NASCAR Dover Sunday, April 26, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES DOVER STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| 2019 Dover Same Top 4 Each Race | ||
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| May | Oct. |
| Alex Bowman | 2nd | 3rd |
| Kevin Harvick | 4th | 4th |
| Kyle Larson | 3rd | 1st |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 1st | 2nd |
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 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 total Dover laps led 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 races 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)
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 (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