Frontstretch Newsletter: July 20, 2025
Volume
XIX, Edition CXXI |
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- Teams are back at their shops today, preparing for this weekend's action in Indiana. Entry lists for this weekend's races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park should be released today. We'll have the entry lists and everything else breaks for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Denny Hamlin Holds off Chase Briscoe to Win at
Dover Denny Hamlin was able to hold off Chase Briscoe on the final restart to win Sunday's AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, his fourth win of the year. Alex Bowman was third, then Kyle Larson and Ty Gibbs. |
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| NASCAR Updates Cup Rules To Allow for 40-Car Entry
Limit NASCAR announced a rule change for the NASCAR Cup Series Monday morning that allows for the sanctioning body to cap entries for Cup races to 40 cars. |
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| Christopher Bell Lives on the Edge at
Dover Christopher Bell had a race-winning car Sunday at Dover. However, he spun out twice racing for the lead and managed to avoid anything both times. |
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| Ty vs. Ty Showdown Set for Cup Series In-Season Challenge
Finale With the results of Sunday's AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, Ty Gibbs defeated Tyler Reddick, while Ty Dillon got a free pass late that allowed him to beat John Hunter Nemechek. The Tys will battle in Indianapolis for $1
million. |
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| Here’s What Happened in the 23XI/FRM Lawsuit vs NASCAR
This Week (July 12-18) Last week was very busy in the ongoing lawsuit against NASCAR. A failed attempt at a restraining order resulted in 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports racing as open entries in Dover. |
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| NASCAR Legend Rex White Passes
Away 1960 NASCAR Grand National champion Rex White died Friday at the age of 95. |
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| Chicago Street Race Off NASCAR Schedule For
2026 NASCAR announced Friday that the Chicago Street Race will not happen in 2026. The event will be "on pause" with hopes to return in 2027. |
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| Connor Zilisch Snags Rain-Shortened Dover
Win Connor Zilisch led 77 laps Saturday to win the Xfinity Series BetRivers 200, which was shortened to 134 laps due to rain. Aric Almirola was second, then Brandon Jones, Justin Allgaier and Jesse Love. |
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| Xfinity Series’ Burton Playoff Battle Tightens Up at
Dover The battle at the playoff cutoff in the Xfinity Series is a family affair. Jeb Burton has the last spot in the playoffs on points at the moment. His cousin Harrison is close behind. |
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| Pato O’Ward Victorious after Chaotic Toronto IndyCar Grand
Prix Patricio O'Ward scored his second NTT IndyCar Series win of the season Sunday in Toronto under caution. Rinus VeeKay was second, then Kyffin Simpson, Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson. |
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| Rinus VeeKay & Kyffin Simpson Fill an Unusual IndyCar
Podium in Toronto Pit strategy resulted in a jumbled finishing order Sunday. Rinus VeeKay finished a season-best second Sunday, while Kyffin Simpson finished in a career-best third. |
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| Will Power Leads Another Difficult Week for Team
Penske The nightmarish 2025 season continued Sunday for Team Penske. Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin crashed out, while Will Power finished 11th. |
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| Santino Ferrucci Out for Toronto Following Sunday Morning
Warmup Crash A.J. Foyt Racing's Santino Ferrucci was forced to miss Sunday's Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto after crashing in the morning warmup. |
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| Brenden Queen Dominates ARCA Race at
Dover Pinnacle Racing Group's Brenden Queen led flag-to-flag Friday to win the General Tire 150, a combination race for the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East. Camden Murphy was second, followed by Isabella Robusto, Isaac Kitzmiller and Tyler
Reif. |
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| Rennsport One Wins VIR GT World Challenge Race No.
1 Jan Heylen took the overall lead from Aaron Povoledo with 19 minutes to go Saturday and held on to win GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Race No. 1 at VIRginia International Raceway with Alex Sedgwick. |
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| Rennsport One Claims VIR Weekend
Sweep Rennsport One's Jan Heylen and Alex Sedgwick dominated Sunday to win GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Race No. 2 at VIRginia International Raceway. |
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| Kevin Boehm, Kenton Koch Win Rain-Plagued VIR GT4 Race No.
