Dover Betting Preview: 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism

Is this the week a Joe Gibbs Racing driver finally wins in 2017?

LAS VEGAS -- This week we get the first race of the season in the northeastern part of the country with the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway's 1-mile high-banked concrete layout known as the Monster Mile. It's a fast track track with lots of room and multiple grooves, but it's still kind of a short track so drivers get in the way of each other and keep things interesting. All drivers respect the Monster.

“It’s called the Monster Mile for a reason – the track can chew up cars and spit them out," said 2011 Dover winner Kurt Busch. "It’s because of those tough transitions into the corners with the high banking and even the high-banked straightaways. It’s tough to do that sharp of a turn on a mile racetrack. It’s like you literally jump down into the corner and then jump back up out of the corner onto the straightaway, and so those points of the track are the toughest part – the transition from straightaway to corner. It’s a fun track to drive.”

There's no other track like the Monster Mile on the circuit, but the best comparison would probably be Bristol's half-mile concrete track. Because of the steep banking and concrete, crew chiefs that do well at Bristol usually brings the same car and set-up the Dover. So before you make your wagers this week, take a look at what happened in April at Bristol.

Jimmie Johnson won that race, taking the the lead from Kevin Harvick with 21 laps to go. Kyle Larson led the most laps (202) and finished sixth while Martin Truex Jr. led the second-most laps (116) and finished eighth. Clint Bowyer would finish second and Matt Kenseth would finish fourth.

Kenseth might be someone to keep an eye on this week and seek out high odds before practice begins. He hasn't won a race all season, nor has any of his Joe Gibbs teammates, but this is a place he likes very much and you have the Bristol thing going for you as well. You should be able to get 15-to-1 or higher on him. He's a three-time winner at Dover, including winning this race last year. He's been seventh or better in six of his last seven starts there and has a 12.8 average finish in 36 starts.

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Jimmie Johnson the best ever at Dover with 10 wins

Johnson is 9/2 favorite to win at Dover; his Bristol win correlates well.

Jimmie Johnson on why he enjoys racing at Dover
"Dover is my favorite track on the circuit. I get asked all the time why, and it really just suits my driving style and off-road racing background. It’s been a while since we’ve put the Lowe’s Chevy in Victory Lane there so it would be nice to make it win number 11 this weekend."

Jimmie Johnson will be available to members of the media on Friday, June 2, at 9:00 a.m. local time in the media center at Dover International Speedway.

ONE THAT GOT AWAY: Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s team had a strong showing last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They finished fourth and second in the first two 100-lap stages, respectively, and just outside the top-10 in the third stage. In the final stage, Johnson took the lead with 33 laps to go as he and crew chief Chad Knaus decided to utilize fuel strategy. Johnson saved as much fuel as he could, however the team ran out of gas with two laps to go on Lap 398. Johnson pitted for a few seconds of fuel and recovered to finish 17th.

LOOKING BACK: Johnson won at Dover for the first time on June 2, 2002, in just his 16th start as a NASCAR Cup Series driver. He followed that up the same year by winning the fall event to sweep the season. Click here to see photos from Johnson’s first win at the "Monster Mile."

SO MANY TROPHIES: Johnson’s most recent win at the one-mile concrete oval was in May 2015. He has a total of 10 NASCAR Cup Series wins at Dover, which ranks first all-time ahead of NASCAR Hall of Famers Bobby Allison and Richard Petty, who recorded seven wins apiece.

DRIVER RATING: According to NASCAR’s loop data, Johnson has the series-best driver rating at Dover with a score of 118.3. The driver rating is a formula that combines wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. He has spent 85.5 percent of all laps run inside the top 15 and has an average finish of 8.2.

OUT FRONT: Johnson has led 3,093 laps around Dover International Speedway throughout his career -- the most all-time of any driver at the track. The amount of laps led is almost double the amount of any other current full-time driver. Johnson led 90 laps during the most recent race at Dover in October 2016 en route to a seventh-place finish. Out of 30 starts, Johnson has an impressive 21 top-10 finishes.

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2017 Season 8th in standings 12 starts 2 race wins 0 stage wins 0 pole positions 2 top-five finishes 4 top-10 finishes 165 laps led     Career 555 starts 82 wins 35 pole positions 220 top-five finishes 334 top-10 finishes 18,611 laps led     Track Career  30 starts 10 wins 3 pole positions 15 top-five finishes 21 top-10 finishes 3,093 laps led

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Clint Bowyer's runner-up at Bristol correlates well to Dover

Clint Bowyer is 30/1 to win Sunday at Dover.

