Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover Advance

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE Dover Motor SpeedwayMay 15-17, 2026

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

For the first time in the event’s over 40-year history, NASCAR will take the All-Star Race to the track famously known as the “Monster Mile”, Dover Motor Speedway, where drivers and teams will look to conquer the concrete oval and take home one-million dollars. With a new venue also comes a new format, which will feature a final segment of 200-laps where 26 drivers will have the opportunity to cash-in on the grand prize. Among those already locked in includes representation by four different Chevrolet organizations: Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon and Kyle Busch; Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and William Byron; Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen; and Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar. For the O’Reilly and Craftsman Truck Series, their respective regular season schedules will continue on as the pair will also join in on the action at the “Monster Mile”. The Delaware venue will welcome the Truck Series back to its facility for the first time since the 2020 season in Friday’s ECOSAVE 200, with the O’Reilly Series taking its turn on the concrete oval in Saturday’s BetRivers 200.

With 21 All-Star victories to its name, Chevrolet leads the way as the series enters the 42nd rendition of the annual non-points paying event. Dover Motor Speedway will become the sixth different host of the All-Star Race, with its longest tenure coming at Charlotte Motor Speedway when the circuit hosted the first 34 events (1985, 1987-2019). Once NASCAR made the decision to explore new homes for the All-Star Race, the next six events saw appearances at three different venues including Bristol Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and, most recently, North Wilkesboro Motor Speedway.

With each event’s debut at a new facility, it was a Chevrolet driver that picked up the grand prize including Chase Elliott’s 2020 victory at Bristol, with two of Kyle Larson’s three career All-Star crowns coming at Texas (2021) and North Wilkesboro (2023). Also earning the win in the event’s final race at Charlotte (2019), the reigning champion is one of just nine drivers in series’ history with multiple All-Star wins on his resume.

HITTING A STREAK It’s been a momentum-hitting stride for the Bowtie brand as the NASCAR Cup Series enters an one-week pause in its points-paying competition. With yet another statement road course performance, Shane van Gisbergen’s victory at Watkins Glen International marked Chevrolet’s third consecutive trip to victory lane in the division – an effort that matches the longest win streak by a single manufacturer thus far this season. Accompanying each of those victories has been a strong presence of Team Chevy drivers in the top-10 with the Watkins Glen event marking the third-straight race that the manufacturer has owned 50 percent of the top-10 results. Last weekend, the feat was accomplished by drivers from four different Chevrolet organizations, each of which earned their best result of the season including Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell (second); Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon (sixth) and Kyle Busch (eighth); and Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger (seventh).

LARSON LEADING IN AVERAGESWith the pressure of points racing set aside for the weekend, Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team can look at the All-Star Race weekend as an opportunity to turn their season around. From the event’s history alone, Larson knows how to cash-in on the grand prize with the reigning champion leading the series’ active drivers with three career All-Star victories. The Team Chevy driver also boasts a strong resume at Dover Motor Speedway with his 17 career Cup Series starts at the track featuring one win (2019), nine top-fives, 13 top-10s and a series-best average finish of 7.9.

BOWTIE BULLETS:·        Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 21 NASCAR All-Star Race victories, including four of the past seven events: 2019:   Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet (Charlotte Motor Speedway)2020:   Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Bristol Motor Speedway)2021:   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (Texas Motor Speedway)2023:   Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (North Wilkesboro Speedway)

·        Victories by active Chevrolet drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway:   Kyle Busch – three wins (2017, 2010, 2008)Chase Elliott – two wins (2022, 2018)Alex Bowman – one win (2021)Kyle Larson – one win (2019)

·        Shane van Gisbergen’s Watkins Glen win marked Chevrolet’s third consecutive trip to victory lane in NASCAR’s premier series – a effort that matches the longest win streak by a single manufacturer thus far this season. The Bowtie brand is also on a three-race streak of owning at least half of the top-10 finishing positions, with five drivers from four different Chevrolet organizations earning top-10 results at the upstate New York circuit.

