked. I don’t even know how it happened. It was gonna be an alright day for everybody that wrecked, so not a good finish.”

ZANE SMITH, No. 38 Aaron’s Rent to Own Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT HAPPENED? “I just blew a left-rear tire from what I could feel, but certainly not a good place to do that, getting into turn one here. That was unfortunate, but really all day again we had another really fast Aaron’s Ford Mustang. I’m proud of that, I just wish we had a result.” DID YOU HAVE ANY SIGNS OF WEAR PRIOR TO THAT? “No. It was all good. It came out of nowhere.” WHAT WAS THE SPECIFIC THING THAT KNOCKED YOU OUT? “A left-rear tire blew and I had two flats. I think the rear bumper was tore off on the driver’s side and toe links – all of the above probably.” WHAT HAS BEEN THE KEY TO THIS STRING OF STRONG RUNS? “It was a strong run again this week and was proud of the effort. I feel like we’re doing a great job. My car was great right before it blew a tire. It’s just unfortunate.” WHERE IS YOUR SPEED COMING FROM? “We’ve found a feel that I really like and I’m able to make aggressive moves and get close to the front.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LAST INCIDENT? “It was an eventful day. We fought really hard to claw our way up to 12th and then blew a left-rear tire and worked on fixing it. We started to get it back right and had a restart there and the 44, for whatever reason, restarted way further in front than his car had the capability to run and then parked it in front of all of us and we had to check up and got ran into from behind. I shouldn’t have lifted. I should have just buried J.J. Yeley ass deep in the wall and that’s on me for not doing that. I will next time.”

PRO STOCK’S GLENN WINS NHRA NEW ENGLAND NATIONALS PRESENTED BY BPROAUTO; TF, FC FINALS POSTPONED TO BRISTOL

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Top Fuel and Funny Car finals moved to Friday in Bristol due to inclement weather

EPPING, N.H. (June 7, 2026) – Pro Stock points leader Dallas Glenn picked up his third win of the season on Sunday at New England Dragway, defeating Matt Hartford in the final round of the NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto.

The final round in both Top Fuel and Funny Car were postponed due to weather and will be completed on Friday in Bristol.

The Top Fuel finals in Bristol will feature points leader Shawn Langdon, who has won three straight races, and Leah Pruett, while John Force Racing teammates Jordan Vandergriff and Jack Beckman will meet in the Funny Car championship round.

Glenn, the reigning world champion, put together a near-perfect final round against Hartford before the rain came, posting a brilliant .002 reaction time and a run of 6.543 at 209.39 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro.

The points leader enjoyed a tremendous day, picking up round wins against Shane Tucker, Erica Enders and No. 1 qualifier Greg Anderson to reach the final round, posting a .011 reaction time against Anderson to pull off the holeshot victory.

He was even better on the starting line against Hartford, rolling to his first career victory at New England Dragway. It’s also his third victory of the 2026 season after previous wins in Phoenix and Valdosta, giving the young standout 24 career Pro Stock victories. The car wasn’t dominant in qualifying, as Glenn took the fifth spot, but things worked out perfectly on Sunday to stay in command in the category.

All three of Glenn’s wins this season have marked his first career victory at the track.

“Dave (Connolly, crew chief) said the track was going to run better if it held and he was going to be aggressive. I hit the tree pretty good the round before, so I left everything alone. The car felt great, and we just kept picking away at it all day, making it a little better every run,” Glenn said.

“When I got out of the car, I asked, ‘Was I at least double-oh something?’ I had no idea it was .002. I knew Matt was going to be fast, so I knew I needed to get enough on the tree to get around him. Historically, this hasn’t been one of my better tracks, but Dave and the team kept working on the car and we found enough to get the job done.

“Phoenix was a track I’d never won at until this year. I’d never won here until today. Now we’re heading to Bristol, another place I haven’t won yet. Hopefully we can keep checking them off the list.”

Hartford advanced to his third final round this season and the 24th in his career thanks to round wins against Deric Kramer, Eric Latino and Greg Stanfield. Glenn’s lead now stands at 39 points over Anderson.

In Top Fuel, Langdon, the No. 1 qualifier and points leader, will have a chance to win his fourth straight race when he takes on Pruett in the final round on Friday in Bristol. Langdon beat Clay Millican and teammate Doug Kalitta on Sunday, while Pruett advanced to the finals with wins against Scott Farley, Maddi Gordon and Billy Torrence.

Funny Car No. 1 qualifier Jordan Vandergriff defeated Jeff Arend, Chad Green and J.R. Todd to reach the championship round, while his JFR teammate Beckman took down Phil Burkhart, Matt Hagan and Ron Capps to advance to the finals.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action June 12-14 with the 25th annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.