CLINT BOWYER, Driver of the No. 14 Haas Automation Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing: 

What are your thoughts on Dover Speedway? 

“Dover is always a cool track that I think every driver looks forward to because it’s a driver’s track. You’ve got to man up, get on top of that wheel and make things happen. There’s just so many things going on there on that concrete surface and high banks. It’s a lot of fun. If you win there, you’ve earned it.” -

Notes of Interest: 

 Sunday’s race will mark Clint Bowyer’s 410th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and 23rd career Cup Series start at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, where he has two top-five finishes and 12 top-10s and has led 42 laps. 

 Bowyer owns career totals of eight wins, two poles, 60 top-five finishes, 172 top-10s and 2,351 laps led in 409 NASCAR Cup Series races. He also owns eight Xfinity Series victories. He is ninth in the Cup Series standings after 12 races. 

 His most recent Cup Series victory came at Charlotte (Oct. 13, 2012). 

 His most recent Cup Series pole came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (Sept. 16, 2007).

Kyle Busch on run of three straight top-five finishes

Kyle Busch is 6/1 to win at Dover.

KYLE BUSCH, Driver of the No. 18 PEDIGREE® Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing: 

What are the team’s goals this weekend at Dover? 

“We just need keep executing as a team like we’ve been doing pretty much every week. Dover has been a good place for me. We ran really well there in the fall and had a strong second-place run there. I know Adam (Stevens, crew chief) and all the PEDIGREE® guys are working hard to have a good car off the truck and get us off to a strong start this weekend and, hopefully, we can finish off a strong run there this time. We have a big weekend with the first race for Todd (Gilliland) in the PEDIGREE® Truck Friday night, so we’re hoping both of us can have some success this weekend and bring home a couple of wins for PEDIGREE®.” 

What does it take to be successful at Dover? 

“Dover, being a concrete track, is challenging. They’re all a challenge but Dover is especially so, just because of the way you have to run around that place. The way tires sometimes wear out. The way the rubber gets put down there. You’ve got to be fast through the corner. Two-thirds of your lap time is through the turns rather than down the straightaway, so you definitely have to make sure you have a good handling racecar – one that’s good in the beginning of the run on low air pressures and one that’s good at the end of the run on high air pressures, and even through traffic, too. Some of the most challenging times are when you’re trying to get through traffic with guys.” 

Do you enjoy racing at Dover? 

“It’s definitely a fast racetrack. It’s a fun racetrack, too. It makes it interesting when you get to traffic, when you have to pass guys, when you’re kind of falling down into the hole and jumping back up out of the hole to the straightaways. It’s a good place to race. It’s a competitive racetrack and, when the rubber gets laid down, it definitely changes the whole atmosphere and the whole way you run around that place.” Does going from concrete to asphalt change the way the car handles? “We don’t run on an asphalt racetrack that’s banked like that or shaped like that. The mile tracks we go to that are asphalt are Phoenix and Loudon, and they are relatively flat. The concrete just changes the feel a little bit, of course, and changes the way you approach the racetrack, too.” 

You have two Cup Series wins and a competitive history at Dover. What is your outlook with your history there? 

“I love that place. It’s fun to race there and it’s a place I’m looking forward to going to with our PEDIGREE® Camry. I went there when I was 18 to race in the Xfinity Series for my first time. It will scare you the first time you race there. You carry so much speed at that racetrack and, for it to be a mile in length and for it to be concrete – concrete surfaces that we race on, anyway, are a little bit slick. It’s definitely a roller-coaster ride and you need to treat it like it’s fun and not to be scared of the place, I think, because you can get so much out of that place. There are two ways about it – you can probably be really, really good there, or really, really bad there. Some days you’re going to be better than others, obviously, with how you can get your car set up compared to the competition.”

Chase Elliott finished third in both 2016 Dover races

Chase Elliott is 10/1 to win at Dover Sunday.

Chase Elliott on what makes Dover unique
“Just the sensation of speed I think is very real there. The way the racetrack is shaped, only being one mile it seems fast. Some places seem faster than others although you might be going the same speed, but it is definitely a place that seems like it’s pretty quick.”

Chase Elliott will be available to members of the media on Friday, June 2, at 9:15 a.m. local time in the media center at Dover International Speedway.

NAPA AUTO PARTS: NAPA AUTO PARTS will grace the hood of the No. 24 Chevrolet SS again this weekend at Dover International Speedway. The Atlanta-based company will serve as majority sponsor for Chase Elliott and the No. 24 team for 24 NASCAR Cup Series races this year.

