Chase Elliott takes home his first win of the 2022 season: NASCAR Cup Series standings leader Chase Elliott earned his first victory of the season in Monday’s weather-delayed DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. Elliott led the final 53 laps of the 400-lapper and pulled away from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for a 2.577-second victory in an action-packed race that was slowed 12 times for caution periods – including a red flag weather delay on Sunday that necessitated pushing the restart to Monday.[Read More](5-2-2022)

#9-Chase Elliott won the rain-delayed DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st of the year, 2nd at Dover Motor Speedway and 14th career win.
#47-Stenhouse, Jr. finished 2nd followed by #1-Chastain, #20-Bell, #48-Bowman, #5-Larson, #18-Busch, pole winner #17-Buescher, #4-Harvick, and #43-Jones.
Elliott took the lead from Chastain with 52 laps remaining and pulled away from the field to win by more than 2 seconds.
The race was delayed until Monday after rain stopped the race Sunday with 78 laps complete.
Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin. Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney.
There were 17 lead changes among 10 drivers and 13 cautions for 75 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 104.507mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.

Race Fast Facts – Dover Motor Speedway:
Chase Elliott won the 53rd Annual DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne, his 14th victory in 232 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 19 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2022.
Ross Chastain (third) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Harrison Burton (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 50 points over Ryan Blaney.
(NASCAR)

Cup Series Playoff Standings after Dover Motor Speedway:
Race 11 of 26 in the regular season
1) #24-William Byron [2 wins], 353
2) #1-Ross Chastain [2 wins], 338
3) #9-Chase Elliott [1 win], 418
4) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 353
5) #48-Alex Bowman [1 win], 349
6) #5-Kyle Larson [1 win], 335
7) #14-Chase Briscoe [1 win], 270
8) #2-Austin Cindric [1 win], 239
9) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 204
10) #12-Ryan Blaney, 368
11) #19-Martin Truex Jr., 336
12) #22-Joey Logano, 316
13) #20-Christopher Bell, 284
14) #10-Aric Almirola, 283
15) #4-Kevin Harvick, 280
16) #43-Erik Jones, 262
Below the Playoff cutoff:
17) #3-Austin Dillon, 259
18) #8-Tyler Reddick, 249
19) #99-Daniel Suarez, 241
20) #17-Chris Buescher, 230
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

The DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway has been postponed to Monday due to rain. The race will restart at 12:00pm/et. There are currently 78 of the 400 scheduled laps complete. #5-Larson currently leads #9-Elliott, #12-Blaney, #19-Truex, Jr., and #24-Byron.

Paint Schemes

Cars to the rear: #21-Burton (unapproved adjustments), #24-Byron (back-up car), #38-Gilliland (unapproved adjustments), #45-Busch (unapproved adjustments), #77-Bilicki (back-up car)

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #17-Chris Buescher chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #11-Denny Hamlin took the 9th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Dover Motor Speedway Pit Stall page.

#17-Chris Buescher won the Busch pole for the DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway with speed of 160.149mph for his first pole of the year, first at Dover Motor Speedway and first of his career.
#11-Denny Hamlin will start second followed by #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #12-Ryan Blaney, #48-Alex Bowman, #1-Ross Chastain, #99-Daniel Suarez, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #18-Kyle Busch.
36 teams were entered so everyone made the race.
#24-William Byron, #38-Todd Gilliland, #21-Harrison Burton, and #77-Josh Bilicki did not attempt a lap after practice incidents.
See the complete qualifying results and the DuraMAX Drydene 400 Starting Lineup.

Dover Motor Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Chris Buescher won the Pole Award for the 53rd Annual DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne with a lap of 22.479 seconds, 160.149 mph.
This is his first pole in 233 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2022.
This is his first pole in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Denny Hamlin (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2022 and his 21st in 32 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (third) posted his 11th top-10 start at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in 11 races this season.
Austin Cindric (12th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)

Qualifying Order

Practice for the DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is over, the top-five, slowest and notes:
#2-Cindric 157.846
#16-Allmendinger 157.805
#31-Haley 157.694
#11-Hamlin 157.59
#45-Busch 157.508
Slowest: #24-Byron 105.885
Most laps run: #1-Chastain, 13
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 18 drivers): #5-Larson, 156.169
Notes: #77-Bilicki, #38-Gilliland, #8-Reddick, #24-Byron, #21-Burton had single-car incidents during practice.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the DuraMAX Drydene 400 Practice speeds page.

Crew Rosters

The entry list for the DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #15-Ryan Preece, #16-AJ Allmendinger, #77-Josh Bilicki.
Since36 cars are entered, no one will miss the race.
See the full entry list on the DuraMAX Drydene 400 Entry List page.

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