EPPING, N.H. — Final finish order (1-16) at the 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway. The race is the eighth of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.

PRO STOCK:

Dallas Glenn; 2. Matt Hartford; 3. Greg Anderson; 4. Greg Stanfield; 5. Eric Latino; 6.

Erica Enders; 7. Matt Latino; 8. Jeg Coughlin; 9. Deric Kramer; 10. Shane Tucker; 11. Troy

Coughlin Jr.; 12. Aaron Stanfield; 13. Kenny Delco; 14. Brandon Miller; 15. Cody Anderson.

EPPING, N.H. — Sunday’s final results from the 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway. The race is the eighth of 20 in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:

Pro Stock — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.543, 209.39 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.550, 209.92.

Competition Eliminator — Joe Carnasciale, Chevy Cavalier, 8.898, 148.05 def. Monty Bogan, Pontiac G5, 8.584, 128.75.

Super Stock — Shane Oakes, Pontiac Firebird, 9.729, 129.69 def. Joe Lisa, Chevy Camaro, 9.947, 134.32.

Stock Eliminator — Todd Bednaz, Chevy Camaro, 10.758, 121.33 def. Shane Oakes, Camaro, 9.496, 140.42.

Super Comp — Jack Sepanek, Dragster, 8.907, 181.30 def. Vincent Nobile, Dragster, 8.916, 183.67.

Super Gas — Charlie Kenopic, Chevy Corvette, 9.893, 164.53 def. Rick Mattioli, Chevy Camaro, 9.889, 144.06.

Super Street — Jason Mazzotta, Chevy Nova, 11.035, 112.52 def. Michael Giuliano, Chevy Camaro, 10.892, 139.44.

Top Sportsman — Eric Cabral, Willys, 7.375, 179.85 def. Dan Christopher, Chevy Cobalt, 6.732, 202.06.

Top Dragster — Ava Meloni, Dragster, 6.933, 192.38 def. Paul Neal, Dragster, Foul – Red Light.

Pro Stock 800 Sled — Marco Philippon, Ski-Doo Mach Z, 5.404, 123.31 def. Walter Joy, SkiDoo, 5.387, 120.82.

EPPING, N.H. — Final round-by-round results from the 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway, the eighth of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE — Clay Millican, 4.441, 265.06 def. Justin Ashley, Foul – Centerline; Maddi Gordon, 3.753, 337.50 def. Tony Stewart, 4.867, 156.37; Doug Kalitta, 3.747, 333.16 def. Will Smith, 6.911, 88.56; Shawn Langdon, 6.607, 90.65 was unopposed; Leah Pruett, 3.776, 331.45 def. Scott Farley, 8.966, 76.17; Josh Hart, 3.872, 330.47 def. Rit Pustari, 8.382, 79.29; Antron Brown, 3.828, 330.31 def. Shawn Reed, 3.817, 328.78; Billy Torrence, 3.940, 276.35 def. Tony Schumacher, 4.625, 169.59;

QUARTERFINALS — Langdon, 3.775, 332.92 def. Millican, 4.033, 246.17; Torrence, 3.861, 331.04 def. Hart, 3.856, 332.43; Pruett, 4.696, 200.08 def. Gordon, 5.623, 191.48; Kalitta, 3.762, 330.23 def. Brown, 3.808, 329.58;

SEMIFINALS — Pruett, 3.770, 331.28 def. Torrence, 3.826, 329.50; Langdon, 3.755, 336.74 def. Kalitta, 3.796, 284.99;

FINAL — Pruett vs. Langdon (rain delayed)

FUNNY CAR:

ROUND ONE — Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 9.501, 44.74 def. Del Worsham, Toyota Supra, Foul – Centerline; J.R. Todd, Toyota GR Supra, 3.919, 331.45 def. Spencer Hyde, Ford Mustang, 7.216, 108.82; Jack Beckman, Chevy Camaro, 3.970, 323.58 def. Phil Burkart, Mustang, 12.368, 70.44; Jordan Vandergriff, Camaro, 3.947, 326.24 def. Jeff Arend, Charger, Foul – Centerline; Alexis DeJoria, Camaro, 3.998, 326.40 def. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, Foul – Centerline; Blake Alexander, Charger, 4.188, 241.84 def. Austin Prock, Mustang, 4.466, 286.07; Ron Capps, GR Supra, 3.948, 324.05 def. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 8.349, 119.34; Chad Green, Mustang, 3.951, 319.07 def. Dave Richards, Mustang, Broke;

QUARTERFINALS — Todd, 3.975, 331.53 def. Alexander, 4.109, 285.53; Beckman, 3.943, 324.75 def. Hagan, 4.020, 323.04; Vandergriff, 3.942, 324.51 def. Green, 3.975, 322.42; Capps, 3.938, 327.11 def. DeJoria, 3.953, 328.54;