DOVER STATS: The Dawsonville, Georgia, native is set to make his third Cup start at Dover this weekend. Elliott has collected third-place finishes in both Cup Series starts at the one-mile concrete oval and averages a starting position of 11.0 and a finishing position of 3.0. Elliott also has four starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at the Dover, Delaware, track. In those four starts, the 21-year-old driver has garnered two top-five finishes, four top-10s, led 19 laps and averages a starting position of 6.0 and finishing position of 5.2.

TESTING AT CHICAGOLAND: Elliott and the No. 24 team will represent Hendrick Motorsports at the Chicagoland Speedway Goodyear tire test on Tuesday, June 6, and Wednesday, June 7. The Cup Series will return to Chicago for the first race of the playoffs on September 17.

600 REWIND: Elliott started Sunday night’s 600-mile race in third. Despite losing a position while testing out the high line, Elliott maintained a top-five position running fifth as the race began to unfold. On Lap 19, Elliott struck a piece of debris dropped by another car, causing damage to the No. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS. As Elliott’s car slowed, a competitor made contact with the No. 24 machine, causing both cars to spin. The accident ended Elliott's day early with a 38th-place finish.

CARS 3: In February, it was announced that Elliott would voice the character of “Chase Racelott” in the upcoming Disney Pixar movie "Cars 3" and would be among a few other familiar voices. To see the first image of Elliott’s "Cars 3" character, click here. Like Elliott, Racelott is a second-generation Piston Cup racer. "Cars 3" is set to premiere in theaters on June 16.

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2017 Season 7th in standings 12 starts 0 race wins 2 stage wins 1 pole position 3 top-five finishes 6 top-10 finishes 169 laps led     Career 53 starts 0 wins 3 pole positions 13 top-five finishes 23 top-10 finishes 527 laps led     Track Career  2 starts 0 wins 0 pole positions 2 top-five finishes 2 top-10 finishes 0 laps led

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Dover International Speedway: 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism

This will be the first of two races at Dover this season.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2017 Top 16 At Dover International Speedway

Rank	Driver	Races	Poles	Wins	Top Fives	Top 10s	DNFs	Average Finish	Driver Rating
1	Martin Truex Jr	22	2	2	2	11	2	14.2	94.8
2	Kyle Larson	6	0	0	2	4	0	9.3	92.6
3	Brad Keselowski	14	1	1	5	6	0	12.1	92.5
4	Kevin Harvick	32	1	1	5	14	1	15.0	90.7
5	Kyle Busch	24	0	2	11	15	6	14.7	105.4
6	Jamie McMurray	28	0	0	2	7	1	18.2	77.9
7	Chase Elliott	2	0	0	2	2	0	3.0	100.8
8	Jimmie Johnson	30	3	10	15	21	2	9.5	118.3
9	Clint Bowyer	22	0	0	2	12	0	12.4	89.3
10	Joey Logano	16	0	0	3	10	1	13.4	86.5
11	Denny Hamlin	22	3	0	3	8	3	18.2	86.0
12	Ryan Blaney	2	0	0	0	1	0	23.0	73.2
13	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	9	0	0	0	1	1	19.1	70.0
14	Kurt Busch	33	0	1	7	9	6	18.1	91.4
15	Matt Kenseth	36	1	3	17	24	6	12.8	108.6
16	Trevor Bayne	4	0	0	0	1	0	26.0	52.7

* – Based on last 24 races at Dover International Speedway (2005 – 2016).

