Final practice results: J&R Precast 150 at Seekonk Speedway

Posted on May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Staff Report

Seekonk Speedway

Final practice results

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc.	12.14	98.837	4	35	—
2	73	Paulie Hartwig III*	Jersey Shore Contracting; Velocita USA	12.144	98.804	20	22	0.004
3	79	Jon McKennedy	Stuarts Automotive; Christophers Towing; Levasseur HVAC; Leone’s Landscaping; Hillsboro Inc.; Central Mass Tree	12.147	98.78	18	31	0.007
4	15	Joey Cipriano III	J&R Pre-Cast Inc.; Dependable Energy; The Bass Plating Company	12.162	98.658	11	18	0.022
5	64	Austin Beers	G&G Electrical Supply; Fastrack Electric; Lumiere Electrical; AP Marquadt & Sons; Dell Electric; Andrew James Interiors; Hugh	12.188	98.448	14	34	0.048
6	46	Craig Lutz	Riverhead Building Supply	12.2	98.351	10	41	0.06
7	28	Doug Coby	Nucar	12.214	98.238	17	22	0.074
8	21	Stephen Kopcik	Wanick Construction Inc.; Newtown Pools	12.214	98.238	12	23	0.074
9	60	Matt Hirschman	Bar Harbor Bank & Trust; Pee Dee Motorsports	12.224	98.158	19	22	0.084
10	16	Ron Silk	Blue Mountain Machine; Future Homes	12.23	98.11	8	22	0.09
11	22	Kyle Bonsignore	ChawLew; MTT; Munn’s Auto; Penngrade Oil	12.239	98.037	8	11	0.099
12	44	Chase Dowling	S&S Paving; Harshaw Paving	12.243	98.005	8	42	0.103
13	31	Mike Christopher Jr.	Elite Towing; Elite Racing; Baker Racing	12.262	97.854	20	27	0.122
14	3	Tyler Rypkema	J & R Pre-Cast; Northeast Drilling; SYP	12.263	97.846	29	42	0.123
15	82	Andrew Molleur	Horton Ave Materials LLC	12.279	97.718	3	15	0.139
16	05	Teddy Hodgdon*	Business Time Motorsports; The Landau Team of Re/Max; Montanari Fuel	12.283	97.686	16	28	0.143
17	89	Matt Swanson	Ceravolos Auto	12.295	97.591	10	35	0.155
18	56	Trevor Catalano	USNE Power	12.307	97.496	10	18	0.167
19	1	Patrick Emerling	USNE Power	12.354	97.125	3	17	0.214
20	9	Jayden Harman*	Wanick Construction; Harman Funeral Home	12.364	97.046	8	12	0.224
21	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing; Riverhead Building Supply	12.365	97.038	23	44	0.225
22	18	Ken Heagy	Merkel Racing Engines	12.386	96.874	20	31	0.246
23	95	Cory Plummer*	Tucker’s Metal Fabrication & Welding; Apex Racecars; Croteau Machine; Shiny Rhino	12.404	96.733	28	51	0.264
24	54	Tommy Catalano	FX Caprara; USNE Power	12.422	96.593	20	23	0.282
25	8	John-Michael Shenette	USNE Power Charlotte; Eighty-Two Services; Heintz Performance	12.456	96.329	14	24	0.316
26	36	Dave Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprises; Eastport Feeds	12.491	96.06	19	34	0.351

