Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware going into the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 on Sunday, July 20 at 2 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Dover Motor Speedway – Qualifying / Race Record Data

Track qualifying record:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 166.984 mph, 21.559 secs. Oct. 5, 2019

Track race record:
Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 135.734 mph, (02:56:49), Oct. 6, 2019

2024 Pole Winner:
Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 162.191 mph, 22.196 secs., April 27, 2024

2024 Race Winner:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 119.433 mph, (03:20:57), April 28, 2024

Dover Motor Speedway Stats & Tidbits:

Season Race #: 21 of 36 (July 20, 2025)
Race Purse: $11,055,250
Track Size: 1-mile
Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 24 degrees
Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 24 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 9 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 9 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 1,076 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,076 feet
Race Length: 400 laps / 400 miles
Stage 1 Length: 120 laps
Stage 2 Length: 130 laps (Ends on Lap 250)
Final Stage Length: 150 laps (End on Lap 400)

HISTORY

• The official opening of Dover Motor Speedway, then called Dover Downs International Speedway, was in 1969.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway was held on July 6, 1969 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty driving a Ford for Petty Enterprises. The average speed of the race was 115.772 mph.
• The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971.
• The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995.
• The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997.
• The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002.
• The track was purchased by Speedway Motorsports in 2021 and the name of the track was changed to Dover Motor Speedway.
• There have been 106 NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover Motor Speedway, one race per year in 1969 and 1970, two races per year from 1971 to 2020.
• Starting in 2021, the track has hosted just one NASCAR Cup Series race per year.

STARTS

• A total of 429 different drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway; 318 drivers have competed in multiple Cup races at Dover.
• Ricky Rudd leads the NASCAR Cup Series in starts at Dover Motor Speedway with 56 starts.
• Top five in Dover Cup starts (all-time): Ricky Rudd (56), Mark Martin (55), Dave Marcis (54), Darrell Waltrip (53), Kyle Petty (52), Terry Labonte (52).  
• Kyle Busch leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in starts at Dover Motor Speedway with 36 starts.
• Top five in Dover Cup starts (active) – Kyle Busch (36), Denny Hamlin (34), Joey Logano (28), Brad Keselowski (26), A.J. Allmendinger (25).
• A total of 68 different drivers have made their first NASCAR Cup Series career start at Dover Motor Speedway; the most recent was Corey Heim last season.

• The best finish by a driver making his Cup Series career debut at Dover Motor Speedway was sixth by Matt Kenseth on September 20, 1998; he started 16th and finished sixth.
• Bobby Isaac leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at Dover Motor Speedway with a 2.2 in five career starts at Dover.
• Kyle Larson leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in average starting position at Dover Motor Speedway with an 8.688 in 16 career starts.

Top 10 in Average Starting Position at Dover (All-Time & Active)

POLES

• A total of 43 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won the pole at Dover Motor Speedway.
• David Pearson (Ford) won the inaugural pole at Dover Motor Speedway in 1969 with a speed of 130.430 mph.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Dover Motor Speedway with six poles (1969, 1973 sweep, 1974, 1975, 1981) at the one-mile track.
• Denny Hamlin leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in poles at Dover Motor Speedway with four poles (2012, 2013, 2015, 2019).
• A total of six of the 43 NASCAR Cup Series Dover Motor Speedway pole winners are active this weekend:

• Youngest series Dover pole winner: Chase Elliott (May 3, 2019 – 23 years, 5 months, 8 days).
• Oldest series Dover pole winner: Mark Martin (June 1, 2012 – 53 years, 4 months, 23 days).
• A total of 10 drivers have won consecutive poles at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series:
  • David Pearson – three straight from 1973 sweep – 1974
  • Dave Marcis – 1975-1976
  • Cale Yarborough – 1980 sweep
  • Alan Kulwicki – 1987-1988
  • Mark Martin – 1988-1989
  • Bobby Labonte – 1996-1997
  • Rusty Wallace – 1999-2000
  • Jeremy Mayfield – 2004 sweep
  • Ryan Newman – 2004-2005
  • Denny Hamlin – 2012-2013
• Denny Hamlin (fall 2012, spring 2013) is the only active driver to accomplish the feat of wining consecutive poles at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Six drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series pole at Dover Motor Speedway:

• A total of 35 different organizations have won a pole at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series; of the 35 seven will be active this weekend.

