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What channel is NASCAR programming on this week? We answer that and provide all the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

All Monster Energy Series and XFINITY Series events are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Events that are only available on NBC Sports App are noted below.

RELATED: Watch on the NBC Sports App |  How to find FS1, FS2 | How to find NBCSN

Monday, Oct. 2
3 a.m., NASCAR Victory Lane Dover, FS1
2:30 p.m., NASCAR 120, NBCSN
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Tuesday, Oct. 3
2 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub (re-air), FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Wednesday, Oct. 4
2 a.m., NASCAR Race Hub (re-air), FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

Thursday, Oct. 5
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN

Friday, Oct. 6
1:30 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 2)
3 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)
6 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO)
7 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 5)
10:30 p.m., NASCAR K&N Series Race at Dover, NBCSN

Saturday, Oct. 7
10 a.m., NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford, NBCSN
11 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 4) CANCELED
noon, NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO) CANCELED
1 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Charlotte, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 2) CANCELED
7:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green, NBCSN
8:31 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for The Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 2) ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 3 p.m. ET
10:45 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Post-Race Show, NBCSN

Sunday, Oct. 8
11 a.m., NASCAR America Sunday, NBCSN
noon, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green, NBC
1 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, NBC (Canada: TSN 1, 4) TIME CHANGE
6 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Post-Race Show at Charlotte, NBCSN
6:30 p.m., NASCAR Victory Lap, NBCSN
11 p.m., NASCAR K&N Series at Meridian Speedway, NBCSN

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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and XFINITY Series are both in action and both in the Round of 12 in the playoffs. The Monster Energy Series begins its second-round NASCAR Playoffs action while the XFINITY Series closes out its opening round at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Monster Energy Series and XFINITY Series events are also live streamed online on the NBC Sports App, which can be accessed here. Check out the full on-track weekend schedule below.

Note: All times are ET

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8
ON TRACK
1 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 501 miles), NBC (Results) (Canada: TSN 1, 4) TIME CHANGE

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
6:00 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
1:30-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN 2)
3-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN GO)
6-6:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN GO)
7:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN 5)

GARAGECAM (Watch live)
1 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
2:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
11:45 a.m.: Ryan Blaney
12:45 p.m.: Kyle Larson
1 p.m.: Michael Annett, Brendan Gaughan, Daniel Hemric and Ryan Reed
3 p.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3:40 p.m.: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
4 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
8:10 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
11-11:50 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN 4) CANCELED
12:05 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Lineup) (Canada: TSN GO) CANCELED
1-1:57 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN (Canada: TSN GO) CANCELED
8:31 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for The Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (200 laps, 300 miles), NBCSN (Results) (Canada: TSN 2) ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 3 p.m. ET

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
10:45 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race

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RELATED: Stage 1 results

Brad Keselowski won Stage 1 in Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil at Dover International Speedway, taking with him a precious playoff point to carry through the rest of the postseason. However, it was bubble driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who benefited most from a caution and finished fourth to pick up important race points toward his total.

Stenhouse caught a break after Jeffrey Earnhardt brought out the caution on Lap 86 when his No. 33 Chevrolet spun and made contact with the protective barrels at the entry to pit road. Stenhouse, along with Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, were among the drivers who had not pitted at the time of the caution, so Stenhouse jumped up to third place as a result.

Stenhouse, who started the race from the 15th spot on the grid and in the final transfer spot for the Round of 12, dropped back to 21st place in Stage 1 before the caution that helped him move up in the field.

Keselowski eventually beat Kyle Busch off pit road to take the lead before the restart, and held that lead for the stage win, his fifth of the season.

Earlier in the stage, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson traded the lead with Truex leading the first 25 laps, Larson the next 35 and Truex the next 22 before the caution for Earnhardt.

Finish Driver Team Race points
1.  Brad Keselowski Team Penske 10
2.  Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 9
3.  Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing 8
4.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing 7
5.  Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing 6
6.  Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing 5
7.  Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 4
8.  Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing 3
9.  David Ragan Front Row Motorsports 2
10.  Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 1

Stage 2 results

Kyle Larson took the lead on a restart from the non-preferred inside line at Dover and never looked back in winning Stage 2 of the Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil. On Lap 174, Larson shot past Martin Truex Jr., who had led the previous four laps, and drove away for his fourth stage win of the season. Larson earned a playoff point for the stage win.