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Staff Report

Seekonk Speedway

Practice results

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	60	Matt Hirschman	Bar Harbor Bank & Trust; Pee Dee Motorsports	12.182	98.496	30	31	—
2	21	Stephen Kopcik	Wanick Construction Inc.; Newtown Pools	12.233	98.086	34	45	0.051
3	73	Paulie Hartwig III	Jersey Shore Contracting; Velocita USA	12.255	97.909	25	43	0.073
4	16	Ron Silk	Blue Mountain Machine; Future Homes	12.265	97.83	20	47	0.083
5	64	Austin Beers	G&G Electrical Supply; Fastrack Electric; Lumiere Electrical; AP Marquadt & Sons; Dell Electric; Andrew James Interiors; Hugh	12.267	97.814	21	38	0.085
6	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing; Riverhead Building Supply	12.271	97.782	13	43	0.089
7	3	Tyler Rypkema	J & R Pre-Cast; Northeast Drilling; SYP	12.273	97.766	31	39	0.091
8	22	Kyle Bonsignore	ChawLew; MTT; Munn’s Auto; Penngrade Oil	12.282	97.694	13	38	0.1
9	79	Jon McKennedy	Stuarts Automotive; Christophers Towing; Levasseur HVAC; Leone’s Landscaping; Hillsboro Inc.; Central Mass Tree	12.29	97.631	27	49	0.108
10	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc.	12.299	97.559	22	51	0.117
11	15	Joey Cipriano III	J&R Pre-Cast Inc.; Dependable Energy; The Bass Plating Company	12.31	97.472	31	68	0.128
12	44	Chase Dowling	S&S Paving; Harshaw Paving	12.355	97.117	38	44	0.173
13	05	Teddy Hodgdon	Business Time Motorsports; The Landau Team of Re/Max; Montanari Fuel	12.363	97.054	38	39	0.181
14	82	Andrew Molleur	Horton Ave Materials LLC	12.371	96.991	28	46	0.189
15	28	Doug Coby	Nucar	12.399	96.772	14	28	0.217
16	9	Jayden Harman	Wanick Construction; Harman Funeral Home	12.426	96.562	31	44	0.244
17	1	Patrick Emerling	USNE Power	12.433	96.508	20	69	0.251
18	89	Matt Swanson	Ceravolos Auto	12.437	96.477	11	52	0.255
19	31	Mike Christopher Jr.	Elite Towing; Elite Racing; Baker Racing	12.485	96.106	36	39	0.303
20	56	Trevor Catalano	USNE Power	12.49	96.067	40	59	0.308
21	8	John-Michael Shenette	USNE Power Charlotte; Eighty-Two Services; Heintz Performance	12.531	95.753	29	56	0.349
22	46	Craig Lutz	Riverhead Building Supply	12.542	95.669	19	21	0.36
23	18	Ken Heagy	Merkel Racing Engines	12.548	95.623	16	32	0.366
24	95	Cory Plummer	Tucker’s Metal Fabrication & Welding; Apex Racecars; Croteau Machine; Shiny Rhino	12.597	95.251	45	54	0.415
25	54	Tommy Catalano	FX Caprara; USNE Power	12.647	94.875	44	81	0.465
26	36	Dave Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprises; Eastport Feeds	12.685	94.59	45	69	0.503

Posted on May 16, 2026 by John Crane

Track: Dover Motor Speedway
Location: Dover, Del.
Track length: 1 mile
When: 1 p.m. ET
Where to tune in: FS1, FOX One, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Race purse: $3,093,000
Race distance: 350 laps | 350 miles
Segments: 75 | 75 | 200
Sunday’s starting lineup | Cup Series pit stall assignments

Battle for $1 million hits Delaware … with plenty of potential standouts

DOVER, Del. — Welcome to the club, Dover Motor Speedway. The 42nd All-Star Race will call Delaware’s concrete confines home, with the “Monster Mile” becoming the sixth venue to host the exhibition (Charlotte, North Wilkesboro, Texas, Atlanta, Bristol).

The new venue for the exhibition contest will also have a fresh format for the 36-car field to navigate. Sunday’s race will encompass 350 laps, split into three segments; the first two will be 75 laps each, and the final segment will be 200 laps. Each segment will be treated as a new race, with Segment 1’s lineup determined by Saturday’s qualifying. Segment 2’s lineup will be the inverse of the top 26 drivers from Segment 1’s results, while the final segment’s field — encompassing 26 drivers — will be determined by the best average finish across the first two segments.

Nineteen drivers — spanning 2025 or 2026 race winners, past All-Star Race victors and former NASCAR Cup Series champions — have already clinched a berth in the final segment, meaning six drivers (plus a Fan Vote winner) have yet to cement their position and will have 150 laps to leave their mark in the best of ways to battle for the $1 million grand prize.

MORE: How 2026 All-Star Race works

A format tweak to the non-points-paying event isn’t a new development; since the inaugural 1985 All-Star Race, there have been 24 formats (excluding this year’s), ranging from differing lap and segment totals to mandatory stops. And through all of the tweaks, continuous themes have still emerged.

Hendrick Motorsports drivers have won the All-Star Race in three of the last six years, and the team’s 11 All-Star Race victories lead all teams; the next closest is Team Penske (five), which has won the event in two of the last four seasons. Hendrick’s 11 All-Star wins are split among five drivers. NASCAR Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson has four All-Star Race triumphs, leading all wheelmen.

