After a chaotic weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway, the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Dover Motor Speedway, the 1-mile concrete oval in the northeast. Last year, we saw the Truex brothers sweep the weekend at their home track, with Ryan capturing his first career Xfinity Series victory and Martin snatching his 32nd. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is off this weekend, as their next race will be at the Kansas Speedway.
BetRivers 200: What to Look Out For
The NASCAR Xfinity Series race will take place Saturday, April 27 at 1:30PM EST. Brandon Jones is the fastest in practice for tomorrow afternoon’s race, followed by underdog Kyle Weatherman in second. This weekend is a great opportunity for Weatherman to show what he can do behind the wheel once again and prove why his spot in the Xfinity Series should be solidified for the foreseeable future, as he’s always outrun his equipment in every vehicle he’s competed in. But be on the lookout for regulars, such as A.J. Allmendinger, Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed, who is still looking for his first career Xfinity Series win. The four drivers competing for the Xfinity Dash4Cash $100,000 bonus consist of Riley Herbst, Anthony Alfredo, Ryan Sieg and last week’s race winner, Jesse Love. This will be the last Dash4Cash race of the season and there is a lot on the line for those competing. There were 39 cars attempting this race and 38 spots available. The only DNQ (Did Not Qualify) for Saturday’s race was #66 Chad Finchum in the MBM Motorsports Ford, while Brandon Jones will start on the pole (first).
Wurth 400: What to Look Out For
The NASCAR Cup Series race will run on Sunday, April 28 at 2PM EST. Entering this weekend, defending race winner, Martin Truex Jr. is hungry for his first win of the season, after victory slipped away from him on the final restart at Richmond earlier this season. His teammate, Denny Hamlin, jumped the restart after Truex led 228 laps before winding up fourth, so best believe he’s entering Dover with one thing on his mind Sunday.
Semi-retired NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will be running his third race of the season this weekend, while his teammate, Erik Jones, is out with a back injury for the weekend. Corey Heim will fill-in for Jones and make his Cup Series debut while driving a paint scheme inspired by NASCAR’s King, Richard Petty. This weekend will be a challenge for all of Legacy Motor Club, as this is Johnson’s first race at Dover in the NextGen car.
This weekend will mark Hendrick Motorsports driver, Alex Bowman’s, 300th start in the Cup Series. Dover was the sight of one of his seven career victories in 2021. Bowman was unable to compete in this race last year, due to an injury. Josh Berry, his replacement for this race last year and 2024 Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, brought the #48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro home tenth last season, so expect Bowman to have speed on Sunday, as well as Berry, who is running the #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford full time in his rookie season.
Amongst others to look out for this weekend are Ross Chastain, who finished second in this race last season, Brad Keselowski, who’s had back-to-back runner-up finishes the past two weekends in a row and William Byron, who has already won three races this year and led the most laps at this event last year.
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Great opening read! I loved the Bowman spotlight! He’s definitely going to have more pressure this weekend after Chase won at Texas and him being the last Hendrick driver to not win this year!
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