SEMIFINALS — Vandergriff, 3.982, 316.52 def. Todd, 6.964, 91.12; Beckman, 3.904, 329.75 def. Capps, 3.943, 325.37;

FINAL — Vandergriff vs. Beckman (rain delayed)

PRO STOCK:

ROUND ONE — Jeg Coughlin, Chevy Camaro, 6.565, 208.10 def. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.587, 209.17; Greg Stanfield, Camaro, 6.562, 208.75 def. Cody Anderson, Camaro, 7.632, 133.62; Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.548, 210.28 def. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.556, 209.36; Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.567, 209.75 def. Shane Tucker, Camaro, 6.579, 210.37; Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.572, 209.75 def. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.633, 208.04; Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.564, 210.37 def. Brandon Miller, Dodge Dart, 6.668, 198.82; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.546, 209.36 was unopposed; Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.556, 209.36 def. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.585, 208.26;

QUARTERFINALS — G. Stanfield, 6.570, 209.82 def. M. Latino, 6.588, 209.98; Glenn, 6.562, 209.62 def. Enders, 6.581, 209.01; Hartford, 6.587, 209.56 def. E. Latino, Foul – Red Light; G. Anderson, 6.546, 209.75 def. Coughlin, Foul – Red Light;

SEMIFINALS — Hartford, 6.540, 209.88 def. G. Stanfield, 6.555, 209.39; Glenn, 6.556, 209.49 def. G. Anderson, 6.548, 209.30;

FINAL — Glenn, 6.543, 209.39 def. Hartford, 6.550, 209.92.

EPPING, N.H. — Point standings (top 10) following the 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway, the eighth of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series –

Top Fuel

Shawn Langdon, 828; 2. Doug Kalitta, 728; 3. Leah Pruett, 609; 4. Josh Hart, 466; 5. Tony Stewart, 458; 6. Maddi Gordon, 447; 7. Billy Torrence, 430; 8. Antron Brown, 397; 9. Justin Ashley, 388; 10. Clay Millican, 346.

Funny Car

Ron Capps, 617; 2. J.R. Todd, 602; 3. Jordan Vandergriff, 588; 4. Matt Hagan, 546; 5. Chad Green, 545; 6. Jack Beckman, 511; 7. Alexis DeJoria, 487; 8. Spencer Hyde, 401; 9. Austin Prock, 358; 10. Daniel Wilkerson, 296.

Pro Stock

Dallas Glenn, 746; 2. Greg Anderson, 707; 3. Greg Stanfield, 557; 4. Matt Hartford, 507; 5. Erica Enders, 456; 6. Matt Latino, 440; 7. Aaron Stanfield, 433; 8. Jeg Coughlin, 391; 9. Troy Coughlin Jr., 355; 10. Eric Latino, 348.

Cadillac Leads Morning Session of Test Day at Le Mans

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LE MANS, FRANCE (June 7, 2026) – Cadillac led the morning session of the official test day for the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France.

Filipe Albuquerque, who is co-driving the No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing with Ricky Tayor and Jordan Taylor posted a time of 3 minutes and 27.011 seconds.

The No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R driven by Norman Nato, who co-drives with Will Stevens and Louis Deletraz, was third in the afternoon with a time of 3 minutes and 26.853 seconds.

Local native Sebastien Bourdais, driver of the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R with Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken, was 12th in the afternoon with a lap of 3 minutes and 27.261 seconds.

The next on-track activity will be Free Practice 1 at 2 pm (CEST) on Wednesday, June 10.

What they’re saying

No. 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R

Will Stevens “I think overall it was a pretty good test day. We’ve got through most of the things that we wanted to get through before the race week starts, because even though you always think you’ve got a lot of track time, it goes away from you very quickly. So, I think a very productive day and a solid baseline to work from. I think we can be confident and positive ahead of next week. We’ll spend the next two days working through some bits and pieces and trying to make further steps forwards for race week.”

Norman Nato “It was quite a good test day. We managed to follow the plan. We tried many things on tyres, listening to the tyre in different track conditions, understanding our new package. The aim of the test was to prepare as much as we can ahead of next week, focusing on all the details, like making sure the driver changes are as smooth as possible, making sure we feel good in the car in terms of driving position. So, a positive day, in terms of performance as well, the car seems to be in the window at the moment, even though the conditions were still quite “green” as always on a test day. I’m looking forwards to next week and seeing where we are with the focus more on long runs and qualifying.”

Louis Deletraz ”It was a good day. It was my first time here with the Cadillac, and it was really nice to drive around this circuit, really good to be back. We did a lot of laps, collected a lot of data which helps us to understand the car and the new tyre more. So I think it was very positive. It’s hard to know how competitive we are because it’s only the test day and everyone’s on different plans, but the car felt good and the whole team worked well together. So, thanks to everyone, and now we have two days to analyse the data and prepared for the race week.”

