NASCAR Dover Sunday, August 16, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| 2019 Dover Same Top 4 Each Race | ||
| May | Oct. | |
| Alex Bowman | 2nd | 3rd |
| Kevin Harvick | 4th | 4th |
| Kyle Larson | 3rd | 1st |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 1st | 2nd |
Chase Elliott: 8 Career wins – Never won back-to-back races
9th Dover NCS race – 1 Win (10/18)
Finished last at Dover 10/19 – Only 8 laps complete (Engine failure)
Finished 5th at Dover 5/19 – Pole, finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, led 4 times for 145 laps (most), avg. running position: 3.2
Finished 5th at Dover 5/19 – 2nd of 5 straight top 5 finishes (Talladega-Pocono)
Dover 10/18 winner – Started 9th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 123 uncontrolled tire penalty, led only final 11 laps
Dover 10/18 winner – Advanced to Round of 8 (Led only final 11 laps)
1 Dover win (10/18) – Youngest-ever Dover winner (22-Years-old)
6 Top 5 finishes in 8 Dover races – Finished 38th (10/19)
6 Dover top 5 finishes – Most of all tracks
294 Dover laps led – Most of all tracks
Average Dover Start: 8.9 / Finish: 8.6
Dover 5/19 pole winner – Youngest Dover pole winner (23-Years-old)
145 Laps led at Dover 5/19 – Career-high (2nd most laps led in a race: 138 – Dover 10/17)
Bill Elliott: 4 Dover NCS wins – Swept both races in 1988
20 Hendrick Motorsports Dover wins (Most all-time) by 6 drivers
Jimmie Johnson 11, Jeff Gordon 5, Geoff Bodine 1, Chase Elliott 1, Ricky Rudd 1 & Ken Schrader 1
| 2020 Doubleheader Finishes | Pocono June 27 | Pocono June 28 | Michigan Aug. 8 | Michigan Aug. 9 |
| 25th | 4th | 7th | 9th |
2020 NASCAR Cup Series Back-to-Back Days:
2020 Doubleheader wins: Kevin Harvick 3 (1 Pocono & 2 Michigan), Denny Hamlin 1 (Pocono)
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished top 2 in 2020 Doubleheader races – Finished 1st & 2nd at Pocono & 1st & 1st Michigan
11-Denny Hamlin: 1 Doubleheader win this season (Pocono June 28) – Finished 6th or better all 4 races (3 Top 2 finishes)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished top 10 in 2020 Doubleheader races – Finished 3rd each Michigan race
Same top 4 finishers in each 2019 Dover race – Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
6 Finished top 10 each Dover race last season –
Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
1-Kurt Busch: 1 Dover win (10/11) – Last win with Team Penske
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Dover win (9/12) – Only 14 laps led & final win of championship season
4-Kevin Harvick finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 4 Dover races
4-Kevin Harvick finished 6th or better last 4 Dover races – 3 Top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick won first Dover race in 30th try – 2 Wins last 9 Dover races
4-Kevin Harvick won Dover in Chevrolet (10/15) & Ford (5/18)
4-Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher at Dover 5/19 (Finished 4th) – First time best Ford finisher last season (11th race last season)
6-Ryan Newman: 3 Wins first 6 Dover races (All Team Penske) – Winless last 30 Dover races
8-Tyler Reddick: 2015 Dover Truck Series winner
9-Chase Elliott led most laps Dover 5/19 (145) – Finished 5th
9-Chase Elliott: Dover 10/18 winner – Advanced to Round of 8 (Led only final 11 laps)
9-Chase Elliott: 1 Dover win (10/18) – Youngest-ever Dover winner (22-Years-old)
10-Arica Almirola: 2010 Dover Truck Series winner – First career NTS win
11-Denny Hamlin led 218 of first 228 laps at Dover 10/19 (Finished 5th) – No laps led final 172 laps
11-Denny Hamlin: 218 Dover laps led last season (All in Oct. race) – Most laps led of all drivers at Dover last season
11-Denny Hamlin most laps led in a race last season: 218 – Dover Oct.