2017 Stage Winners / Drivers with Playoff Points

Track	Stage 1 Winner	Stage 2 Winner	Stage 3 Winner	Race Winner		Following Race #12
Daytona	Kyle Busch	Kevin Harvick	N/A	Kurt Busch		Drivers	Points
Atlanta	Kevin Harvick	Kevin Harvick	N/A	Brad Keselowski		Martin Truex Jr.	16
Las Vegas	Martin Truex Jr.	Martin Truex Jr.	N/A	Martin Truex Jr.		Brad Keselowski	12
Phoenix	Joey Logano	Chase Elliott	N/A	Ryan Newman		Jimmie Johnson	10
Auto Club	Kyle Larson	Martin Truex Jr.	N/A	Kyle Larson		Kyle Larson	7
Martinsville	Martin Truex Jr.	Chase Elliott	N/A	Brad Keselowski		Ryan Newman	5
Texas	Ryan Blaney	Ryan Blaney	N/A	Jimmie Johnson		Kurt Busch	5
Bristol	Kyle Larson	Martin Truex Jr.	N/A	Jimmie Johnson		Ricky Stenhouse Jr	5
Richmond	Matt Kenseth	Brad Keselowski	N/A	Joey Logano		Austin Dillon	5
Talladega	Brad Keselowski	Denny Hamlin	N/A	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Kevin Harvick	3
Kansas	Kyle Busch	Ryan Blaney	N/A	Martin Truex Jr.		Ryan Blaney	3
Charlotte	Kyle Busch	Martin Truex Jr.	Denny Hamlin	Austin Dillon		Kyle Busch	3
Dover						Chase Elliott	2
Pocono						Denny Hamlin	2
Michigan						Joey Logano	1
Sonoma						Matt Kenseth	1

Dover International Speedway Data Season Race #: 13 of 36 (06-04-17) Track Size: 1-mile Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 24 degrees Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 24 degrees Banking/Frontstretch: 9 degree Banking/Backstretch: 9 degree Frontstretch Length:  1,076 feet Backstretch Length:  1,076 feet Race Length: 400 laps / 400 miles Stage 1 and 2 Length: 120 laps (each) Final Stage Length: 160 laps Top 10 Driver Ratings at Dover Jimmie Johnson........................ 118.3 Matt Kenseth............................ 108.6 Kyle Busch............................... 105.4 Chase Elliott............................. 100.8 Martin Truex Jr........................... 94.8 Kyle Larson................................ 92.6 Brad Keselowski......................... 92.5 Kurt Busch................................. 91.4 Kevin Harvick............................. 90.7 Clint Bowyer............................... 89.3 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2016 races (24 total) among active drivers at Dover Motor Speedway. Qualifying/Race Data 2016 pole winner: None – due to inclement weather 2016 race winner: Matt Kenseth, Toyota 109.348 mph, (03:39:29), 05-15-16 Track qualifying record: Brad Keselowski, Ford 164.444 mph, 21.892 secs. 05-30-14 Track race record: Mark Martin, Ford 132.719 mph, (03:00:50), 09-21-97

Dover International Speedway:

History

·        The official opening of Dover International Speedway, then called Dover Downs International Speedway, was in 1969.

·        The first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover was held on July 6, 1969 – won by Richard Petty.

·        The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971.

·        The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995.

·        The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997.

·        The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002.

·        There have been 94 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover International Speedway, one race per year in 1969 and 1970, two races per year since 1971.

Starts

·        391 drivers have competed in at least one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway; 287 in more than one.

·        Ricky Rudd leads the series in starts at Dover with 56.

·        Matt Kenseth leads all active drivers with 36 starts; followed by Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. with 33 each.

·        64 drivers have made their first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career start at Dover International Speedway.

·        Three MENCS active drivers have made their first career start at Dover International Speedway: Matt Kenseth (09/20/98), Kurt Busch (09/24/00) and David Ragan (09/24/06).

·        Ryan Newman (30 starts) leads all active drivers in the series in average starting position at Dover with a 10.033.

Poles

·        David Pearson (Ford) won the inaugural Coors Light pole at Dover in 1969 with a speed of 130.430 mph. 

·        39 MENCS drivers have Coors Light poles at Dover, led by David Pearson with six.

·        Ryan Newman leads all active drivers in Coors Light poles with four.

·        Nine drivers have won consecutive Coors Light poles at Dover. David Pearson holds the record for most consecutive poles at Dover with three; from 1973 to the spring race of 1974.

·        Two active drivers have posted consecutive Coors Light poles at Dover: Ryan Newman (fall 2005 and spring 2006), and Denny Hamlin (fall 2012 and spring 2013).

·        Youngest Dover pole winner: Jeff Gordon (06/04/1995 – 23 years, 10 months, 0 days).

·        Oldest Dover pole winner: Mark Martin (06/01/2012 – 53 years, 4 months, 23 days).

·        Five drivers have posted their first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light pole at Dover International Speedway – J.D. McDuffie (09/17/1978), Joe Ruttman (05/15/1983), Dick Trickle (06/031990), Michael Waltrip (06/03/1991); the only active driver to accomplish the feat is Matt Kenseth (06/02/02).

Wins

·        35 different drivers have won at Dover International Speedway, led by Jimmie Johnson with 10 wins (2002 sweep, fall 2005, 2009 sweep, 2010 fall, spring 2012, fall 2013, spring of 2014 and spring of 2015). 

