Together with his mentor, Kyle Larson, watching atop his pit field, Corey Day mounted a livid cost and handed Justin Allgaier within the closing laps of Saturday’s BetRivers 200 at Dover Motor Speedway to earn his second win of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection season and the second of his profession.
Day discovered chunks of velocity by working the best lane he might on the racetrack within the closing laps and used the highest to get round Sam Mayer for second earlier than working down and passing Allgaier, who surrendered the lead with 4 laps to go.
Day earned his first profession win at Talladega on April 25 and is now solely the second sequence common — the opposite being Allgaier — who has a number of wins in 2026.
“I hoped that is how it could’ve performed out,” Day informed CW Sports activities. “It simply labored out good. Thanks, Mr. Hendrick. This one feels actually, actually good. We earned that one.”
Notable outcomes
Allgaier, the sequence factors chief, completed runner-up, with Mayer, William Sawaliach and Austin Hill rounding out the highest 5. Brandon Jones, Carson Kvapil, Ryan Sieg, Sammy Smith and Anthony Alfredo accomplished the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embrace Austin Inexperienced in twelfth, polesitter Ross Chastain in thirteenth, Rajah Caruth in 14th, Brent Crews in twenty second and defending sequence champion Jesse Love in twenty third.
On pit highway after the race, Allgaier had a chat with Blake Lothian, who received in the best way of him and Day as they had been battling for the lead within the closing laps. Allgaier was compelled to go low after Lothian ran in the course of the racetrack, which allowed Day to get to Allgaier’s outdoors and make the profitable move.
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