Hendrick driver Kyle Larson, however, is knocking on Johnson’s door. Larson’s three All-Star Race triumphs are tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon for the second most, but in Larson’s case, all three All-Star Race wins have come at a different venue (2019, Charlotte; 2021, Texas; 2023, North Wilkesboro), giving the 34-year-old the honor of being the only driver to win an All-Star Race at three different tracks.

“It would mean a lot, and to add another race track to it would be pretty cool,” Larson said. “All my All-Star wins have come at different tracks, I believe, so I mean, they weren’t as fortunate. I don’t think they raced in at many tracks for the All-Star Race, but yeah, I think just to add another track would mean just as much as you’re just adding in another one.”

MORE: Weekend schedule | At-track photos

In terms of past points-race history at Dover, Hendrick has also excelled, with 22 wins to its ledger, second-most among all NASCAR tracks. That said, another organization — Joe Gibbs Racing — has thrived here, too. JGR has 12 Dover wins, second only to Hendrick, including each of the last three points-paying races.

For Denny Hamlin, who is locked into the main event and is looking to continue his recent success at the 1-miler, the mindset in tackling this season’s All-Star Race format will not be complex.

“I think it’s pretty simple from my standpoint: Go get all the spots that you can,” said Hamlin, who has won back-to-back Dover points races. “So it is pretty straightforward in the sense that there is no laying back in any one of the 75 [lap] segments. My job is to get every spot that I can, and the math will work itself out, and certainly I think if I can put myself somewhere in the top four to five, within that to get to the last segment, I think I’ll be in a good spot.”

With such a unique format separate from the usual points-paying contests, perhaps a different team emerges as a wild card. With fresh resin applied to the top and bottom of each corner, the variables are wide-ranging, and with a $1 million payday on the line instead of points, the on-track possibilities are endless.

In the details …

No matter the venue, NASCAR’s premier stars have stood out, and the All-Star Race is no exception. Spanning multiple eras, a slew of NASCAR’s top names have excelled in the All-Star Race, from current superstars to NASCAR Hall of Famers from the past.

Among those with a minimum of four All-Star Race starts, here are the 13 drivers with the best average finish in the exhibition:

Driver	Average Finish	Starts
Joey Logano	5.80	15
Ken Schrader	6.13	8
Davey Allison	6.14	7
Dale Earnhardt	7.13	16
Bubba Wallace	7.25	4
Chase Elliott	7.70	10
Jimmie Johnson	7.79	19
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	8.39	18
Bill Elliott	8.44	18
Matt Kenseth	8.53	19
Kyle Larson	8.56	9
Alex Bowman	8.83	6
Ryan Blaney	9.00	9

Speed reads

Race-day essentials:

• Dover hub: Key information, pit stalls, additional results | Read more
• Sunday Setup: Differing opinions on resin entering exhibition| Read more
• Elite club: A look at drivers to win All-Star Race, title in same season | View gallery
• Paint Scheme Preview: Liveries slated for concrete showdown | View gallery
• Hauler Talk: NASCAR developing system to expedite crash data | Listen now
• Power Rankings: Is Bell ready to turn the page, go back-to-back in All-Star Race? | This week’s ranks
• NASCAR Classics: Inside the video vault from Dover | Watch now

Posted on May 16, 2026May 17, 2026 by Dustin Albino

DOVER, Del. — NASCAR Cup Series teams were alerted earlier in the week that the Dover Motor Speedway track preparation crew was going to splatter resin throughout all four corners from the apron all the way to the SAFER barrier for Sunday’s All-Star Race (1 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Having resin applied from corner entry to corner exit across the full width of a specific venue is not a one-off occurrence. Nashville Superspeedway, another concrete surface, has had it applied several times with the goal of widening the racing groove and helping tire wear.

Crew chiefs within the Cup garage had a variety of opinions on how the resin would impact racing. Before Friday’s lengthy 90-minute session, Tyler Allen, crew chief of the No. 54 Toyota for Ty Gibbs, didn’t anticipate much of a difference from prior Dover trips.

RELATED: Starting lineup | At-track photos

“I don’t think there’s going to be too many surprises,” Allen stated. “I think the hope is we don’t burn through that first set of tires so quick and be a little gentler on those.

“I don’t expect it to be much different, honestly. As rubber lays down, guys will chase the gray, the top might start to come in. There might be a little bit of movement, but expecting a typical Dover [race].”

