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Legacy Motor Club: Michigan International Speedway Race Preview – Speedway Digest

CLUB MINUTES:JJ AT MICHIGAN: LEGACY MC co-owner and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson owns 38 starts in NASCAR’s elite series at the 2-mile oval in Brooklyn, Michigan. He has one win at Michigan from June 2014, where he started seventh and led 39 laps en route to a 1.214-second margin of victory over […]

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JJ AT MICHIGAN: LEGACY MC co-owner and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson owns 38 starts in NASCAR’s elite series at the 2-mile oval in Brooklyn, Michigan. He has one win at Michigan from June 2014, where he started seventh and led 39 laps en route to a 1.214-second margin of victory over runner-up Kevin Harvick. Overall, Johnson has scored five top-fives, 12 top-10s and led 700 laps at Michigan in his career.

KENSETH – THREE-TIME WINNER WINS BIG IN MICHIGAN: LEGACY MC’s competition advisor Matt Kenseth found success at the 2-mile oval in Michigan as well. With 40 NASCAR Cup Series starts at the track, Kenseth owns three victories from his June 2002, August 2006, and August 2015 starts. He’s earned 14 top-fives, 20 top-10s, and led 443 laps at Michigan.

THE KING WINS AT MICHIGAN: Richard Petty has a total of 47 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Michigan in his career. The LEGACY MC ambassador earned a total of four victories, 19 top-fives, and 25 top-10s during his legendary career. His victories at the track came in June 1974, August 1975, August 1979, and August 1981.

NEVER SETTLE: Join ESPN’s Marty Smith and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB’s co-owner Johnson for their weekly podcast, “Never Settle”. The podcast airs live on SIRIUS XM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90 at 2 p.m. ET every Wednesday and can be downloaded wherever fans source their podcasts. This week’s guest is Rodney Scott a renowned pitmaster and restaurateur, widely recognized for his expertise in whole hog barbecue. He gained national fame after opening Rodney Scott’s BBQ in Charleston in 2016. His barbecue journey began at his family’s restaurant in Hemingway, South Carolina, where he learned the art of whole hog cooking from a young age.
JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
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NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH: June is National Safety Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness and promoting safety at work, at home, and everywhere in between. Since 1996, this annual observance has offered free resources to spotlight the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. One of LEGACY MC’s primary partners, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is committed to making safety a priority this June and throughout the year.

JHN AT MIS: John Hunter Nemechek heads to Michigan International Speedway with three prior NASCAR Cup Series starts, two from his rookie season in 2020 and one from last year. Beyond the Cup Series, the 27-year-old has made 10 more appearances at the track, with five starts each in the NASCAR Truck Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Nemechek visited Victory Lane in 2023 when driving for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR).

JHN IN THE POINTS: During this time last year, Nemechek sat 27th in driver points and ultimately finished in 34th. As the team heads into Michigan, Nemechek and the No. 42 team sit in 22nd in points and just 22 points back from the playoff cut line.

TMACK AT MIS: Crew chief Travis Mack has visited the Brooklyn, Michigan, speedway on six occasions as a crew chief. Five of those came in the Cup Series. Among those five starts, he has an average starting spot of 24 and finishing spot of 21. In the one Xfinity Series race with Michael Annett behind the wheel, the team started seventh and finished third (2019).

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK QUOTE:

“Last year at Michigan, we went in and had some speed but got caught up in a wreck early that ruined our race. We managed to continue to run and learn and gain some experience there. Our team continues to prep and try to find new speed. We’re hoping that we can unload with some speed and have a solid weekend.”

TRAVIS MACK QUOTE:

“Michigan always seems like it turns into a fuel mileage race. We should have the speed, and we should race good, but it seems like it turns into a strategy race. I am looking forward to going to Michigan and seeing what we have.”
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TOP-10 AT NASHVILLE: Erik Jones is riding a wave of momentum into Sunday’s race at Michigan International Speedway after his seventh-place finish last Sunday night under the lights at Nashville Superspeedway. After qualifying 14th for the Cracker Barrel 400, he went on to score his second top-10 of the 2025 season. Both of these finishes have come on intermediate tracks with his first being his fifth-place result on May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

HOMETOWN HERO: Jones is returning to his home track of Michigan for Sunday’s Firekeepers Casino 400. The Michigan native grew up just 73 miles north of the track in the small town of Byron, where he started his racing career at a young age before transitioning to stock cars at age 13. He quickly moved up the ranks in NASCAR but never forgot his Michigan roots along the way. He is one of only three Michigan natives racing in the Cup Series fulltime along with Brad Keselowski and Carson Hocevar.

