JR Motorsports driver is the only one with a shot at $1 million bonus
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DOVER, Del. -- Going home $100,000 richer is Regan Smith after finishing highest in the first 2015 XFINITY Dash 4 Cash race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.
The JR Motorsports driver finished third in the Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket. Smith was also the winner of last season's first Dash 4 Cash event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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When asked what the No. 7 Chevrolet driver was going to spend his crisp $100,000 check on, he put family first.
"Well, I've got a baby now and babies seem to take a lot of money," Smith said. "So we'll probably use it for him some how, some shape or form … When he's old enough to know what it is, we'll dump some of it into his college fund."
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Along with Smith, Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott and Brendan Gaughan will advance to the second round at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Smith is the only driver able to win an additional $600,000 bonus if he is the highest finishing eligible driver in the three remaining events, and wins the fourth and final race in the contest for a total of $1 million.
Looking ahead, the final Dash 4 Cash race will take place at Darlington Raceway, where Smith earned his first Sprint Cup Series victory.
"There's a lot of racing and we've got to do a lot of things right between now and (Darlington)," Smith said. "I think the next race is going to be Indy … so we've got to get through Indy first, once we get through Indy, get through Bristol. But I feel like all the tracks that are on the deal this year -- with the exception of Dover (are good for me). Dover was the one I was most worried about.
"The rest of them I feel like are tracks that we go into with a lot of confidence as a race team and me as a driver and I think it will definitely be a cool story to pull off that million-dollar deal and winning at Darlington is always special and that place has a special place in my heart so I'd love to get back to Victory Lane there and if that means we can take a million dollars of XFINITY's money that would be perfect."
Daniel Suarez started the race fourth, but finished 19th after receiving a pass-thru penalty for speeding on pit road and then another stop-and-go penalty for speeding on his pass-thru. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing driver will not advance to the next Dash 4 Cash lineup.
Ty Dillon finished eighth and just missed the cut-off to advance to the next Dash 4 Cash event when Richard Childress Racing teammate Gaughan finished seventh.
Darrell Wallace Jr. started the race on the Coors Light Pole and led a total of 52 laps, but contact in the final laps with Roush Fenway Racing teammate Buescher cost him the race and a spot in the next Dash 4 Cash lineup.
Buescher won Saturday's race, leading 10 of 200 laps and extending his lead in the points standings to 15 points over Dillon.
The next Dash 4 Cash event will be the Lilly Diabetes 250 on July 25 (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC, IMS, SiriusXM) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After that, drivers will compete for the prize money on Aug. 21 at Bristol Motor Speedway and Sept. 5 at Darlington Raceway.