Truex Jr. finished the stage in second place, nearly a second behind Larson. Meanwhile, bubble driver Austin Dillon benefited from a caution on Lap 166 for fluid on the track from the No. 55 of Reed Sorenson. Dillon, who had taken a wave-around to get a lap down was due for a pit stop when the caution came out, allowing the No. 3 to pit with other drivers.

Dillon finished outside the top 10, though, in the stage and remained behind in the race to transfer to the Round of 12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who did not pick up any points in Stage 2, was sitting on the 12th and final transfer spot heading into the Final Stage. Stenhouse ended up claiming the final transfer spot after a 19th-place finish. Dillon was eliminated.

Finish Driver Team Race points
1. Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing 10
2. Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing 9
3. Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 8
4. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 7
5. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 6
6. Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 5
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports 4
8. Brad Keselowski Team Penske 3
9. Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing 2
10. Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing 1

 

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MORE: Race results | Detailed Breakdown | Playoffs standings

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Ben Rhodes took the lead on the final restart and held off Christopher Bell to capture his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career win in Saturday night’s Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Rhodes, who earlier in the season lost what appeared to be a sure victory at Kansas Speedway when a piece of debris punctured his Toyota’s radiator, blocked Bell’s last-gasp effort by going all the way to the track’s apron to take the checkered flag.

Rhodes, who drives for ThorSport Racing, started sixth and was the speedway’s 10th consecutive different winner. He joins Bell to advance to the Round of 6 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs.

“I used every play in my playbook,” said Rhodes of the final laps battle. “I knew if I could keep him close to me, he couldn’t break the (air) bubble.  This is the biggest high of my life.

“So many things have gone wrong and now here I am in Victory Lane.”

Rhodes’ victory came in his 45th series start. His official victory margin over Bell was 0.066 seconds.

Bell, who led three times for 64 laps and dominated much of the 146-lap race in his Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, blamed himself for coming up short in his quest for a sixth season victory.

“I just didn’t get it done there on the last restart (at Lap 140),” he said. “He’s (Rhodes) been long overdue for that win and he earned it tonight.”

Chase Briscoe finished third in his Brad Keselowski Racing Ford, followed by BKR teammate Austin Cindric, who overcame an early-race accident. Kaz Grala, who started 14th, also battled back from an early incident, was the top-finishing Chevrolet in fifth.

Pole sitter Ryan Truex was unable to lead the opening lap but had put his Toyota in position for a solid top-10 finish. A brush with the wall in the closing laps while battling Briscoe and Grant Enfinger for third sent his Toyota to pit road, where he lost two laps and finished 12th.

Seven different drivers traded the lead 11 times. There were six cautions consuming 32 laps.

Briscoe won the race’s first stage by 1.25 seconds over Johnny Sauter. Sauter clawed his way back to 10th-place finish, a lap behind, after cutting a tire and twice speeding on pit road.

Rhodes claimed Stage 2 by 0.419 seconds over Bell in a preview of the final stage finish.

While both Rhodes and Bell are guaranteed to move into the Round of 6 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs, the final four spots remain up for grabs at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 14. Crafton is best placed, followed by Sauter and Briscoe. Cindric currently holds the final transfer spot while Grala and John Hunter Nemechek currently are below the cutoff point.

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RELATED: Blaney rolls to Dover victory | XFINITY Playoffs standings

DOVER, Del. — As highly-motivated race car drivers are prone to be, William Byron was admittedly conflicted standing on Dover International Speedway pit road Saturday afternoon following the “Use Your Melon. Drive Sober 200.”

He won the pole position, led laps (62), won the opening stage, and took the checkered flag in third position behind JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier and race winner, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular Ryan Blaney.

