DOVER, Del.—Denny Hamlin’s day appeared over. His No. 20 Toyota was in the garage after Brad Keselowski spun him into the wall late in the Nationwide Series race. Not so fast. An angry Hamlin returned to pit road at the end of the Nationwide Series Dover 200 and welcomed Keselowski with a forceful shove and a heated exchange. Keselowski’s public relations rep shoved Hamlin, and crews for both drivers quickly got involved in the brief skirmish.

Clint Bowyer’s first victory of the season gave Richard Childress Racing a much-needed boost. Bowyer won the Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway last night, holding off Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in a green-white-checkered finish. “These guys never give up, the guys at RCR and the ladies,“ Childress said. “They just dig and dig. We’ve been a little bit off, and when you get a little bit off, everybody wants to kind of kick you. We just take that lick and come on back.“

Clint Bowyer likes RIR because a driver has “to keep fighting and digging” throughout the race. It might come as a surprise that the defending champion of the Crown Royal race at Richmond International Racewayis not Dale Earnhardt Jr. It might be news to others that neither Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards nor Tony Stewart won at RIR a year ago.