11-Denny Hamlin: High CO levels and felt nauseous with some double vision by end of Dover 5/19 race – Finished 21st
11-Denny Hamlin: 218 Laps led at Dover 10/19 – 276 Laps led previous 27 Dover races
11-Denny Hamlin last 15 Dover races: 4 Poles, 3 Top 5 finishes & 431 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney finished 35th at Dover 10/19 – Followed with win in next race at Talladega
12-Ryan Blaney no top 5 finishes & no laps led in 8 Dover races – 3 Lead lap finishes in 8 Dover races
12-Ryan Blaney: 2 Top 10 finishes in 8 Dover races – 3 Dover finishes of 32nd or worse
14-Clint Bowyer: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 Dover races – Finished 35th (10/18)
17-Chris Buescher 1 Dover Xfinity Series win (5/15)
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Straight Dover top 10 finishes
18-Kyle Busch: 1 Win last 19 Dover races – 2 Wins previous 5 Dover races
18-Kyle Busch: 12 Dover NASCAR National Touring Series wins – 4 NTS, 5 NXS & 3 NCS
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Dover wins – #1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet, #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota & #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19-Martin Truex Jr. won 2nd Dover race 19 races after first win – 6/07 & 10/16 (3rd win came in 5th race after 2nd win)
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Dover 5/19 Stage 2 – First Stage win last season
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 2 each Dover race last season – May winner & finished 2nd in Oct.
19-Martin Truex Jr.: First Dover win – Monday 6/4/07 / Last Dover win – Monday 5/6/19
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Dover 5/19 winner – Started rear of field & largest margin-of-victory last season (9.501 Seconds)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: On first career win at Dover: “It was a special day for sure. And to win there for me,
that’s my home track and it’s like one of my favorites tracks so it was a big deal. We had a lot of friends and family there, too.”
21-Matt DiBenedetto best non-Playoff finisher in 2019 Dover Playoff race (Finished 7th)
22-Joey Logano worst finish last season: 34th – Dover Oct.
22-Joey Logano:
Finished 34th at Dover 10/19 – Broken axle before green, started 23 laps down, finished 25 laps down, avg. running position: 36th
“We used the playoff points we accumulated; we just have to be perfect now.
22-Joey Logano: 2018 Champion – Winless in 22 Dover races
22-Joey Logano violent flip on lap 31 at Dover 9/09
22-Joey Logano: First career Xfinity Series race: Dover 5/31/08 – Finished 6th (18-Years-old)
41-Cole Custer 1 Dover Xfinity Series win (10/19)
42-Matt Kenseth: First career NCS race: 9/20/98 Dover – Finished 6th driving as substitute for Bill Elliott (26-Years-old)
48-Jimmie Johnson: 11 Dover wins – Most all-time
48-Jimmie Johnson: 3110 Dover laps led – Most all-time
48-Jimmie Johnson 1 of 3 to win 11 or more races at a single track (Richard Petty & Darrell Waltrip)
48-Jimmie Johnson won at least 1 Dover race 5 of last 8 seasons – 2012, ’13, ’14, ’15 & ‘17 (Winless 2016, ’18 & ‘19)
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 2nd (5/19) & 3rd (10/19) last 2 Dover races – Finished 20th or worse previous 6 Dover races
95-Christopher Bell 2 Dover Xfinity Series wins (10/18 & 5/19)
96-Daniel Suarez: 4 Top 10 finishes in 6 Dover races – Average finish: 8.7
96-Daniel Suarez: 1 Dover Xfinity Series win (10/16) – 123 Laps led including final 46 (Went on to win NXS championship)
37 Different winners in 100 Dover NASCAR Cup Series races
21 Different winners in 50 NASCAR Cup Series Dover concrete races
Dover 10/19: Longest green flag run in a race last season – 152 laps
Dover 10/19: Longest green flag run to finish a race last season – 152 laps
Most races before first Dover NASCAR Cup Series win: Kevin Harvick won in 30th try (10/15)
3 Won in their first Dover race: Richard Petty (7/6/69), Davey Allison (5/31/87) & Jimmie Johnson (6/2/02)
20 Champions won Dover – Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte & Joey Logano only champions who raced at Dover & failed to win
20 of last 22 Dover races won by champion drivers – Chase Elliott won 10/18 & Kyle Larson won 10/19
Dover 5/19 winner & 2nd-place started rear of field – Martin Truex Jr. & Alex Bowman