No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R

Sebastien Bourdais: “It was an interesting test, obviously discovering the new configuration of the car at Le Mans. Here you never know, conditions change here a lot, grip changes a lot. But overall, it was a positive day, and we went through quite a few things during the test. The morning session was really scruffy with all the slow zones, red flags, you name it, but the afternoon was a lot more straight forward and we got through quite a few items and so we have a lot of data to look at. I really noticed a positive change in the new car since last year which will hopefully allow us to fight for a podium and maybe a win. Next week we’ll optimize our package, make sure that the balance of the car is the best it can be.”

Earl Bamber: “It was really good to come back here. Obviously, there’s been a lot of preparation. For me, our car just ran flawlessly all day through the test programme. Now we’ve got two days to analyse everything. It looks like the field’s super close at the moment. It’s really, really tight, so I think we’re going have a fantastic motor race this year.”

Jack Aitken: “It’s been good, it’s been productive. The track was in pretty good condition compared to most years and they have resurfaced it in a few places. We spent the test trying to dial in the car with, you know, a pretty wide variety of tarmac conditions out there now. But it’s always fun to get back on this track and you only get to do it once a year, so it’s always pretty special. It’s nice to see all of the Cadillacs ran pretty well through the whole session, with no major issues and they all got a lot of work done.”

No. 101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R

Wayne Taylor, Co-owner, No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R | Wayne Taylor Racing: “It’s been a really good day. All the Cadillacs look strong, and all I hear from our drivers is how good the car is. I’m not sure if anybody was going to try and set any times out there today. I know we made some changes to the car in that last session, and we think it’s an improvement. Honestly, everybody from GM and Cadillac Racing have supported this three-car team really, really well. And I’m pretty excited for the week.”

Ricky Taylor, Co-driver, No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “It was a good day and it was nice to show some pace during the day. I think, coming from last year, the test day has gone much smoother. I think we’re settling into a good rhythm. There will be a lot to talk about over the next couple of days, before Free Practice 1, but I think all three Cadillacs are looking good. I think we just need to keep focused on creating a really good race car because we clearly have some decent outright pace.”

Filipe Albuquerque, Co-driver, No. 101 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “I drove in the afternoon, again, more fun with the car. Sometimes I wish there were not three drivers as I would like to drive a little more (laughs). Everything is going well with the car. The track is evolving and car balance is good. So far, so good. It has been a good day.”

Jeromy Moore, Chief Engineer – Cadillac Racing: “The test today was pretty good. The two sessions went reasonably well and we had no issues on the cars. I’m pretty happy with the balance of the car, still learning a bit with the new evo here, what the car needs. The track was quite hot, so everyone was struggling a little bit with rear tyres. We’re looking reasonably competitive, but we know our competitors are strong and really we won’t know for sure what they have in their pocket until next week.”

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Adakonis Masters Hectic Mazda MX-5 Cup Race 2 at Mid-Ohio

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 7, 2026) – After missing out on a podium in Race 1 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Justin Adakonis (No. 23 McCumbee McAleer Racing) knew exactly what he needed to do to capture the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin Race 2 win on Sunday. Rookie Ethan Jacobs (No. 99 JDH Racing) finished second after an intense fight with Adakonis for the win, with polesitter Julian DaCosta (No. 95 BSI Racing) completing the podium.

Now in his second season of Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup competition, Adakonis scored his second win of the season and this time, it wasn’t behind a safety car.

With 37 cars taking the green flag under sunny skies, the opening laps of the 45-minute race were a little chaotic, but Adakonis had teammate and Saturday’s race winner, Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing) to work with. By lap five, the duo had moved into the top two spots. When Jacobs joined them, the trio thought it was the appropriate time for a ceasefire. Fletcher, Adakonis and Jacobs calmly pulled away from the field.

It looked like clean sailing for the three drivers until the race’s halfway point when a small bobble from Fletcher caused the group to check up and lose momentum. The lead pack grew to five cars, now joined by DeCosta and Parker DeLong (No. 42 Parker DeLong Racing). The new sense of urgency allowed even more cars to catch them and become a pack of eight.

Moments later, disaster struck, when seventh-place Jared Thomas (No. 96 JTR Motorsports Engineering) went sailing across the grass and into the Turn Four gravel trap. This brought out the race’s only full-course caution.

The race restarted with less than nine minutes to go and now the whole field was in attack mode.

Jacobs made his move, first around Fletcher, then two corners later around Adakonis for the lead. Adakonis got him back the next lap. Jacobs played his cards close to the vest until the white flag came out and he made his move into Turn Four. Adakonis saw it coming, let it happen, and got Jacobs back in Turn Nine.