1 Random Vandals Racing's Kevin Boehm and Kenton Koch won Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 1 Saturday at VIR. The race had a long red flag for lightning in the middle of it. |
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| Random Vandals Claims VIR GT4 Weekend
Sweep Kenton Koch took the lead nine minutes into the race Sunday. From there, Koch and Kevin Boehm dominated to win Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 2 at VIRginia International Raceway. |
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| Justin Rothberg Wins VIR GT America Race No.
1 Justin Rothberg opened up a very successful weekend at VIR Saturday with his fourth victory of the year in GT America powered by AWS. |
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| Justin Rothberg Sweeps GT America At
VIR Turner Motorsport's Justin Rothberg led flag-to-flag to wrap up the GT America powered by AWS weekend sweep in Virginia. |
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| Matt Waltz Avenges SoBo DQ With Dominant Hampton Heat
Win In a race that was moved up to avoid potential rain, Matt Waltz was able to get the lead towards the halfway point and held on to win the Hampton Heat. Connor Hall was second, then Brenden Queen, Woody Howard and Kade Brown. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, ISC Archives via Getty Images, Chris Owens and Joe Skibinski of Penske Entertainment, Brian Cleary, Fred Hardy and Fabian Lagunas of SRO Motorsports Group, and our own Chase Folsom and Michael
Massie. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: July 18-20 |
- It was a painful Kings Royal weekend at Eldora Speedway. The massive crash on Thursday night in the Joker's Jackpot resulted in Tyler Courtney having surgery on Friday. He's doing fine right now, but will be likely be out indefinitely. - Friday night's Knight Before the Kings
Royal saw more of the same. Aaron Reutzel had a massive flip while running second in the feature. Ridge Sons Racing announced that Reutzel has a broken right foot. He has been discharged from the hospital and is currently recovering. In the race itself, Rico Abreu led flag-to-flag to take the victory and $20,000. Carson Macedo was second, then Kyle Larson, David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid. The hits kept on coming. During the Kings Royal heats Saturday, Brad Sweet had a big crash in turn 1. He was sent to the hospital for checks, but it appears that he didn't break anything. Kasey Kahne Racing announced that Sweet has been discharged from the hospital, but he is "sore and beat up." The Kings Royal saw Anthony Macri start on the pole and lead all 40 laps en route to the biggest victory of his career, along
with a check for $200,000. Abreu was second, then Larson, Brian Brown and Gravel. |
This is just a sampling of the videos that we uploaded to our YouTube channels from Dover, Toronto and Hampton last weekend. For more from Dover, Toronto, Hampton, or from other race weekends, be sure to subscribe to our suite of YouTube channels
(Frontstretch, Frontstretch Grassroots, Frontstretch Plus and FS Open Wheel) and don't forget to click the bell to be notified of future videos. |
Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs: Late Crash Gives Chase Elliott Points Lead
by Phil Allaway
William Byron had an excellent race on Saturday and was almost certain to score a top 10 finish. Then, Christopher Bell spun on lap 393. Byron ended up getting clipped and crashed out of the race. The 31st-place finish means that there is a new man on top of the points. Chase Elliott led a race-high 238 laps Sunday from pole and finished sixth. That was enough to boost him up into the points lead. His advantage is 16 points over Byron. Kyle Larson finished fourth and stays in third. Denny Hamlin moved up one place to fourth after earning his fourth win of the
