Austin Dillon
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
● Playoff eligibleThrough August 15, 2026 · 569 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Richard Childress Racing
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Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother — a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire.
What to Watch and Who's Hot Heading Into Dover's First All-Star Race
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup win into a venue that could not be less like a road course, and a Memorial Day pre-race ceremony with Bronze Star recipients as grand marshals.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
SVG Was Twenty-Nine Seconds Behind With Twenty-Four Laps Left. He Won by Seven.
Stephen Doran's pit box thought it was over. Twenty-four laps later, Shane van Gisbergen took the checkered flag at Watkins Glen by 7.288 seconds — his seventh career Cup win, every one of them on a road or street course.