Who's hot, who's not after NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover

Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway may have been rain-shortened, but it still provided plenty of storylines. Here's who's trending up and down after the 20th race of the 2025 Xfinity Series season. 

Trending up: Connor Zilisch

Zilisch's win on Saturday was his fourth of the season and his second consecutive. Zilisch has been on a tear since he came back from a back injury suffered at Talladega — he's yet to finish outside of the top-five since Charlotte — and his average finish over the last three races is 1.25. 

Trending down: Daniel Dye 

Dye has finished 19th or worse over the last three races, and his playoff hopes are on life support. He needs a strong run in his IMS debut if he wants to have any chance of pointing his way into the postseason. 

Trending up: William Sawalich 

Consecutive top-10 finishes — including his first top-five of the year at Sonoma — have lifted Sawalich up after a frustrating season. He needs a win to make the playoffs, but the last two weeks have made that a possibility. 

Trending down: Anthony Alfredo 

Alfredo and Young's Motorsports aren't expected to run inside the top-15 on a weekly basis, but he hasn't finished better than 23rd over the last three weeks. A return to the top-20 would do the No. 42 team good at Indianapolis. 

Trending up: Sheldon Creed

Creed has three consecutive top-10 finishes after starting the summer in a slump. He's driven himself into a race's worth of cushion in regard to the playoff cut line as the circuit heads to Indianapolis. 

Trending down: Jeremy Clements 

Like Alfredo, Clements isn't expected to be a world-beater, but he's struggled over the last three weeks. Finishes of 31st in Chicago, 30th at Sonoma and 26th at Dover haven't given Clements and the No. 51 team much momentum as the regular season winds down.