Dover Facts and Notes:


  • ‘¢ Kyle Busch won the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway. It was his 18th series victory in his 198th career race and his second Dover win in his 11th start there. It was Busch’s second victory of 2010.
    ‘¢ Busch competed in all three national series races at Dover, finishing 16th in the Trucks race and first in the Nationwide race.
    ‘¢ Busch led six times for 131 laps. He led 494 laps combined this weekend (172 Trucks, 191 Nationwide and 131 Cup).
    ‘¢ Joe Gibbs Racing posted its 82nd Cup win. JGR has won five of the past seven races this season.
    ‘¢ Toyota notched its second Dover victory and fifth win of 2010. Chevrolet has six, Dodge has one and Ford is winless.
    ‘¢ It marked second weekend sweep (Cup/Nationwide) at Dover (Harry Gant, September 1991)
    ‘¢ Jeff Burton (second) posted his best Dover finish since his victory in September 2006.
    ‘¢ Matt Kenseth (third) extended a five-race streak of top-5 finishes at Dover.
    ‘¢ Denny Hamlin (fourth) tied his best Dover finish.
    ‘¢ David Reutimann (fifth) tied his best finish of the season (Daytona).
    ‘¢ Greg Biffle (sixth) extended a 12-race streak of top-15 finishes at Dover.
    ‘¢ Points leader Kevin Harvick finished seventh.
    ‘¢ Carl Edwards (eighth) extended a 10-race streak of top-15 finishes at Dover.
    ‘¢ Tony Stewart (ninth) has top-10 finishes in the past three races.
    ‘¢ Ryan Newman finished 13th in his 300th consecutive Cup race.
    ‘¢ Mark Martin (15th) extended a 16-race streak of running at the finish at Dover.
    ‘¢ Jimmie Johnson finished 16th in his 300th consecutive race. He dropped from second to fourth in the standings. Johnson has led at least one lap in the past six Dover races.
    ‘¢ Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 30th in his 375th race. He has not scored a top-10 finish in the past four races and has only three top-10 finishes in 12 races in 2010.(ESPN)(5-17-2010)