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Daniel Suárez has advanced to the final 200-lap segment of Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race, winning the Fan Vote for the final spot on the grid at Dover Motor Speedway.

Suárez was the top vote-getter who was otherwise ineligible for the All-Star event’s closing stretch. He placed 30th and 16th at the end of the first two 75-lap segments at the “Monster Mile,” which is hosting the All-Star race for the first time.

RELATED: History of Fan Vote winners | At-track photos: Dover

Suárez’s No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet was one of nine cars involved in a Lap 2 stack-up in Turn 1. He continued on after repairs and finished the first segment 12 laps off the pace.

Suárez ranked 14th in Cup Series standings heading into the non-points event. His last Cup Series victory came at EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta in February 2024.

Eight other drivers were eligible for the Fan Vote, but transferred to the 200-lap segment based on their cumulative finishes in the first two segments. Advancing were: Connor Zilisch, Erik Jones, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman, Ty Dillon, Noah Gragson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and AJ Allmendinger.

Fan balloting for the All-Star Race opened April 13 and closed Sunday morning at 9 a.m. ET.

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NASCAR’s All-Star Race was slowed by another sizable stack-up early on, bringing the first segment to a close at Dover Motor Speedway.

With the field racing with varying degrees of tire wear in a dash to the segment end, Riley Herbst’s fading No. 35 Toyota was tagged by Alex Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet, setting off a chain-reaction melee involving nine cars on the front straightaway.

RELATED: All-Star Race results | At-track photos: Dover

Among those also caught up in the wake were Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell, Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones, Chris Buescher and AJ Allmendinger. Smith’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford team was the winner of the Pit Crew Challenge in Saturday’s qualifying session.

“Certainly different tire strategies, I think, had people doing some different stuff there to close out the stage, and then obviously trying to figure out where you’re going to reset and all those things,” said Elliott, who was out of the race after his Hendrick Motorsports No. 9 crew determined his damage was terminal. “So yeah, just a little strategy being played and unfortunately, I got caught up in the mess.”

Nemechek’s crash-damaged No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota finished 26th in the first segment, leaving him in position to start the second 75-lap segment in first place. His car, however, was too far gone and he did not return to the race.

“The 35 (Herbst) about lost it two or three times that last run, and I don’t know if he got help, but he finally lost it on the front straightaway, and I think I got tagged in the left-rear,” Nemechek said. “Everyone was just trying to check up not to hit him, and got spun and hit the inside wall getting into Turn 1 and ruined the race, but overall, really solid day for us. We had a really good shot there. I felt like we were able to make hay there on that for sure on that restart there, and yeah, it sucks. We should be starting on the pole here for the second segment, even being wrecked, so sad day, tough day, but we’ll move on from it and go to Charlotte. Sucks that we weren’t racing for a million dollars.”

MORE: Replays of the wreck

The opening 75-lap portion of the non-points race was marked by another nine-car wreck on Lap 2. Bubba Wallace was in front at the end of the first segment.

Of those involved, only Jones, Busch, Bell and Allmendinger were either able or eligible to compete in the final 200-lap segment. Jones fared best with a solid rally to a third-place finish overall. Allmendinger was 12th. Busch was penalized twice, once for speeding on pit road and again for a pit-road commitment line violation, and finished 17th. Bell parked his ill-handling car 36 laps short of the full 200-lap segment distance and took 23rd place.

“Yeah, we kind of knew that we were good on the long run with our AdventHealth Camry,” Jones said. “We had some good track position to start that run, and we just kind of needed to keep the distance with the 11 (Denny Hamlin) and 19 (Chase Briscoe) and 45 (Tyler Reddick). Then he had an issue, and once I got behind the 11 and 19, 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 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.”

Points-paying action returns for the Cup Series on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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DOVER, Del. — For the second time in his celebrated career, Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race from pole position — making the pass for victory over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe with 29 laps remaining to claim the winner’s $1 million check.

Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota went on to win by a .887-second margin over Briscoe’s No. 19 JGR Toyota, prevailing in the 200-lap final segment of competition in the three-phase non-points race taking place for the first time at Dover Motor Speedway’s famous 1-mile concrete track.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos

Just finishing the third and final phase of this race was essentially an accomplishment for many of the sport’s best. A pair of nine-car accidents bookended the first of two 75-lap stages and either eliminated or badly handicapped perennial favorites such as past All-Star winners Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney.

Toyota drivers Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick, who drive for the 23XI Racing team Hamlin co-owns with NBA legend Michael Jordan, each won one of the opening two segments. And ultimately it came down to another three Toyotas to settle the popular Final Segment in front of a packed house at the venerable “Monster Mile” on a steamy Sunday afternoon.

“Makes it a lot easier when you have a car this fast,” said Hamlin, who at 45 years old, is the second-oldest driver to claim a trophy in the annual All-Star race. “Hats off to this whole Progressive team.

“We strive to be No. 1, and we did it today,” he said, adding, “I just knew the game-changer for us was long runs and obviously the ability to pass when behind someone.”

Of the $1 million prize, Hamlin smiled and did not hesitate to say, “I’ll probably give it to mama,” — an especially moving gesture considering he lost his father in December in a fire that destroyed his parents’ home.

Hamlin (103) and Briscoe (61) combined to lead all but 36 laps of the Final Segment, and the runner-up showing for Briscoe was a career best in the All-Star Race.

“It was obviously a really fast car and just proud of our group,” Briscoe said. “I knocked the wall down in practice and we basically rebuilt the whole car. So, for them to be able to get the car back to where it’s competitive says a lot about the guys. It was a good day.

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“Wish it were a points race because we definitely need the points. But it was a hard-fought day,” added Briscoe, who said he’d been battling a stomach bug all weekend.

“Had a shot there at the end for a million bucks and you can’t ask for anything more.”

Erik Jones rallied to a third-place finish in the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota — his best showing of the season — followed by the Chevrolets of Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon and Trackhouse Racing rookie Connor Zilisch, who both also turned in their best finishes of the year.

It was an especially impressive day for the 19-year-old fan-favorite Zilisch, who absolutely dominated the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series last year, winning 10 times, but has endured some expected growing pains in his move up to the premier NASCAR Cup Series this year.

His fifth-place finish proved a remarkable comeback Sunday, considering he received a pit-road penalty after exiting the pits in second place near the race’s midpoint. He steadily rallied back from the penalty, moving into the top-10 with 20 laps remaining and then into that fifth-place showing by the checkered flag.

“It would have taken a lot to beat the 11 [Hamlin] and 19 [Briscoe]; they were both really good,” Zilisch said. “Regardless, it was a really good day for Trackhouse and this 88 team. We needed a day like this, where we had contending speed. It’s been a long year, and moments of hope like this certainly feel good.

“It was cool to be on offense for once, have good restarts and not feel like a fish out of water,” he added.

Team Penske’s Austin Cindric, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron, Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell, Hendrick’s Alex Bowman and RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski rounded out the top-10. It was a notable comeback performance for the former series champion Keselowski, who started alongside Hamlin on the front row, but was collected in a multi-car accident in the second 75-lap segment.

Hamlin’s victory was his second in 20 All-Star starts, and he becomes the third driver in NASCAR history to win the race at multiple tracks after claiming his first trophy at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2015.

The NASCAR Cup Series championship resumes Sunday in the annual Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain is the defending race winner.

Note: Post-race inspection in the Cup Series garage was completed without issue, confirming Hamlin as the All-Star Race winner.

Segment 2 recap

Tyler Reddick passed Chase Briscoe with nine laps to go to win a much calmer Segment 2 of Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover (Live on FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Chase Briscoe finished second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Carson Hocevar and Connor Zilisch. Erik Jones, William Byron, Alex Bowman, Michael McDowell and Noah Gragson completed the top 10.

At Lap 6, Ross Chastain and Brad Keselowski made contact exiting Turn 2, with Segment 1 winner Bubba Wallace also suffering damage for the first yellow of the sprint. Chastain spun down the backstretch and pancaked the inside wall, but Keselowski took the brunt of it, driving his battered No. 6 Ford backward to pit road.

