Winners and losers from a rainy NASCAR Cup race at...

The ‘Monster Mile’ did not eat that many vehicles this weekend, but it surely was the standard suspects battling for the race win. Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports have been the groups to beat, with Denny Hamlin finally earning an impressive victory in a mad dash to the finish. 

Mom Nature additionally interfered fairly a bit, washing out each apply and qualifying for the Cup race. The Xfinity race ended up being shortened by rain, and extra showers resulted in an hour-long delay with lower than 15 laps to go within the Cup race. Nevertheless, NASCAR waited out the climate and delivered an exciting end the place teammates battled it out for the checkered flag.

Here is a take a look at the largest winners and losers from Dover:

WINNER: A defiant Denny Hamlin on the observe and off

Hamlin entered the weekend at Dover with a cloud above him because the co-owner of 23XI Racing. The crew, together with Front Row Motorsports, had lately misplaced their charters as the continued authorized battle with NASCAR rolls on. But Hamlin was defiant in his comments to the media, and promised that the lawsuit will not be a distraction from his job as a driver at Joe Gibbs Racing. On Sunday, he proved it, driving from thirteenth to 1st to earn his series-leading fourth win of the 2025 season. 

Christopher Bell spins, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Christopher Bell had one among, if not the quickest automotive at Dover this weekend. He might minimize via the pack with ease, he earned 19 of a attainable 20 stage factors, however he additionally could not cease spinning out. Initially of the ultimate stage, he spun from the lead on the opening lap of the restart, and by some means your complete discipline averted him. He made his means again ahead, catching a well-timed yellow to place himself again in rivalry for the race win. And as soon as he acquired alongside teammate Hamlin for the lead, neither driver was going to elevate. That proved consequential for Bell, who spun out once again. Whereas vehicles crashed throughout him, Bell’s No. 20 remained undamaged, however there was no time left to rebound this time. He completed a disappointing 18th. 

WINNER: NASCAR Cup drivers named ‘Ty’

Nicely, we now know the names of the 2 drivers advancing into the finals for NASCAR’s $1 million in-season bracket problem, they usually’re each named Ty! Ty Gibbs, driving the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, defeated Tyler Reddick in his battle. However the true story is Ty Dillon, the ultimate underdog who entered this competition as the bottom seed, and but, he has bested drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, RFK Racing, and now John Hunter Nemechek of Legacy Motor Membership. This competitors has been among the best issues that has ever occurred to the youthful Dillon brother, who now has only one driver between himself and the massive prize at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

LOSER: Trackhouse will get crushed by Miles the Monster

Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Chevrolet

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Dover was not a very good race for Trackhouse Racing, which simply gained back-to-back races, due to Shane van Gisbergen. On the very begin of the race, SVG needed to pit with a right-front tire problem. He fell nearly 5 laps down within the course of, which was a gap that he was by no means capable of get out of. Daniel Suarez solely made the highlights when he was combating the leaders to remain on the lead lap, however he ended up being the highest-finishing Trackhouse driver in twenty sixth. However what about Ross Chastain? He ran between tenth and fifteenth for a lot of the race, however that is a far cry from his common tempo at Dover. And with 17 laps to go, the automotive snapped round on him, and he crashed out of the occasion. SVG ended up ending thirtieth, whereas Chastain was relegated to thirty third. 

WINNER: Chase Briscoe’s late cost nearly ends in victory

Watch: Briscoe laments runner-up end: ‘Want again of automotive was about three inches shorter’

When crew chief James Small known as Chase Briscoe to pit street with only a handful of laps to go at Dover, it was a daring transfer that risked a stable top-ten day. With recent right-side tires, Briscoe restarted tenth for the ultimate eight laps of racing. He then made all the appropriate strikes, rocketed ahead and acquired all the best way to the race chief. He slammed doorways with Hamlin on the white flag within the battle for the win, however he did not go as far as to wreck himself or his teammate. In the long run, JGR acquired a 1-2 with one among Briscoe’s most spectacular drives of the 2025 season.

LOSER: Noah Gragson as a result of he simply did not need to wreck

Noah Gragson, Entrance Row Motorsports Ford

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Throughout the one-hour rain delay earlier than NASCAR might end the Cup race at Dover, Noah Gragson instructed TNT Sports activities that he simply did not need to wreck within the closing laps. He was working in a good place, sitting 14th within the working order. And after the race returned to yellow-flag situations, he stayed out, placing himself inside the highest ten. Nevertheless, it didn’t final as he did the one factor he did not need to do — wreck. When Bell went spinning, Gragson did as nicely after a faucet from behind. He slammed the within wall, leading to a DNF that left him with a Thirty second-place end.

WINNER: Bubba Wallace builds a margin over cut-line

Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing Toyota

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Bubba Wallace entered Dover on the recent seat, sitting on the bubble with simply a few factors between himself and Ryan Preece within the battle to make the playoffs. Wallace was amongst those that pitted for recent tires close to the top of the race at Dover, and like Briscoe, he had a formidable restart that vaulted him deep inside the highest ten. He finally completed seventh, growing his buffer to 16 factors. It might not look like a lot, however each level issues with simply 5 races left till the common season ends.

LOSER: William Byron loses the factors lead

William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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Since profitable the Daytona 500, William Byron’s season has been an odd one. The No. 24 has been quick, main a whole bunch of laps, and but, he hasn’t returned to Victory Lane. And in latest weeks, Byron has been bleeding factors to his rivals. He has 5 completed of twenty seventh or worse within the final seven races, costing him the common season factors lead. Earlier than this dangerous stretch, he had practically a 50-point buffer to play with. Hendrick Motorsports seemed robust throughout the board at Dover, and Byron might have completed inside the highest 5, however he was swept up in a late-race wreck on the Monster Mile.