·        At Talladega Superspeedway, Chevrolet tallied six top-10 finishes, marking the second time this season a manufacturer has placed six cars in the top-10 of a Cup Series event. The Bowtie brand took it one step further by achieving the highest representation of different organizations within those results with five Chevrolet organizations placing drivers in the top-10.

·        With seven-straight victories to start the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, Chevrolet set the record for the longest season-opening streak by a single manufacturer in the division’s history.

·        In 156 points-paying races in the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen era, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 71 victories – a winning percentage of 45.5%.

·        Chevrolet is coming off its 29th all-time sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series championship titles – capturing its 34th driver championship and 44th, and fifth consecutive, manufacturer championship in 2025.

·        With its 44 NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer championships, 34 NASCAR Cup Series driver championships, and 885 all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins, Chevrolet continues to hold the title as the winningest brand in NASCAR Cup Series history.

TUNE-IN:NASCAR Cup Series All-Star RaceSunday, May 17, at 1 p.m. ETFS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts SeriesBetRivers 200Saturday, May 16, at 4 p.m. ETCW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesECOSAVE 200Friday, May 15, at 5 p.m. ETFS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

QUOTABLE QUOTES:Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletHow do you feel having the All-Star Race at Dover this year?“I enjoy racing at Dover, that’s why I’m in all three series. It’s a little bit different that we’re going there for the All-Star race, but the goal remains the same, to win. It doesn’t matter if it’s a points race or not, we still want to win. I’m fortunate that we’re locked in based on wins and I’m not on edge trying to make the race, but we still value winning the All-Star Race. I think some teams may make different strategy calls based on taking more risks than maybe they typically would in a points race, but regardless, we’re all competitors and we’re all here to win.” How do you feel after Watkins Glen?“Our cars ran strong at Watkins Glen which is very positive. Obviously, Shane getting the win for the organization is great and while Connor and I on paper didn’t have the best result, our cars were good during the race. Getting another stage win for us was great. That’s one of the things my crew chief, Brandon McSwain, has emphasized, getting more stage points. I’m looking forward to Dover this weekend. It’s typically a strong track for me and I’m fully focused on getting the best result each weekend with our car.” Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletWhat was your experience at the Monster Mile when you came for the first time?“The place is spectacular when you see it for the first time. It’s jaw dropping when you watch cars drive off into Turn 1 at those speeds and eat up the concrete. You move fast at a high rate of speed, so you need a car that can handle that. When you first come there in the lower series, you are pretty much told to run wide open with the lower horsepower. That is intimidating. It’s one of the most intimidating tracks you go to, especially when you go there for the first time.” What is the sensation inside the car when driving at Dover Motor Speedway? Does it feel like a rollercoaster?“It’s rough. It’s not a smooth track, so you feel a lot through the front end and tires. There is a common saying of the bouncy ball or basketball effect when the front tires grow air pressure and heat up. It’s definitely not a smooth place with the ripples of the concrete. You start to figure out that you have to relax from a physical standpoint though. If you stay tense when driving there, you are going to wear yourself out. You are constantly telling yourself to loosen up on the steering wheel and you find a comfortable spot during the rhythm of a race. I don’t think you ever get comfortable qualifying there, because the air pressures are up and the grip is high. You’re on the edge in qualifying so there is no way to calm yourself down for those two laps.” Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWith no points on the line, how are you feeling going into the All-Star race at Dover?“Dover is one of my favorite racetracks and I always enjoy going there. It’s a lot of fun. It’s like a roller coaster – super-fast and exciting. You can really feel the speed there, and it’s truly one of a kind, nothing like the other tracks on the schedule. It’s also great going there with no points involved because there’s a lot more freedom. I’m excited to see how the All-Star race plays out.” Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts about Dover Motor Speedway hosting the All-Star Race for the first time?“It’s certainly going to be interesting. Dover has been a pretty good place for us here at RCR and for me. We finished fourth a couple years ago, 11th last year. We’ve been able to get some good top-five, top-10 finishes and are right there on the brink of doing well each time. We qualified on the pole there a couple times as well, so I’m looking forward to getting back to Dover. It’s always a great place to race and I’ve enjoyed that track for a long time. I’ve won there before in the Truck Series, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and in the Cup Series as well. I’ve got my own little family of monster trophies at home and at the shop.” Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing ChevroletWhat are your thoughts looking back at the July race in Dover and your advancement to the finals of the In-Season Tournament:“It felt good. I had been the underdog for a long time, just battling to earn opportunities. Eventually you get comfortable fighting from behind and having people underestimate you. We hadn’t been a dominating car, but we had been a pain to everyone around us. That’s all we could do — put pressure on them and execute at the right time. I had been out of this sport and gained some good perspective. I didn’t take it for granted. I had so much gratitude just to get to race these cars. I’m proud of the way we ran in July. When things were coming together in a season like that, it wasn’t everything we wanted, but we were having fun. And when you could leave the racetrack smiling, you were already winning.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet“Dover Motor Speedway is a racetrack that I always enjoy racing at. It’s going to be interesting with the format of being in the show and trying to still make the show while you’re in it. It’s definitely a racetrack that’s a lot of fun, especially with these cars carrying a lot of speed. Knowing it’s not a points race, maybe we can test a few things out in our No. 16 CELSIUS car and learn some stuff. We want to put together a good weekend for our partners.” Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet“We’ve got one goal this weekend and that’s racing our way into the All-Star Race. The NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet has had good speed lately, so hopefully we can put ourselves in position early and be there when it counts. It’s always an intense weekend with a lot on the line, but those are the kind of races you want to be a part of.” Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet“It feels like you’re driving off a cliff at Dover. You almost come out of the racetrack on entry into (turns) one and three there because the transition from the straightaway to the corners is so massive. It’s the elevation change that makes Dover so unique and challenging. It’s probably a two-story drop from the straightaways down into the corners. Your car gets light, and if you’re fighting a loose-handling condition, the rear of the car really wants to come around on you. You’re basically driving down and into a hole, which creates this massive compression zone, and once you land the bottom of the car, your front tires load up. It’s a whole different feeling. There isn’t another track on the schedule that prepares you for it. It’s what sets Dover apart.” Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports ChevroletHow will the All-Star Race change how drivers race at Dover?“Dover has always been a tough one for me. At the same time, it’s an incredible track with a lot of speed and history. The commitment it takes, the speed, the drop into turn one. It still takes my breath away. Qualifying has always been nerve‑racking, but that is part of what makes Dover special. I love the challenge, even though the results haven’t always been there, we have improved a good bit over the last few years. We had our best finish there last summer, and our Spire Motorsports organization has a lot of speed this season, so I am confident going into Dover for the All-Star Race. You can be a little more on edge with your decision making. Everyone wants to win the million dollars, but a bad day won’t set you back in the points, so having the All-Star Race in Dover will be a bit different. You’ll see some guys get a little more aggressive, especially at the end of each segment when guys are looking to make the transfer. I am excited to get there and see how the new format plays out and super excited to see if our guys can go back-to-back in the pit crew challenge.” Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports ChevroletWhat are your thoughts on knowing you are locked into the All-Star Race before arriving on site?“It is super cool knowing we are already in the show. No matter what happens, we can plan on running all 350 laps and being in contention at the end. Ultimately, it is just another race, which I obviously want to win.” Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletWhat is racing at Dover like for you?“It’s really cool. Believe it or not I have not lost a race at Dover yet. I won the ARCA race there two years ago and then last year I won the O’Reilly race. I have two Monster trophies to my name and hopefully I can find a way to get to the front in the All-Star race and do that again. That would be really cool. Dover is certainly a really cool racetrack. It’s super high grip, super banked, fast. It’s pretty crazy. I’m excited to see what it’s like in a Cup car.” What do you think it’s going to be like at Dover with the short track package in the Cup car?“I think that package is going to change a lot. We lose a lot of downforce when we take that big diffuser off. We’re all curious to see what it does. It’s certainly going to be a lot less grip. We’re going to be flying around and it’s going to be hotter this weekend. I think everybody is curious to see what happens.” Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing ChevroletYou were able to pick up some points and spots in The Chase standings. What is your mindset moving forward with the next stretch of races?“Just got to keep accumulating. Going to try to learn a little bit at Dover. I’m looking forward to a long practice and getting to try some things, experiment a little bit. Also, got some decent tracks coming up. Especially Charlotte, that was obviously awesome for us last year. I was pretty competitive too and Ross won that race. But, yeah, looking forward to getting to those tracks. Just going to try to keep scoring points and maximizing every week and not make mistakes.” You’ve won seven times now. What stands out to you most about last weekend’s Watkins Glen win?“It included a whole team execution day. It was amazing. The first half of the race was straight forward, going quit well. But once the yellows started falling at the wrong time, it got really mixed up. So, I think the team did an amazing job. Stephen (Doran, Crew Chief) made some great calls, when to pit, how to manage the race, paint the picture in my head of how many laps on tires I had to do. As a team, that was one of our best wins.” You mention your Crew Chief, Stephen Doran. How has he been the right fit for you and establishing that trust? He made some tough calls last weekend at Watkins Glen, but they were the right calls. “I work with him every week and we get along really good. I don’t second guess or challenge his calls at any point. I just trust him and he says everything with such confidence. Last year, it was only his second year as a crew chief, and I think we’ve just sort of grown together a bit. It’s been really cool seeing him grow as well and get more confident. That was probably the best race he’s done as well. It was awesome!” One of the changes this year was the number on your car. The No. 97 is your family number. You finally brought it to victory lane last weekend. What does that mean to you?“It’s pretty awesome. I have done it in the O’Reilly Series before, but not in the Cup Series, so it’s pretty awesome to represent that. I’ve been lucky enough to drive for teams in professional series that let me run that number. And when Justin told me about it last year, you know, and he said Connor wants the 88, what do you think? The 99 felt like Daniel’s number for the team. Yeah, it was really fitting. It’s pretty proud. You know, it means a lot to me. It’s also the year I started racing too. So pretty cool to be representing it for, what’s that, almost 30 years now. So, yeah, pretty amazing to get a win in the Cup Series with it.”