A few laps later, leader Shane van Gisbergen got sucked around in Turn 4, forcing another caution as he spun in front of heavy traffic from the restart.

That caution handed AJ Allmendinger the lead, but five laps after the restart, Reddick, 2026’s most dominant driver so far, passed him at Lap 25 to take top position.

With 24 laps remaining in Segment 2, Ty Gibbs went spinning out of Turn 4 after a tire issue took him from sixth place.

Every lead lap car beside Allmendinger and Jones pitted for fresh Goodyear rubber, with the two leading the field for the restart. Briscoe took the lead from Allmendinger under green two laps later, but it didn’t last long as with nine laps to go, Reddick sailed past to return to point. Allmendinger faded to 19th on the final run.

Segment 1 recap

Bubba Wallace won Segment 1 of Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race (Live on FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in a mini-race that featured two large wrecks bookending the dash.

Kyle Larson, Todd Gilliland and Ryan Preece all made contact down the frontstretch after completing Lap 1, causing a crash toward the rear of the field involving nine cars. Preece backed into the Turn 1 wall and his No. 60 Ford ignited, ending his day early. Ryan Blaney suffered heavy front-end damage, and Chase Elliott, Daniel Suárez, Michael McDowell, John Hunter Nemechek and Cole Custer were also involved.

MORE: See Lap 2 crash replays

After a lengthy red-flag period, the segment restarted at Lap 6 with Brad Keselowski in the lead. Denny Hamlin, who’s won the last two points-paying races at the 1-mile concrete oval, took over the top spot at Lap 19 and set sail.

With 14 laps to go in Segment 1, Carson Hocevar suffered a flat right-front tire, hitting the wall in Turn 3 before a debris caution came out for the No. 77 Chevrolet’s tire carcass. Hamlin, the leader, stayed out on old Goodyear tires, but William Byron led a group of 17 cars down pit road for fresh rubber before a six-lap dash to the checkered flag.

Bubba Wallace stayed out and restarted second, passing his 23XI Racing owner Hamlin in Turn 4 for his first lead of the afternoon.

With three laps to go, another large crash claimed several other contenders down the frontstretch. Riley Herbst got loose exiting Turn 4 and received contact from Alex Bowman, causing a stack-up that claimed Elliott, Nemechek, Zane Smith, Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Noah Gragson and others. Nine cars were involved. The segment ended under yellow with Wallace taking the top honors.

MORE: See late Segment 1 crash replays

Hamlin finished second with Ross Chastain third, Chase Briscoe fourth and Keselowski fifth. Austin Cindric, William Byron, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top 10.

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A massive Lap 2 tangle in the middle of the pack thinned the field and forced an early red flag in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway.

RELATED: All-Star Race results | At-track photos: Dover

A side-by-side battle with Ryan Preece and Todd Gilliland that went awry snared nine cars in the pileup, including former All-Star winners Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney. Preece’s No. 60 RFK Racing Ford burst into flames as it skidded to a stop.

“I must have just come down on Todd going into Turn 1, and I got sideways from that,” Preece said after an evaluation at Dover’s infield care center, “so that pushed an issue that I probably shouldn’t have pushed that lap, and we’ll move forward to next week.”

Gilliland’s No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford and the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet driven by Cole Custer were sidelined before the race resumed. Several other teams involved went to work on repairs in the garage, aiming to compete in the final 200-lap segment.

MORE: In-car views, replays of early wreck

“I knew the group in front of me was three-wide, and from what I’ve seen, it kind of seems like someone just got tight, someone got turned,” said Blaney after a check at the infield care center while his No. 12 Team Penske crew made repairs, “and I thought I missed the main wreck that kind of happened above me, and then I guess some other guys got tangled underneath, and then came back up into me.”

The event, held at the “Monster Mile” for the first time, was stopped for 13 minutes and 26 seconds with two laps showing on the leaderboard. Others listed as involved on the official race report were Chase Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek, Daniel Suárez and Michael McDowell.