But short of a victory, it was more of a “big picture” kind of day for the 19-year old Byron, who jumped from fifth to second — three points behind Allgaier — in the XFINITY Series championship standings heading into next weekend’s elimination race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The bottom four of the 12 playoff drivers will be ousted from championship contention following that race.

Byron boasts a series-best 26 playoff points on the season. But on Saturday after leading the first 62 laps, he got beat off pit road by Blaney during the second round of pit stops and then Allgaier passed him for second place in the final stage of the race — nipping Byron’s chance at a series-best fourth trophy hoist on the season.

Still, Byron smiled after climbing out of his No. 9 AXALTA Chevrolet and seemed content with a solid day after leading laps and adding to his series-high playoff point total.

“Overall, this is kind of the day we needed and we’ll be able to go Charlotte with peace of mind,’’ Byron said.

Last week, Byron finished 18th at Kentucky in the XFINITY Series playoff opener and was 33rd the week before in Chicago – uncharacteristic showings for NASCAR’s highly-touted title favorite only months removed from being named to the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Monster Energy Series ride.

So the Dover outcome was a well-timed boost for Byron as the series heads to Charlotte to conclude the first round.

The race winner, Monster Energy playoff contender Blaney, conceded he was very aware of the playoff scenario happening around him.

“The intensity level, you feel,’’ Blaney said. “It’s definitely noticed. You know what they’re going for … I was aware and it was really cool to see the intensity level raised. I like it when it’s really intense from lap one on.’’

Both Byron and Allgaier noted the strength of their JR Motorsports team its effort at Dover. Teammate Elliott Sadler — the regular season points leader —  finished ninth and Michael Annett was 11th.

“Happy and flowers and lollipops for sure,’’ a smiling Allgaier said of racing closely for a championship amongst his teammates.

“The cool thing is we have four different race teams, four drivers that are completely different at where they’re at in their careers. …but the cool thing is we all tend to run very evenly and push each other. Very rarely will you see us have an issue amongst the group of us on track. That’s one of the strengths of Junior Motorsports.

“We work really hard and we work really well together and drive each other better. That’s a challenge you have.

“[Team co-owner] Kelly [Earnhardt Miller] has said multiple times, make sure you have the best race cars at the race track and you guys go have fun, battle each other, push as hard as you can, just don’t go wreck each other.”

And in this case, challenge for the championship.

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RELATED: Race results | Detailed breakdown | Full schedule for Dover, Las Vegas

DOVER, Del. — Once Ryan Blaney got the lead in Saturday’s “Use Your Melon. Drive Sober 200” at Dover International Speedway, it was “game over” in the second NASCAR XFINITY Series Playoff race of the season.

After Playoff driver William Byron led every lap of the 60-circuit first stage and banked a playoff point, Blaney took the lead off pit road under caution on Lap 64. Blaney kept his No. 22 Team Penske Ford out front the rest of the way, except for one lap led by Daniel Suarez on pit road under caution after the conclusion of Stage 2.

Playoff driver Justin Allgaier charged from fourth to second on the Lap 128 restart that began the final stage, which ran under a green flag to the finish. Though Allgaier was able to hold off Byron, his JR Motorsports teammate, and hold the series lead, he had nothing for Blaney, who finished 4.852 seconds ahead of Allgaier’s No. 7 Chevrolet.

“It’s really hard to get a car like that, and, to be honest, we didn’t have it in the first run,” said Blaney, who will try to advance to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Round of 12 in Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 (on NBCSN at 2 p.m. ET). “We were a little bit off on the first run. We made some great changes after the first stage to get it better to where it needs to be.

“We actually got it better for the last run… As a driver, that’s all you can ask for, great changes throughout. It’s awesome to get to Victory Lane with (sponsor) Fitzgerald. This is really cool. We were close the first race this year and just didn’t quite get it. Definitely learned a lot for tomorrow.”

The victory was Blaney’s sixth in the series, his second this season and his first at the Monster Mile.

Though he couldn’t catch Blaney over the final run, Allgaier also had reason to celebrate as the highest finishing series regular. Heading to Charlotte 54 points above the current cut line for the second round of the XFINITY Playoff, Allgaier is a virtual lock to advance.