Jacobs was out of time and passing opportunities. He crossed the line just 0.380-second behind Adakonis.

“I saw him (Jacobs) setting up that one by China Beach (Turn Four) and I thought back to that move I made on Jared [Thomas] at St. Petersburg,” Adakonis said. “I tried to set it up there and then cross him over. I went pretty deep, so I thought he would go in deeper, but he did a great job getting it stopped and turned. I saw him open up out of Turn Nine, so I just kind of stuck in there.”

The runner-up finish matched Jacobs’ career-best MX-5 Cup finish of second at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta at the end of last season.

“The car felt amazing, so I felt pretty comfortable hanging the outside there,” Jacobs said. “I did it a couple times, and then once you get up on top of that hill after China Beach (Turn Four), you can just kind of put the power down and then take that position over.

“I got a call on the radio saying, ‘next time by is white flag.’ So, I was like, ‘do I pass him now or wait for the white flag lap?’ I waited for the last lap. I thought I had him there, and then he made an amazing move into Thunder Valley (Turn Nine). It was a super clean pass and I can’t really argue with it.”

DaCosta may have started from pole position but ultimately finished third. Still, it was an upgrade from Saturday’s P21 finish.

“Definitely a really interesting start,” DaCosta said. “To be honest I expected it to be a little more calm. I fell back a couple positions there the first couple laps, and to be honest, I was okay with it, because this is one of those tracks where I’m not really sure you want to lead for the whole race, which I was pretty surprised that Jeremy [Fletcher] made that work really well. That kind of changed my mindset toward the end of the race.”

The top five was completed by a pair of rookie teammates: Matt Novak (No. 11 Advanced Autosports) in fourth and Cam Ebben (No. 55 Advanced Autosports) a career-best fifth place.

Logan Stretch (No. 98 Wheels America Racing) had the drive of his life on Sunday. The rookie started from last on the grid after an engine change and worked his way up to 10th at the finish. That 27-position gain made him the Penske Shocking Performance Award winner.

Ellie Gossett (No. 44 BSI Racing) once again took home the prize for highest-finishing female.

Brian Dombroski (No. 40 Rocksteady Racing) earned the Takumi Award for drivers over the age of 40.

The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Championship continues July 10 – 12 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. All races are streamed live and archived on the IMSA and RACER YouTube channels.

About: The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is the signature spec series for Mazda Motorsports. The series has been operated by Andersen Promotions since 2017 and is currently sanctioned by IMSA. Mazda-powered grassroots champions can earn Mazda scholarships for this pro-level series. The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup awards more than $1 million in prizes and scholarships.

Find out more at http://www.mx-5cup.com.

Richard Childress reveals 2026 Cup plans for Austin Hill

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Andrew Kim

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June 7, 2026

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Richard Childress, team owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR), revealed plans to keep Austin Hill as the driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entry for the remainder of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, beginning with this Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 event at Michigan International Speedway.

The news was made by Richard Childress, who held an emotional press conference in the media center at Michigan on June 6, 2026. Childress’ conference occurred more than two weeks after the loss of one of his star competitors, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch. Busch, who drove for RCR since the start of the 2023 season through mid-May this season and notched a trio of victories during the 2023 season, died at age 41 on May 21, 2026, due to a severe case of bacterial pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.

In the aftermath of Busch’s death, Austin Hill, who competes for RCR on a full-time basis in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, was selected to pilot Busch’s entry that was renumbered to 33 from 8 as Childress has sole ownership of the number and will reserve it for Busch’s son, Brexton, in the event the latter decides to compete for any organization in NASCAR. Hill has since campaigned in the last two Cup events, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Nashville Superspeedway, with the No. 33 entry, finishing 27th in both.

While revealing plans to keep Austin Hill as the driver of the No. 33 entry in the Cup circuit, Childress stood by the decision and took the time to recognize the sponsors that had been affiliated with Busch for supporting the organization and Hill one race per week at a time for the remainder of the 2026 season.

“Mike Verlander, our President, and I were talking about it…We decided that Austin Hill was who we needed to put in [the No. 33 car] at this time,” Childress said. “Our sponsors have been great to work with through this year. Just like we had with Dale [Earnhardt Sr.], the sponsors worked really well with us with that loss. Putting Austin [Hill] in it was a choice that we made for right now.

Initial plans to extend Kyle Busch’s contract to 2027

During Childress’ conference, he revealed that both he and Busch were scheduled to announce a contract extension at the Michigan race weekend, keeping Busch as an RCR Cup competitor for the 2027 season. The duo selected Michigan for the announcement and were planning to make it with the head representatives of GM and Chevrolet, with the manufacturers having their global headquarters in Michigan.

