Frontstretch Newsletter: May 18, 2026
Volume XX,
Edition LXXIX |
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- NTT IndyCar Series teams were scheduled to practice for two hours today. However, it was cut short due to severe weather. There's a lot that went on there. A full recap will be available later today.
- NASCAR teams are back at their shops to prepare for a home race in Charlotte. Entry
lists should be released later today. We'll have those and more at Frontstretch. |
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| Denny Hamlin Earns 2nd All-Star Race Win at
Dover Denny Hamlin led a collective 156 of 350 laps Sunday to win the NASCAR All-Star Race for his third straight win at Dover. Chase Briscoe was second, then Erik Jones, Austin Dillon and Connor Zilisch. |
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| Dover Carnage Prevents Several All-Stars From Being
All-Stars Segment one of Sunday's festivities in Dover was quite brutal as two nine-car wrecks put a number of teams out of the race, including Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain, who were locked into the final segment. |
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| Connor Zilisch Scores All-Star Race Top 5 That Could Have
Been More Trackhouse Racing's Connor Zilisch had one of his best runs in the Cup Series Sunday in Dover, finishing fifth. |
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| Pit Crew Injury, Loose Wheel Plague Daniel Suarez in
All-Star Race Qualifying Dover was a tough weekend for Daniel Suarez's team. On Friday, tire changer Donovan Williams was injured by a runaway pit cart. Then, a loose wheel triggered a qualifying crash. |
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| Corey Day Wins Dover O’Reilly Race After Late Battle With
Justin Allgaier Hendrick Motorsports' Corey Day took the lead from Justin Allgaier with four laps to go Saturday and held on to win the BetRivers 200. Sam Mayer is third, then William Sawalich and Austin Hill. |
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| ‘99.9% Great Race’ Not Enough to Get Justin Allgaier a
Victory at Dover Justin Allgaier was in excellent position to score his fourth win of the year Saturday, but he got hung up behind Blake Lothian, allowing Corey Day to win. |
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| Sam Mayer Needs To ‘Work on the Driver’ After Damage
Prevents Dover Win Sam Mayer was also in contention for the win Saturday. However, damage on the final restart dropped him back to third. |
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| Kyle Busch Cruises, Wins Truck Race at
Dover Kyle Busch led 147 of 200 laps Friday to win the Ecosave 200. Ty Majeski was second, then Layne Riggs, Kaden Honeycutt and Christopher Bell. |
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| Clint Bowyer Completes The Manufacturer Gamut With RAM
Debut Clint Bowyer made his return to racing Friday at Dover for Kaulig Racing. He enjoyed himself, but a hub failure put him out early. |
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| Starting Lineup for the 2026 Indianapolis 500: Alex Palou
on Pole Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou won the pole Sunday for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 232.248 mph. Alexander Rossi will start second, then David Malukas, Felix Rosenqvist and Santino Ferrucci. |
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| Santino Ferrucci, Caio Collet Score Foyt Top-10 Qualifying
Effort for Indy 500 After the end of qualifying, AJ Foyt Enterprises had two of their cars in the top 10. Then, Caio Collet's time was disallowed after the car failed inspection. |
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| Conor Daly Qualifies 8th for 2026 Indianapolis
500 For Conor Daly, the Indianapolis 500 is more or less his entire season these days. On Sunday, he will start in the middle of Row No. 3 for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. |
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| Tristan McKee Dominates in ARCA Win at
Toledo Pinnacle Racing Group's Tristan McKee led 194 of 200 laps Saturday night to win the ARCA Menards Series/ARCA Menards Series East Owens Corning 200 in Toledo. Thomas Annunziata was second, then Carson Brown, Jake Bollman and Caden
Kvapil. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Paul Hurley, Walt Kuhn and Karl Zemlin of Penske Entertainment, and our own Josh Calloni and Danny Peters. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at [email protected] with a promising
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Around the World in Motorsports: May 16-18 |
- Winward Racing's Maro Engel, Maxime Martin, Fabian Schiller and Luca Stolz won the Intercontinental GT Challenge ADAC Ravenol 24h Nurburgring Sunday, a race held in changeable conditions. The margin of victory was 132.311 seconds over Red Bull Team ABT's Lamborghini for Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler and Patric Niederhauser. Walkenhorst Motorsports' Aston Martin for Mattia Drudi, Christian Krognes and Nicki Thiim
were third, followed by Rowe Racing's BMW for Dan Harper, Max Hesse, Sheldon van der Linde and Dries Vanthoor. Rounding out the top-five was BMW's M3 24h Touring entry for Connor de Phillippi, Ugo de Wilde, Jens Klingmann and Neil Verhagen. This car, a station wagon based on a stretched version of the BMW M4 GT3, won the SP-X class.