year. Hamlin jumped over Tyler Reddick, who finished 12th Sunday. Bell remains in sixth despite two spins and an 18th-place finish thanks to a stage victory and 19 stage points. Ryan Blaney is still seventh after an eighth-place finish. Chase Briscoe is still eighth, but his margin to Blaney shrunk
from 19 points to six after a second-place finish. Alex Bowman finished third and moved up three places to ninth. Chris Buescher remains in 10th after a top 10 finish. Joey Logano is 11th, while Ross Chastain dropped three places to 12th after crashing out on lap 385. Bubba Wallace finished seventh Sunday and stays in 13th. He is the last driver in the playoffs on points. He has a 16-point advantage over Ryan Preece, who was involved in a late crash Sunday and finished 19th. Kyle Busch is still in 15th, while Ty Gibbs is up one spot to 16th after finishing
fifth. Michael McDowell is up two spots to 17th after finishing 13th. AJ Allmendinger dropped to 18th after dropping out due to brake issues. Austin Cindric moved up one place to 19th, while Erik Jones is down two positions to 20th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chase Elliott 702, 2) William Byron -16, 3) Kyle Larson -38, 4) Denny
Hamlin -39, 5) Tyler Reddick -62, 6) Christopher Bell -67, 7) Ryan Blaney -126, 8) Chase Briscoe -132, 9) Alex Bowman -155, 10) Chris Buescher -174, 11) Joey Logano -178, 12) Ross
Chastain -185, 13) Bubba Wallace -202, 14) Ryan Preece -218, 15) Kyle Busch -241, 16) Ty Gibbs -254. Outside of the top-16, but still in playoffs: 19) Austin Cindric
-285, 22) Josh Berry -303, 26) Shane van Gisbergen -328. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the playoffs, or ineligible for points. Playoff Points: 1) Denny Hamlin 24, 2) Kyle Larson -1, t-3) Shane van Gisbergen -7, t-3) Christopher Bell -7, 5) William Byron -12, 6) Ryan Blaney -15, 7) Austin Cindric
-16, 8) Joey Logano -17, t-9) Chase Briscoe -18, t-9) Ross Chastain -18, t-9) Josh Berry -18, t-9) Chase Elliott -18, t-13) Bubba Wallace -22, t-13) Ryan Preece -22, t-15) Tyler Reddick -23, t-15) Chris Buescher -23, t-15)
Michael McDowell -23. Stage Points: 1) William Byron 207, 2) Ryan Blaney
-42, 3) Denny Hamlin -47, t-4) Kyle Larson -57, t-4) Tyler Reddick -57, 6) Bubba Wallace -74, 7) Chase Elliott -76, 8) Alex Bowman -86, 9) Christopher Bell -97, 10) Austin Cindric
-107, 11) Joey Logano -110, 12) Carson Hocevar -116, 13) Chase Briscoe -123, 14) Chris Buescher -136, 15) Josh Berry -137, 16) Ryan Preece -143.
Note: The Stage Points include the Duels at Daytona.
Outside of the top 16, but Still in the Playoffs: 17) Ross Chastain -148, 19) Shane van Gisbergen -157. Note: The Stage Points also include the Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Chase Elliott 663, 2) Christopher
Bell -46, 3) Kyle Larson -60, 4) Denny Hamlin -77, 5) Chase Briscoe -83, 6) Tyler Reddick -84, 7) William Byron -92, 8) Chris Buescher -110, 9) Ross Chastain -121, t-10) Joey Logano
-143, t-10) Alex Bowman -143, 12) Kyle Busch -152, 13) Ty Gibbs -154, 14) Ryan Preece -157, 15) Ryan Blaney -164, 16) Michael McDowell -187. Outside of the top 16, but still in the playoffs: 17) Bubba Wallace -207, 24) Josh Berry -246, 25) Austin Cindric -251, t-26) Shane van Gisbergen -253. Note: These standings are
based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Chase Elliott 2922, 2) Christopher Bell -125, 3) Kyle Larson -153, 4) Chase Briscoe
-235, 5) Denny Hamlin -241, 6) William Byron -250, 7) Tyler Reddick -268, 8) Chris Buescher -385, 9) Ross Chastain -398, 10) Alex Bowman -427, 11) Joey Logano -484, 12) Ryan Blaney
-492, 13) Ty Gibbs -495, 14) Kyle Busch -511, 15) Ryan Preece -519, 16) Michael McDowell -616. Outside of the top-16, but still in the playoffs: 17) Bubba Wallace