So is Byron, who chased Allgaier for the final 73 green-flag laps but couldn’t find a way past his teammate. Byron is 51 points above the cutoff with the Playoff field scheduled to be pared from 12 to eight drivers next Saturday at Charlotte.

“I was trying to put it in Victory Lane,” Allgaier said. “We just needed a little more. I ran high some, low some. There at the end we made a great adjustment, and I was able to run the bottom, where I wanted to run all day.

“It paid off. Obviously, second place is not quite Victory Lane, but in the points battle we’re playing, it’s pretty darn close.”

In the battle to survive the Playoff cutoff, Brendan Gaughan gained ground with a 10th-place finish. Facing the elimination race at Charlotte, Gaughan is ninth in points, two behind eighth-place Ryan Reed, who finished a lap down in 16th-place at Dover.

Playoff drivers Daniel Hemric, Brennan Poole and Matt Tifft came home fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, to improve their chances to make the Round of 8. Daniel Suarez ran seventh, joining Blaney as the only non-XFINITY regulars to finish in the top 12.

Rookie Cole Custer and regular-season champion Elliott Sadler, both well above the current cut line, ran eighth and ninth respectively.

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What: Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil
Where: Dover International Speedway, 1-mile oval in Dover, Delaware
Green flag: 2:15 p.m. ET
TV/Radio: NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Forecast: Sunny with a high of 68, according to the National Weather Service. Winds 8-10 mph out of the NNE.
National anthem: USO Show Troupe
Grand Marshal: Wyclef Jean, 3-time Grammy Award musician, producer and actor
Race distance: 400 laps, 400 miles
Pit road speed: 35 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Stage lengths: Stage 1 ends on Lap 120. Stage 2 ends on Lap 240. Final stage is scheduled to end on Lap 400.

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RELATED: Final practice results

Pos Car Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed
1 18 Kyle Busch (P) 1 10 155.518
2 24 Chase Elliott (P) 1 10 155.510
3 11 Denny Hamlin (P) 1 10 155.049
4 1 Jamie McMurray (P) 1 10 155.006
5 42 Kyle Larson (P) 12 21 154.945
6 48 Jimmie Johnson (P) 1 10 154.792
7 21 Ryan Blaney (P) 1 10 154.563
8 4 Kevin Harvick (P) 31 40 154.447
9 2 Brad Keselowski (P) 1 10 154.444
10 41 Kurt Busch (P) 1 10 154.276
11 14 Clint Bowyer 12 21 154.215
12 19 Daniel Suarez # 1 10 154.113
13 78 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 2 11 154.107
14 22 Joey Logano 1 10 154.063
15 77 Erik Jones # 1 10 153.957
16 5 Kasey Kahne (P) 17 26 153.693
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 10 153.413
18 38 David Ragan 1 10 153.388
19 31 Ryan Newman (P) 1 10 153.388
20 43 Aric Almirola 1 10 153.326
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (P) 28 37 153.312
22 6 Trevor Bayne 1 10 153.259
23 13 Ty Dillon # 1 10 152.899
24 3 Austin Dillon (P) 1 10 152.676
25 27 Paul Menard 29 38 152.217
26 10 Danica Patrick 1 10 152.163
27 47 AJ Allmendinger 24 33 152.099
28 34 Landon Cassill 1 10 151.942
29 32 Matt DiBenedetto 1 10 151.482
30 15 Ross Chastain(i) 25 34 149.401
31 83 * Brett Moffitt(i) 13 22 147.011
32 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt 16 25 146.857