The planned contract extension decision was made as both Childress and Busch had expressed enthusiasm and were optimistic in their level of progression on the track. Although notching an average-finishing result of 22.1 and netting only a single top-10 result through the first 10-scheduled events of the 2026 season, Busch improved his average-finishing result to 14.0 in what would be his final two Cup starts. This included a season-high eighth-place run at Watkins Glen International, and since he had Andy Street replace Jim Pohlman as his crew chief.

“I talked to Kyle Tuesday night, before everything went down Wednesday night and Thursday, and we had a great conversation,” Childress said. “[Busch] said, ‘You give me cars as you gave me the last three weeks and I will make the Chase this year.’ We were that confident. Both of us had a lot of confidence in this team. We haven’t had the year that any of us expected or wanted. We started out like gangbusters, and it just didn’t go as we expected. We’ve had a lot of opportunities, and we just didn’t finish them off.”

As Childress looks ahead to finishing off the 2026 season on a strong note, he took the time to recognize Kyle Busch’s contributions to the organization. These include his involvement in the 2023 season and his historic legacy, accomplishments and lasting impact he implemented towards his family, friends, fellow competitors and the competition.

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“Kyle Busch will go down in history as one of the greatest drivers there’s ever been,” Childress said. “He’ll be in the Hall of Fame. I’d love to see them put him in it right away. He helped RCR when we needed him [in 2023], came right in, and we won three races the first part of the year.” Childress continued, saying, “he was a man that a lot of people thought was tough to deal with and that we wouldn’t last long, but he was a man that loved this sport. He loved it so much that he wanted to see his family carry it on.”

“[Busch]’s legacy will be in history,” Childress added. “He’ll go down as one of the greatest drivers of all time. He’s won over 200 races. All of us are going to miss him. You all are going to miss having him in here after a win.”

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season for Richard Childress Racing continues with the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 7. The event’s broadcast time is slated for 3 p.m. ET on Prime Video, MRN Radio, SiriusXM and HBO MAX.

From Clinic to Cloud: How Digital Healthcare Is Changing the Game In Dallas

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June 7, 2026

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Healthcare in Dallas is at an inflection point.

The city’s packed with some of the biggest hospital networks in the country, including Medical City, Baylor Scott & White, and UT Southwestern. These aren’t your average health systems. They serve millions across a city that feels more like a web than a grid. Still, when patients try to manage their own care digitally, the experience often does not match the quality of the care itself. Telehealth happens on a platform that feels borrowed rather than built for the purpose.

That gap between clinical quality and digital delivery is where healthcare businesses in Dallas are losing ground right now. A well-built healthcare app does not just digitize paperwork. It restructures the entire patient journey. When that expectation goes unmet, they notice. So do your retention numbers.

This post walks through how experts like TekRevol healthcare app development are closing that gap with healthcare enterprises and founders who are ready to build something that actually reflects the quality of their care for a city as diverse as Dallas.

The Rising Standard for Telehealth App Experiences

Telehealth earned enormous goodwill a few years ago simply by existing. Patients were grateful just to skip the waiting room. That window has closed.

Today, your patients arrive at a virtual appointment with higher expectations. They want to complete intake forms before the call starts. They want their prescriptions sent automatically after it ends. They want a follow-up message from their care team that arrives without them having to log into a separate portal to find it.

Dallas reflects this shift clearly. The DFW metro has one of the most digitally active patient populations in the country. Younger residents expect consumer-grade experiences. Older patients want simplicity and clarity. Both groups need an app that respects their time and works without confusion.

Patients now compare their healthcare app to their banking app and their grocery delivery app. If your product feels slower or harder to use than those, you will feel it in your retention numbers. That comparison is not unfair. It is just the reality of building digital products in 2025.

This is where digitalization brings real value. TekRevol app developers in Dallas build for a diverse patient base, which requires deliberate UX research and accessibility testing. When those elements are in place from the start, the product you ship actually earns consistent use.

How Fragmented Software Slows Down Healthcare Growth

Most healthcare businesses do not have a technology problem. They have an integration problem.

Your EHR system sits in one place and your billing platform in another. Your telehealth module lives outside your patient portal entirely. Staff members spend hours each week manually moving data between systems. Patients create duplicate accounts because nothing connects cleanly. The whole operation runs on workarounds that nobody planned for, but everyone depends on.

This fragmentation does not show up as a line item in your budget. It hides inside your overhead. Longer admin hours, slower billing cycles, and higher staff turnover are symptoms of a disconnected tech stack. They are not the inevitable costs of running a healthcare business. They are problems that better architecture solves.