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCEDover Motor SpeedwayMay 15-17, 2026

MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race Advances Chevrolet Newsroom

Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series StatisticsManufacturer Championships:Total (1949-2025): 44First title for Chevrolet: 1958Highest number of consecutive titles: 13 (2003-15)Most recent: 2025 Years Won: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Driver Championships:Total (1949-2025): 34First Chevrolet champion: Buck Baker (1957)Highest number of consecutive titles: 7 (2005-11)Most recent: Kyle Larson (2025)Driver and Manufacturer Championship Sweeps: 29 Years Won: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2025 Event Victories:Record for total race wins in single season: 26 (2007) 2026 STATISTICS: Wins: 4Poles: 3Laps Led: 999Top-Fives: 22Top-10s: 44Stage Wins: 9 CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUMULATIVE STATISTICS:Total Chevrolet race wins: 885 (1949 to date)Poles won to date: 769Laps led to date: 257,733Top-fives to date: 4,458Top-10s to date: 9,195 Total NASCAR Cup Wins by Corporation, 1949 to Date: General Motors: 1,219 Chevrolet: 885 Pontiac: 154 Oldsmobile: 115 Buick: 65 Ford: 848 Ford: 748 Mercury: 96 Lincoln: 4 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: 467 Dodge: 217 Plymouth: 191 Chrysler: 59 Toyota: 210

ARP Racing News

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover Advance

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Racer News and Results