The Verstappen Racing No. 3 Mercedes led a decent chunk of the race. However, they suffered a driveshaft failure with three hours to go while leading. They would eventually finish 37th overall, 21 laps down.
- World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series teams were sharing the bill at Eldora Speedway Friday and Saturday nights with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint
Car National Championship. Night No. 1 of the #LetsRaceTwo saw a brawl at the front of the field between Rico Abreu, Buddy Kofoid and Giovanni Scelzi. Once the dust cleared, Abreu ended up in the lead and held on for the win. Abreu won by 3.963 seconds over Kofoid. Scelzi was third, then Aaron Reutzel and Logan Schuchart. Saturday night's Race No. 2 ended up being a duel between Schuchart and Brady Bacon. The two drivers swapped the lead multiple times on the high banks in front of a large Ohio crowd before Schuchart pulled away to take his first win in nearly a year. Schuchart won by .904 seconds over Abreu. Bacon faded to third, followed by Emerson
Axsom and Sheldon Haudenschild. In the points, David Gravel continues to lead by 104 over Carson Macedo. Kofoid is third, then Donny Schatz and Haudenschild. - World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTvision teams had a busy time last week. Friday night saw the series
race at Marion Center Raceway for the Connor Bobik Memorial preliminaries. Feature No. 1 saw local favorite Logan Zarin sweep into the lead on the first lap. From there, he was able to hold on while dealing with traffic to take a popular victory by 1.3 seconds over Brent Larson. Tyler Erb was third, then Michael Leach and Ryan Gustin. Feature No. 2 saw Tristan Chamberlain start from pole and lead early. However, Jared Miley ran him down on lap 7 and took the lead. After a caution came out, Miley was able to pull away and take the preliminary victory. He won by 1.52 seconds over Dustin Sorensen. Chamberlain was third, then Alex
Ferree and Tim McCreadie. Sunday night saw the series move to Bedford Speedway for the Billy Winn Classic. Here, the Pennsylvania dominance continued. Mason Zeigler was able to run down pole sitter Daulton Wilson and take the lead away with 11 laps to go. From there, he ran away to take the win. Zeigler won by 2.013 seconds over Wilson. Nick Hoffman was third, then McCreadie and Bobby Pierce. Hoffman's point lead is up to 10 points over Pierce. McCreadie is third, then Gustin and Erb. |
This is just a sampling of the videos that we uploaded to our YouTube channels from Dover, Indianapolis and Toledo last weekend. For more from Dover, Indianapolis, Toledo, or from other race weekends, be sure to subscribe to our suite of YouTube
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Seeking the NASCAR Cup Series Chase: All-Star Update
by Phil Allaway
While the NASCAR Cup Series was in action Sunday in Dover, the All-Star Race does not count for points. The point fight will resume Sunday night in Charlotte. When the Cup teams get to Charlotte Motor Speedway, Tyler Reddick will have a 129-point lead
over Denny Hamlin. Chase Elliott is third, while Ryan Blaney and Chris Buescher round out the top-five. Shane van Gisbergen is currently has the final driver in the Chase after his victory at Watkins Glen. He has a six-point lead over Chase
Briscoe. Joey Logano is 18th, followed by Ross Chastain and AJ Allmendinger. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 526, 2) Denny Hamlin -129, 3) Chase Elliott -145, 4) Ryan
Blaney -162, 5) Chris Buescher -192, 6) Ty Gibbs -195, 7) Carson Hocevar -225, 8) Kyle Larson -235, 9) Brad Keselowski -249, 10) Bubba Wallace -254, 11) Christopher Bell -256, 12) William Byron -258, 13) Ryan
Preece -271, 14) Daniel Suarez -272, 15) Austin Cindric -280, 16) Shane van Gisbergen -284. Note: Drivers in italics are either outside of the Chase as they run, or ineligible for points. Stage Points: 1) Tyler Reddick 96, 2) Ryan Blaney -1, t-3) Denny Hamlin -5, t-3) Kyle Larson -5, 5) Christopher Bell -19, 6) Ty Gibbs -22, 7) Bubba Wallace -24, 8) Chris Buescher
-29, 9) Joey Logano -33, 10) Chase Elliott -35, 11) Austin Cindric -36, 12) William Byron -39, 13) Carson Hocevar -43, 14) Brad Keselowski -46, 15) Ryan Preece -53, 16) Chase Briscoe -56. Outside of the top-16, but Still in the Chase: 17) Shane van Gisbergen -59, 19) Daniel Suarez -65. Note: The Stage Points also include the America 250 Florida Duels at Daytona.
