Ryan Truex steals the win in thrilling Xfinity Series race at Dover: The hometown favorite, Ryan Truex prevailed in a thrilling double-overtime finish in the BetRivers 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway, leading only the two final laps to earn back-to-back victories at the one-mile track.(Read more)
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For the second consecutive season, #20-Ryan Truex won the Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Truex took the lead for the first time in double overtime and went on to lead the final two laps. This is his second career victory.
In just his second series start, #88-Carson Kvapil finished second after taking the lead late in the race and leading 14 laps. #1-Sam Mayer finished third, with #18-Sheldon Creed and Stage 2 winner #00-Cole Custer rounding out the top five.
#16-AJ Allmendinger finished sixth, with #81-Chandler Smith, #91-Kyle Weatherman, #5-Anthony Alfredo and #31-Parker Retzlaff completing the top 10.
#7-Justin Allgaier led 39 laps and won the opening stage but crashed to bring out the final caution. He finished 17th.
There were 11 lead changes among 10 drivers and 10 cautions for 61 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 87.395 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Dover:
Ryan Truex won the BetRivers 200, his second victory in 95 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Carson Kvapil (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
Sam Mayer (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 1 points over Cole Custer.
Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Dover (Race 10 of 33):
1)#81-Chandler Smith 394 points, regular season championship leader (2 wins)
2)#21-Austin Hill 377 (2 wins)
3)#2-Jesse Love (1 win)
4)#1-Sam Mayer (1 win)
5)#00-Cole Custer 393, +161
6)#7-Justin Allgaier 313, +81
7)#98-Riley Herbst 303, +71
8)#16-AJ Allmendinger 295, +63
9)#18-Sheldon Creed 277, +45
10)#48-Parker Kligerman 261, +29
11)#5-Anthony Alfredo 247, +15
12)#8-Sammy Smith 247, +15 Currently blow elimination line
13)#9-Brandon Jones 232, -15
14)#39-Ryan Sieg 225, -22
15)#97-Shane van Gisbergen 213, -34
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.
Race Updates: Lap 208: #20-Truex takes the checkered flag under caution to win his second consecutive race at Dover.
Lap 206: #20-Truex washes #88-Kvapil up the track to get the lead in Turns 1 and 2. #7-Allgaier spins off Turn 4 to bring out the caution after the leader crossed the finish line. Lap 201: #21-Hill spins on the restart underneath #88-Kvapil while battling for the lead.
Lap 193: #98-Herbst spins off Turn 4 off the front bumper of #7-Allgaier and comes down the track and collects #28-Sieg and #8-Smith.
Lap 192: #88-Kvapil makes a three-wide move to get by #21-Hill and #18-Creed for the lead.
Lap 190: #18-takes the lead from #21-Hill.
Lap 183: #1-Mayer gets tight and clips the left-rear corner of #19-Gray, who bounced into the wall.
Lap 179: #21-Hill gets the jump on the restart. #18-Cred moves up to second.
Lap 176: #7-Allgaier pits from third position for fresh tires and gas. #48-Kligerman also pits for fresh tires.
Lap 173: #16-Allmendinger checks up off the exit of Turn 2 and bounced off the wall into #9-Jones, who spun on the backstretch.
Lap 172: #21-Hill moves #7-Allgaier out of the way for the race lead.
Lap 169: #81-Smith pits for fuel
Lap 168: #00-Custer pit after the red flag.
Lap 167: Red flag is out for rain. #00-Custer leads #7-Allgaier, #81-Smith, #48-Kligerman and #28-Sieg round out the top five.
Lap 163: #8-Smith is out of fuel from third position.
Lap 161: #98-Herbst is the first driver to pit from third position. #21-Hill, #88-Kvapil, #18-Creed, #16-Allmendinger, #1-Mayer, #5-Alfredo and a few others pit.
Lap 158: Caution is out for rain. #00-Custer still leads.
Lap 155: #7-Allgaier continues closing in on #7-Allgaier for the lead with potential rain closing in on the track.
Lap 138: #7-Allgaier has chopped into the lead. #00-Custer leads by less than one second.
