Overview
- Denny Hamlin took the All-Star win Sunday at Dover, passing Chase Briscoe with about 30 laps to go and finishing by 0.887 seconds for the $1 million prize.
- The event adopted a new 350-lap layout with two 75-lap runs for all 36 cars, an inversion of the top 26 for Segment 2, and a 200-lap finale limited to 26 starters.
- A Lap 2 crash triggered by Ryan Preece ignited his No. 60 Ford and brought a red flag, and later multi-car wrecks in the opening segments collected many top drivers.
- Backup cars were not allowed, so locked-in contenders such as Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain could not make the final segment, while Daniel Suárez advanced through the Fan Vote.
- Drivers, including Hamlin, said Dover’s steep concrete surface made the format feel like a wreck-fest and urged NASCAR to give the track a points race again.