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Denny Hamlin shows killer Monster Mile mentality, giving NASCAR fans a thrilling OT win
DOVER − This is what Dover Motor Speedway officials must have dreamed about. A brilliantly hot and humid summer day, with race fans and non-race fans alike taking in the "Miles Beach" and all the accoutrements, the concerts on the various stages, and all of the activities on the outside of the track. Then those who sat in the grandstand saw a AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 race that was thrilling throughout, including two overtimes, on July 20. RAIN, OVERTIME AT DOVER: Thrilling NASCAR race at Dover has rain delay with 14 laps left, OT as 2 top drivers battle That was especially true after a brief rain shower that stopped the race with 14 laps remaining. When racing resumed after a one-hour delay, Denny Hamlin ended up winning for the third time at Dover, and for the second straight year, by holding off Chase Briscoe to win after 407 laps. Hamlin is the 19th driver to win three races at Dover, and the 13th to win back-to-back races at the Monster Mile. And this victory showed why Hamlin is the perfect driver for the Monster Mile, and the high-banked oval is the perfect track for him. "I'm just so highly competitive," Hamlin said. "That's the only way I can explain it. I just don't know if there's anyone on the face of the earth that's more competitive than I am. I'm sure there is, I just don't know. "And so, I just feel like, when I'm tested, I'm going to give you a little more. If you doubt me, I'm going to give you a little more. I just feel like I thrive in game-time moments." Hamilton had three of those moments. First, Hamlin had to hold off Christopher Bell for about 40 laps after taking the lead on Lap 343. With storm clouds moving in, Bell knew that he would have to make his move, either hoping to finish the race in first place before the rain hit, or at least be in the lead when the race was stopped. Then magically, the skies cleared after a brief rainstorm, thus making it inevitable that the race would resume once the track was dried. So Bell immediately went for the lead upon the green flag on Lap 392. Hamlin wouldn't give in and Bell crashed. That set up overtime. On the next restart on Lap 399, Briscoe was in second place, and immediately went after Hamlin. Another crash on that first lap led to another restart on Lap 405. This time, Hamlin had to hold off Briscoe again as Briscoe tried cutting underneath him. "I thought I had him," Briscoe said. "I was so close to clearing him. I just couldn't do it." Briscoe had fresher tires, pitting after the red flag for rain. Hamlin last pitted for tires on Lap 327, meaning that Briscoe's were 60 laps fresher. So after the second overtime restart, Briscoe attacked. But Hamlin wasn't going to be denied. No wonder Hamlin's crew chief, Chris Gayle, said, "that was tough on the ticker." Then he added: "Give kudos to Denny. When you get him in a situation where he's got the ball in his hands, and it's time to go win the race, he finds a way to do that most times." And that goes to show the beauty of the "Monster Mile." It's not for the timid or faint of heart. Alex Bowman, who won the spring race in 2021, was the last time a non-Hall of Fame driver, or one who's going to be in the NASCAR Hall, won here since Greg Biffle in the spring race in 2005. But Bowman had won four races in 2021, so it's not like his victory at Dover came out of the blue. Bowman, by the way, was third on July 20. "It was good, hard racing," Hamlin said. "You've got three guys racing (for the lead), and you gotta show them who's boss." "It's critical, right," Gayle said about having that mentality. "Some guys will shy away from that moment. Some guys will embrace it ... He wants to be in that situation, to be able to get a win, and that's what happened." So yes, there was something for everyone, both on the track and off. A subplot to the race was the NASCAR In-Season Tournament Challenge. Dover represented the fourth of five races as 32 drivers were seeded and paired up in a bracket-style situation with the winner advancing and the loser being eliminated. At Dover, Ty Dillon, seeded No. 32 and last, won his fourth straight matchup, finishing 20th overall and beating his semifinal opponent John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 12 seed. Ty Gibbs, seeded