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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To BetRivers 200 Action At Dover Motor Speedway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Fans Respond To BetRivers 200 Action At Dover Motor Speedway

Stronger than before.

Since returning from a one-race absence because of a bad back, NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Connor Zilisch has not finished outside the top five. In the rookie’s last eight outings, including Saturday’s visit to Victory Lane during a rain-shortened event at Dover Motor Speedway, he posted a 2.25 average finish.

Zilisch’s second consecutive win pushed him past Austin Hill and Sam Mayer in the drivers’ standings into second place. He paces the series with 24 playoff points.

“We’ve been showing it lately,” Zilisch told CW. “First of all, I hate that we couldn’t finish the race the right way. Aric (Almirola) was really fast and would’ve given me a run for our money.”

Instead of a duel developing between Zilisch and Almirola, rain forced a Stage 3 stoppage, 68 laps short.

Known as a road-course ace, evidenced by his win at Sonoma last Saturday, Zilisch earned his second oval win this season. Will he continue contending for a series title?

x (Twitter) users responded to conquering the wet concrete by leading 77 laps and benefiting from third-stage precipitation. Zilisch paces the series with four wins this season …

ARCA Menards Series driver Brenden Queen drove like a king Friday …

Before the rain started Saturday, canceling the Cup Series practice and qualifying sessions, Xfinity Series points leader Justin Allgaier lost control of his qualifying run at the one-mile oval.

Firing up the Xfinity machines Saturday …

Going green at Dover …

With Taylor Gray starting from the pole and leading the first 45 laps, Joe Gibbs Racing established a “Monster Mile” milestone, pacing a combined 3,000 laps at the iconic track. Gray earned a Stage 1 win …

Gray’s dominating start stalled with a 20-plus second pit stop. He finished a “disappointing” P7 ….

Zilisch claimed a caution-free Stage 2 for his fourth stage win of the season …

Allgaier crashed during qualifying and started at the back of the pack. By Stage 2, he entered the top five and finished P4. He remains first in points, 56 ahead of Zilisch ….

The jet dryers raced to absorb the light initial rain, but as wet weather picked up, the race was called after a 50-minute red-flag delay …

Almirola maneuvered past Brandon Jones for P2 prior to the rain starting. Confident he had the speed and time to catch the rookie leader, the former Cup Series regular who finished second in both stages, said he was left thinking, “What if?” …

Mastering the “Monster Mile” …

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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