Blaney and Larson were both able to return with repairs in time for the 200-lap final segment. Suárez advanced to the last portion of the All-Star Race by winning the Fan Vote berth.

The Cup Series returns to points-paying action Sunday with the crown jewel Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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SEEKONK, Mass. – It had been nearly four years – 1,387 days to be exact – since Jon McKennedy last won a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race.

That win, which came at Claremont Motorsports Park, was the only triumph of McKennedy’s 2022 championship season that also doubled as his most recent full season with the series.

McKennedy’s winless drought officially ended on Saturday night when he stormed past Stephen Kopcik on the outside to win the J&R Precast 150 at Seekonk Speedway.

“We just had a really good car to be honest,” McKennedy said. “As the race went on it seemed like the top got better and my car was definitely better on top.”

RELATED: Complete J&R Precast 150 results

Starting sixth after the redraw, McKennedy methodically worked his way to the front in barnburner of a race that took just 38 minutes and 49 seconds to complete.

McKennedy was running second when the second and final caution flag of the race waved for a spin by Trevor Catalano on Lap 92. When the race resumed McKennedy hounded Kopcik on the bottom before shifting gears and going to the top.

The top lane was exactly what the doctor ordered for McKennedy, who powered past Kopcik on the outside on Lap 129 after a multi-lap fight.

Seekonk Speedway
Jon McKennedy ended a nearly four year winless drought with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Saturday night. (Photo: Jaiden Tripi/NASCAR)

“When I ran the bottom, I was too loose in and at times it was a handful,” McKennedy said. “I could Stephen there at the end, it looked like he was getting real tight. A few times I tried to like work the outside and sneak under him and give him a little trick there, but he was good enough to know what I was doing.

“I was finally able to just keep rolling the top and once I got a wheel on him, he gave me all the room I needed.”

Kopcik, who was attempting to become the first driver in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour history to win his first three series events in consecutive races, led a race-high 81 laps but had to settle for second.

Despite the runner-up result, Kopcik was able to pad his Modified Tour championship lead. He now holds an 11-point advantage on reigning champion Austin Beers through four events.

RELATED: Hear from Jon McKennedy after his victory

“We were pretty good. Started maybe a little too tight,” Kopcik said. “This is all new to us, racing on this tire on a bullring track like this. All in all, couldn’t be happier with our performance. Three in a row really would have been something, but Jon just turned the middle a little better than me.

“Towards the end of the run there that’s what it comes down to. It’s a fine line between being too free and still being able to turn the middle.”

Chase Dowling came from 10th to finish third and Austin Beers overcame an early spin to finish fourth and keep his now 34-race top 10 streak alive.

Tommy Catalano, Patrick Emerling, Teddy Hodgdon, Jayden Harman, Doug Coby and Andrew Molleur were fifth through 10th, respectively.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to action in two weeks with the running of the Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday, May 30. The action gets underway live at 8 p.m. ET exclusively on FloRacing.

