NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 23, 2023
KYLE BUSCH
Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (6 Championships)
2-Time NASCAR Cup Series champion – 2015 & ‘19
15 Playoff appearances (10 Straight from 2013-‘22) / 5 Championship 4 appearances
19th full season / First season with Richard Childress Racing
653rd NASCAR Cup Series race
62 Wins
32 Poles
2 Wins this season – Fontana & Talladega April
Talladega April winner – Started 17th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 3 laps led, avg. running pos.: 16.5
45 Stage wins
9/13/22: Moving to Richard Childress Racing starting in 2023
62 Career wins – 9th all-time
62 Career wins – 56 Joe Gibbs Racing (All-time JGR winner), 4 Hendrick Motorsports & 2 Richard Childress Racing
62 Career wins – 6 Different crew chiefs
6 Career win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – 1 in 2008 & 5 since 2015
19 Straight seasons with a win (2005-’23) – All-time longest streak
13 Multiple-win seasons – Most wins in a season: 8 (2008 & ’18)
Talladega April winner – Ended 28-race Talladega winless streak (4/08-4/23)
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 20 Races between Talladega wins (10/04-5/15)
2 Wins this season – Only 1 win last season
1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Talladega winner
18,958 Laps led – 42 to 19,000
Richard Childress Racing: 115 Wins / 2 This season
35th Dover NCS race (1316 Laps led) – 3 Wins (6/08, 5/10 & 10/17)
Finished 7th at 2022 Dover – Started 10th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 103 laps led (most)
3 Dover wins – 4 Dover 2nd-place finishes
12 Dover NASCAR National Touring Series wins – 4 NCTS, 5 NXS & 3 NCS
5 Dover NXS wins – Most all-time
4 Dover NCTS wins – Most all-time
Richard Childress Racing: 4 Dover wins
Dover Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 Dover
Chase Elliott
Dover winner – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, 73 laps led, avg. running pos.: 4.1 (best)
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 42, 123, 160, 191, 244, 326 (All under caution)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 9th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 26th
>Most Dover wins: 11 Jimmie Johnson
>Christopher Bell: 1 Top 20 finish in 4 Dover races – Finished 4th last season
>Alex Bowman: 5 Top 5 finishes last 6 Dover races – 3 Straight top 5 finishes
>Chris Buescher: 1 Top 10 finish in 12 Dover races – Finished 8th last season
>Ross Chastain: 1 Top 10 finish in 8 Dover races – Finished 3rd last season
>Kevin Harvick: 8 Straight Dover top 10 finishes – 2 Wins & 5 top 5 finishes
>Kyle Larson: Finished 6th or better last 4 Dover races – 3 Top 3 finishes
>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 1 Top 5 finish in 19 Dover races – Finished 2nd last season (Only top 5 finish last season)
>39 Different winners in 104 Dover NASCAR Cup Series races
>23 Different winners in 54 NASCAR Cup Series Dover concrete races
>Chase Elliott: 2022 Dover winner (First win last season) – Ended 26-race winless streak
>Last to win back-to-back Dover races: Jimmie Johnson 9/13 & 6/14 (Chase Elliott won last Dover race)
>14 Dover win streaks – 3 Won 3 straight
>Drivers won first race of season 20 times at Dover – Only win of season for 8 drivers
>Kyle Larson won 100th Dover Cup Series race (10/19)
>Most races before first Dover NASCAR Cup Series win: Kevin Harvick won in 30th try (10/15)
>Denny Hamlin won first Dover race in 29th try (8/22/20)
>3 Won in their first Dover race: Richard Petty (7/6/69), Davey Allison (5/31/87) & Jimmie Johnson (6/2/02)
>22 Champions won Dover – Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte & Joey Logano only champions who raced at Dover & failed to win
>4 Dover Overtime finishes (9/05, 5/15, 6/17 & 10/18) – Hendrick drivers won all 4 (Johnson 3 & Elliott 1)
