Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loud column, co-host of the Frontstretch Happy Hour podcast, and one of our lead reporters. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Simultaneously, he also serves as a Captain in the US Army.
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AJ Allmendinger earned a third-place finish on the 1.5-mile oval of Homestead-Miami and points raced his way back into the top four of the Xfinity Series standings after heading into the southern Floridian circuit 16 points below the cut line. He left it with a cushion of five points.
For the second consecutive year, Stewart Friesen failed to make the playoffs. Even worse, he lost the championship finale entry to Ben Rhodes by the smallest of margins – one point.
Ty Dillon will join Corey LaJoie full time with the team in the Cup Series for 2023.
Joey Logano ran down Ross Chastain for a win that locked him into the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 race in a few short weeks.
The Round of 8 for NASCAR’s playoffs, however, remains intact.
After two wild overtime restarts, Christopher Bell got a walkoff win, locking himself into the NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ROVAL.
Noah Gragson will fill in for Alex Bowman again.
Hailie Deegan will be in the No. 07 car.
