NASCAR Dover Sunday, September 30, 2018

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• 2017 Dover Playoff race: Kyle Busch passed Chase Elliott for win with 2 laps to go
• Dover May: 4th win of season for Kevin Harvick after leading 201 of 400 laps
• Last 3 Dover Playoff race winners: 2015 Kevin Harvick, 2016 Martin Truex Jr. & 2017 Kyle Busch
• Dover May: Post-race penalties 2nd-place Clint Bowyer & 3rd-place Daniel Suarez
• No Toyota laps led Dover May – Only 1 Chevrolet driver led (Alex Bowman)
• 3 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers in top 5 at Dover May –
• First time 3 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 5 in a race
• Kevin Harvick & Clint Bowyer finished 1-2
• Kyle Larson won Dover May pole – Started rear of field (Failed inspection 3 times) & finished 10th
• Last 19 Dover races won by champion drivers
• Most Dover wins: 11 Jimmie Johnson (Most wins of all tracks)
• 4 Finished top 10 in 3 races on concrete tracks this season (2 Bristol & 1 Dover):
• Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Kyle Larson
• 5 Playoff drivers won 1 Dover Playoff race: Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Harvick, Keselowski & Truex Jr. (All 5 won in last 7 seasons)
• Chase Elliott finished 3rd (2016) & 2nd (2017) in his 2 Dover Playoff races
• Kyle Busch leads Playoff drivers with 6 top 5, 10 top 10, 3 2nd-place finishes & 4 top 3 finishes in Dover Playoff races
• 35 Different winners in 97 Dover Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• 19 Different winners in 47 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Dover concrete races
• 17 Different winners in 42 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Dover 400-mile races
• 11 Different winners in 14 Dover Playoff races – Jimmie Johnson only driver to win more than once (4)
• 7 Different winners last 7 Dover Playoff races
• Dover Playoff race winner went on to win championship 4 of last 9 seasons – 3 Times by Jimmie Johnson
• 3 Swept both Dover races & championship in same season – Last: Jimmie Johnson 2009 (Kevin Harvick won Dover May)
• Best non-Playoff driver finished 6th or better 12 of 14 Dover Playoff races
• Clint Bowyer best non-Playoff finisher last Dover Playoff race – Finished 6th
• Winner took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps remaining 4 of 14 Dover Playoff races
• Clint Bowyer passed for final lead change at Dover May – 40 Laps led
• Chase Elliott passed for final lead change 2017 Dover Playoff race by Kyle Busch with 2 laps to go
• Final lead change with 3 & 2 laps to go in Dover races last season
• 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 – 2012, ’13, ’14, ’15 & ‘17 (Winless 2016)
• 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)
• Kevin Harvick won first Dover race in 30th try – 2 Wins last 6 races
• 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 only champions who raced at Dover & failed to win
• Kyle Larson won pole last Dover race – Started rear of field & finished 10th
• Pole failed to finish 21 of 97 Dover races
• Dover pole won only 2 of last 30 races – Winless last 15 races
• Qualifying cancelled 3 of last 6 Dover races
• Pole won 13 of 97 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
• No Dover races ran shorter than scheduled distance
• Chase Elliott led most laps 2017 Dover Playoff race (138) – Finished 2nd
• Kevin Harvick passed 1000 Dover laps led 5/18
• Kevin Harvick led most laps 4 of last 8 Dover races – 2 Wins (10/15 & 5/18)
• Jimmie Johnson hasn’t led most laps last 8 Dover races – Led most laps 9 of previous 11 races
• Leader of most laps won 60 of 97 Dover races
• Leader of most laps failed to finish 6 of 97 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 19 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
• 2 Won first career race at Dover – Jody Ridley 5/81 & Martin Truex Jr. 6/07
• 5 Dover wins by Toyota – Kyle Busch 6/08, Kyle Busch 5/10, Matt Kenseth 5/16, Martin Truex Jr. 10/16 & Kyle Busch 10/17
• Chevrolet leads all with 39 Dover wins
• Ford: 1 Win last 14 Dover races – Kevin Harvick 5/18
• Kevin Harvick won Dover in Chevrolet (10/15) & Ford (5/18)
• Toyota won 3 of last 5 Dover races – 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 (Kevin Harvick won in May)
• Jimmie Johnson swept Dover twice – 2002 & ‘09
• Drivers won first race of season 18 times at Dover – Only win of season for 7 drivers
• Worst official starting position of Dover Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner: 37th – Kyle Petty 6/4/95
• *Jimmie Johnson started rear of field winning Dover 6/4/17
• Most laps run under green in a race: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• 47 Different winners in 69 Dover Xfinity Series races
• 31 Different winners in 47 NASCAR Xfinity Series Dover concrete races
• Dover May: Post-race penalty winner Justin Allgaier
• Christopher Bell & Tyler Reddick finished 4th & 5th after failing to make it through pre-qualifying inspection
• 3 JR Motorsports drivers finished top 5 in May
• 8 Different winners last 8 Dover races
• First Dover win for last 7 Dover winners
• Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Dover wins – All in last 22 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 31 races)
• Dover fall race winner went on to win championship 2 of last 3 seasons – Chris Buescher (2015) & Daniel Suarez (2016)
• 8 Won Dover Xfinity Series race in first try
• 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
• 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)
• Joey Logano only driver to win 4 straight Dover races – 9 others won 2 straight races
• Only 1 won both Dover Xfinity Series races & championship in same season – Randy LaJoie 1996
• 2 Won Dover NXS & MENCS races in same weekend – Harry Gant 9/91 & Kyle Busch 5/10
• Xfinity Series regulars won 5 of last 7 Dover races – 5 Different drivers
• Justin Allgaier best Xfinity Series regular last 2 Dover races – Finished 2nd & winner
• Joe Gibbs Racing teams led most laps 16 of last 22 Dover races
• Longest Dover NXS green-flag stretch: 160 Laps (9/13)
• Race record (9/13): 131.219 mph
• 8 Dover season sweeps – 5 Straight season sweeps 2010-’14 (Justin Allgaier won in May)
• 5 of last 7 Dover NXS winners didn’t compete in Dover MENCS race same weekend