Lap 125: #00-Custer has stretched his lead out to nearly three seconds over #7-Allgaier. #98-Herbst is the highest running of the Dash 4 Cash drivers in third.
Lap 102: #2-Love has a flat left-rear tire after contact with #20-Truex.
Lap 98: #7-ALlgaier passes #21-Hill for second position on the restart.
Lap 94: #00-Custer wins the race off pit road. #7-Allgaier jumps three spots, moving to third position. Lap 90: #00-Custer wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #21-Hill, #2-Love, #31-Retzlaff, #18-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #97-Herbst, #81-Smith, #8-Smith and #20-Truex earn stage points.
Lap 85: #26-Heim is off the pace with no power.
Love 72: #00-Custer passes #2-Love for the lead with 18 laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 52: #2-Love takes the lead on the restart. #31-Retzlaff and #27-Burton have cleared away of cars that stayed out. #00-Custer runs fourth.
Lap 48: #29-Perkins is on fire under caution and comes to a stop at the same spot that #39-Sieg did.
Lap 48: #00-Custer wins the race off pit road. #7-Allgaier dropped three spots. Multiple cars stayed out, including #31-Retzlaff who is the new race leader.
Lap 45: #7-Allgaier wins the first stage, his fourth stage victory of the season. #9-Jones, #00-Custer, #18-Creed, #98-Herbst, #21-Hill, #81-Smith, #16-Allmndinger, #20-Truex and #1-Mayer all earn stage points.
Lap 40: #16-Allmendinger moves #19-Gray out of the way off Turn 4 to take eighth position.
Lap 30: #2-Love, #31-Retzlaff and #97-van Gisbergen are among a handful of cars to pit.
Lap 26: #39-Sieg catches fire entering Turn 1 and the car engulfs in flames.
Lap 22: #16-Allmendinger makes contact with #19-Gray off Turn 2. Allmendinger collected his car after getting sideways.
Lap 13: #7-Allgaier powers by #9-Jones on the restart to take the lead.
Lap 6: Sprinkles are beginning to fall during the caution period. #9-Jones leads #7-Allgaier, #98-Herbst, #18-Creed and #81-Smith.
Lap 5: #4-Cram hooks #15-Deegan into #35-Yeley to bring out the caution.
Lap 1: #9-Jones pulls away from #7-Allgaier for the race lead.
For the third time in his career, #9-Brandon Jones won the pole for Saturday’s BetRivers 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The lap of 156.863 mph was good enough for Jones’ 10th career pole in the series.
#98-Riley Herbst came close to Jones’ lap late in the session, but will start second (156.781 mph). Two-time Dover winner #7-Justin Allgaier will start third (156.672 mph), with #21-Austin Hill (156.060 mph) and #18-Sheldon Creed (155.851 mph) rounding out the top five.
#91-Kyle Weatherman had the best qualifying effort of his career in sixth. #81-Chandler Smith, #2-Jesse Love, #19-Taylor Gray and #16-AJ Allmendinger complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #66-Chad Finchum
See the complete Dover Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Fast Facts — Dover
Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the BetRivers 200 with a lap of 22.95 seconds, 156.863 mph.
This is his 10th pole in 279 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and third top-10 start in 2024.
This is his third pole in 14 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Riley Herbst (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his fourth in seven races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 15th top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in ten races this season.
Jesse Love (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Practice for the BetRivers 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#9-Brandon Jones 154.208 mph
#91-Kyle Weatherman 153.577 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 153.406 mph
#18-Sheldon Creed 153.152 mph
#2-Jesse Love 152.613 mph
Slowest: #66-Chad Finchum 146.080 mph
Most Laps Run: #9-Jones and #20-Ryan Truex, 43
Notes: There were no issues in practice.
See full Dover Practice Results.
There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the BetRivers 200 Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. One car will miss the race.
Notables: #6-Garrett Smithley, #07-Patrick Emerling, #10-Dainel Dye, #14-David Starr, #19-Taylor Gray, #20-Ryan Truex, #26-Corey Heim, #35-Joey Gase, #38-Matt DiBenedetto, #66-Chad Finchum, #88-Carson Kvapil, #92-Kaden Honeycutt.
See the full Dover Entry List .