RELATED: Practice 2 results

Pos Car Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed
1 18 Kyle Busch (P) 1 10 155.165
2 1 Jamie McMurray (P) 1 10 154.860
3 14 Clint Bowyer 1 10 154.726
4 41 Kurt Busch (P) 27 36 153.384
5 5 Kasey Kahne (P) 25 34 153.202
6 2 Brad Keselowski (P) 30 39 153.076
7 11 Denny Hamlin (P) 18 27 152.940
8 4 Kevin Harvick (P) 22 31 152.927
9 19 Daniel Suarez # 27 36 152.783
10 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (P) 22 31 152.671
11 3 Austin Dillon (P) 21 30 152.514
12 20 Matt Kenseth (P) 23 32 152.481
13 77 Erik Jones # 9 18 152.366
14 13 Ty Dillon # 23 32 151.621
15 21 Ryan Blaney (P) 29 38 151.494
16 31 Ryan Newman (P) 28 37 151.474
17 38 David Ragan 19 28 151.027
18 24 Chase Elliott (P) 28 37 150.907
19 48 Jimmie Johnson (P) 25 34 149.746

RELATED: Practice 1 results

Pos Car Driver From Lap To Lap Avg Speed
1 14 Clint Bowyer 2 11 155.856
2 24 Chase Elliott (P) 10 19 155.654
3 6 Erik Jones # 7 16 153.231

* Car must run 10 consecutive laps on the track to be included in the above chart.
# Driver is a rookie in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
(P) Driver is a NASCAR Playoffs participant.

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RELATED: Final practice results | 10-lap averages | Weekend schedule

Chase Elliott set the pace in final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, topping the Saturday afternoon charts with a 157.363-mph lap at Dover International Speedway.

Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet edged teammate Jimmie Johnson by .067 seconds in the 55-minute final tune-up at the “Monster Mile.” Elliott will start 12th in Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM), the final event for the three-race Round of 16 in the NASCAR Playoffs.

The four lowest-ranking drivers will be cut from the postseason field after Sunday’s 400-miler. Only four drivers — Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski — have already clinched berths in the next round by virtue of Round of 16 victories or an insurmountable points cushion.

Johnson, an 11-time Dover winner, turned the second-fastest lap (156.904 mph) in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevy. Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch completed the top five in the closing session as playoff-eligible drivers swept the top nine leaderboard spots.

Truex will start first Sunday after prevailing in Friday’s Coors Light Pole Qualifying. Truex posted the 16th-fastest lap in final practice in the Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota.

Several teams served penalties with deductions from their on-track time in final practice. The heaviest hit was for Leavine Family Racing and driver Michael McDowell, who was forced to sit out all 55 minutes because the team’s No. 95 Ford failed Friday’s qualifying inspection four times.

Four teams were held for 30 minutes for failed inspections from this weekend at Dover and last weekend at New Hampshire:

  • Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Ford of Clint Bowyer
  • Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota of Matt Kenseth
  • Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet of Kyle Larson
  • Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

A total of eight teams served 15-minute penalties:

  • Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet of Austin Dillon
  • Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet of Kasey Kahne
  • Premium Motorsports No. 15 Chevrolet of Ross Chastain
  • Richard Childress Racing No. 31 Chevrolet of Ryan Newman
  • GoFas Racing No. 32 Ford of Matt DiBenedetto
  • Furniture Row Racing No. 77 Toyota of Erik Jones
  • Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Toyota of Martin Truex Jr.
  • BK Racing No. 83 Toyota of Brett Moffitt

Harvick tops the heap in Saturday morning practice

RELATED: Practice 2 results

Kevin Harvick led Saturday’s early Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice when he wheeled his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford around Dover International Speedway  at 156.535 mph.

Harvick, who is currently 10th in the NASCAR Playoffs standings ahead of Sunday’s Round of 16 elimination Apache Warrior 400 (2 p.m. NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), won this race in 2015.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., who praised his car’s speed after qualifying seventh Friday, was second-fastest after guiding his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet around the 1-mile track at 156.413 mph.

Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray and Erik Jones rounded out the top five.

The speed was new for McMurray, who qualified 26th, his worst starting spot of the season.

Seven of the top 10 cars in practice were from drivers competing in the NASCAR Playoffs.

Midway through practice Jimmie Johnson was called to the hauler for speeding on pit road with his No. 48 Chevrolet. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Ford, also was called for the same reason.

Five drivers — none of whom are competing in the playoffs — served 15-minute practice holds for being late to qualifying inspection: Ross Chastain, Landon Cassill, BJ McLeod, Reed Sorenson and Brett Moffitt.