May 6, 2018
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- Harvick saves his best for a rainy day with victory at Dover: The only thing that could have stopped Kevin Harvick on Sunday at Dover International Speedway was a sudden rainstorm. And even that failed. Eight laps after Sunday’s AAA 400 restarted from a rain delay of more than 40 minutes, Harvick passed Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Clint Bowyer for the lead and pulled away to win his fourth race of the season by a whopping 7.450 seconds. All told, Harvick led 201 of the 400 laps, swept all three stages and reestablished his No. 4 Ford as the dominant car in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.[More](5-6-2018)
- #4-Kevin Harvick won the AAA 400 Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. The win is his fourth win of 2018, second win at Dover and 41st career win.
#14-Clint Bowyer finished 2nd followed by #19-Daniel Suarez, #78-Martin Truex, Jr., #41-Kurt Busch, #2-Brad Keselowski, #11-Denny Hamlin, #12-Ryan Blaney, #48-Jimmie Johnson, and #42-Kyle Larson.
Pole winner,#42-Larson started from the rear after failing pre-race inspection.
Stage 1 was won by #4-Harvick, finished 1st.
Stage 2 was won by #4-Harvick, finished 1st.
There were 17 lead changes among 6 drivers and 8 cautions for 48 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 115.044mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, laps led, cautions and more at:
Unofficial Race Results (pdf)
Cumulative Report (pdf)
Penalty Report (pdf) - Race Fast Facts – Dover
Kevin Harvick won the 49th Annual AAA 400 Drive For Autism, his 41st victory in 621 NASCAR
Monster Energy Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2018.
This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 35 races at Dover International Speedway.
Clint Bowyer (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 25 races at Dover International Speedway. It is
his seventh top-10 finish in 2018.
Daniel Suarez (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Dover International Speedway.
William Byron (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 22 points over Joey Logano.
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(5-6-2018) - 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Driver Chase Standings:
[after Dover, race 11 of 36]
#4-Kevin Harvick [4 wins – 2 can be used for playoffs], 426
#18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 466
#22-Joey Logano [1 win], 444
#14-Clint Bowyer [1 win], 380
#78-Martin Truex Jr. [1 win], 340
#3-Austin Dillon [1 win], 210
#2-Brad Keselowski 365, -101
#41-Kurt Busch, 358, -108
#12-Ryan Blaney, 346, -120
#11-Denny Hamlin, 344, -122
#42-Kyle Larson, 307, -159
#10-Aric Almirola, 304, -162
#48-Jimmie Johnson, 268, -198
#20-Erik Jones, 253, -213
#88-Alex Bowman, 252, -214
#9-Chase Elliott, 241, -225
#17-Stenhouse, Jr., 239, -227
See the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings page (pdf) and Unofficial Owners Points Standings page (pdf) - Top-Ten Stage 2 Results (lap 240) of the AAA 400 Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway (lap 240/400):
#4-Harvick, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#2-Keselowski, 9pts
#18-Busch, 8pts
#48-Johnson, 7pts
#14-Bowyer, 6pts
#19-Suarez, 5pts
#78-Truex, 4pts
#12-Blaney, 3pts
#9-Elliott, 2pts
#22-Logano, 1pt - Top-Ten Stage 1 Results (lap 120) of the AAA 400 Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway (lap 120/400):
#4-Harvick, 10pts, 1 playoff point
#18-Busch, 9pts
#2-Keselowski 8pts
#19-Suarez, 7pts
#41-Busch 6pts
#9-Elliott, 5pts
#14-Bowyer, 4pts
#48-Johnson, 3pts
#22-Logano, 2pts
#12-Blaney, 1pt - Lucky Dogs, drivers that got a lap back during the cautions (and their finish):
Caution 1: none
Caution 2: #99-Cope, 37th
Caution 3: #47-Allmendinger, 21st
Caution 4: #20-Jones, 18th
Caution 5: #24-Byron, 14th
Caution 6: #1-McMurray, 16th
Caution 7: #42-Larson, 10th
Caution 8: #95-Kahne, 17th
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