>Most laps led by Dover winner – 491 by Richard Petty 9/15/74
>Most laps led by Dover winner (400 Lap race) – 381 by Jeff Gordon 6/3/01
>Fewest laps led by Dover winner – 3 by Tony Stewart 6/2/13
>No Dover race settled by last lap pass
>2 Won first career race at Dover – Jody Ridley 5/81 & Martin Truex Jr. 6/07
>Dover pit road speeding penalties:
6/17: 7; 10/17: 1; 5/18: 3; 10/18: 7; 5/19: 2; 10/19: 11; 8/22/20: 3; 8/23/20: 3; 2021: 9; 2022: 8
>Dover commitment line violations:
6/17: 1; 10/17: 1; 5/18: 0; 10/18: 0; 5/19: 0; 10/19: 0; 8/22/20: 0; 8/23/20: 0; 2021: 0; 2022: 1
>Pole won 13 of 104 Dover races
>Driver starting first winless last 22 Dover races
>Worst official starting position of Dover NASCAR Cup Series winner: 37th – Kyle Petty 6/4/95
*Jimmie Johnson started rear of field winning Dover 6/4/17
*Martin Truex Jr. started rear of field winning Dover 5/6/19
>Hendrick Motorsports: 22 Dover wins (Most all-time) by 7 different drivers
>Chevrolet leads all with 43 Dover wins
>9 Different manufacturers won Dover races
>Most consecutive Dover laps led – 461 by Richard Petty 9/15/74
>Most laps ever led by Richard Petty in Cup Series race: 491 – Dover 9/15/74
>Richard Petty won Dover in his 800th career race 9/16/79
>Most laps run under green in a race: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
>First Dover NASCAR Cup Series Race: July 6, 1969 (2 Days After Daytona Firecracker 400)
Winner: Richard Petty
>First NASCAR Cup Series Race on Dover Concrete: June 4, 1995
Winner: Kyle Petty
>First Dover 400-Mile Race: September 21, 1997
Winner: Mark Martin
Dover Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Dover wins
Joe Gibbs Racing 13
JR Motorsports 5
Richard Childress Racing 3
Kaulig Racing 0
>52 Different winners in 76 Dover Xfinity Series races – 35 Drivers won 1 Dover race
>36 Different winners in 54 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover concrete races
>2 Won Dover NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Harry Gant 9/91 & Kyle Busch 5/10
>13 in first 38 races scored their first career win at Dover – Last: Scott Wimmer 9/02 (No first-time winners last 38 races)
>8 Won Dover Xfinity Series race in first try including Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5/98
>All 4 JR Motorsports drivers finished top 5 & led 140 of 200 laps (70%) at 2022 Dover
>Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change last 2 Dover races
>Justin Allgaier led most laps last 2 Dover races (Led most laps 3 of last 4 Dover races) – Finished 3rd & 2nd
>Justin Allgaier won Stage 2 in 3 of last 5 Dover races – 1 Win (8/22/20)
>Stage 1 winner failed to win last 6 Dover races
>Worst official starting position of Dover Xfinity Series winner: 36th – Jeff Burton 6/06
*Chase Briscoe started rear of field winning Dover 8/23/20
>4 Dover Overtime finishes
>Leader at scheduled distance won all 4 Dover Overtime races
>Longest Dover race: 209 Laps (5/11)
>8 Dover races won by driver starting first
>Most Dover laps led: 193 – Ryan Newman 9/05 (Winner)
>Most Dover laps led by non-winner: 160 – Matt Kenseth 5/03 (Finished 4th)
>Joey Logano only driver to win 4 straight Dover races – 10 others won 2 straight Dover races
>8 Dover races won by drivers starting first
>19 Dover races won by drivers starting front row
>55 Dover races won by drivers starting top 10
>Longest Dover NXS green-flag stretch: 160 Laps (9/13)
>Race record (9/13): 131.219 mph
BIG DOVER CRASHES
1995: 19 INVOLVED / LAP 3
2004: 19 INVOLVED / LAP 346
2008: 11 INVOLVED / LAP 18 / ELLIOTT SADLER WAS SLAMMED HARD BY TONY STEWART
2009: 6 INVOLVED / LAP 31 / JOEY LOGANO FLIP
2010: LAP 135 / ELLIOTT SADLER SLAMMED HARD BY DREW HERRING
2011: NXS / 8 INVOLVED / LAP 208 / CLINT BOWYER ALMOST WENT OVER IN CRASH WITH JOEY LOGANO
2016: 18 INVOLVED / LAP 355 / JIMMIE JOHNSON GEAR LOCKED UP AS LEADER
2017: 9 INVOLVED / FINAL LAP