Denny Hamlin outduels Chase Briscoe to win NASCAR All-Star Race - ESPN

DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin avoided trouble by starting from the pole for what turned out to be a caution-plagued event and outdueled Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe on Sunday for his second victory in the NASCAR All-Star Race.

Hamlin, who also had the pole when he won the race in 2015, led the final 30 laps at Dover Motor Speedway, which became the sixth track to hold the exhibition event in the Cup Series. His No. 11 Toyota finished 0.887 seconds ahead of Briscoe's No. 19 to earn the $1 million prize.

It's the third consecutive win on the 1-mile oval for Hamlin, who won points races at the Monster Mile in 2024 and 2025.

Erik Jones completed a top-three sweep by Toyota, followed by Austin Dillon and rookie Connor Zilisch.

Several crashes during the first two 75-lap segments collected more than half the 36-car field. There were 19 drivers locked into the 200-lap dash for $1 million, but Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain still were eliminated because their cars could not be repaired and backups weren't allowed.

The field was narrowed to 26 cars for the final segment. Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell started the last stage with cars that were damaged and slower than the rest.

Larson retired from the race with 60 laps remaining because of a power steering failure.

By winning an online fan vote, Daniel Suarez advanced to the final segment with a damaged car and finished three laps down.

Untimely exits

Elliott, voted eight times as the most popular driver in the Cup Series, was knocked out after his No. 9 Chevrolet was caught in two wrecks during the first segment.

«It was pretty wild,» said Elliott, the 2020 Cup Series champion and 2020 All-Star Race winner. «I