NASCAR Dover Sunday, September 24, 2017

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Dover wins: 11 Jimmie Johnson (Most wins of all tracks)

Jimmie Johnson:

• 5 Races in the month of October in 2017 – Jimmie Johnson won 14 races in month of October (Most of all months)
• 2015 Dover Playoff race: Lap 104 rear axle seal failure, returned to track 37 laps down – Finished 41st
• Finished 25th at Dover 5/16 – Lap 213 spin & started 18 car crash after gear locked up lap 355
• Finished 7th in 2016 Dover Playoff race – 90 Laps led, lap 278 over-wall-too-soon, dropped to 16th -1 lap, led lap 366
• Dover June – Led only 7 laps including final 3 after starting rear of field tying Cale Yarborough with 83rd career win

Kyle Busch:

• Dover June pole sitter – Led first 18 laps (19 laps total), lap 19 uncontrolled tire penalty while leading (Finished 16th)
• Crew chief Adam Stevens, Jacob Seminara & Kenneth Barber suspended 4 races

Kyle Larson:

• Passed 1000 career laps led Dover June – 241 Laps led (Finished 2nd) – Passed for final lead change in Overtime

Martin Truex Jr.:

• Dover June 3rd straight race with 100+ laps led this season – Finished 3rd (3rd straight top 3 finish)

Ryan Newman:

• Finished 4th at Dover June – Only 2nd top 5 finish in first 13 races this season

Chase Elliott:

• Pit road speeding penalty Dover June – Finished 5th

Daniel Suarez:

Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher Dover June – Finished 6th

Denny Hamlin:

• Uncontrolled tire penalty Dover June – Finished 8th

Kevin Harvick:

• Finished 9th at Dover June – First time in his career best Ford finisher

Danica Patrick:

• Finished 10th at Dover June – First top 10 finish since Bristol 4/15

Brad Keselowski:

• Failed to finish back-to-back races due to crashes at Charlotte May & Dover June
• Most Dover Playoff race wins: 4 Jimmie Johnson (Only driver to win more than once)
• Most Dover Playoff race 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless)
• Most Dover Playoff race top 3 finishes: 6 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Dover Playoff race top 5 finishes: 8 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Dover Playoff race top 10 finishes: 9 Jimmie Johnson
• 10/1/67 (50 Years ago): North Wilkesboro victory was Richard Petty’s record-extending 10th straight win
• 35 Different winners in 95 Dover Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• 10 Different winners in 13 Dover Playoff races – Jimmie Johnson only driver to win more than once (4)
• 6 Different winners last 6 Dover Playoff races
• Matt Kenseth passed for final lead change 4 Dover Playoff races
• Winner took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps remaining 3 of 13 Dover Playoff races
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change last Dover race – 241 Laps led
• 19 Different winners in 45 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Dover concrete races
• 17 Different winners in 40 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Dover 400-mile races
• Jimmie Johnson only repeat winner last 12 Dover races (5 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
• Dover Playoff race winner went on to win championship 4 of last 8 seasons – 3 Times by Jimmie Johnson
• 3 Swept both Dover races & championship in same season – Last: Jimmie Johnson 2009
• Winner of 3rd Playoff race went on to win championship 3 times including last 2 of last 5 seasons
• Best non-Playoff driver finished 6th or better 11 of 13 Dover Playoff races
• Jeff Gordon best non-Playoff finisher last Dover Playoff race – Finished 10th
• Jimmie Johnson 1 of 3 to win more than 10 races at a single track (Richard Petty & Darrell Waltrip)
• Jimmie Johnson won at least 1 Dover race 5 of last 6 seasons
• Martin Truex Jr. won 2nd Dover race 19 races after first win – 6/07 & 10/16
• Most races before first Dover Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win: Kevin Harvick won in 30th try (10/15)
• Hendrick Motorsports won 5 of last 8 Dover races – Jimmie Johnson 4 & Jeff Gordon 1
• 3 Won in their first Dover race: Richard Petty (7/6/69), Davey Allison (5/31/87) & Jimmie Johnson (6/2/02)
• 19 Champions won Dover – Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki & Terry Labonte only champions who raced at Dover & failed to win
• Dover pole won only 2 of last 28 races – Winless last 13 races
• Qualifying cancelled 3 of last 4 Dover races
• Pole won 13 of 95 Dover races – Last 2 by Jimmie Johnson (9/09 & 9/10)
• David Pearson leads all with 3 Dover wins from pole – Jimmie Johnson won 2 from pole
• 3 Dover overtime finishes (9/05, 5/15 & 6/17) – Jimmie Johnson winner all 3 times
• Kyle Larson led at scheduled distance in June – Finished 2nd
• Kyle Larson led most laps last Dover race (241) – Finished 2nd
• Jimmie Johnson passed 3000 Dover laps led 5/16
• Kyle Larson passed 1000 career laps led at Dover 6/17
• Kevin Harvick led most laps 3 of last 6 Dover races – Only 1 win (10/15)
• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 2 of last 5 Dover races – 1 Win (10/16)
• Leader of most laps won 59 of 95 Dover races
• Leader of most laps failed to finish 6 of 95 Dover races
• Most consecutive Dover laps led – 461 by Richard Petty 9/15/74
• Most laps ever led by Richard Petty in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race: 491 – Dover 9/15/74
• Richard Petty won Dover in his 800th career race 9/16/79
• Jimmie Johnson: 8 Wins last 17 Dover races
• 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
• 16 of last 17 Dover races won by championship drivers
• Most cautions Dover 400-mile race: 15 (6/17)
• 4 Dover wins by Toyota – Kyle Busch 6/08, Kyle Busch 5/10, Matt Kenseth 5/16 & Martin Truex Jr. 10/16
• Chevrolet leads all with 39 Dover wins
• Ford winless last 12 Dover races – Last Ford win: 5/11 Matt Kenseth
• Toyota swept both Dover races last season – Winless previous 11 races
• 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
• 10 Dover season sweeps – Last: 2009 Jimmie Johnson (Jimmie Johnson won in June)
• Jimmie Johnson swept Dover twice – 2002 & ‘09
• Drivers won first race of season 18 times at Dover – Only win of season for 7 drivers
• Most laps run under green in a race: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
• 19 Hendrick Motorsports Dover wins (Most all-time) by 5 drivers – Johnson 11, J. Gordon 5, G. Bodine 1, Rudd 1 & Schrader 1
• 9 Roush Fenway Racing Dover wins by 4 drivers – Martin 4, Biffle 2, Kenseth 2 & Edwards 1
• 8 Team Penske Dover wins by 4 different drivers – Newman 3, R. Wallace 3, Kurt Busch 1 & Keselowski 1
• 7 Wood Brothers Dover wins – David Pearson 5 & Neil Bonnett 2
• 6 Joe Gibbs Racing Dover wins by 4 different drivers – Kyle Busch 2, Stewart 2, Kenseth 1 & B. Labonte 1
• 4 Richard Childress Racing Dover wins – Dale Earnhardt 3 & Jeff Burton 1
• 2 Stewart-Haas Racing Dover wins – Kevin Harvick 1 & Tony Stewart 1
• Cash Bowyer birthday 10/1/14
• First Dover Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race: July 6, 1969 (2 Days After Daytona Firecracker 400)
• Winner: Richard Petty
• First Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race on Dover Concrete: June 4, 1995
• Winner: Kyle Petty
• First Dover 400-Mile Race: September 21, 1997
• Winner: Mark Martin