-657, 24) Josh Berry -799, 24) Shane van Gisbergen -815, 28) Austin Cindric -852. Note No. 2: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: William Byron (Daytona), Christopher Bell (Atlanta-1, COTA, Phoenix), Josh Berry (Las Vegas), Kyle Larson (Homestead, Bristol, Kansas), Denny Hamlin (Martinsville, Darlington, Michigan, Dover), Austin Cindric (Talladega), Joey Logano (Texas), Ross Chastain (Charlotte), Ryan Blaney (Nashville), Shane van Gisbergen
(Mexico City, Chicago, Sonoma), Chase Briscoe (Pocono), Chase Elliott (Atlanta-2)
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs: Justin Allgaier Continues To Lead
by Phil Allaway
Justin Allgaier had a strong run Saturday to finish fourth. That allowed him to maintain the lead, but he actually lost some ground to teammate Connor Zilisch. Zilisch earned his second straight win Saturday and moved up two positions to second, 56 points
behind Allgaier. Sam Mayer finished 12th and dropped down to third. Austin Hill is fourth. Jesse Love finished fifth and stays in fifth. Brandon Jones finished third and moved up one place to sixth. Jones swapped spots with Carson Kvapil, who finished 15th. Sheldon Creed is still in eighth after
finishing eighth. Taylor Gray moved up two places to ninth after winning stage one and finishing seventh. Sammy Smith is still in 10th despite a 24th-place finish, while Nick Sanchez dropped two places to 11th after dropping out with steering issues. Jeb Burton remains in 12th after a 20th-place finish. He is the last driver in
the playoffs on points. Jeb Burton currently has a seven-point lead over his cousin, Harrison Burton. Harrison gained nine points on his cousin by finishing 11th. Ryan Sieg finished seventh to break out of a recent snide, but is still 30 points behind Jeb. Dean Thompson is 15th, while Christian Eckes is 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 730, 2) Connor Zilisch -56, 3) Sam Mayer -78, 4) Austin Hill -83, 5) Jesse Love -110, 6) Brandon Jones
-152, 7) Carson Kvapil -154, 8) Sheldon Creed -179, 9) Taylor Gray -204, 10) Sammy Smith -215, 11) Nick Sanchez -217, 12) Jeb Burton -233, 13) Harrison Burton -240, 14) Ryan Sieg -263, 15) Dean Thompson
-295, 16) Christian Eckes -304. Playoff Points: 1) Connor Zilisch 24, t-2) Austin Hill -3, t-2) Justin Allgaier -3, 4) Brandon Jones -16, 5) Sammy Smith -17, t-6)
Jesse Love -18, t-6) Nick Sanchez -18, t-6) Aric Almirola -18, t-9) Harrison Burton -22, t-9) Sam Mayer -22, t-9) Taylor Gray -22, t-12) Carson Kvapil -23, t-12) Sheldon Creed -23, t-12) Dean Thompson -23. Note: If they were eligible for NASCAR Xfinity Series points, Kyle Larson would be fourth, William Byron tied for fifth, Shane van Gisbergen tied for eighth, Daniel Suarez 12th and Alex Bowman tied for 16th in playoff points. Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier
210, 2) Connor Zilisch -54, 3) Austin Hill -77, 4) Sheldon Creed -78, 5) Brandon Jones -80, 6) Sam Mayer -85, 7) Sammy Smith -93, 8) Nick Sanchez -96, 9) Jesse Love -98,
10) Carson Kvapil -102, 11) Taylor Gray -116, 12) Aric Almirola -122, 13) Ryan Sieg -129, 14) Jeb Burton -150, 15) Christian Eckes -160, t-16) Dean Thompson -175, t-16) Anthony Alfredo -175. Note: If he were eligible for NASCAR Xfinity Series points, Kyle Larson would be 16th in stage points. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Sam Mayer 613, 2) Justin Allgaier -4, 3) Connor
Zilisch -6, 4) Austin Hill -16, 5) Jesse Love -18, 6) Carson Kvapil -61, 7) Harrison Burton -72, 8) Brandon Jones -79, 9) Jeb Burton -95, 10) Taylor Gray -101, 11) Sheldon Creed
-110, 12) Sammy Smith -119, 13) Nick Sanchez -133, 14) Dean Thompson -135, 15) Ryan Sieg -147, 16) Daniel Dye -154. WC Points (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier
2767, 2) Sam Mayer -23, 3) Connor Zilisch -62, 4) Austin Hill -69, 5) Jesse Love -82, 6) Carson Kvapil -246, 7) Brandon Jones -299, 8) Harrison Burton -304, 9) Taylor Gray
-349, 10) Jeb Burton -384, 11) Sheldon Creed -386, 12) Nick Sanchez -472, 13) Sammy Smith -474, 14) Dean Thompson -515, 15) Ryan Sieg -526, 16) Christian Eckes -558. Race Winners: Jesse Love (Daytona), Austin Hill (Atlanta-1, Martinsville, Talladega), Connor Zilisch (COTA, Pocono, Sonoma, Dover), Aric Almirola (Phoenix), Justin Allgaier (Las Vegas, Homestead, Nashville), Brandon Jones (Darlington), Kyle Larson (Bristol, Texas), Sammy Smith (Rockingham), William Byron (Charlotte), Nick Sanchez (Atlanta-2), Shane van Gisbergen (Chicago) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs: Off-Week Update No. 8
by Phil Allaway
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was off last weekend. They will not resume their season until July 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. When the teams get to Indiana, Corey Heim will have a 144-point lead over Chandler Smith with three races remaining in
the regular season. He'll have the chance to lock up the regular season championship with a decent run. Layne Riggs is third in points, followed by Daniel Hemric. Kaden Honeycutt rounds out the top-five. Ty Majeski is the final
driver in the playoffs on points. He has a 38-point lead over Jake Garcia. Gio Ruggiero is 10th, but he's more than a full race behind Majeski. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 690, 2) Chandler Smith
-144, 3) Layne Riggs -165, 4) Daniel Hemric -176, 5) Kaden Honeycutt -199, 6) Grant Enfinger -202, 7) Tyler Ankrum -222, 8) Ty Majeski -228, 9) Jake Garcia -266, 10) Gio Ruggiero
-293, 11) Stewart Friesen -295, 12) Ben Rhodes -296, 13) Rajah Caruth -306, 14) Tanner Gray -329, 15) Connor Mosack -369, 16) Matt Crafton -381.
Playoff
Points: 1) Corey Heim 39, 2) Chandler Smith -28, 3) Layne Riggs -30, 4) Tyler Ankrum -33, t-5) Daniel Hemric -34, t-5) Rajah Caruth -34, t-5) Stewart Friesen -34, 8) Grant Enfinger -37, t-9) Ty Majeski -38,
t-9) Ben Rhodes -38, t-9) Gio Ruggiero -38, t-9) Jack Wood -38, t-9) Matt Crafton -38, t-9) Bayley Currey -38. Note: If they were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Kyle Busch and Carson Hocevar would be tied for fourth and Kyle
Larson tied for seventh in Playoff points. Stage Points: 1) Corey Heim 221, 2) Kaden Honeycutt -90, 3) Layne Riggs -97, 4) Chandler Smith -98, 5) Ty Majeski -116, 6) Grant Enfinger
-134, 7) Daniel Hemric -139, 8) Tyler Ankrum -142, 9) Connor Mosack -158, t-10) Stewart Friesen -164, t-10) Jake Garcia -164, 12) Ben Rhodes -169, 13) Tanner Gray -174, 14) Rajah Caruth
-176, 15) Gio Ruggiero -188, 16) Matt Crafton -193. Note: If they were eligible for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points, Carson Hocevar would be 14th and Kyle Busch 16th in stage points. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 386, 2) Daniel Hemric -34, 3) Chandler Smith -43, 4) Grant Enfinger -60, 5) Layne Riggs -62, 6) Tyler Ankrum -75, 7) Jake Garcia -85, 8) Kaden
Honeycutt -101, 9) Gio Ruggiero -107, 10) Rajah Caruth -112, 11) Stewart Friesen -114, 12) Ty Majeski -117, 13) Ben Rhodes -129, 14) Tanner Gray -150, 15) Matt Crafton -176, 16) Andres Perez -177. WC Points (1-16): 1) Corey Heim 2361, 2) Daniel Hemric -191, 3) Chandler Smith -226, 4) Grant Enfinger -283, 5) Layne Riggs -287, 6) Tyler Ankrum
-327, 7) Jake Garcia -423, 8) Gio Ruggiero -425, 9) Kaden Honeycutt -437, 10) Ty Majeski -451, 11) Rajah Caruth -489, 12) Ben Rhodes -499, 13) Stewart Friesen -509, 14) Tanner Gray
-601, 15) Matt Crafton -714, 16) Andres Perez -720. Race Winners: Corey Heim (Daytona, Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Lime Rock), Kyle Busch (Atlanta), Kyle Larson (Homestead), Daniel Hemric (Martinsville), Chandler Smith (Bristol, North Wilkesboro), Tyler Ankrum (Rockingham),
