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Two teams state in court documents that \u201cthey once again will face the prospect of losing key sponsors and star drivers\u201d if they lose their charter status.<\/p>\n
Front Row Motorsports \u2014 Good news: Zane Smith has four top-15 finishes in the last seven races. \u2026 Smith has the last two top-10 finishes scored by Front Row Motorsports this season, placing seventh at Atlanta and Michigan. Bad news: Noah Gragson has finished 23rd or worse seven consecutive races. \u2026 Todd Gilliland has never placed better than 25th in three Cup starts at Dover.<\/p>\n
Haas Factory Team \u2014 Good news: Cole Custer has never finished worse than 15th in four Cup starts at Dover. \u2026 Custer\u2019s average finish of 11.5 is his best among tracks where he\u2019s had multiple Cup starts. Bad News: Custer has not finished better than 19th in the last seven oval races on the Cup schedule.<\/p>\n
Hendrick Motorsports \u2014 Good news: Hendrick Motorsports has had at least one car finish in the top 10 in each of the last 25 Cup races at Dover, a streak that goes back to September 2010. \u2026 Chase Elliott has four top-five finishes in the last five races. \u2026 Elliott has 10 top-five finishes at Dover, his most top-five results at any Cup track. \u2026 All six of Alex Bowman\u2019s top-10 finishes at Dover have come in his last seven starts there, including five top-five finishes. \u2026 Bowman has finished 11th or better in four of the last five races. \u2026 Kyle Larson has finished sixth or better in five of his last six Dover starts, including a runner-up result last year. \u2026 Larson ranks second in all-time average finish at Dover at 8.2, just off David Pearson\u2019s mark of 8.0. \u2026 Points leader William Byron ranks first in the series this season in speed and restarts, second in defense and third in passing, according to Racing Insights data. Bad news: Larson\u2019s average finish in the last eight races is 19.8, which is 10 places worse than his average finish in the season\u2019s first 12 races (9.8). \u2026 Byron has only two top-five finishes in the last 10 races.<\/p>\n
Hyak Motorsports \u2014 Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has made 384 consecutive starts in. Cup. Bad news: Stenhouse has three top-10 finishes through 20 races this season (he had five top 10s at this point a year ago). \u2026 Stenhouse has three finishes of 30th or worse in the last four races.<\/p>\n
Joe Gibbs Racing \u2014 Good news: Denny Hamlin won last year\u2019s race at Dover. \u2026 Hamlin is the only repeat winner in the last seven Dover races. \u2026 Hamlin has led 542 laps in the last seven races at Dover, most of all drivers. \u2026 Ty Gibbs advanced in the In-Season Challenge and goes against Tyler Reddick in the semifinals this weekend at Dover. \u2026 Gibbs has six top-15 finishes in a row. \u2026 Gibbs\u2019 average finish in his last six races is 8.5, compared to his average finish of 21.6 in the previous 14 races. \u2026 Chase Briscoe has led 149 laps in the last seven races compared to having led 75 laps in the previous 59 races. \u2026 Both of Christopher Bell\u2019s top 10s at Dover have come in the last three races there. Bad news: Bell has placed 16th or worse in four of the last six races.<\/p>\n
Kaulig Racing \u2014 Good news: Ty Dillon, the last seed in the 32-driver In-Season Challenge, is two races away from claiming the $1 million prize. \u2026 Dillon is paired against John Hunter Nemechek at Dover. \u2026 Dillon has averaged 26.7 points a race in the past three events (he averaged 9.0 points a race in the previous six events). \u2026 Dillon has three consecutive top-20 finishes for the first time since August 2022. \u2026 AJ Allmendinger has three top-15 finishes in the last five races. \u2026 Allmendinger has led 152 laps at Dover, his most at any Cup track. Bad news: Allmendinger was seven points below the cutline after Nashville in June but has lost 43 points to the cutline in the last six races and is now 50 points from the last playoff spot.<\/p>\n