Truex brothers sweep NASCAR national series races at Dover: You could say NASCAR’s stop at Dover (De.) Motor Speedway was “All in the Family;” a kin-to-win kind of weekend. Martin Truex Jr. answered his younger brother Ryan’s NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on Saturday with a win in Monday’s rain-delayed Wurth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race – the fourth win of his career at the one-mile oval he considers his “home track.” Truex, who started 17th in the 36-car field after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, methodically worked his way forward in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The 42-year-old New Jersey native finally took the lead for the first time with 69 laps remaining and led all but one of those final laps to claim his first points-paying victory of the season, ending a 54-race winless streak.[Read More](5-1-2023)
#19-Martin Truex, Jr. won Monday’s rain-delayed Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 4th at Dover and 32nd career win.
#1-Chastain finished 2nd followed by #12-Blaney, #24-Byron, #11-Hamlin, #20-Bell, #45-Reddick, #6-Keselowski, #17-Buescher, and #48-Berry.
Truex was leading when a caution came out with 14 laps remaining. The drivers on the lead lap pitted. Truex, Blaney and Bell took just two tires. Chastain, on 4 tires, made a late push but finished a half second back.
Pole winner #8-Busch had a speeding penalty on pit road during the competition caution, suffered some nose damage in an early accident and finished 21st.
Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron. Stage 2 was won by #1-Chastain.
There were 19 lead changes among 8 drivers and 7 cautions for 46 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 115.505mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Dover:
Martin Truex Jr. won the Würth 400, his 32nd victory in 632 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 33 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Ross Chastain (second) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 13 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Ty Gibbs (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Ross Chastain leads the point standings by 3 points over Christopher Bell.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Dover:
Race 11 of 26 in the regular season
1) #8-Kyle Busch [2 win], 306
2) #5-Kyle Larson [2 wins], 300
3) #24-William Byron [2 wins], 297
4) #20-Christopher Bell [1 win], 367
5) #45-Tyler Reddick [1 win], 319
6) #22-Joey Logano [1 win], 374
7) #19-Martin Truex, Jr. [1 win], 330
8) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. [1 win], 270
9) #1-Ross Chastain, 370
10) #4-Kevin Harvick, 332
11) #12-Ryan Blaney, 326
12) #11-Denny Hamlin, 317
13) #6-Brad Keselowski, 303
14) #17-Chris Buescher, 277
15) #48-Alex Bowman, 270
16) #14-Chase Briscoe, 250
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #3-Dillon (backup car)
Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway has been postponed to Monday, May 1 at 12 p.m. ET. on FS1, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and PRN.
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #8-Busch chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #20-Bell took the ninth stall.
See all pit choices on the Dover Pit Stall page.
#8-Kyle Busch will start from the Busch pole for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway after qualifying was canceled due to rain.
#20-Bell will start second followed by #12-Blaney, #6-Keselowski, #17-Buescher, #14-Briscoe, #45-Reddick, #24-Byron, #47-Stenhouse, Jr., and #9-Elliott.
The lineup was set by the rule book and based on the qualifying metric.
See the Würth 400 Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Order
Practice for the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway is complete:
#6-Keselowski 158.660
#5-Larson 157.832
#24-Byron 157.790
#9-Elliott 157.549
#2-Cindric 157.507
Slowest: #42-Gragson 152.827
Most laps run:#9-Elliott, 20 laps
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 4 drivers): #48-Berry 154.426
Notes: The start of practice was delayed by 10 minutes for track drying. #3-Dillon wrecked early in practice. #99-Suarez spun out but didn’t hit anything. #43-Jones spun out but didn’t make contact with anything. The session ended a few minutes early due to light rain.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run, and more on the Würth 400 Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Würth 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-Brennan Poole, #51-J.J. Yeley, #78-B.J. McLeod.
See the full entry list on the Würth 400 Entry List page.
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