·        12 drivers have posted consecutive wins at Dover International Speedway, including three consecutive by David Pearson (fall 1972 and 1973 sweep), Rusty Wallace (fall 1993 and 1994 sweep) and Jeff Gordon (fall 1995 and 1996 sweep).

·        Youngest Dover winner: Kyle Busch (06/01/2008 – 23 years, 0 months, 30 days).

·        Oldest Dover winner: Harry Gant (05/31/1992 – 52 years, 4 months, 21 days).

·        Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins at Dover in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with 18: Jimmie Johnson (10), Jeff Gordon (five), Geoff Bodine (one), Ken Schrader (one) and Ricky Rudd (one). 

·        Nine different manufacturers have won in the MENCS at Dover; led by Chevrolet with 38 victories; followed by Ford with 25 and Toyota with four.

·        13 of the 94 (13.8%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover have been won from the Coors Light pole; the two most recent were Jimmie Johnson in 2009 and 2010.

·        The second-place starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (16) than any other starting position at Dover International Speedway.    

·        29 of the 94 (30.9%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover have been won from the front row: 13 from the pole and 16 from second-place.

·        73 of the 94 (77.7%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races at Dover have been won from a top-10 starting position.

·        89 of the 94 (94.7%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races at Dover have been won from a top-20 starting position.

·        Five of the 94 (5.3%) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover have been won from a starting position outside the top 20 – most recently: Tony Stewart, Spring 2013 (22nd-place starting position)

·        The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Dover is 37th, by Kyle Petty in the Spring of 1995.

·        Two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers have posted their first career win at Dover International Speedway: Martin Truex Jr. (06/04/07) and Jody Ridley (5/17/81).

·        Eight of the nine active Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winners at Dover International Speedway participated in at least one or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Jimmie Johnson won at Dover in his first two appearances.     

·        Among the nine active MENCS Dover winners Kevin Harvick (29), Kurt Busch (22) and Matt Kenseth (14) made 10 or more attempts before their first win.

·        Jamie McMurray leads the series among active drivers with the most starts at Dover without visiting Victory Lane at 28.

Additional Finishing Positions

·        Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Dover with eight; followed by Dale Earnhardt with five. Kyle Busch leads all active drivers with four.

·        Mark Martin leads the series in top-five finishes at Dover with 24; followed by Dale Earnhardt with 19. Matt Kenseth leads all active drivers with 17.  

·        Mark Martin leads the series in top-10 finishes at Dover with 33; followed by Jeff Gordon with 27. Matt Kenseth leads all active drivers with 24.  

·        Kyle Larson leads all active drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at Dover with a 9.333.

Track / Event Specific

·        Since the advent of electronic scoring, the closest margin of victory (MOV) in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Dover International Speedway was the September 25, 2005 race won by Jimmie Johnson over Kyle Busch with a MOV of 0.080 second.

Top Five Closest Margin of Victories at Dover in the MENCS:

Margin of Victory	Winner	Runner-Up	Date
0.080	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle Busch	9/25/2005
0.091	Ricky Rudd	Mark Martin	6/1/1997
0.187	Matt Kenseth	Kyle Larson	5/15/2016
0.220	Kyle Petty	Bobby Labonte	6/4/1995
0.340	Rusty Wallace	Ernie Irvan	6/5/1994

·        There have been two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race resulting in NASCAR Overtime at Dover International Speedway:

Scheduled No. Of Laps	Actual No. Of Laps	Overtime Laps	Race Winner	Date
400	405	5	Jimmie Johnson	5/31/2015
400	404	4	Jimmie Johnson	9/25/2005

·        None of the 94 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover International Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.   

·        Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Dover International Speedway eight times: Fall of 1984, Spring of 2001, Fall of 2003, Spring of 2005, Spring of 2011, fall of 2015, Spring and Fall of 2016.  

·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in laps led at Dover with 3,093 laps led in 30 starts.

Female Competitors

·        Two female drivers have competed at Dover International Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Janet Guthrie and Danica Patrick.