Dover Stage 1 winner went on to win once – Kevin Harvick 5/18
10 Drivers with pit road speeding penalties at Dover 10/19 – Most in a race last season
11 Pit road speeding penalties at Dover 10/19 – Tied for most last season (Bristol April, Bristol Aug. & Talladega Oct.)
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go in 3 of last 6 Dover races
Fewest laps led by Dover winner – 3 by Tony Stewart 6/2/13
No Dover race settled by last lap pass
4 Dover Overtime finishes (9/05, 5/15, 6/17 & 10/18) – Hendrick drivers won all 4 (Johnson 3 & Elliott 1)
Fastest Dover race: 135.734 mph – Kyle Larson (10/19)
2 Won first career race at Dover – Jody Ridley 5/81 & Martin Truex Jr. 6/07
Dover pole won only 2 of last 33 races – Winless last 18 races
Pole won 13 of 100 Dover races – Last 2 by Jimmie Johnson (9/09 & 9/10)
Leader of most laps failed to win last 3 Dover races
Drivers failed to finish 17 times after winning previous Dover race
Last to win Dover spring races back-to-back – Jimmie Johnson 2014 & ’15 (Previous: Bobby Allison 1982 & ‘83)
Tony Stewart is only driver failing to defend previous Dover race win (6/13 winner – Did not compete 9/13)
Most consecutive Dover wins: 3 – Pearson (’72-73), R. Wallace (’93-’94) & J. Gordon (’95-’96)
Jimmie Johnson won back-to-back Dover races 3 times
14 Dover win streaks – 3 Won 3 straight
Hendrick Motorsports: 20 Dover wins (Most all-time) by 6 different drivers
Drivers won first race of season 19 times at Dover – Only win of season for 8 drivers including Kyle Larson 10/19
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
Joe Gibbs Racing: 133 Laps led at Dover 5/19 – Martin Truex Jr. led 132
Chevrolet leads all with 41 Dover wins
Ford: 1 Win last 17 Dover races – Kevin Harvick 5/18
Toyota won 4 of last 8 Dover races – Winless previous 11 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 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
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
Most laps run under green in a race: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
5/18/75 & 5/19/75: First 140 laps raced 5/18 & final 360 5/19 – Winner: David Pearson
5/15/83: Final 5 laps run under caution due to thunderstorm – Winner: Bobby Allison
6/4/07: Postponed to Monday – Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
5/6/19: Postponed to Monday – Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
No Dover races ran shorter than scheduled distance
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS
49 Different winners in 72 Dover Xfinity Series races
1-Michael Annett: 3 Dover top 10 finishes – 2 Straight Dover top 10 finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Straight Dover top 3 finishes – 1 Win (5/18)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 7th at Dover 10/19 – 7th of 7 straight finishes of 8th or better last season
11-Justin Haley: Best finish in final 17 races last season: 4th – Dover Oct.
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 12th at Dover 5/19 – Started 10th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, 3rd caution free pass
19-Brandon Jones: 3 Top 10 finishes in last 4 Dover races – Finished 37th (10/19)
20-Harrison Burton: 2017 Dover ARCA Menards East winner (16-Years-old) – 2017 Champion
22-Austin Cindric: Finished top 10 all 4 Dover races – Finished 9th (5/18), 8th (10/18), 6th (5/19) & 3rd (10/19)
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 10th at Dover 10/19 – Started 15th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, eliminated from Playoffs
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 5th at Dover 10/19 – Pole, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 71 laps led (most)
33 Different winners in 50 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover concrete races
3 Finished top 5 both Dover races last season: Justin Allgaier, Chase Briscoe & Cole Custer
7 Finished top 10 both Dover races last season:
Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer, John Hunter Nemechek & Zane Smith
10 Different winners last 11 Dover races – Christopher Bell won 2 of last 3 Dover races
First Dover win for 9 of last 10 Dover winners – Christopher Bell won 2 of last 3 Dover races
Joe Gibbs Racing 13 Dover wins – All in last 25 races
All 3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers failed to finish Dover 10/19 – Finished 25th, 37th & 38th
Cole Custer led most laps 2019 Dover – 186 Total laps led (115 More laps than 2nd-most Chase Briscoe)
Cole Custer won Stage 1 & 2 at Dover 5/19 (Led first 155 laps) – Finished 4th
Justin Allgaier won Stage 1 & 2 at Dover 10/19 – Finished 2nd
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 3 Dover races
Justin Allgaier won first Dover race in 15th try (5/18) – Most of all drivers before first win
13 in first 38 races scored their first career win at Dover – Last: Scott Wimmer 9/02 (No first-time winners last 34 races)
8 Won Dover Xfinity Series race in first try including Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5/98
Worst starting position of Dover Xfinity Series winner: 36th – Jeff Burton 6/06
4 Dover Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
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)
Cole Custer led 155 laps at Dover 5/19 – Finished 4th
Joey Logano only driver to win 4 straight Dover races – 10 others won 2 straight races
Only 1 won both Dover Xfinity Series races & championship in same season – Randy LaJoie 1996
2 Won Dover NXS & NCS races in same weekend – Harry Gant 9/91 & Kyle Busch 5/10
Xfinity Series regulars won 8 of last 10 Dover races – 7 Different drivers
Longest Dover NXS green-flag stretch: 160 Laps (9/13)
Race record (9/13): 131.219 mph
8 of last 10 Dover NXS winners didn’t compete in Dover NCS race same weekend