JONES MICHIGAN STATS: Sunday’s Firekeepers Casino 400 will mark Jones’ 13th NASCAR Cup Series start at Michigan. In his prior 12 starts, Jones earned a best finish of third in August 2017 after starting eighth. He owns another two top-10 finishes with his finishes of eighth in August 2022 and 10th in August 2023. He has an additional two starts outside of the Cup Series at Michigan – one in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and one in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He earned a finish of fourth in his one and only Xfinity Series start in June 2016 after starting second and leading 18 laps. In the Craftsman Truck Series, Jones finished third in August 2015 after starting seventh and leading 16 laps.

CLAYS FOR CAUSES: On Friday, Jones will host his third annual “Clays for Causes” fundraiser in Dryden, Michigan at the Huntsman Hunt Club starting at 8 a.m. CT. As a proud Michigan native with a deep appreciation for the outdoors, Jones uses this event to reflect both his roots and his passion for giving back. Clays for Causes raises funds to support the foundation and their efforts to change lives by igniting children’s passion for reading, encouraging early cancer detection and care, and promoting animal welfare. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit ErikJonesFoundation.org.

BESHORE AT MICHIGAN: Crew chief Ben Beshore has a total of four races under his belt at Michigan as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series. His best results are a pair of seventh-place finishes with Kyle Busch from the June 2017 and August 2021 races, where they started fourth and seventh, respectively. He has an additional two races on top of the box in the Xfinity Series as the crew chief for Riley Herbst and John Hunter Nemechek. He won at Michigan in August 2023 with Nemechek after the team started 10th.

GRADUATION AT THE TRACK: This Friday will mark the 11-year anniversary of Jones’ makeshift graduation ceremony held on the driver introductions prior to the WinStar World Casino 400K Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. On June 6, 2014, Jones missed his graduation at Swartz Creek Academy to run the race while still running a part-time schedule in the series. After he walked the stage in a graduation cap and gown to receive his diploma, he went on to start the race fifth and finished 11th.

TOYOTA IN-CAR CAMERA: Ride along with Jones this weekend in the No. 43 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry XSE with the Toyota in-car camera. His view from inside the car will be featured on the Amazon Prime broadcast and on HBO Max.

ERIK JONES QUOTE
“I always look forward to Michigan. Obviously, it’s a home race for me and my home track. It’s a lot of fun to get up there and be with family and friends. I typically get there earlier in the week to go spend more time with them and get to see them before the busy weekend. It’s always exciting and a lot of fun. The race itself – I just really enjoy the track. It’s come into its own here as it’s aged and widened out. Racing there with this NextGen car has been good. I’m looking forward to it. This one is high on my bucket list of tracks to win at one day. I just look forward for the chance to be out there every year.”

BEN BESHORE QUOTE
“Michigan is a high-speed oval where speeds are as fast as they can get at a sorta repaved-type track. It’s more strategy driven and trying to keep your car in the best position possible throughout the race plus playing the strategy so you’re out front and need the least fuel possible on the last stop. You can kind of leapfrog your way to track position with that. I know Erik’s super excited for that one with it being his home track and us having some speed at mile-and-a-halves this year, so we’re really looking forward to that one.”

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Nemechek will make a stop out at the NASCAR Classics Merchandise hauler on race day at 11:00 a.m. to meet with the fans and sign some autographs.
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The NASCAR Cup Series will head to Michigan International Speedway for the Firekeepers Casino 400 on Sunday, June 8. The race broadcast will take place on Amazon Prime, MAX, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90) at 2 p.m. EDT.

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Weather cancels qualifying at Dover Motor Speedway – Speedway Digest

Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, HBO Max, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway was cancelled due to inclement weather Saturday afternoon. Through a metric established by NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott was awarded pole position for Sunday’s […]

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Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, HBO Max, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway was cancelled due to inclement weather Saturday afternoon.