Driver	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Date	Driver Rating
Danica Patrick	24	28	10/2/2016	40.3
Danica Patrick	31	13	5/15/2016	59.0
Danica Patrick	24	21	10/4/2015	60.5
Danica Patrick	33	15	5/31/2015	69.9
Danica Patrick	13	25	9/28/2014	59.6
Danica Patrick	28	23	6/1/2014	56.7
Danica Patrick	31	29	9/29/2013	42.8
Danica Patrick	39	24	6/2/2013	44.0
Danica Patrick	38	28	9/30/2012	42.0
Averages	29.0	22.9		52.8
Driver	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Date
Janet Guthrie	15	11	9/18/1977
Janet Guthrie	11	33	9/19/1976
Averages	13.0	22.0

NASCAR in Delaware

·        A total of 177 NASCAR national series races have been held in the state of Delaware - all at Dover International Speedway.

Track Name	City	MENCS	NXS	NCWTS	Total Races
Dover International Speedway	Dover	94	66	17	177

Delaware Drivers in NASCAR

·        Nine drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Delaware; none of the nine have recorded a victory in NASCAR national series competition.

Drivers from Delaware

Driver

Russell Bennett

A.J. Cox

Eddie Dickerson

CJ Faison

Lou Johnson

Joe Martin

Eddie Pettyjohn

Joe Phipps

Ray Sherman

 

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Milestones
Drivers	Has	Needs	Milestones
David Ragan	374	1	Attempt to make his 375th career MENCS start; 65th all-time
Jimmie Johnson	82	1	Tie Cale Yarborough for sixth on MENCS all-time wins list
Kyle Busch	38	1	Tie Tim Flock (39) for 18th on all-time MENCS wins list
Matt Kenseth	38	1	Tie Tim Flock (39) for 18th on all-time MENCS wins list
Kevin Harvick	35	2	Tie Bobby Isaac (37) for 21st on MENCS all-time wins list
Kurt Busch	29	3	Tie Dale Jarrett (32) for 24th on all-time MENCS wins list
Denny Hamlin	29	3	Tie Dale Jarrett (32) for 24th on all-time MENCS wins list
Brad Keselowski	23	2	Tie Joe Weatherly, Jim Paschal (25) for 31st on all-time MENCS wins list
Ryan Newman	51	3	Tie Bill Elliott for eighth on the all-time MENCS poles list
Jimmie Johnson	35	1	Tie Rusty Wallace and Rex White for 17th on all-time MENCS poles list
Kasey Kahne	27	1	Break the tie with Terry Labonte to become solely 25th on all-time MENCS poles list
Denny Hamlin	24	1	Break the tie with Alan Kulwicki to become solely 28th on all-time MENCS poles list
Kevin Harvick	48	1	Break the tie with Lee Petty and become solely 10th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Jimmie Johnson	46	2	Tie Lee Petty and Kevin Harvick for 10th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Matt Kenseth	29	1	Tie Ricky Rudd for 25th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Matt Kenseth	174	2	Tie Bill Elliott for 19th on the all-time MENCS top-five finishes list; become 20th driver with 175 or more top fives.
Dale Earnhardt Jr	149	1	To become the 24th driver to post 150 or more MENCS top-five finishes
Kurt Busch	249	1	To become the 25th driver to post 250 or more MENCS top-10 finishes
Kyle Larson	49	1	To post his 50th career MENCS top-10 finish
AJ Allmendinger	49	1	To post his 50th career MENCS top-10 finish
Jimmie Johnson	18,611	389	To become the ninth driver in series history to lead 19,000 or more laps
Kyle Busch	12,941	59	To become the 11th MENCS driver all-time to lead 13,000 or more laps
Kevin Harvick	10,755	245	To become 17th MENCS driver all-time to lead 11,000 or more laps
Kurt Busch	8,867	133	To become 20th MENCS driver all-time to lead 9,000 or more laps
Ryan Newman	4,738	262	To become 40th MENCS driver all-time to lead 5,000 or more laps

Track Specific Milestones
Drivers	Has	Needs	Milestones
Jimmie Johnson	10	1	If Johnson wins this weekend he will join NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip as the only three MENCS drivers to win 11 or more races at a single track - Petty has done it four times (Martinsville 15, North Wilkesboro 15, Richmond 13 and Rockingham 11) Waltrip has done it twice (Bristol 12, Martinsville 11)
Matt Kenseth	17	1	Tie Bobby Allison and Jeff Gordon for third-most top fives at Dover on the all-time MENCS list. Kenseth has the most among active drivers.
Matt Kenseth	24	1	Tie Dale Earnhardt for sixth-most top-10 finishes at Dover on the all-time MENCS list.
Team Penske	8	1	Tie Roush Fenway Racing for the second-most MENCS wins at Dover on the all-time list
Wood Brothers Racing	7	1	Tie Team Penske for the third-most MENCS wins at Dover on the all-time list.