Denny Hamlin drove like 1,000,000 bucks at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, dominating the NASCAR All-Star Race to earn his second win within the exhibition occasion.
Hamlin obtained round his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate in Chase Briscoe for the lead with 30 laps to go, and whereas Briscoe stayed inside hanging distance for the remainder of the race, he had nothing to really problem Hamlin with.
Hamlin, who began section 1 and section 3 on the pole, pulled forward by practically seven seconds through the second-to-last inexperienced flag run earlier than the warning got here out for Joey Logano with 62 laps to go. Briscoe took the lead from Hamlin on the following restart, however as had been the case all afternoon, Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota was higher than Briscoe’s No. 19 on the long term.
“Makes it quite a bit simpler once you obtained a automobile this quick,” Hamlin instructed Fox Sports activities. “Making an attempt to be #1, we did it as we speak. I simply knew that the game-changer for us was lengthy runs.”
Hamlin is the second-oldest winner in All-Star Race historical past. He is second within the Cup Sequence standings via the primary 12 factors races of 2026 and has one win on the 12 months at Las Vegas.
Segments 1 and a pair of had been dotted with several major incidents, together with crashes on Laps 3 and 73 of section 1 that every concerned 9 vehicles, together with huge names reminiscent of Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell.
Ross Chastain, Brad Keselowski and Bubba Wallace had been additionally concerned in a crash in section 2 that took them out of competition for the victory.
Notable outcomes
Briscoe, Erik Jones, Austin Dillon and Connor Zilisch rounded out the highest 5, with Austin Cindric, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman and Keselowski finishing the highest 10.
Zilisch bounced again after a pit highway penalty throughout yellow-flag pit stops after the Lap 75 competitors warning.
Larson and Reddick, the latter of whom ran inside the highest 5 for a lot of the race, each bowed out late with energy steering points.