Through a metric established by NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott was awarded pole position for Sunday’s race. He’ll start out front in the No. 9 Hendrick Chevrolet alongside Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe in the No. 19 Toyota.

NASCAR combines owners’ points, a driver’s finishing position in the preceding race, and his fastest lap time in that race to rank the teams and establish a lineup when qualifying is not possible.

Championship points leader, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron will start fifth Sunday sharing the third row with Trackhouse Racing rookie Shane van Gisbergen, who has won the last two races (road course events at Chicago and Sonoma, Calif.) coming into the Dover 400-lapper.

Defending Dover winner, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin will roll off 13th. Three-time Dover winner, Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch will start 10th.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson, a three-time race winner in 2025 who leads NASCAR’s Playoff Standings, will start 25th. The 2019 Dover winner has only a single top-five (fifth place at Michigan) and three top-10s in the eight races since his last victory at Kansas in May.

With a new tire compound for cars this weekend, drivers were hoping for some laps on track. “Brand new tire or not, practice is always important,’’ Larson said, acknowledging he is hopeful his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team can return to early-season form this week at the famed, “Monster Mile.”

“I wouldn’t deny that we’re in a slump, results kind of show that,’’ Larson said. “But I think some of it has been a little bit out of our control and some of it execution with a car that’s been a little bit off on speed. But confidence in our 5 team is strong and hopefully we can turn it around at Dover.



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NASCAR race at Dover stopped as car bursts into flames in terrifying f – Motorsport – Sports

Brent Crews’s run in the General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway ended unexpectedly. A rampant fire left him unable to compete just a quarter of the way into the race. The rising Arca Menards star has also competed in NASCAR’s Truck Series.  On lap 44, who recently drove the new electric car at the […]

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Brent Crews’s run in the General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway ended unexpectedly. A rampant fire left him unable to compete just a quarter of the way into the race. The rising Arca Menards star has also competed in NASCAR’s Truck Series. 

On lap 44, who recently drove the new electric car at the Chicago Street Race,caught fire after making contact with the wall around a turn. The front right tire immediately ignited, and the car spun nearly sideways, sliding down the track and trailing thick clouds of black smoke.

Caution flags flew as the orange JBL No. 18 Camry came to a stop with the entire right front engulfed in flames against the wall. Crews missed out on the final 106 laps of the race but still finished ahead of Tony Cosentino, Blaine Donahue, and Matt Kemp.

Several tense seconds passed before Crews was able to exit the car and move to safety, even as other cars continued to race past the scene. Motorsports fans were critical online of how long it took for Crews to escape and for the safety crew to respond.

One fan commented, “The safety crew must have been parked a mile away.” Another added, “That was a big hit for him. I’m glad he got out of the car, but it took a while for the safety team to put the fire out.”

A third person tweeted, “It took them forever to extinguish the fire. They need to have a better plan and execution.” Cameras later showed the charred remains of Crews’s car, with extensive damage to the rear frame and tires.

The commentary team remarked that the damage likely meant the car was a total loss. Crews had finished second in qualifying and was considered a top contender to win heading into Friday’s race.

Through 10 races of the 2025 schedule, Crews has earned one win, which came in the second race of the season at Phoenix. He beat Brenden Queen in a one-lap shootout in Turn 3 at Phoenix Raceway, and noted how special it was to defeat the driver he was familiar with during their CARS Tour time.

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“I raced Brenden [Queen] the whole year last year,” Crews said. “We raced him for CARS Tour wins, and then coming here to the ARCA Menards Series at a track like Phoenix to race for the win was really special. A great job to [Pinnacle Racing Group]. They had a winning car today, so I’m grateful for the caution at the end.”

The General Tire 150 was eventually won by Queen, who earned his fourth season win and claimed three poles. Queen now leads the ARCA Menards Series by 26 points over Lawless Alan, while Crews sits 19th out of 115 drivers who have competed at least once this season.

The next race on the ARCA schedule is the LiUNA! 150 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on July 25.



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Connor Zilisch wins the Monster Mile

Credit: Sean Gardner / Getty Images Connor Zilisch wins at Dover after the second half of Stage 3 was rained out.  Post-race, Zilisch said that his team didn’t consider his Pocono win a real oval victory because, technically, Pocono is a triangle. In response, Zilisch fired back: “They’ve got nothing against me,” pointing to his […]

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Connor Zilisch wins at Dover after the second half of Stage 3 was rained out. 