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J&R Precast 150

Seekonk Speedway

  • Race results
Pos No. Name Sponsor Laps Diff
1 79 Jon McKennedy Stuarts Automotive; Christophers Towing; Levasseur HVAC; Leone’s Landscaping; Hillsboro Inc.; Central Mass Tree 150  —
2 21 Stephen Kopcik Wanick Construction Inc.; Newtown Pools 150 1.606
3 44 Chase Dowling S&S Paving; Harshaw Paving 150 2.1
4 64 Austin Beers G&G Electrical Supply; Fastrack Electric; Lumiere Electrical; AP Marquadt & Sons; Dell Electric; Andrew James Interiors; Hugh 150 3.439
5 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara; USNE Power 150 4.836
6 1 Patrick Emerling USNE Power 150 4.941
7 05 Teddy Hodgdon* Business Time Motorsports; The Landau Team of Re/Max; Montanari Fuel 150 5.042
8 9 Jayden Harman* Wanick Construction; Harman Funeral Home 150 5.2
9 28 Doug Coby Nucar 150 5.883
10 82 Andrew Molleur Horton Ave Materials LLC 150 5.913
11 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 150 7.413
12 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 150 7.557
13 89 Matt Swanson Ceravolos Auto; Swanson GMC 150 8.572
14 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power 150 9.023
15 73 Paulie Hartwig III* Jersey Shore Contracting; Velocita USA 150 10.344
16 31 Mike Christopher Jr. Elite Towing; Elite Racing; Baker Racing 150 10.673
17 15 Joey Cipriano III J&R Pre-Cast Inc.; Dependable Energy; The Bass Plating Company 150 11.44
18 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing; Riverhead Building Supply 150 12.683
19 22 Kyle Bonsignore ChawLew; MTT; Munn’s Auto; Penngrade Oil 150 12.693
20 60 Matt Hirschman Bar Harbor Bank & Trust; Pee Dee Motorsports; Bristol Toyota 150 12.938
21 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine; Future Homes 149 1 Lap
22 3 Tyler Rypkema J & R Pre-Cast; Northeast Drilling; SYP 149 1 Lap
23 36 David Sapienza Sapienza Enterprises; Eastport Feeds 148 2 Laps
24 95 Cory Plummer* Tucker’s Metal Fabrication & Welding; Apex Racecars; Croteau Machine; Shiny Rhino 148 2 Laps
25 8 John-Michael Shenette USNE Power Charlotte; Eighty-Two Services; Heintz Performance 148 2 Laps
26 18 Ken Heagy Merkel Racing Engines 148 2 Laps

 

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DOVER, Del. — Some results sting more than others.

And Justin Allgaier got one on Saturday in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, finishing second at the “Monster Mile” after he was unable to hold off a resurgent Corey Day with three laps remaining. The result is Allgaier’s 38th career runner-up finish in O’Reilly Series action.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos: Dover

“Obviously, Corey was doing a great job there,” Allgaier said after getting out of the car. “Probably ran the bottom just a little bit too long and got the right front a little harder than I wanted, and ultimately just got beat by a lap car today. He went left and went right and went left again, and then left the top open after I went to his inside. Just super frustrating, but you know, that’s how it goes.”

He continued, “We’ve won plenty that probably we shouldn’t have won, and we’ve lost plenty like today that probably we should have won. So again, hats off to Corey. He drove a great race, and to stick on the outside like that, you know, it was the move of the race. So, we’ll go back, I’ll watch the race again. And look, this is probably one of the hardest Dovers I’ve ever seen. I hope tomorrow’s better.”

The strategy shifted during a Lap 126 restart. Allgaier, who finished 10th and eighth in Stages 1 and 2, respectively, cycled to the race lead, and Day moved into the top five. As the laps wound down, Day’s No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet began working a higher lane to challenge the 17-year O’Reilly Series veteran.

Allgaier attempted to build a gap between his No. 7 Chevrolet and Day but ran into issues with lapped traffic, notably Blake Lothian and the No. 55 Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota. The maneuvering by Lothian led Allgaier to speak with the 23-year-old driver post-race about the final laps.

“Blake’s learning. He’s a good kid, really good kid,” Allgaier said. “We got a lot of conversations … My big thing was, he went left, then he went right, then he went left. I think that’s the hardest part. When you’re into the corner at 170 miles an hour, 160 miles an hour, whatever it is, you’re making split-second decisions, and when you’re watching the guy in front of you move all over, and you’re not really sure which lane he’s gonna go to, sometimes you know the guy behind is at an advantage, right? You’re able to see the lane open up, and that’s what he was able to do.”

Despite the lapped traffic, the 2024 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion clearly understands the talent Day has, not to mention the growth the 20-year-old has shown in his rookie O’Reilly campaign. To Allgaier, Day has adapted to the stock-car grind in more ways than one, especially compared with earlier in the season when the young driver had run-ins with others in the field.