2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 492, 2) Denny Hamlin -69, 3) Chase Elliott -100, 4) Ryan Blaney -102, 5) Chris Buescher -117, 6) Ty Gibbs -135, 7) Kyle Larson -160, 8) Carson Hocevar
-165, 9) Brad Keselowski -174, 10) Bubba Wallace -179, 11) Christopher Bell -181, 12) William Byron -183, 13) Ryan Preece -196, 14) Daniel Suarez -197, 15) Austin Cindric -205, 16) Chase Briscoe -215.
Outside of the top 16, but still in the Chase: 17) Shane van Gisbergen -224.
Note: These point standings are from the previous point system used from 2014-2025. Old Point Standings (1-16): 1) Tyler
Reddick 447, 2) Denny Hamlin -61, 3) Chase Elliott -64, 4) Chris Buescher -87, 5) Ryan Blaney -99, 6) Ty Gibbs -111, 7) Carson Hocevar -120, 8) Brad Keselowski -126, 9) Daniel Suarez -134, 10) Ryan Preece -138, 11) William Byron
-143, t-12) Bubba Wallace -155, t-12) Kyle Larson -155, 14) Chase Briscoe -159, 15) Christopher Bell -160, 16) Shane van Gisbergen -166.
Outside of the top 16, but still in the Chase: 17) Austin Cindric
-171. Note: These standings are based on the old point system that was used before stages were created. WC Points (1-16): 1) Tyler Reddick 1895, 2) Denny Hamlin
-181, 3) Chase Elliott -202, 4) Chris Buescher -295, 5) Ryan Blaney -315, 6) Ty Gibbs -335, 7) Carson Hocevar -391, 8) Brad Keselowski -416, 9) Daniel Suarez -458, 10) William Byron -463, 11) Kyle Larson -479, 12) Chase
Briscoe -496, 13) Ryan Preece -499, 14) Christopher Bell -501, 15) Bubba Wallace -511, 16) Shane van Gisbergen -535. Outside of the top 16, but still in the Chase: 17) Austin Cindric -568. Note: The WC points are based on the original points system created by Bob Latford in 1975. Race Winners: Tyler Reddick (Daytona, Atlanta, Austin, Darlington, Kansas), Ryan Blaney (Phoenix), Denny Hamlin (Las Vegas), Chase Elliott (Martinsville, Texas), Ty
Gibbs (Bristol), Carson Hocevar (Talladega), Shane van Gisbergen (Watkins Glen)
Note: Race wins in Italics do not count towards playoff eligibility.
Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase: Justin Allgaier Continues To Extend His Advantage
by Phil Allaway
Justin Allgaier nearly scored his fourth win of the year, but lapped traffic held him up and allowed Corey Day through. Despite that, he finished second and expanded his lead again. Allgaier's lead is up to 175 points over Sheldon Creed, who
finished 18th. Jesse Love is just two points behind Creed in third. Day's second win of the year moved him up a place to fourth. Brandon Jones is down one place to fifth despite winning stage one. Sammy Smith is still in sixth, followed by Austin Hill. Carson Kvapil is in eighth. Sam Mayer is up three places to ninth after a third-place finish. Taylor Gray remains in 10th despite crashing late. Parker Retzlaff crashed in the opening laps Sunday and dropped two places back to 11th. William Sawalich moved back up to 12th after a fourth-place finish. He is the last driver in the Chase. Sawalich has a five-point lead over teammate Brent Crews, who finished 22nd. Rajah Caruth is still 14th, but gained some ground. Ryan Sieg and Brennan Poole are still 15th and 16th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier
679, 2) Sheldon Creed -175, 3) Jesse Love -177, 4) Corey Day -195, 5) Brandon Jones -205, 6) Sammy Smith -252, 7) Austin Hill -255, 8) Carson Kvapil -259, 9) Sam Mayer -310, 10) Taylor Gray
-314, 11) Parker Retzlaff -316, 12) William Sawalich -335, 13) Brent Crews -340, 14) Rajah Caruth -341, 15) Ryan Sieg -357, 16) Brennan Poole -396. Stage Points: 1) Justin Allgaier
198, t-2) Jesse Love -82, t-2) Brandon Jones -82, 4) Carson Kvapil -91, 5) Sheldon Creed -108, 6) Sam Mayer -114, t-7) Corey Day -126, t-7) Rajah Caruth -126, 9) Taylor Gray -127, 10) Brent Crews -129, 11) Austin Hill
-131, 12) William Sawalich -144, 13) Sammy Smith -145, 14) Parker Retzlaff -152, 15) Ryan Sieg -171, 16) Anthony Alfredo -177. Note: If he were eligible for NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series points, Kyle Larson would be 12th and Connor Zilisch 16th
in stage points. 2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 634, 2) Jesse Love -132, 3) Sheldon Creed -145, 4) Brandon Jones -160, 5) Corey Day -180, 6) Sammy Smith -207, 7) Carson
Kvapil -214, 8) Austin Hill -225, 9) Sam Mayer -265, 10) Parker Retzlaff -271, 11) Taylor Gray -284, 12) Brent Crews -295, 13) Rajah Caruth -296, 14) William Sawalich -305, 15) Ryan Sieg -312, 16) Brennan Poole
-351. Old School Point Standings (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 499, 2) Sheldon Creed -41, 3) Jesse Love -47, 4) Corey Day -57, 5) Sammy
Smith -66, 6) Brandon Jones -78, 7) Austin Hill -95, 8) Carson Kvapil -127, 9) Parker Retzlaff -128, 10) Ryan Sieg -146, 11) Sam Mayer
-152, t-12) Taylor Gray -159, t-12) Brennan Poole -159, 14) William Sawalich -167, 15) Rajah Caruth -170, 16) Brent Crews -185. WC Points (1-16): 1) Justin Allgaier 2184, 2) Sheldon Creed -162, 3) Jesse Love -182, 4) Corey Day -229, 5) Sammy Smith -265, 6) Brandon Jones -299, 7) Austin Hill -362, 8) Carson Kvapil -460, 9) Parker Retzlaff
-477, 10) Sam Mayer -529, 11) Ryan Sieg -540, 12) Taylor Gray -566, 13) William Sawalich -593, 14) Brennan Poole -601, 15) Rajah Caruth -605, 16) Brent Crews -779. Race
Winners: Austin Hill (Daytona), Sheldon Creed (Atlanta), Shane van Gisbergen (Austin), Justin Allgaier (Phoenix, Darlington, Martinsville), Kyle Larson (Las Vegas, Texas), William Sawalich (Rockingham), Connor Zilisch (Bristol, Watkins Glen), Taylor Gray (Kansas), Corey Day (Talladega, Dover) Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter
manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Seeking the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase: Kaden Honeycutt Extends His Advantage
by Phil Allaway
Kaden Honeycutt had a strong run to fourth Friday afternoon, which allowed him to extend his lead. The advantage is now 38 points over Layne Riggs, who moved up to second after finishing third. Chandler Smith is down one place to third, while Gio Ruggiero remains in fourth. Ty Majeski moved up two spots to fifth after finishing second. Christian Eckes dropped one place to sixth after a seventh-place finish. Ben Rhodes is down to seventh, while Jake Garcia is up four places to eighth after a ninth-place run. Stewart Friesen is up