Custom app development addresses this at the foundation. When your systems are designed to communicate from the start, data flows without human intervention. A patient books an appointment, and their intake form populates automatically. A clinician completes a visit, and the billing code is generated without a separate manual entry. Your team focuses on patients instead of processes.

For a clinic group or health-tech startup scaling across the DFW area, the compounding effect of this matters at every stage. A fragmented stack that feels manageable across ten locations becomes genuinely difficult to operate across thirty. Building integration into your architecture early is significantly cheaper than untangling it later.

There is also a staff experience dimension worth considering. Healthcare workers are leaving the industry at high rates across the country. One consistent reason is administrative burden. When your software creates work instead of reducing it, your best people notice. Giving your team tools that actually work is part of retaining them.

HIPAA Compliance Is a Design Decision, Not a Final Step

Most compliance failures in healthcare apps do not come from external attacks. They come from internal design gaps.

A staff member exports a patient report to a personal email account. A session token stays active too long on a shared device at a nursing station. A third-party analytics tool quietly collects more patient data than your privacy policy covers. These are not dramatic breaches. They are quiet ones, and they happen because compliance was treated as a checklist at the end of a build rather than a guiding principle from the beginning.

The distinction matters more than most founders realize. An app that passes a compliance audit at launch can still create liability six months later if the underlying architecture was not built with security in mind. Patches and fixes applied after the fact are more expensive and less reliable than decisions made correctly at the design stage.

TekRevol approaches HIPAA compliance as an architectural commitment. Security reviews happen at each development sprint. Data storage, access permissions, audit logs, and session management are all shaped by regulatory requirements before a single screen goes live. The result is a product that holds up under real scrutiny, not just initial approval.

If you are evaluating development partners right now, ask them one direct question. At which stage of your process does security testing happen? If the answer is “before launch,” that tells you something important.

Security testing woven into each sprint catches problems when they are inexpensive to fix. Security testing done only at the end finds problems when they are not.

Designing Healthcare Apps for a Diverse Patient Population

Dallas is one of the most diverse cities in the United States, and your patient population reflects that fully.

Language is the most visible dimension of this. Spanish is the first language for a large share of DFW residents. Significant Vietnamese, Arabic, Amharic, and Urdu-speaking communities exist across the metro. An app that offers language support buried three menus deep is not offering language support in any meaningful way. It is offering a legal checkbox.

Age range is the second dimension. Managing a chronic condition looks very different at 68 than it does at 32. Text size, navigation depth, and the number of steps required to complete a common task; these things matter differently depending on who is holding the phone. Designing for both ends of that range is harder than designing for one, but the patient engagement difference is measurable.

There is a business case here that goes beyond good values. Screen reader compatibility, high-contrast modes, and tap target sizes are not edge case features. For a meaningful share of any patient population, they are the difference between an app that works and one that does not.

App developers in Dallas include user research as a structured part of the development process. They study who will actually use the product and how. That research shapes navigation logic, content hierarchy, and interaction design across the entire app. It is the difference between a product your patients tolerate and one they return to consistently.

Custom Development vs White-Label: Understanding the Real Trade-Off

White-label telehealth platforms have genuine appeal. They deploy quickly. The initial cost looks manageable. For a solo practice exploring digital care for the first time, they can serve as a reasonable starting point.

For a healthcare enterprise or a founder building something meant to scale, the calculation looks different.

White-label platforms grow on the vendor’s timeline. When you need a custom integration with a regional insurance network specific to Texas, you submit a feature request and wait. When a competitor launches a noticeably better patient experience, your ability to respond depends entirely on what your vendor chooses to prioritize next. Your product roadmap belongs to someone else.

Custom development changes that dynamic completely. You own the code. Features ship when your business needs them. Integrations happen on your schedule. Your app scales with your patient volume without requiring structural rebuilds every two years. When regulations change, and in healthcare, they do change regularly, your team can respond directly instead of waiting for a vendor update.

There is also a data ownership dimension that healthcare founders often overlook until it becomes a problem. With a white-label platform, your patient engagement data lives in someone else’s system. With a custom-built product, that data belongs to you. It informs your product decisions, your clinical programs, and your business strategy in ways that a third-party platform simply cannot replicate.

Healthcare businesses that move to custom development at the right stage of growth consistently see stronger outcomes over a three to five-year window. The upfront investment is real. The long-term cost of staying on a white-label platform, measured in lost flexibility, vendor dependency, and constrained growth, tends to be higher.

Starting Your Clinic-to-Cloud Transition

The clearest way to start is to map your current patient journey with fresh eyes.

Follow the path from the moment a patient decides to book an appointment through their post-visit follow-up. Write down every step. Note every place where a staff member is manually bridging a gap between two systems. Note every place where a patient has to repeat information they already provided. That map becomes your product brief, and it will show you exactly where the highest-value improvements are.