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Dover wins: 5 Kyle Busch
• Most Dover 2nd-place finishes: 3 Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano & Larry Pearson
• Most Dover top 3 finishes: 9 Matt Kenseth
• Most Dover top 5 finishes: 12 Matt Kenseth
• Most Dover top 10 finishes: 15 Kyle Busch
• 45 Different winners in 67 Dover Xfinity Series races
• 29 Different winners in 45 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover concrete races
• 6 Different winners last 6 Dover races
• First Dover win for last 5 Dover winners
• Full-time Xfinity Series drivers won 4 of last 5 Dover races – 4 Different drivers
• 4 of last 5 Dover NXS winners didn’t compete in Dover MENCS race same weekend
• Cole Custer best full-time Xfinity Series driver last Dover race – Finished 4th
• 8 Dover season sweeps – 5 Straight season sweeps 2010-’14 (Kyle Larson won in June)
• 13 in first 38 races scored their first career win at Dover – Last: Scott Wimmer 9/02 (No first-time winners last 29 races)
• Dover fall race winner went on to win championship last 2 seasons – Chris Buescher (2015) & Daniel Suarez (2016)
• 8 Won Dover Xfinity Series race in first try
• Joey Logano only driver to win 4 straight Dover races – 9 others won 2 straight races
• 2 Won Dover NXS & MENCS races in same weekend – Harry Gant 9/91 & Kyle Busch 5/10
• Joe Nemechek & Jimmy Spencer won first Dover race in 14th try – Most of all drivers before first win
• Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Dover wins – All in last 20 races
• Daniel Suarez passed for final lead change last Dover race
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 times at Dover
• 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)
• Fewest laps led by winner: 1 – Michael Waltrip 9/88
• Most laps led: 193 – Ryan Newman 9/05 (Winner)
• Most laps led by non-winner: 160 – Matt Kenseth 5/03 (Finished 4th)
• Joe Gibbs Racing teams led most laps 16 of last 20 Dover races
• Longest Dover NXS green-flag stretch: 160 Laps (9/13)
• Race record (9/13): 131.219 mph