Allgaier, who exits Dover 175 points clear of Sheldon Creed atop the driver standings, recognizes Day’s hard-fought win and that, sometimes, you have to move on to the next one. The O’Reilly Series field will next race at Charlotte Motor Speedway next Saturday (5 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

MORE: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings | 2026 schedule

“Corey is ultra-aggressive — in a good way — and I thought he raced super good today,” Allgaier said. “You know, like at the beginning of the year, we had a lot of conversations about how to harness some of the energy, and I think he’s done a really good job with that. That 17 team, they’re doing a great job, and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports, they always do a great job. Corey is ultra-talented. He’s just trying to get his feet wet and figure out the stock-car thing, and he’s doing a pretty darn good job of it.”

He added, “I’m disappointed to lose to him, but at the same time, you watch what he was doing out there. I mean, obviously, he was running a heck of a race, and it was gonna be hard to hold him off, even if the lap car wasn’t there. So we’ll go back and reboot, figure out what we could have done better, but ultimately it just wasn’t our day.”

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DOVER, Del. — Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover Motor Speedway start.

Allgaier, a three-time winner already this season and the current championship leader, looked poised to add yet another trophy at Dover’s famed “Monster Mile,” but ultimately Day was able to run up high against the outside wall — he and Allgaier splitting Blake Lothian’s lapped car — with Day pulling ahead of the three cars and driving away from Allgaier down the stretch.

It was enough momentum to propel Day’s No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to a 0.461-second victory over Allgaier, who led a race-high 71 of the 200 laps, and it follows Day’s career first victory at the series’ largest track, Talladega Superspeedway coming only three weeks ago.

RELATED: Race results | At-track photos

“Man, I was hoping that’s how it would play out, I saved so hard there early in the last run once we put on tires and the yellow came out and I thought, aww, this is just going to be a caution-fest and it was all for nothing, but oh man, it all just worked out good,” said an elated Day, who screamed congratulations to his crew on the cool-down lap. His “mentor” reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, sitting in the pit stand, was all smiles watching the outcome.

“This one feels really, really good,” said Day, who only led the final four laps. “The Talladega one [win] was unexpected at a superspeedway, but we earned this one.”

Saturday’s effort from Allgaier, already a series-best three-race winner this season, boosted his championship points advantage to an amazing 175 points over Haas Factory Team’s Sheldon Creed, who finished 18th.

Allgaier acknowledged he was disappointed — perhaps frustrated — with a lapped competitor playing such a crucial role in deciding Saturday’s outcome.

“Good teaching moment,” Allgaier said after speaking with Lothian on pit road post-race. “He kind of made a move to inside then back outside and I just didn’t know which lane he was going to go in. And unfortunately, it allowed the 17 (Day) to get to my outside.

“But hats off to Corey and that whole 17 team. He was running me down there at the end. Proud of our team. It wasn’t the day we wanted early on, but the team worked really hard all day long. Just disappointed to walk out of here with a second after leading that many laps at the end, but hats off to Corey and everyone on that team.”

The race featured nine caution periods and a lot of short-run strategy.

MORE: Weekend schedule: Dover | O’Reilly Auto Parts Series standings

Creed’s Haas Factory teammate Sam Mayer finished third. Joe Gibbs Racing’s William Sawalich was fourth and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill claimed fifth place – the perennial championship contender’s best finish since a runner-up showing on the Circuit of The Americas road course back in March.

JGR’s Brandon Jones won the first stage and NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain won the second stage after pacing the field four different times for a combined 68 laps. Chastain’s shot at a trophy ended just past race’s midpoint when he and JGR’s Taylor Gray collided and spun out.

JR Motorsports’ Carson Kvapil finished seventh and extended the team’s top-10 streak to an amazing 71 races. Ryan Sieg, Sammy Smith and Anthony Alfredo rounded out the top 10.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series moves to the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for next Saturday’s Charbroil 300 (5 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

NOTE: Post-race inspection was completed in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series garage, confirming Corey Day as the winner. The Nos. 39 and 41 each had one lug nut not safe and secure and will lose pit-stall selection at Charlotte next week. The No. 07 team had two lug nuts not safe and secure and will be fined $5,000. Crew member Cory Selig will be suspended for the Charlotte O’Reilly race.

