TC Daily Pit Stop: Denny Hamlin Holds off Kyle Larson for Dover Win; Byron, Bell, and Bubba Crash Hard; Preece Frustrated by Fire; Harvick to Fill in for Larson in All-Star Practice
TC Daily Pit Stop: Denny Hamlin Holds off Kyle Larson for Dover Win; Byron, Bell, and Bubba Crash Hard; Preece Frustrated by Fire; Harvick to Fill in for Larson in All-Star Practice
TC Daily Pit Stop: Monday, April 29, 2024
Denny Hamlin Fends Off Kyle Larson to Score Third Win of 2024 at Dover
Make that three wins for Denny Hamlin so far in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. The driver of the No. 11 Mavis Tire & Brakes Toyota Camry had to hold off a hard-charging Kyle Larson in the closing laps of Sunday’s Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, but he was able to use a defensive line to disturb the air to the front of Larson’s car to pull off his 54th career NASCAR Cup Series win.
The margin of victory was just over a quarter of a second, which is the closesrt margin of victory at The Monster Mile since 2016.
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Video: Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Christopher Bell Crash Hard at Dover
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Ryan Preece on Door Foam Fire: ‘Whatever Happened is Completely Unnecessary’
Ryan Preece and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing team had been doing a great job of rebounding from a 35-point penalty sustained for a roof rail infraction at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but the progress was halted by a fire sparked from the door foam on the car early in Sunday’s race at Dover. Preece would finish dead-last in the 37-car field and would drop from 23rd in points to 28th.
“Whatever happened is completely unnecessary, and we can’t afford days like this,” Preece stated.
When pressed on what happened to cause the door foam fire, Preece responded with, “I’m not going to be the one to say what happened, but it wasn’t necessary. It could have been prevented.”
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ATYL: Pressing The Panic Button On Ford | Larson Vs. Hamlin | Dover is Back
Taylor Kitchen breaks down the Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway in this week’s Above the Yellow Line. After 11 straight losses to start the season, it’s officially time for the Ford teams to panic.
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Kevin Harvick to Drive No. 5 Hendrick Car in All-Star Practice and Qualifying
Kyle Larson will be unavailable to practice his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in preparation for May 19’s NASCAR All-Star Race as he’ll be practicing for the Indianapolis 500. Prior to Sunday’s race at Dover, Larson announced on FS1’s RaceDay that Kevin Harvick will fill-in for him in the No. 5 car.
“We’ve been trying to find drivers and stuff to replace me in the seat for practice. We looked at lots of resumes, and unfortunately Clint [Bowyer]’s didn’t make the cut, so we decided to go with Kevin Harvick,” Larson stated.