two places to ninth after an 11th-place finish. Tyler Ankrum is down one place to 10th, the last driver in the Chase after a 25th-place finish. Ankrum is two points ahead of the idle and non-Chase eligible Corey Heim. Eight points further are both Daniel Hemric and Brenden Queen. Queen finished 13th, while Hemric struggled to
30th. Justin Haley is still 14th after a top 10 finish, while Andres Perez and Tanner Gray are tied for 15th. Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 347, 2) Layne Riggs -38, 3) Chandler Smith
-39, 4) Gio Ruggiero -61, 5) Ty Majeski -70, 6) Christian Eckes -76, 7) Ben Rhodes -101, 8) Jake Garcia -134, 9) Stewart Friesen -139, 10) Tyler Ankrum -141, 11) Corey Heim -143, t-12) Daniel Hemric
-151, t-12) Brenden Queen -151, 14) Justin Haley -152, t-15) Andres Perez -181, t-15) Tanner Gray -181. Stage Points: 1) Layne Riggs 82, 2) Ty Majeski -7, 3) Kaden Honeycutt
-8, 4) Gio Ruggiero -22, 5) Corey Heim -28, 6) Ben Rhodes -29, 7) Chandler Smith -33, 8) Christian Eckes -39, 9) Tanner Gray -54, 10) Tyler Ankrum -55, 11) Stewart Friesen -58, t-12) Grant Enfinger
-59, t-12) Jake Garcia -59, 14) Andres Perez -62, 15) Landen Lewis -65, 16) Daniel Hemric -66. Note: If they were eligible, Carson Hocevar would be second, Kyle Busch ninth and Ross Chastain 11th in stage points. 2014 Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 332, 2) Layne Riggs -38, 3) Chandler Smith -39, 4) Gio Ruggiero -46, 5) Ty Majeski -55, 6) Christian Eckes -61, 7) Ben Rhodes
-86, 8) Jake Garcia -119, 9) Stewart Friesen -124, 10) Tyler Ankrum -126, t-11) Daniel Hemric -136, t-11) Brenden Queen -136, 13) Justin Haley -137, 14) Corey Heim -158, t-15) Tanner Gray -166, t-15) Andres Perez
-166. Old School Point Standings (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 229, 2) Chandler Smith -16, 3) Chandler Eckes -30, 4) Gio Ruggiero -37, 5) Layne Riggs -51, 6) Ty Majeski -61, 7) Ben Rhodes
-63, 8) Brenden Queen -71, 9) Jake Garcia -75, 10) Justin Haley -76, 11) Stewart Friesen -80, 12) Daniel Hemric -83, 13) Tyler Ankrum -86, 14) Andres Perez -119, 15) Dawson Sutton -121, 16) Grant Enfinger
-122. WC Points (1-16): 1) Kaden Honeycutt 1337, 2) Chandler Smith -89, 3) Christian Eckes -132, 4) Gio Ruggiero -143, 5) Layne Riggs -186, 6) Ty Majeski -213, 7) Ben Rhodes
-238, 8) Brenden Queen -280, 9) Jake Garcia -284, 10) Justin Haley -296, 11) Stewart Friesen -302, 12) Daniel Hemric -309, 13) Tyler Ankrum -325, 14) Andres Perez -427, 15) Grant Enfinger -430, 16) Dawson Sutton
-434. Race Winners: Chandler Smith (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Atlanta, Dover), Layne Riggs (St. Petersburg), Corey Heim (Darlington, Rockingham), Christopher Bell (Bristol), Carson Hocevar (Texas), Kaden Honeycutt (Watkins Glen)
Phil Allaway is the
Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Letter of the Race: Sunday's NASCAR All-Star Race was brought to you by the letter W for Wrecks. The day was marked by multiple hard hits, especially in segment one of the event. Despite that, the race likely ended up
the same way that it would have had this been a regular 400-mile race. - Phil Allaway |
Quotes to Remember: NASCAR All-Star Race compiled by Phil Allaway
"I thought it was good. I mean, it's still Dover. It still forces you to kind of have to drive it a certain way. I mean, good cars were up front. Practice.. just doesn't matter. It's the best cars and whatnot worked their way to the front. I thought that it was good. "If anything, it's a
little different because it's not just a package change. We did have practice, so that tightens the field up anyway. "From what I could see, I thought track position was as important as it was in years past." - Denny Hamlin, race winner "It was obviously a really fast car. I’m
just proud of our group. I knocked the wall down in practice. We basically rebuilt the whole car, so for them to be able to get the car back to where it’s competitive, it says a lot about the guys. It was a good day for our Bass Pro Shops Toyota. Not that we didn’t win, I wish it was a points race because we definitely need the points. It was a hard-fought day. I’ve been having the stomach bug bad the last two, three days. Didn’t know how today was truthfully going to go. I had the shot at the