Post-race, Zilisch said that his team didn’t consider his Pocono win a real oval victory because, technically, Pocono is a triangle. In response, Zilisch fired back: “They’ve got nothing against me,” pointing to his dominant win on Dover’s traditional oval layout.

The top three were all rookies with Taylor Gray on the pole, Nick Sanchez alongside him and Zilisch behind Gray.

Gray had the better spot and easily cleared for the lead while Zilisch and Brandon Jones stayed side by side through the opening laps. Zilisch cleared for third on Lap 3.

Jesse Love also had a good start, passing Jeb Burton for eighth on Lap 5.

On Lap 9, Justin Allgaier jumped up to 25th from starting in the back after a small crash in qualifying.

On Lap 16, Jones caught up to Zilisch and began challenging him for third again. Aric Almirola also joined the battle on Lap 18. Jones passed Zilisch on Lap 27 and Almirola passed Zilisch on Lap 28.

Jones immediately passed Sanchez on Lap 29 after narrowly missing contact between the two. Sanchez continued falling back out of the top 5.

Almirola took second from Jones with 10 Laps to go in the stage.

On Lap 40, Allgaier broke into the top 10, and by Lap 42, he was already up to eighth.

Gray wins the stage after leading every lap of Stage 1.

  1. No. 54 – Taylor Gray (Joe Gibbs Racing)

  2. No. 19 – Aric Almirola (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  3. No. 20 – Brandon Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing)

  4. No. 88 – Connor Zilisch (JR Motorsports)

  5. No. 9 – Ross Chastain (JR Motorsports)

  6. No. 48 – Nick Sanchez (Big Machine Racing)

  7. No. 7 – Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports)

  8. No. 18 – William Sawalich (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  9. No. 2 – Jesse Love (Richard Childress Racing)

  10. No. 00 – Sheldon Creed (Haas Factory Team)

After a cycle of pitstops, Jones and Zilisch come off pit road first. Gray had a problem during the stop and was not in the top 10 off pit road.

Jones and Zilisch led the way on Lap 55. Allgaier gave a push to Jones, but Zilisch had the better start and cleared for the lead. 

Jake Finch was penalized for speeding in the pit lane and had to drop to the rear.

Almirola easily swept around the inside of Jones on Lap 68.

By Lap 70, Zilisch had built a gap between him and Almirola to over a second.

  1. No. 88 – Connor Zilisch (JR Motorsports)

  2. No. 19 – Aric Almirola (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  3. No. 20 – Brandon Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing)

  4. No. 7 – Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports)

  5. No. 39 – Ryan Sieg (RSS Racing)

  6. No. 9 – Ross Chastain (JR Motorsports)

  7. No. 2 – Jesse Love (Richard Childress Racing)

  8. No. 18 – William Sawalich (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  9. No. 00 – Sheldon Creed (Haas Factory Team)

  10. No. 21 –  Austin Hill (Richard Childress Racing) 

Another cycle of pit stops had Zilisch and Jones off pit road first once again. Almirola fell three places.

Quite a few drivers were penalized for issues on pit lane. Sammy Smith for speeding, Parker Retzlaff for an uncontrolled tyre, and Jeremy Clements for equipment interference. Ross Chastain also had to go back on pit lane with a lugnut issue on Lap 97 to retire.

Kyle Sieg stayed out and was on the inside for the restart alongside Zilisch with 100 laps to go. The drivers that pitted immediately surged passed K. Sieg. Zilisch and Jones to the front again.

Sanchez pits on Lap 107 with a power steering issue and retires.

Almirola passed Jones again on Lap 130 just before the caution came out for the rain on Lap 132.

The caution was upgraded to a red flag on Lap 134.

After 45 minutes, the race was called, and Connor Zilisch is the winner. His fourth of the season, second in a row and second on an oval.