Blake Harris, crew chief of Alex Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet, which is not locked into the main event, noticed an immediate difference. He observed drivers maneuvering up the track and diamonding the corners a mere 15 to 20 laps into a run. In prior years, that took upwards of 100 laps, Harris pointed out.

“I think at least, according to the drivers, they felt like the racing line got in a lot quicker,” Harris stated. “Typically, when we come here, especially after any other series, we just feel the rubber off immediately and shred our tires. Tire wear seemed to be a little bit better. Some of the guys were able to move up and find some grip. Typically, that’s 100 to 200 laps into the race before we see that. So for those guys to be able to move up in practice and get a look at that, hopefully that resin will widen the track out a little bit quicker.”

The application of the resin was before the weekend began, and it won’t be touched before the scheduled green flag on Sunday. After thousands of laps turned by drivers across all three national touring divisions, the chances of the resin wearing out are high. But even if it does, drivers will be chasing to find that extra grip, which could lead to a higher racing line.

Like most Dover events, track position is expected to be of the utmost importance. And with this year’s All-Star format opening with a pair of 75-lap segments (an inversion from 26th at the end of the first stint) before a 200-lap dash to the finish, having a good starting position is crucial.

Harris added: “You certainly want to qualify well so you get one of those first stints under your belt and get a good finish and not have to rely on passing a bunch of cars in the event that becomes difficult. Definitely think having a good, clean, solid lap [on Saturday], along with a good qualifying spot, will make or break how we are on Sunday.”

The increase to 750 horsepower is another factor. Gibbs, who has consecutive Dover top 10s in points-paying races, could be one of the beneficiaries, having won at the Monster Mile’s sister track, Bristol Motor Speedway, last month.

“It suits him well. It’s a hammer-down race track,” Allen added. “He loves to go fast. A lot of ties to Bristol with the track surface. We’re all pretty excited. Sim went well. There’s a lot of variables: new tire, new aero and 750 horsepower.”

Meanwhile, Bowman is a former Dover winner (2021) and has five straight finishes of eighth or better.

Posted on May 16, 2026May 17, 2026 by Dustin Albino

DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch doesn’t feel as though he’s ever lost a step. It’s hard to argue after watching another dominant performance in Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on the way to his 69th series victory, padding his record high.

“I don’t feel like I really lost anything,” Busch said after Friday’s truck win. “It’s just a matter of being able to go out there and do a good job and have the team be there with me to do a good job.”

But 105 Cup races have come and gone since the two-time Cup Series champion has visited Victory Lane. Next month will eclipse the three-year mark since his most recent triumph at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. He won in three of his first 15 starts with Richard Childress Racing before going cold.

In that span, Austin Dillon has won a pair of races at Richmond Raceway. With both Nos. 3 and 8 teams cracking the top 10 at Watkins Glen International, the organization is coming off its best collective performance since the Chicago Street Course last year, when Busch and Austin Hill – in a third entry – were scored inside the top 10. It was the first time Busch and Dillon placed in the top 10 in the same event since April 2024 at Texas Motor Speedway, some 75 races ago.

Busch has top 10s in two of the last three races in 2026 and had his best overall speed at Texas Motor Speedway, fading to finish 20th after contact with John Hunter Nemechek with two laps remaining. In that period, Andy Street joined the No. 8 team to call the shots for Busch, replacing rookie Cup crew chief Jim Pohlman.

Busch credits Street for the bump in speed.

“I guess I just remembered how to drive,” Busch quipped on Friday. “It’s Street – I don’t know what he’s doing different. I don’t feel like I’m talking to anybody any differently. I don’t feel like I’m relaying any of the information any differently. I just feel like it’s construed or thought about in a different way, and the execution of being able to listen to my words and being able to put it into the race car translates differently.

“It’s no different than Adam Stevens, I had him for five years, made the [Championship 4] five years in a row and we were unstoppable. We won [28] races in those years. It was crazy and easy. I was like, ‘This is Jimmie and Chad.’ When you can find those moments and those guys that you can click with, you try to do everything in your power to keep it all together as much as you can.”

MORE: Get to know Andy Street

The driver-crew chief relationship between Busch and Street has just clicked. In a handful of races at the conclusion of the 2025 season, they scored two top 10s, including a fifth-place effort in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway, matching Busch’s best result of the campaign (Circuit of The Americas and Chicago).

Dillon has noticed how the pairing has connected.

