NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Dover Motor Speedway

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: BetRivers 200
The Place: Dover Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1 Mile Concrete Oval
The Date: Saturday, July 19
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:

Friday, July 18

ARCA: General Tire 150 (FS1 at 5 p.m. ET)

Saturday, July 19

NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 11 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 1:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: BetRivers 200 (CW Network, PRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)

Sunday, July 20

NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (TNT, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 – Challenge Altcast (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)

Dover Storylines and Insights:

• This weekend marks the 79th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway (1982-2025).
• 79 races is the third-most races in Xfinity Series history – Bristol-82, Charlotte-80, Dover-79 (includes 2025).
• The NASCAR Xfinity Series has raced at Dover Motor Speedway every season since 1982.
• There are seven races left in the regular season and five Playoff spots remain open.
• Cousins Jeb Burton and Harrison Burton are separated by 16 points at the Playoff cut line, Jeb is in while Harrison is currently out.
• Harrison Burton has been within 16 points of the Playoff cutoff after every race this season; his high was +16 after Atlanta 1 and his low is -16 after Sonoma
• The drivers from 10th-13th in the Playoff standings are separated by 54 points, less than one race.
• Sheldon Creed gained 54 points to the cut in the last two races.
• Carson Kvapil gained 55 points to the cut in the last four races.
• Taylor Gray gained 14 points to the cut at Sonoma.
• Ryan Sieg lost 60 points to the cut in the last three races.
• Connor Zilisch’s win at Sonoma broke a streak of nine different winners in nine races this season.
• Connor Zilisch’s seven straight top fives since returning from back injury is the longest top-five finish streak of the season; Zilisch is the youngest driver with more than five straight top-five finishes.
• JR Motorsports won 10 races this season with a series-record six different drivers, all six drivers won in the last 10 races.
• JR Motorsports is two wins away from 100, only three other teams won at least 100 NXS races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).
• JR Motorsports is the third team all-time to win 10 times in the first 19 races of a season.
• JR Motorsports #88 won four races with three different driver/crew chief combos this season.
• JR Motorsports had all five cars in the top 10 at Sonoma, the third race this season with all five drivers in the top 10.
• JR Motorsports had at least one car finish Top 2 in eight straight races, tied for the third-longest streak all- time.
• JR Motorsports finished top-five in 21 straight races and is one away from tying the longest streak all-time.
• Chevrolet won the last eleven races this season, tied for the longest winning streak by a manufacturer all- time.
• Ross Chastain will drive JR Motorsports’ #9; Chastain finished inside the top-10 in all three starts this season.
• Ross Chastain and Carson Kvapil could become JR Motorsports’ seventh different winner this season.
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 15 times at Dover, more than any other team.
• Ryan Truex will drive Sam Hunt Racing’s #24; Truex won the last two races at Dover.
• 11 different drivers won back-to-back races at Dover; Joey Logano is the only driver to win three or more consecutive Dover races.
• Two active drivers won at Dover in the Xfinity Series: Justin Allgaier (2) and Ryan Truex (2).
• Nine drivers on the entry list won at Dover in either Xfinity, Trucks, ARCA or ARCA East.
• Two drivers will be making Xfinity Series debut at Dover: Jake Finch in Hendrick Motorsports’ #17 and Lavar Scott in Alpha Prime Racing’s #45.
• Rajah Caruth will attempt to make his first start of the season, driving the Jordan Anderson Racing’s #32.
• William Sawalich got his first career top-five finish with a third at Sonoma.
• Five crew chiefs got their first NXS win in 2025: Chad Haney at Atlanta, Sam McAulay at Darlington, Adam Wall at Bristol, Cory Shea at Mexico City & Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Pocono.
• Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are ninth on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
• Justin Allgaier is six top 10s away from 300 in his career, he would be the first driver with 300 top 10s.
•  Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with 10 top-five finishes and 648 laps led in 2025.
• Justin Allgaier’s 10 top-five finishes in 2025 are his most ever after 19 races in a season.
• Justin Allgaier won the Fastest Lap Award five times this season, no other driver has more than two.
• Sam Mayer leads all drivers with top-15 finishes in 15 of 19 races this season.
• Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
• Six of the last nine races this season had a pass for the win in the final six laps.
• Seven of the 19 races this season went to overtime.
• There hasn’t been an overtime finish in the last six races, the longest streak without an OT since Sept/Oct 2023.
• Chevrolet led 2,364 of 3,093 laps this season.
• Chevrolet won 17 of 19 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 19 races in series history.

Race To The Playoffs – Only Five Spots Remain:

• It’s possible to get more than 12 series winners with seven races remaining in regular season.
• If there are more than 12 winners after 26 races, the winner with the fewest regular season points will miss the Playoffs.
• Sam Mayer is currently sixth in the Playoff standings up +163 points on the cutline – the most among winless drivers this season.
• Jeb Burton and Harrison Burton are separated by 16 points at the cut line.
• Harrison Burton has been within 16 points of the cutoff after every race this season; the high was +16 after Atlanta 1, and the low is -16 after Sonoma.
• Sheldon Creed in 10th to Harrison Burton in 13th are separated by 54 points, less than one race
• The three drivers in 15th-17th are all rookies – Dean Thompson (15^th), Christian Eckes (16^th), Daniel Dye (17^th).