  1. No. 88 – Connor Zilisch (JR Motorsports)

  2. No. 19 – Aric Almirola (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  3. No. 20 – Brandon Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing) [FL]

  4. No. 7 – Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports)

  5. No. 2 – Jesse Love (Richard Childress Racing)

  6. No. 39 – Ryan Sieg (RSS Racing) 

  7. No. 54 – Taylor Gray (Joe Gibbs Racing)

  8. No. 00 – Sheldon Creed (Haas Factory Team)

  9. No. 18 – William Sawalich (Joe Gibbs Racing) 

  10. No. 16 – Christian Eckes (Kaulig Racing)

  11. No. 25 – Harrison Burton (AM Racing) 

  12. No. 41 – Sam Mayer (Haas Factory Team)

  13. No. 21 –  Austin Hill (Richard Childress Racing) 

  14. No. 99 – Matt DiBenedetto (Viking Motorsports)

  15. No. 1 – Carson Kvapil (JR Motorsports)

  16. No. 26 – Dean Thompson (Sam Hunt Racing)

  17. No. 17 – Jake Finch (Hendricks Motorsports) 

  18. No. 24 – Ryan Truex (Sam Hunt Racing) 

  19. No. 4 – Parker Retzlaff (Alpha Prime Racing) 

  20. No. 27 – Jeb Burton (Jordan Anderson Racing) 

  21. No. 10 – Daniel Dye (Kaulig Racing)

  22. No. 32 – Rajah Caruth (Jordan Anderson Racing)

  23. No. 42 – Anthony Alfredo (Young’s Motorsports)

  24. No. 8 – Sammy Smith (JR Motorsports)

  25. No. 44 – Brennen Poole (Alpha Prime Racing)

  26. No. 51 – Jeremy Clements (Jeremy Clements Racing) 

  27. No. 11 – Josh Williams (Kaulig Racing)

  28. No. 45 – Lavar Scott (Alpha Prime Racing) 

  29. No. 70 – Leland Honeyman (Cope Family Racing) +1 lap

  30. No. 71 – Ryan Ellis (DGM Racing + JIM) +3 laps

  31. No. 5 – Kaz Grala (Our Motorsports) +3 laps

  32. No. 31 – Blaine Perkins (Jordan Anderson Racing) +3 laps

  33. No. 07 – Nick Leitz (SS-Green Light Racing) +3 laps

  34. No. 91 – Josh Bilicki (DGM Racing x JIM) +3 laps

  35. No. 14 – Garrett Smithley (SS-Green Light Racing) +3 laps

  36. No. 28 – Kyle Sieg (RSS Racing) +3 laps

  37. No. 48 – Nick Sanchez (Big Machine Racing) [DNF]

  38. No. 9 – Ross Chastain (JR Motorsports) [DNF]

  39. No. 53 – David Starr (Joey Gase Motorsports) [DNS]

  40. No. 35 – Glen Reen (Joey Gase Motorsports) [DNS]

Next week, NASCAR Xfinity heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 26, at 15:30 EST (20:30 BST). Be there, or be square.



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Chase Elliott wins NASCAR pole as rain washes out qualifying

Jul 19, 2025, 03:23 PM ET DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott took advantage of heavy rain at Dover Motor Speedway to earn the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. Elliott and the rest of the field never got to turn a scheduled practice or qualifying lap on Saturday because of rain that pounded the […]

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DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott took advantage of heavy rain at Dover Motor Speedway to earn the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race.

Elliott and the rest of the field never got to turn a scheduled practice or qualifying lap on Saturday because of rain that pounded the concrete mile track. Dover is scheduled to hold its first July race since the track’s first one in 1969.

Elliott has two wins and 10 top-five finishes in 14 career races at Dover.

Chase Briscoe starts second, followed by Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and William Byron. Shane van Gisbergen, last week’s winner at Sonoma Raceway, Michael McDowell, Joey Logano, Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch complete the top 10.

Logano is set to become the youngest driver in NASCAR history with 600 career starts.

Logano will be 35 years, 1 month, 26 days old when he hits No. 600 on Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway. He will top seven-time NASCAR champion and Hall of Famer Richard Petty by six months.

The midseason tournament that pays $1 million to the winner pits Ty Dillon vs. John Hunter Nemechek and Reddick vs. Gibbs in the head-to-head challenge at Dover.

The winners face off next week at Indianapolis. Reddick is the betting favorite to win it all, according to Sportsbook.

All four drivers are winless this season.