• Team Penske leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Dover Motor Speedway with 11 poles among four drivers: Rusty Wallace (1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002), Jeremy Mayfield (2000), Ryan Newman (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), Brad Keselowski (2014).
• A total of nine different manufacturers have won a pole in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway; led by Ford with 30 poles, and followed by Chevrolet (26), Dodge (12), Toyota (10), Pontiac (six), Mercury (five), Buick (2), Oldsmobile (one) and Plymouth (one).
• The most consecutive poles by an OEM at Dover in the Cup Series, is six straight poles, and it has occurred three times – Chevrolet (1978-1980), Ford (1987-1989) and (1999-2002).

WINS

• A total of 39 different NASCAR Cup Series drivers have won at Dover Motor Speedway; 24 of the 39 drivers have won multiple times in the series at the one-mile track.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway was held on July 6, 1969 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty driving the famous No. 43 Petty Enterprises Ford. He led 150 of 300 lap event.
• Jimmie Johnson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins at Dover Motor Speedway with 11 victories (2002 sweep, 2005 Playoffs, 2009 sweep, 2010 Playoffs, Spring of 2012, 2013 Playoffs, Spring of 2014, Spring of 2015 and Spring of 2017).
• Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the Cup Series in Dover Motor Speedway wins with three (2008, 2010, 2017).
• A total of six of the 39 NASCAR Cup Series Dover Motor Speedway race winners are active this weekend:

• Twelve drivers have posted consecutive wins at Dover Motor Speedway; none are currently active.
• Three drivers are tied for the most consecutive wins at Dover Motor Speedway in the Cup Series with three straight each:
  • David Pearson (fall 1972 and 1973 sweep)
  • Rusty Wallace (fall 1993 and 1994 sweep)
  • Jeff Gordon (fall 1995 and 1996 sweep)

• Two NASCAR Cup Series drivers have posted their first career win at Dover Motor Speedway: Martin Truex Jr. (June 6, 2007) and Jody Ridley (May 17, 1981).
• Youngest Dover Cup race winner: Chase Elliott (October 7, 2018 – 22 years, 10 months, 0 days).
• Oldest Dover Cup race winner: Harry Gant (May 31, 1992 – 52 years, 4 months, 21 days).
• A total of 22 different starting positions have led to wins in the 106 NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover Motor Speedway.
• The second place starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (20) than any other starting position at Dover Motor Speedway (19.05%) – the most recent was Denny Hamlin’s win on August 22, 2020.
• 13 of the 106 (12.38%) NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover Motor Speedway have been won from the pole or first starting position. The most recent was Jimmie Johnson in 2010.
• A total of nine different drivers have won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway from the pole or first starting position:

NASCAR Cup Series Wins by Starting Positions at Dover Motor Speedway

• The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series is 37th, by Kyle Petty in the spring of 1995.
• The deepest in the field that an active race winner has started at Dover is 16th, by Alex Bowman in the spring of 2021.
• A total of 27 different organizations have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series with 22 victories among seven drivers: Jimmie Johnson (11), Jeff Gordon (five), Chase Elliott (two), Geoff Bodine (one), Ken Schrader (one), Ricky Rudd (one), and Alex Bowman (one).
• This weekend, six of the 27 NASCAR Cup Series Dover winning organizations are entered in Sunday’s race:

• Hendrick Motorsports leads the NASCAR Cup Series in consecutive wins at Dover Motor Speedway with four straight victories from 2013-2015.
• Nine different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway; led by Chevrolet with 43 victories; followed by Ford with 27, Toyota (nine), Dodge (seven), Mercury (seven), Pontiac (six), Buick (three), Oldsmobile (two) and Plymouth (two).
• Chevrolet leads the NASCAR Cup Series in consecutive wins at Dover Motor Speedway with six straight victories from 2013-2015.