Carson Hocevar (Kansas), Rajah Caruth (Nashville), Stewart Friesen (Michigan), Layne Riggs (Pocono)
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was brought to you by the letter W for Weather. Having the race in mid-July as opposed to the end of April resulted in a significantly hotter race
that ruled out previous notes. It also increased the threat of rain. - Phil Allaway |
Quotes to Remember: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 compiled by Phil Allaway
"It was a tough battle. I had to endure a few restarts there. Those guys gave me a run for it.
"Winning here in Dover is super special to me. To go back-to-back here is amazing."- Denny Hamlin, race winner "I don't know. I thought I did everything I needed to. I thought I had him there for a second. I wish the Camry, the back, was about three inches shorter. I was so close to clearing him. I just couldn't do it. Obviously, racing a teammate, I wanted to make sure at least a JGR car won. Yeah, it was honestly a great day.
We weren't probably a second-place race car, we were a fifth to 10th car. Glad we were able to kind of make a good finish out of it." - Chase Briscoe, finished second "I feel like we were better than where we ended up, but with a poor day at Sonoma [Raceway], I had to start deep in the field. I couldn’t get clean air, and then we got shuffled around a little bit on some of
the short runs. But overall, we had a really good No. 48 Ally Chevrolet all day. Proud of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. I’ve been a little bit sick and my cool shirt decided it wanted a Sunday off, so I’m really hot and really tire, but certainly, it was a really good day for our team." - Alex Bowman, finished third
"We had a good No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet today. It was just tough
starting in the back, and we just kind of had to work slowly at it all day long. On the long runs here [at Dover Motor Speedway], you just have to be really patient, and that’s how we were today. It’s good to get a top-five finish and get back on the horse there. Hopefully we can string together some good runs now." - Kyle Larson, finished fourth
"It was a fun day. I thought on long
runs we were really good. I would have personally like to have seen it go to the end before the rain caution came out because we had a really good long run car and I thought I might have been able to get up to fifth. We came in and got two tires, and I didn’t pick a good lane on the restart and gave a lot of track position away, but, overall, it was a good day from where we started." - Ryan Blaney, finished eighth
"It feels good. You know, I have been the underdog for a long time now, just battling my way to try to get opportunity. Eventually you get comfortable in fighting from behind and people underestimating you. It’s hard to say that we lucked into it this far in, and I am proud of the way we have run. We haven’t been a dominating car, but we have been a pain to everyone around us. That is all we can do — put pressure on them and execute at the right time and
that is what we have done.
"I am so grateful to Matt Kaulig and everyone at Kaulig Racing -- Chris Rice, Ty Norris, my sponsors Sea Best and Grizzly Nicotine Pouches. They are the ones that allow us to do this and allow us to have fun. I don’t take it for granted. I have been out of this sport and got good perspective and have so much gratitude just to get to race these cars. When things are coming
together in a season like this, it’s not everything we want, it hasn’t been everything, but we are having fun. And when you can leave the racetrack smiling, you are already winning." - Ty Dillon, finished 20th
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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