“I think they had a little chemistry and it’s just bled over,” Dillon told a group of reporters at Dover. “Andy has a positive mindset with Kyle, and he can ask more out of Kyle and Kyle can ask more out of him. Their relationship is good – that’s the biggest thing. They feel confident talking around each other and putting it out there.”

Immediate speed in practice has been critical for Busch. The No. 8 team ranked fourth in single-lap speed during practice for the All-Star Race, and clocked in second on 10-lap averages, trailing only Carson Hocevar. That follows a recent trend that Busch has noticed.

“I feel like we’ve had good speed off the truck at Watkins Glen. Texas, I was working my way into it. It’s nice to be able to score top five in practice, even though it doesn’t pay anything. It’s better than the alternative of unloading in the bottom five.”

The most noticeable difference, Busch believes, lies within the data. It’s not even about the gathering of numbers, but rather who is dissecting the information and how it’s being decoded.

“I think sometimes it’s just how you interpret the data, who is interpreting the data and things like that,” Busch added on Saturday. “I’ve seen it in years prior where some engineer might be looking at the squiggly lines and they are upside down. It sounds as dumb as it may be, like, ‘Uh, that doesn’t quite look right, flip that section over’ and it tells you a different story.”

Positivity is beginning to flow within the RCR walls. Having momentum and confidence “gives you that vote of confidence that we’re doing our job,” Busch said. The No. 8 car will take the green flag for Sunday’s All-Star Race (1 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in 11th position.

Posted on May 16, 2026May 17, 2026 by John Crane

DOVER, Del. — It has been an up-and-down stretch for William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team through the opening portion of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series campaign.

Entering Sunday’s All-Star Race action at Dover Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), William Byron sits 12th in the Cup Series standings; the 28-year-old driver dropped two markers to outside the top 10 following his 36th-place result at Watkins Glen International last weekend, his third finish of 30th or worse in the last five races.

RELATED: Weekend schedule | At-track photos

“I just looked when I was in the bus, I mean, it’s like we finished top 10, we finished 30th, we finished top 10, 30th,” Byron said on his recent rocky stretch. “It’s kind of been that for five weeks now, so yeah. Some of it was just bad luck. I mean, last week we just got crashed out and kind of that restart in the way that that went, just got cleaned out there. Talladega, there’s not much we could do with the big ones, so yeah.

“The saying kind of goes: If you’re in the middle of the back or you’re back there, you’re bound to get in stuff. So that was unfortunate last week because I thought we were on the back side of the top 10 and had a shot to finish there, and I feel like we would’ve, but yeah, got cleaned out there, and yeah, it’s just been not gathering a lot of stage points, either, and so that’s kind of where we’re at.”

Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet has shown glimpses of the high-upside speed that has netted the star at least one Cup victory every season since 2020. Aside from a 28th-place DNF at EchoPark Speedway in February, Byron began the year with six finishes of 13th or better in the first seven races, including a season-best fifth-place result at Martinsville Speedway in March.

Since Martinsville, however, turbulence has increased, with no laps led since and a dip from fifth in the Cup standings to 12th. Byron’s 57 stage points rank 12th among all drivers, and his 34 laps led rank 16th. Through the first 12 races of 2026, Byron possesses two top fives and six top 10s with a 16.0 average finish.

MORE: 2026 All-Star Race format explained

Though there are no points on the line during All-Star competition at the “Monster Mile,” Byron believes a strong exhibition showing from practice to the race itself can be just the momentum needed to get the No. 24 camp back on track. Byron, already locked into the main event, will start fifth in the opening segment. Byron’s best All-Star Race finish came at North Wilkesboro Speedway last season (sixth).

“I think the speed is encouraging this weekend,” Byron said. “I think the speed was good at Texas, and we’re working super hard, so just got to put it all together and have smoother races, calmer races where you’re just up toward the front and have a chance to gather a bunch of points, so yeah, it’s just tough when you’re kind of in the middle and things can happen.”

Posted on May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Holly Cain

DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin has claimed pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race (1 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in a late qualifying session effort, unseating RFK Racing co-owner and driver Brad Keselowski in the final minutes of Saturday’s unique three-lap bid to set the field at Dover Motor Speedway.

The next-to-last driver to qualify, Hamlin spun his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on the warm-up lap just as he took to the 1-mile high-banked track, but recovered and excelled when it mattered — taking the lead starting position by 0.149 seconds over Keselowski’s No. 6 Ford.