No. 6, beat Tyler Reddick in the other semifinal. Dillon will face Gibbs next Sunday at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. The winner takes home $1 million. PROVING GROUND: NASCAR at Dover: Why this 3-time winner has most to prove. Is Katherine Legge racing? And there was more intrigue. There are five races to go before the playoff field is set, following the Daytona race on Aug. 23. So far, 12 drivers have won a race and thus qualified for the 16-driver playoff field held over the final 10 races of the season. Three of those drivers − Shane van Gisbergen (26th), Josh Berry (21st) and Austin Cindric (20th) − are beyond the top 16, meaning that they could bump three drivers in the top 16 who haven't won a race this season. There was little chance of one of those drivers winning at Dover. The Monster is just too unforgiving, and Hamlin is too unrelenting. Celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl win with our new book Hamlin wasn't angst-ridden, wondering if the race would resume as the rains come down. Rather, he was counting on it, thinking, "Who am I going to beat next?" So Hamlin said he smiled when he heard the fans in the stands cheering as the rain stopped, a rainbow formed, and the drying trucks came out. Soon after, the race restarted, and Hamlin was holding off any and all challengers. Hamlin was ready. So were the fans at Dover. "You had fans out there who were very enthusiastic when they saw the sun come out," Hamlin said. "I loved that enthusiasm from the fan base. (NASCAR) wanted to give them all the racing that they could at the end of that race." Hamlin made it worthwhile, a fitting finish to a chaotic Dover race weekend, Miles Beach, rain, overtime, and everything in between. Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@ Follow on X @Mfranknfl. Read his coverage of the Eagles' championship season in 'Flying High,' a new hardcover coffee-table book from Delaware Online/The News Journal. Details at This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Denny Hamlin thrills NASCAR, Dover Motor Speedway fans in OT victory
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2 days ago
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Thrilling NASCAR race at Dover has rain delay with 14 laps left, OT as 2 top drivers battle
DOVER − The NASCAR Cup Series race at AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway was delayed by rain with 14 laps remaining on July 20. The delay lasted 56 minutes as a storm moved quickly through the area. NASCAR officials set a drop-dead time of 8:10 p.m. because Dover doesn't have lights at the racetrack. Denny Hamlin was in the lead when racing was halted after 386 laps. He was clinging to a slim lead over Christopher Bell as the two went back and forth ever since a restart on Lap 343. With the weather growing ominous, Bell kept trying to pass Hamlin, who managed to hold him off. NASCAR IN DOVER UPDATE: Denny Hamlin shows killer Monster Mile mentality, giving fans a thrilling OT win After the restart, Bell crashed, bringing out another caution and guaranteeing overtime. Hamlin then outraced Chase Briscoe to win after 407 laps. Ross Chastain crashed on Lap 383 bringing out the caution flag. As the yellow flag was up, the rain started, causing the race to stop. Soon after, the rain stopped, and the sun reappeared. Then it became a question of how quickly officials can dry the track at the high-banked oval at The Monster Mile. When they did resume, there was plenty of time left to finish the final 14 laps. Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@ Follow on X @Mfranknfl. Read his coverage of the Eagles' championship season in 'Flying High,' a new hardcover coffee-table book from Delaware Online/The News Journal. Details at This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Rain delays NASCAR race at Dover with 14 laps left, Denny Hamlin leading
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Playoff standings: How national series fields shape up heading into Dover