ADDITIONAL FINISHING POSITIONS

Runner-Up Finishes:

• A total of 56 different drivers have finished runner-up in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin leads the NASCAR Cup Series in runner-up finishes at Dover with eight second-place finishes.
• Kyle Busch (2005 sweep, 2015, 2016) and Kyle Larson (2016, 2017, 2021, 2024) lead all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in runner-up finishes at Dover with four each.

Top Five in Runner-Up Finishes at Dover (All-Time & Active)

Top-Five Finishes:

• A total of 100 different drivers have finished in the top-five in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin leads the Cup Series in top-five finishes at Dover with 24 top fives.
• Kyle Busch leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-five finishes at Dover with 14 top fives.

Top Five in Top-Five Finishes at Dover (All-Time & Active)

Top-10 Finishes:

• A total of 168 different drivers have finished in the top-10 in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway.
• NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin leads the Cup Series in top-10 finishes at Dover with 33 top 10s.
• Kyle Busch leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-10 finishes at Dover with 22.

Top Five in Top-10 Finishes at Dover Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

Average Finish:

• Charlie Glotzbach (two starts) leads the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at Dover Motor Speedway with a 2.5.
• David Pearson has the best average finish of drivers with more than 10 starts at Dover with an 8.0 in 16 races.
• Kyle Larson (16 starts) leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in average finishing position at Dover with an 8.188.

Top 10 in Average Finishing Position at Dover (All-Time & Active)

LAP LEADERS

• A total of 127 different drivers have led at least one lap in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway.
• Jimmie Johnson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in laps led at Dover with 3,113 laps led in 39 starts.
• Kyle Busch leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in laps led at Dover with 1,375 laps led in 36 starts.

Top 10 in Laps Led at Dover Motor Speedway (All-Time & Active)

• The most laps led by the race winner in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway was 491 of the scheduled 500 laps (98.2%) on September 15, 1974 by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty. Petty started from the second position.
• The most laps led by a driver that did not win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway was 404 of the scheduled 459 laps (88%) on May 17, 1981 by Neil Bonnett. He started from the third position and finished 13th.
• The fewest laps led by a race winner in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway were just three laps of the scheduled 400 on June 2, 2013 by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart. He started from the 22nd position.

TRACK/EVENT SPECIFIC STATS

• Since the advent of electronic scoring, the closest Margin of Victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway was the September 25, 2005 race, won by Jimmie Johnson over Kyle Busch with a Margin of Victory of 0.080 second.

Top Five Closest Margin of Victories at Dover Motor Speedway (NCS):

• Since the advent of electronic scoring, the largest Margin of Victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway was the June 6, 1999 race, won by Bobby Labonte over Jeff Gordon with a Margin of Victory of 22.071 seconds.

Top Five Largest Margin of Victories at Dover Motor Speedway (NCS):

• There have been four NASCAR Cup Series races resulting in NASCAR Overtime at Dover Motor Speedway:

• None of the 106 NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover Motor Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions.
• In total NASCAR Cup Series Pole Qualifying has been cancelled at Dover Motor Speedway 13 times:
  • Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway 10 times: Fall 1984, Spring 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2011, Fall 2015, Spring and Fall of 2016, Spring 2018 and 2023
  • In 2020, Qualifying was cancelled for both races due to the pandemic. The first event’s (8/22) starting lineup was determined by Metric Qualifying and the second race’s (8/23) was determined by inverting the field.
  • In 2021, qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series was cancelled due to the pandemic restrictions and the starting lineups were set by Metric Qualifying. Martin Truex Jr. started from the first position.

• The most lead changes in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is 29 and it has occurred twice, most recently 5/18/1986.
• The fewest lead changes in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is three and it occurred on 10/17/1971.

FEMALE COMPETITORS

• Two female drivers have competed at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series: Janet Guthrie and Danica Patrick.

NASCAR IN DELAWARE

• A total of 205 NASCAR national series races have been held in the state of Delaware – all at Dover Motor Speedway.

DELAWARE DRIVERS IN NASCAR

• Ten drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Delaware; none of the 10 have recorded a victory in NASCAR national series competition.

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