RELATED: Starting lineup | At-track photos: Dover

“Quite eventful for sure,” Hamlin conceded of his lap, insisting he’d never really been remarkably fast in this style of qualifying format.

“I just spun out. I don’t know. I didn’t think I was being that aggressive but spun out. At that point, just tried to minimize the damage. … That wasn’t ideal, but then I just committed to run the lap as hard as I could, and it was still good enough.”

“It’s risk versus reward and certainly challenges the driver…. But definitely a team effort.”

Zane Smith’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford team won Saturday’s $100,000 Mechanix Wear Pit Crew Challenge, establishing themselves best on the speed chart early in the session and its work ultimately proving unbeatable. Although Smith’s overall speed places him 25th on the starting grid, the Pit Crew Challenge win earned the team first pit stall selection Sunday — something that could be the difference in advancing Smith into the 200-lap finale.

The pole position was based on a three-lap run that also included the timed pit stop on the second lap. Late in the session, Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson seemed to have bettered Keselowski’s early work, but Larson received penalties for being too fast on pit road and not blending properly back onto the “Monster Mile’s” high banks — the time penalty ultimately costing the three-time All-Star race winner a front row spot. And Hamlin topped both drivers in the end.

Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones, Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron rounded out the five fastest cars. Defending All-Star Race winner, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, was sixth fastest.

MORE: Friday recap

Several perennial favorites struggled during the unique qualifying format with pit road miscues and/or time penalties, including rookie Connor Zilisch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chris Buescher, Daniel Suárez, along with former series champs Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney, who had slow stops.

This marks the first time the series has held its annual $1 million to-win, All-Star Race at the 1-mile concrete track in Delaware. It will include two 75-lap segments and then a 200-lap finale to settle the big check.

There are 19 drivers currently in the 200-lap final segment and trophy-determining portion of the event — including Cup Series championship leader Tyler Reddick and fellow 2026 race winners Ty Gibbs and Carson Hocevar. Joining them are 2025 race winners Hamlin, Shane van Gisbergen, Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Byron, Larson, Elliott, Austin Dillon, Chastain, Josh Berry, Austin Cindric, Joey Logano, Bubba Wallace and Bell.

Kyle Busch, who won Friday’s Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover, also has an automatic spot on the grid as a former All-Star race winner — as does Keselowski as a former series champion.

The first two segments of Sunday’s event are 75-laps followed by the 200-lap finale, which includes the 19 drivers locked in, plus the six best-performing drivers from the opening segments and the “Fan Vote” winner.

Posted on May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Staff Report

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Posted on May 15, 2026May 16, 2026 by Dustin Albino

DOVER, Del. — Bubba Wallace saw red after getting dumped by John Hunter Nemechek with 15 laps remaining in last Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. After the race, Toyota mate Christopher Bell confronted Wallace on pit road, wondering what had gotten into him.

“I got wiped out by [Nemechek],” Wallace told reporters on Friday at Dover Motor Speedway. “We were in potential for a top-10, top-12 day. I got wiped out following [Tyler Reddick], and when I put so much freaking effort into becoming a better road-course racer — I joke with you guys that I suck and I don’t give a damn about road courses; I really do. It’s a competitive nature and I push hard every time we get into the car and at that point in the race, everything was clicking.”

Wallace was on the cusp of bettering or equaling his lone Watkins Glen top 10 from 2025, when he placed eighth. He was rivaling the lap times of Reddick, his 23XI Racing teammate, and when he was clipped entering Turn 1 by a fellow Toyota teammate, all bets were off.

“When that happens, you see freaking red and you don’t care who is out there,” Wallace said. “You don’t care if your wife and kids are out on the race track, you are going to race the dog [expletive] out of them because you had everything ripped away from you.

“[Riley Herbst] was in that mix, I raced the [expletive] out of him. [Christopher Bell] was in the mix, I raced the [expletive] out of him. Whoever else was in that mix, I didn’t care just because my race was ruined 30 seconds beforehand. They have no idea, so I put myself in their shoes. What you see on pit road, C-Bell is pissed that I raced him so hard and that was simply me saying, ‘I don’t give a damn.’ I just had my race ruined and so I’m going to race everyone hard. I don’t care who it is.”

Later on Sunday evening, Wallace called Bell to further discuss their on-track battle. It led to a civil conversation with both drivers putting their fierce battle in the rear view.