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Dale Earnhardt Jr. strolls to Victory Lane after Connor Zilisch win at Dover

No one knows how to party like Dale Earnhardt Jr. Another win for his JR Motorsports Xfinity Series team today at Dover has the Busch Lights out. Connor Zilisch wins his second race in a row and his first-ever NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover. What a win for Connor Zilisch. This race was shortened by […]

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No one knows how to party like Dale Earnhardt Jr. Another win for his JR Motorsports Xfinity Series team today at Dover has the Busch Lights out. Connor Zilisch wins his second race in a row and his first-ever NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover.

What a win for Connor Zilisch. This race was shortened by rain, and had 66 laps left to go. However, Zilisch had firmly taken control of the race by that point, led 77 laps total, and looked like the best driver on the track.

Four wins this season, Zilisch is showing why he’s at JR Motorsports. Yes, he’s ultimately going to end up at Trackhouse Racing, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. is enjoying his time as the team owner for the young phenom.

After the race was called, Dale Jr. was spotted on The CW broadcast. It was like he spawned on pit road with two Busch Lights in his hands. This screenshot from Steven Taranto of CBS Sports captured the moment.

I mean, this is a hilarious image. Dale Jr. is more or less a beer Santa, spawning wherever celebrations are to hand out cold ones to those around. While the cans look like Busch Light, I’d be shocked if he wasn’t drinking some kind of Budweiser. After all, he’s still pretty tight with the beer brand.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. scores another win in 2025

JR Motorsports has won 11 of the first 20 races of the season. That is four wins for Connor Zilisch, three for Justin Allgaier, and one for Sammy Smith. Carson Kvapil is still searching for that first win in his rookie season. Then there are wins from Daniel Suárez, Shane van Gisbergen, and Kyle Larson as well.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has an embarrassment of riches at his Xfinity Series organization. All four of his drivers are top-10 in points. Zilisch, Kvapil, and Smith are likely going to all end up in the Cup Series at some point or another. Allgaier is one of the best Xfinity drivers ever and the defending champion.

Right now, JRM can do no wrong. I fully expect Allgaier or Zilisch to win next week at Indy. Maybe Kvapil finds his speed at Indy and finds his first-career win. It is hard to tell. There is so much talent in the Xfinity Series right now. Top to bottom, fantastic drivers.

Things are going well for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Will one of his drivers claim the Xfinity Series championship for the second year in a row?



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Connor Zilisch wins rain-shortened NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover

It was a surprisingly clean NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover Motor Speedway, and it never made it to the scheduled distance. When the rain arrived, Connor Zilisch was out front of the field. With more rain around daylight fading at a track without lights, NASCAR was forced to call it. Driving the No. 88 JR […]

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It was a surprisingly clean NASCAR Xfinity race at Dover Motor Speedway, and it never made it to the scheduled distance. When the rain arrived, Connor Zilisch was out front of the field. With more rain around daylight fading at a track without lights, NASCAR was forced to call it.

Driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Zilisch collected his fifth career Xfinity win and his fourth of the 2025 season. He surpasses Kyle Busch as the youngest driver to reach five career wins, doing it all before his 19th birthday.

Aric Almirola finished second, Brandon Jones third, Justin Allgaier fourth, and Jesse Love fifth. Ryan Sieg, Taylor Gray, Sheldon Creed, William Sawalich, and Christian Eckes filled out the remainder of the top ten

Gray led the race from pole position, winning the opening stage without issue. However, a messy pit stop cost him a lot of his track position with Zilisch emerging as the new race leader. 

Zilisch dominated Stage 2 and while Almirola got close near the very end, he was not able to mount a true challenge.

At the start of the third stage, both Ross Chastain and Nick Sanchez fell out of the race with mechanical issues. Chastain said “the gear broke” when asked by The CW what happened. Chastain ended up finishing last (38th) in his worst NXS result since 2017.

Kyle Sieg stayed out for the final stage, but he was quickly swallowed up by those who chose to pit at the end of the stage.

Zilisch continued to lead as rain approached, forcing a yellow flag with 69 laps to go. NASCAR chose to red flag the event a few laps later, bringing the entire field down pit road.

This is the first NASCAR Xfinity race to be shortened by rain since the Chicago Street Course in 2023.

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