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J&R Precast 150

Seekonk Speedway

  • Qualifying results
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 51 Justin Bonsignore Phoenix Communications Inc. 12.106 99.114 2 2  —
2 79 Jon McKennedy Stuarts Automotive; Christophers Towing; Levasseur HVAC; Leone’s Landscaping; Hillsboro Inc.; Central Mass Tree 12.178 98.528 2 2 0.072
3 64 Austin Beers G&G Electrical Supply; Fastrack Electric; Lumiere Electrical; AP Marquadt & Sons; Dell Electric; Andrew James Interiors; Hugh 12.219 98.198 2 2 0.113
4 44 Chase Dowling S&S Paving; Harshaw Paving 12.225 98.15 2 2 0.119
5 82 Andrew Molleur Horton Ave Materials LLC 12.245 97.989 1 2 0.139
6 16 Ron Silk Blue Mountain Machine; Future Homes 12.257 97.893 2 2 0.151
7 21 Stephen Kopcik Wanick Construction Inc.; Newtown Pools 12.279 97.718 2 2 0.173
8 46 Craig Lutz Riverhead Building Supply 12.28 97.71 2 2 0.174
9 31 Mike Christopher Jr. Elite Towing; Elite Racing; Baker Racing 12.298 97.567 2 2 0.192
10 3 Tyler Rypkema J & R Pre-Cast; Northeast Drilling; SYP 12.302 97.535 2 2 0.196
11 1 Patrick Emerling USNE Power 12.303 97.527 2 2 0.197
12 22 Kyle Bonsignore ChawLew; MTT; Munn’s Auto; Penngrade Oil 12.317 97.417 2 2 0.211
13 60 Matt Hirschman Bar Harbor Bank & Trust; Pee Dee Motorsports; Bristol Toyota 12.335 97.274 1 2 0.229
14 73 Paulie Hartwig* Jersey Shore Contracting; Velocita USA 12.37 96.999 2 2 0.264
15 89 Matt Swanson Ceravolos Auto; Swanson GMC 12.372 96.984 2 2 0.266
16 15 Joey Cipriano III J&R Pre-Cast Inc.; Dependable Energy; The Bass Plating Company 12.39 96.843 2 2 0.284
17 05 Teddy Hodgdon* Business Time Motorsports; The Landau Team of Re/Max; Montanari Fuel 12.396 96.796 2 2 0.29
18 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power 12.426 96.562 1 2 0.32
19 28 Doug Coby Nucar 12.448 96.391 1 2 0.342
20 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing; Riverhead Building Supply 12.478 96.16 2 2 0.372
21 9 Jayden Harman* Wanick Construction; Harman Funeral Home 12.534 95.73 2 2 0.428
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NASCAR stays north for a tripleheader weekend at Dover Motor Speedway, starting with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series before the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series duke it out Sunday in the All-Star Race. Bookmark this page for everything you need, including qualifying orders, practice speeds, race results and more.

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NASCAR Cup Series

Race day: Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on FS1. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information becomes available.

MORE: All-Star race format

Tires: Ten sets for the weekend (six for the race, two for qualifying/pit-crew challenge and two for practice).

Entry List
Qualifying Order
Practice Results
Practice Lap Averages
Practice Lap Times
Qualifying Results
Pit Stalls
Starting Lineup
Race Results

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series

Race day: Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on The CW. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information becomes available.

Tires: Five sets for the weekend (three new for the race, one for qualifying, which transfers to the race, and one for practice).

Entry List
Qualifying Order
Practice Results
Practice Lap Averages
Practice Lap Times
Starting Lineup
Pit Stalls
Stage 1 Results
Stage 2 Results
Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Race day: Friday at 5 p.m. ET on FS1. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information becomes available.

Tires: Five sets for the weekend (three new for the race, one for qualifying, which transfers to the race, and one for practice).

Entry List
Qualifying Order
Practice Results
Practice Lap Averages
Practice Lap Times
Qualifying Results
Pit Stalls
Stage 1 Results
Stage 2 Results
Race Results