Shane van Gisbergen made it three wins in five races as he crossed the start/finish line comfortably ahead of Chase Briscoe on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. After the recent run of road courses in the schedule, the NASCAR Cup Series will head back to the ovals for the next three weeks, starting at Dover Motor Speedway. Read on to see full playoff standings and key battles in each of NASCAR's three national series. As a reminder: A win provisionally clinches a playoff spot for full-time drivers in all three series, and it's the simplest path to the postseason. The remainder of the postseason field — 16 drivers in Cup, 12 in Xfinity and 10 in the Craftsman Truck Series — is determined by points earned over the regular season. RELATED: | NASCAR CUP SERIES By clicking on the 'Playoff Picture' tab on our standings page, you'll see SVG is now in third place ahead of Christopher Bell. SVG has one more playoff point based on three race wins and two stage wins versus Bell's three race wins and one stage win. Hard to believe for a guy who, before this recent run of road-course dominance, sat 33rd in the standings. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (12): Kyle Larson (three wins), Denny Hamlin (three wins), Christopher Bell (three wins), Shane van Gisbergen (three wins), William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric and Josh Berry. Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Tyler Reddick (+149). Biggest movement: Thanks to his 10th-place finish at Sonoma, Kyle Busch gained nine points against the elimination line and now sits minus-37 heading to Dover. Three of Busch's seven top-10 finishes this season have come on road courses, including two in a row the last two weeks. Alex Bowman lost seven points against the elimination line after Ty Dillon bumped him out of the way on the last lap to win their In-Season Challenge matchup. In addition to losing to Dillon, Bowman's 19th-place finish at Sonoma dropped him to just 32 points above the elimination line as he dipped beneath Chris Buescher in the playoff standings. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are six races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Kyle Larson 3 WINS 2 Denny Hamlin 3 WINS 3 Shane van Gisbergen 3 WINS 4 Christopher Bell 3 WINS 5 William Byron WIN 6 Ryan Blaney WIN 7 Austin Cindric WIN 8 Joey Logano WIN 9 Chase Briscoe WIN 10 Ross Chastain WIN 11 Josh Berry WIN 12 Chase Elliott WIN 13 Tyler Reddick +149 14 Chris Buescher +34 15 Alex Bowman +32 16 Bubba Wallace +3 ELIMINATION LINE 17 Ryan Preece -3 18 Kyle Busch -37 19 AJ Allmendinger -50 20 Ty Gibbs -60 21 Erik Jones -68 22 Michael McDowell -70 23 John Hunter Nemechek -85 24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -91 25 Carson Hocevar -96 26 Zane Smith -96 27 Brad Keselowski -136 28 Austin Dillon -138 29 Daniel Suárez -139 30 Todd Gilliland -148 31 Ty Dillon -149 32 Justin Haley -152 33 Noah Gragson -203 34 Cole Custer -214 35 Riley Herbst -231 36 Cody Ware -322 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Connor Zilisch picked up his third win of the season by outmaneuvering teammate Shane van Gisbergen at Sonoma. The 18-year-old wunderkind joined Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill with three wins this season. However, Zilisch's victory meant the number of unique winners in the series stayed the same at seven this week. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Justin Allgaier (three wins), Austin Hill (three wins), Connor Zilisch (three wins), Jesse Love, Brandon Jones, Nick Sanchez and Sammy Smith. Winless drivers more than 100 points above the elimination line (one): Sam Mayer (+163). Biggest movement: Thanks to his eighth-place finish at Sonoma, Carson Kvapil gained 27 points against the elimination line and sits just below the 100 club at plus-90 points to the good. In fact, everyone above the elimination line gained points at Sonoma: Sam Mayer (+14), Sheldon Creed (+24), Taylor Gray (+14) and Jeb Burton (+4) all joined Kvapil. This meant most of the drivers below the elimination line lost some ground, with the biggest losers being Christian Eckes (-21) and Ryan Sieg (-20), who plummeted thanks to 34th and 35th place finishes at Sonoma, respectively. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are seven races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Justin Allgaier 3 WINS 2 Austin Hill 3 WINS 3 Connor Zilisch 3 WINS 4 Brandon Jones WIN 5 Sammy Smith WIN 6 Jesse Love WIN 7 Nick Sanchez WIN 8 Sam Mayer +163 9 Carson Kvapil +90 10 Sheldon Creed +54 11 Taylor Gray +22 12 Jeb Burton +16 ELIMINATION LINE 13 Harrison Burton -16 14 Ryan Sieg -50 15 Dean Thompson -66 16 Christian Eckes -81 17 Daniel Dye -84 18 Brennan Poole -112 19 Josh Williams -129 20 Jeremy Clements -147 21 Anthony Alfredo -179 22 Matt DiBenedetto -192 23 William Sawalich -197 24 Blaine Perkins -212 25 Kyle Sieg -218 26 Parker Retzlaff -228 27 Ryan Ellis -239 28 Kris Wright -303NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES The Craftsman Truck Series is off until July 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, so there were no changes in the standings this week. Drivers provisionally qualified for playoffs with a win (7): Corey Heim (five wins), Chandler Smith (two wins), Layne Riggs, Tyler Ankrum, Daniel Henric, Stewart Friesen and Rajah Caruth. Note: Drivers in bold have provisionally clinched a playoff spot by virtue of winning. There are three races remaining in the regular season. Rank Driver Cutoff 1 Corey Heim 5 WINS 2 Chandler Smith 2 WINS 3 Layne Riggs WIN 4 Tyler Ankrum WIN 5 Daniel Hemric WIN 6 Stewart Friesen WIN 7 Rajah Caruth WIN 8 Kaden Honeycutt +67 9 Grant Enfinger +64 10 Ty Majeski +38 ELIMINATION LINE 11 Jake Garcia -38 12 Giovanni Ruggiero -65 13 Ben Rhodes -68 14 Tanner Gray -101 15 Connor Mosack -141 16 Matt Crafton -153 17 Andres Perez -165 18 Jack Wood -175 19 Matt Mills -189 20 Dawson Sutton -206 21 Spencer Boyd -248 22 Toni Breidinger -273 23 Frankie Muniz -280
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NASCAR will hold first street race on active military base at Naval Base Coronado in 2026
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NASCAR results today: EchoPark Automotive 400 winner, NASCAR Cup Series stage results today
The NASCAR schedule on Sunday delivered the 21st points race of the regular season as the countdown is on until the playoffs. Because of rain wiping out practice and qualifying, the starting grid for the Cup Series race was determined by metric scores. Between that, rain and overtime, the NASCAR results today in the EchoPark Automotive 400 delivered some interesting outcomes. Let's dive into the full NASCAR results today, starting with the full field and winner from Dover Motor Speedway, followed by the NASCAR stage results today for the Cup Series. We've also included the Cup Series stage points leaders from Sunday. NASCAR In-Season Challenge results: Ty Gibbs, Ty Dillon advance Related: Winners, Losers from Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Dover NASCAR results today: Cup Series winner, full results Denny Hamlin – 56 points Chase Briscoe. – 44 points Alex Bowman – 49 points Kyle Larson – 40 points Ty Gibbs – 39 points Chase Elliott – 48 points Bubba Wallace – 31 points Ryan Blaney – 31 points Chris Buescher – 28 points Brad Keselowski – 27 points Kyle Busch Tyler Reddick Michael McDowell Joey Logano Austin Dillon Austin Cindric Justin Haley Christopher Bell Ryan Preece Ty Dillon John Hunter Nemechek Zane Smith Ricky Stenhouse Jr Riley Herbst Todd Gilliland Daniel Suarez Erik Jones Josh Berry Cole Custer Shane van Gisbergen Noah Gragson William Byron Ross Chastain JJ Yeley Carson Hocevar – DNF Cody Ware – DNF AJ Allmendinger – DNF Read More: NASCAR stage results today: Dover Motor Speedway Here are the NASCAR stage winners today, along with the full Cup Series stage results for the EchoPark Automotive 400. Stage 1 Chase Elliott — 10 points (1 playoff point) Christopher Bell — 9 points Denny Hamlin — 8 points William Byron — 7 points Alex Bowman — 6 points Chase Briscoe — 5 points Ty Gibbs — 4 points Kyle Busch — 3 points Joey Logano — 2 points Kyle Larson — 1 point Stage 2 Christopher Bell— 10 points (1 playoff point) Alex Bowman — 9 points Denny Hamlin — 8 points Chase Elliott — 7 points Kyle Larson — 6 points William Byron — 5 points Chase Briscoe — 4 points Ty Gibbs — 3 points Ryan Blaney — 2 points Bubba Wallace — 1 point Also Read: NASCAR stage points leaders today Christopher Bell – 19 points (+1 playoff point) Chase Elliott – 17 points (+1 playoff point) Denny Hamlin – 16 points Alex Bowman – 15 points William Byron – 12 points Chase Briscoe – 9 points Kyle Larson – 7 points Ty Gibbs – 7 points Kyle Busch – 3 points Joey Logano – 2 points Ryan Blaney – 2 points Bubba Wallace – 1 point Related Headlines Report: NASCAR to Race in San Diego in 2026, Location Revealed for Street Race WNBA All-Star Broadcast Controversy: ESPN Host Shocks With Risqué Remark NASCAR points leaders: Cup Series points leaders, NASCAR playoff picture after Dover NASCAR: Winners, Losers from Denny Hamlin's Echopark Automotive 400 Win at Dover