From there, the right development partner takes it forward. Experienced healthcare app development companies bring clinical understanding and technical depth to every engagement. The team knows the Dallas market, the regulatory environment, and the patient expectations that come with serving one of the country’s most dynamic metro areas.

ARCA Menards West at Tri-City Raceway: NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 Post-race Notes

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June 7, 2026

ARCA Menards West at Tri-City Raceway: NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 Post-Race Notes

Cole Denton (No. 71 Jan’s Towing Ford) was the dominant force throughout the day as he was fastest in practice, earned his second Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Award in qualifying, and then led most of the NAPA Auto Parts Greg Biffle Memorial 150 to score his second career ARCA Menards Series victory., Denton, from Pascagoula, Mississippi, led 101 of the race’s 150 laps.
Denton joins Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) as the only two drivers with multiple ARCA Menards West wins in 2026; Denton won earlier in the season at Tucson Speedway while Huddleston came to Tri-City with a two-race win streak with victories at Shasta Speedway and Colorado National Speedway.
Huddleston, the reigning series champion, entered the night with a 20-point lead over fifth-place finisher Mason Massey (No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet). Huddleston was the race’s only other leader, gaining a valuable bonus point, and finished second to open his lead in the standings to 24 points with seven races remaining. Huddleston is the only driver to finish among the top five and in the top ten in all six races so far in 2026.
Third-place finisher Mia Lovell (No. 15 Pine Health Toyota) had the best race of her fledgling ARCA Menards West career. She started fourth and battled in and among the top five all evening long, racing her way past Robbie Kennealy (No. 1 Jan’s Towing Ford) on the final restart at lap 113 to earn her best career series finish; Kennealy held on to finish fourth. Lovell is the sixth female driver to finish third or better in an ARCA Menards West race in series history, joining Hailie Deegan, Gracie Trotter, Nicole Behar, Julia Landauer, and Isabella Robusto.
TJ Moon (No. 41 Jan’s Towing Ford) finished sixth in his ARCA Menards West debut driving a third entry for team owner Jan Qualkenbush. Moon, the 2024 INEX Bandolero national champion, stayed out of the chaos throughout the second half of the race to give the Jan’s Racing team half of the first six finishers.
Gavin Ray (No. 7 Jerry Pitts Racing Toyota) finished seventh after starting an uncharacteristic 13th. His six positions gained were the most of anyone in the 16-car starting field.
Andrew Chapman (No. 55 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford) finished eighth, the final driver on the lead lap.
Strike Mamba Racing finished in the final two positions inside the top ten, with Tyler Tomassi (No. 51 RBR Engineering Chevrolet) in ninth and newcomer Josiah Reaume (No. 72 RBR Engineering Chevrolet) in tenth.
Sam Corry (No. 25 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) finished eleventh after being involved in a multi-car pileup in the final turn of the tricky tri-oval layout on lap 109. Corry was able to continue with only damage to the right rear and tail of his Nitro Motorsports entry. Eric Johnson, Jr. (No. 5 Pacific Office Automation Toyota) was also able to continue with heavy damage to the nose and hood of his car, 17 laps off the pace. Two others, Jade Avedisian (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) and Hailie Deegan (No. 16 Columbia Bank Chevrolet) were eliminated in the accident.
David Smith (No. 05 Shockwave Marine Suspension Seating Systems Toyota) finished 12th after recovering from a late-race spin off turn two which nearly collected then race-leader Huddleston. Television replays showed Huddleston missing the rear of Smith’s car by inches as it came down the banking and into the infield.
ARCA Menards East regular Quinn Davis (No. 77 King Taco / FLAV R PAC / Bulldog Toyota) was named to drive the Joe Nava-owned car early in the week, but was sidelined early with overheating issues; she finished last in the 16-car field with 25 laps completed.
The race was run in memory of 19-time NASCAR Cup Series winner, 2002 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion and 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Greg Biffle. Biffle, a two-time Tri-City Raceway champion in the 1990s, perished in an aviation crash in December with his wife Christina, daughter Emma, son Ryder, family friend Craig Wadsworth, pilot Dennis Dutton and his son Jack all lost their lives in the accident last December. Biffle’s long-time friend Adam Vail addressed the sold-out crowd before the race, and several members of the Biffle family were in attendance. Biffle had driven in the ARCA Menards West race at Tri-City Raceway in each of the last two years, finishing ninth in 2024 and third in 2025.
The next race for the ARCA Menards West is at Sonoma Raceway on Friday, June 26. The race, set to begin at 6:30 pm ET / 3:30 pm PT, will be streamed live on FloRacing. ARCARacing.com will have live timing & scoring data throughout all on-track activity and live race audio. Follow @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly Twitter) for up-to-the-minute updates.

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