“We didn’t even have a run-in on track,” Bell told NASCAR.com after rounding out the top five in Friday’s Ecosave 200 Craftsman Truck Series race. “He was very aggressive towards me, and I asked him what was up. He obviously had a rough day and a rough go of it. I get it.

“If I wouldn’t have confronted him, I don’t think he would have known that I was upset. We’re all great.”

Before their tight-quarters racing, Bell had no knowledge that Wallace had spun. He thought that Wallace was dropping positions on old tires.

Wallace ended: “I said, ‘I would understand that scenario and you would expect me to point you by,’ and I damn sure would. Just like every other time I’m on a road course bleeding spots, have at it. In that one, when I just went from everything is clicking — everything is still clicking — but I’m pissed off doing it now, so you were just caught in the crosshairs.”

Bell took the checkered flag in 21st position, his worst showing in six Watkins Glen attempts. Wallace plummeted to 29th after the contact.

Posted on May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 by Holly Cain

DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch did what Kyle Busch does best in a truck at Dover Motor Speedway. Win.

Busch claimed his record fifth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series trophy and 13th overall at the famous concrete one-miler, dominating Friday’s Ecosave 200 leading 147 of the 200 laps in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet and sweeping both stage victories en route to a 3.039-second victory over former series champ, ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski.

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After a well-deserved, deep bow to the crowd at the finish line, a grateful Busch spoke of his fondness for the high-banked track where he will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series’ annual All-Star Race on Sunday. It marked his series best 69th career win — and second in four starts this season.

“You never know when the last one is,” Busch said of savoring the victory. “I know all too well unfortunately with the Cup stuff, but here with the Truck stuff now, it’s awesome to be part of Spire Motorsports.

“I’m sure it looked great out front, leading the race,” and, he added with a grin. “It wasn’t just Kyle Larson doing it. Feels good to have another Kyle able to do it and put ourselves in Victory Lane. Love coming to Dover, always one of my favorite places to race.

“Definitely some managing of the fuel there, managing the tires there. It was an interesting strategic battle I guess from the driver’s seat. Thanks to the fans and all the people for being here.

“All in all, takes a lot of great people behind you and with you,” he added of the Spire Motorsports team. “It’s fun and want to keep doing it.”

The only other driver to truly challenge Busch in the series’ return to Dover after a six-year break was fellow NASCAR Cup Series regular, Ross Chastain, who led 49 laps but had to pit late in the race for fuel after a spirited side-by-side battle with Busch midway through the event.

Majeski did his best to keep Busch honest in earning his runner-up finish — which equaled his previous top effort of the season. Front Row Motorsports’ Layne Riggs finished third. Last week’s winner, Tricon Garage’s Kaden Honeycutt, finished fourth in the No. 11 Toyota after an impressive rally from an early race pit stop penalty. NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell rounded out the top five.

With his work Friday, Honeycutt now holds a 38-point advantage on Riggs atop the championship standings. Chandler Smith is third, 39 points back.

Brandon Jones, Christian Eckes, Corey LaJoie, Jake Garcia and Justin Haley rounded out the top 10. Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer, who works full-time in the FOX Sports NASCAR booth calling Cup Series races, made a spot start for Kaulig Racing’s RAM truck program, finishing 29th after a tire problem in the closing laps.

“I had a ton of fun,” Bowyer said. “This is a cool race track, a demanding race track and neat to see Kyle Busch in Victory Lane, NASCAR needs that and it gives him so much confidence moving into tomorrow’s event and Sunday.

“Proud of being a part of this, and who knows, maybe I’ll be a part of it again.”

The race was also significant in having three women in the field — equaling a high mark last set in 2021.

Although she spun out 37 laps into the race, Dystany Spurlock became the first black woman to ever start a NASCAR national series race, and although she spun and took a 36th-place finish, she was also encouraged by her debut.

“Today is a great day,” Spurlock said. “We did make history, which is phenomenal. Of course I wanted to finish the race, but this is racing and things like this happen. Just going to get ready for the next race.”

Toni Breidinger finished 25th and Natalie Decker was 34th.

The Craftsman Truck Series’ next race is the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, scheduled next Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NASCAR Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 2025 series champion Corey Heim is last year’s race winner.

Note: Post-race inspection in the Craftsman Truck Series garage was completed without issue, confirming Busch’s Dover victory. Competition officials designated four trucks for further inspection next week at the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina: No. 10 Kaulig Racing Ram, No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, No. 91 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet.