NASCAR at Dover outcomes: Denny Hamlin fends off Joe Gibbs Racing teammates for his fourth win of 2025

Regardless of being at a drawback on tires over the ultimate runs of the race, Denny Hamlin placed on a defensive driving clinic to go back-to-back at Dover Motor Speedway, successful the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 for the second 12 months in a row. Hamlin’s win on Sunday is the 58th of his Cup profession and his fourth of 2025, giving him extra wins than another driver in Cup this season.

Following his closing pit cease, Hamlin was left with tires that have been a number of laps older than Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell’s, placing him at a drawback on grip as Bell started to shut in. With the specter of rain looming and the laps winding down, Hamlin started making his automobile broad, doing all he may to dam the move of unpolluted air to Bell’s and bathroom him down in soiled air off his automobile.

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Hamlin held on lengthy sufficient to be out entrance when the rains got here, however the bathe handed rapidly sufficient that it allowed NASCAR to dry the racetrack and run the ultimate 13 laps. Hamlin fought off Bell once more on a restart — in a battle that ended with Bell spinning off flip 4 — however he was rapidly confronted with one other JGR teammate in Chase Briscoe, who had pitted for contemporary tires after the purple flag lifted and went on a tear all the best way to second by double extra time.

Briscoe was capable of drive alongside Hamlin on the ultimate restart, however could not clear him earlier than getting unfastened to Hamlin’s inside coming to the white flag. That break in momentum was all Hamlin wanted to drive away on the ultimate lap and full his Dover protection.

“Successful right here in Dover is tremendous particular to me,” Hamlin instructed TNT Sports activities. “This can be a place that I’ve not been superb for on the first half of my profession. And to have back-to-back over the previous few years is superb. … I simply studied among the greats right here. I used to be very lucky to have Martin Truex as a teammate, Jimmie Johnson, watching him win 10 instances right here… You be taught from the greats and you modify your recreation to match them, and you’ve got success like this.”

Briscoe must accept second, adopted by Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson and Ty Gibbs rounding out the highest 5. The remainder of the highest 10 consisted of Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher and Brad Keselowski, with Wallace’s seventh-place end being notably essential. Wallace’s prime 10 end and extra time troubles for Ryan Preece (who completed nineteenth) allowed Wallace to pad his benefit over the playoff lower line to 16 factors with 5 races to go within the common season.

In the meantime, the ultimate laps noticed an enormous growth within the In-Season Problem and the continuation of the match’s largest Cinderella story. After a race-long battle in his semifinal matchup with John Hunter Nemechek, Ty Dillon would lastly acquire the sting when he acquired the free cross after the primary warning of extra time, placing him again on the lead lap whereas Nemechek remained a lap down. 

With a Twentieth-place end, Dillon — the No. 32 and closing seed within the In-Season Problem — superior to the ultimate spherical of the match, the place he’ll race Gibbs (who gained his matchup in opposition to Tyler Reddick) for a $1 million prize in subsequent weekend’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis.

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Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 outcomes

1. #11 – Denny Hamlin
2. #19 – Chase Briscoe
3. #48 – Alex Bowman
4. #5 – Kyle Larson
5. #54 – Ty Gibbs
6. #9 – Chase Elliott
7. #23 – Bubba Wallace
8. #12 – Ryan Blaney
9. #17 – Chris Buescher
10. #6 – Brad Keselowski
11. #8 – Kyle Busch
12. #45 – Tyler Reddick
13. #71 – Michael McDowell
14. #22 – Joey Logano
15. #3 – Austin Dillon
16. #2 – Austin Cindric
17. #7 – Justin Haley
18. #20 – Christopher Bell
19. #60 – Ryan Preece
20. #10 – Ty Dillon
21. #42 – John Hunter Nemechek
22. #38 – Zane Smith
23. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
24. #35 – Riley Herbst (R)
25. #34 – Todd Gilliland
26. #99 – Daniel Suarez
27. #43 – Erik Jones
28. #21 – Josh Berry
29. #41 – Cole Custer
30. #88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
31. #24 – William Byron
32. #4 – Noah Gragson
33. #1 – Ross Chastain
34. #44 – J.J. Yeley
35. #77 – Carson Hocevar
36. #51 – Cody Ware
37. #16 – A.J. Allmendinger