end for a million bucks. Can’t ask for anything more. Wish I had a little more rear grip. Anytime I got the lead, I would be so loose that it would make me vulnerable. When I would get passed, I would come on. Just needed a little bit of rear grip." - Chase Briscoe, finished second
"We kind of knew that we were good on the long run with our AdventHealth Camry. We had some good track position to
start that run, and we just kind of needed to keep the distance with [Denny Hamlin] and [Chase Briscoe] and [Tyler Reddick]. Then he had an issue, and once I got behind [Hamlin] and [Briscoe], I just couldn’t keep pace. They were really hooked up. We started going a bit free and lost some ground but just needed a longer run. We were super strong past [lap] 70 on. The one run before the last one, we had the pace to run those guys down and challenge them. Just lacking a little speed. The balance
was close, just needed a little more pace in the car, but this is a big gain. We’ve been pretty bad at Dover the last handful of years, so I know it is a little bit of a unique deal, but a great run." - Erik Jones, finished third "I’m just proud of the No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE Chevrolet team and the adjustments they made. We had a really fast car on the long run there
and we were able to run down [Erik Jones] with a couple laps to go. We were trying to save in case a caution would come out. Overall, just really proud of the effort. Dover Motor Speedway is historically our worst track, but we were able to lean on our teammate, Kyle Busch, this weekend and that really helped. I feel like we’re trending upwards. We were 34th in practice, so we chopped, cut and rebuilt our No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE Chevrolet to go to what the No. 8 team ran. It’s really nice to
have a teammate that you can rely on." - Austin Dillon, finished fourth "We needed a day like this for our No. 88 Jockey 150th Anniversary Chevrolet team where we had contending speed. It’s been a long year and the moments of hope like this certainly feel good. I don’t really know what to point our speed to. We still had some balance issues, but just the potential was there.
We had potential in our race car. Everyone at Trackhouse Racing has been working really hard to get that and make it to where, even on the bad days, we’re still running decent. I feel like we had that today. We had potential and, honestly, room to grow. Just really proud of everyone on this team." - Connor Zilisch, finished fifth "It knocked the front clip off our No.
1 Busch Light Chevy. It’s a bummer. We executed the first segment really well. We weren’t passing anyone really, by any means, but we were able to maintain position, which has not been the case with this downforce package. With Brandon McSwain’s steps ahead, our Chevy drove a lot better than at Bristol, so there’s a lot to look forward to if we take another step like that for the next one." - Ross Chastain, Crashed out in segment two "It was wild, for sure. I didn’t really know what the best thing to do was. I probably should have stayed out and tried to take a chance, but you’re probably going to be in the mess either way. There were a lot of different strategies going on, and unfortunately, I just got caught up in the mess twice and the second one was enough to end our day.
"I saw them getting together and crashing. Obviously the straightaway has so much banking here that everything slides to the bottom and that’s where I was. I was trying to work my way back up the hill and I ran into a wall of cars sliding down the track. It’s just part of it." - Chase Elliott, Crashed out in segment one
"I don’t know what
happened there. I thought I was going to be able to clear open by the time we got to turn 1, and obviously I didn’t. That’s my fault and I’m sorry for whoever got caught up in that." - Ryan Preece, Crashed out in segment one Phil Allaway is the Frontstretch newsletter manager. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo is courtesy of our own Danny Peters.
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