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A 40-second pit stop was among the woes for Alex Bowman.<\/p>\n
Hyak Motorsports \u2014 Good news: <\/b>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.\u2019s 20th-place finish last year was his best result at this track. Bad news: <\/b>Stenhouse has finished 30th or worse in six of the last nine races. \u2026 Stenhouse\u2019s average finish of 28.0 in three starts at WWT Raceway is his worst among all Cup tracks.<\/p>\n
Joe Gibbs Racing \u2014 Good news: <\/b>Chase Briscoe\u2019s Southern 500 victory advances him to the second round of the playoffs. \u2026 Briscoe\u2019s 11 top-five finishes tie him with Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin for most in the series this season. \u2026 Hamlin has finished second in each of the last two races at WWT Raceway. \u2026 Hamlin is second in the playoff standings, 43 points above the cutline. \u2026 Christopher Bell has never finished worse than 11th in three starts at WWT Raceway. \u2026 Ahead of the playoffs, Bell said this about WWT Raceway: \u201c(It) is definitely one that I feel excited about and probably the most optimistic about\u201d of the tracks in the first round. \u2026 Ty Gibbs is making his 100th Cup start with JGR. Bad news: <\/b>Bell has finished 16th or worse in eight of the last 13 races. \u2026 Gibbs has five finishes of 18th or worse in the last six races.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Chase Briscoe celebrated with his son Brooks in victory lane after winning the Southern 500 but other drivers left Darlington feeling good. <\/p>\n Kaulig Racing \u2014 Good news: <\/b>AJ Allmendinger finished fifth at Darlington, his first top five since placing fourth in the Coca-Cola 600. \u2026 Allmendinger has finished 10th and 14th in his two starts at WWT Raceway. Bad news: <\/b>Ty Dillon has three finishes of 30th or worse in the last five races. \u2026 Allmendinger has gone 47 starts since his last Cup victory, which came at the Charlotte Roval in Oct. 2023.<\/p>\n Legacy Motor Club \u2014 Good news: <\/b>Erik Jones placed third and John Hunter Nemechek was a career-high fourth in the Southern 500, marking the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 Legacy Motor Club placed both its cars in the top five. \u2026 For the first time since 2020, Jones has scored back-to-back top-five finishes (fifth at Daytona, third at Darlington). \u2026 Jones was one of three drivers who took part in the June tire test at WWT Raceway. \u2026 Nemechek has a career-high seven top-10 finishes this season (he had seven top 10s in his career entering this year). \u2026 The team has 13 top 10s this season compared to four at this time last year. Bad news: <\/b>Nemechek has seven finishes of 25th or worse in the last 15 races. \u2026 Jones has placed 25th or worse in five of the last nine races.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n