AAA 400 Drive for Autism

The AAA 400 Drive for Autism is a 400 mile (640 km) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, the other one being the Dover 400, the fall race at Dover, for the NASCAR Chase for the Championship, it is the first of two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover. The 2007 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa marked the first time that a NASCAR Cup race entitlement was dedicated to a non-profit organization, by the race's title sponsor, Visa Inc."Racing for a cure", Pete Schnatz, June 1, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer, Retrieved June 4, 2007
Starting in 2007 thru 2017, Dover International Speedway announced that the 2007 race would be named the “Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa.", dedicating to increasing understanding and knowledge of autism spectrum disorders; to funding dedicated to eugenics; and to advocating for the needs of affected families.
Between 2001 and 2006, the race was broadcast in the United States on FX. Television coverage of the race moved to the Fox network beginning in 2007, but after eight years, the race returned to cable television with Fox Sports 1.
==Past winners==
Year 	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
Year 	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
1969 	July 6 	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Ford 	300 	300 (482.803)	2:35:28 	115.772 	Report
1970 	Sept 20	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Plymouth 	300 	300 (482.803)	2:40:34 	112.103 	Report
1971 	June 6 	12 	Bobby Allison 	Holman-Moody 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:30:40 	123.119 	Report
1972 	June 4 	12 	Bobby Allison 	Richard Howard 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:12:49 	118.019 	Report
1973 	June 3 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:10:32 	119.745 	Report
1974 	May 19 	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Richard Howard 	Chevrolet 	450* 	450 (724.204)	3:54:40 	115.057 	Report
1975 	May 18 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:57:32 	100.82 	Report
1976 	May 16 	72 	Benny Parsons 	L.G. DeWitt 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:19:53 	115.436 	Report
1977 	May 15 	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Junior Johnson & Associates 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:03:26 	123.327 	Report
1978 	May 21 	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:21:38 	114.664 	Report
1979 	May 20 	21 	Neil Bonnett 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:29:37 	111.269 	Report
1980 	May 18 	15 	Bobby Allison 	Bud Moore Engineering 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:23:28 	113.866 	Report
1981 	May 17 	90 	Jody Ridley 	Junie Donlavey 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:17:18 	116.595 	Report
1982 	May 16 	88 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:09:43 	120.136 	Report
1983 	May 15 	22 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Buick 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:21:13 	114.847 	Report
1984 	May 20 	43 	Richard Petty 	Curb Racing 	Pontiac 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:12:42 	118.717 	Report
1985 	May 19 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:03:43 	123.094 	Report
1986 	May 18 	5 	Geoffrey Bodine 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:20:51 	115.009 	Report
1987 	May 31 	28 	Davey Allison 	Ranier-Lundy 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:25:35 	112.958 	Report
1988 	June 5 	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:12:41 	118.726 	Report
1989 	June 4 	3 	Dale Earnhardt 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:06:34 	121.67 	Report
1990 	June 3 	10 	Derrike Cope 	Whitcomb Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:02:01 	123.96 	Report
1991 	June 2 	25 	Ken Schrader 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:09:41 	120.152 	Report
1992 	May 31 	33 	Harry Gant 	Leo Jackson Racing 	Oldsmobile 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:34:05 	109.456 	Report
1993 	June 6 	3 	Dale Earnhardt 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:44:06 	105.6 	Report
1994 	June 5 	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:52:36 	102.529 	Report
1995 	June 4 	42 	Kyle Petty 	SABCO Racing 	Pontiac 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:10:15 	119.88 	Report
1996 	June 2 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:04:25 	122.741 	Report
1997 	June 1 	10 	Ricky Rudd 	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:21:42 	114.635 	Report
1998 	May 31 	88 	Dale Jarrett 	Robert Yates Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:20:46 	119.522 	Report
1999 	June 6 	18 	Bobby Labonte 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:19:00 	120.603 	Report
2000 	June 4 	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:39:09 	109.514 	Report
2001 	June 3 	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:19:24 	120.361 	Report
2002 	June 2 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:24:10 	117.551 	Report
2003 	June 1 	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:44:31 	106.896 	Report
2004 	June 6 	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	4:07:19 	97.042 	Report
2005 	June 5 	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:15:43 	122.626 	Report
2006 	June 4 	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:38:27 	109.865 	Report
2007 	June 4*	1 	Martin Truex Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:21:45 	118.95 	Report
2008 	June 1 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:18:04 	121.171 	Report
2009 	May 31 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:28:16 	115.237 	Report
2010 	May 16 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:06:21 	128.79 	Report
2011*	May 15 	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:11:07 	125.578 	Report
2012 	June 3 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:15:23 	122.835 	Report
2013 	June 2 	14 	Tony Stewart 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:14:51 	123.172 	Report
2014 	June 1 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:23:52 	117.724 	Report
2015 	May 31 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	405* 	405 (651.784)	3:23:16 	119.547 	Report
2016 	May 15 	20 	Matt Kenseth 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:39:29 	109.348 	Report
2017 	June 4 	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	406* 	406 (653.394)	3:52:06 	104.955 	Report
2018 	May 6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Report
===Notes===
*1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
*1984: Richard Petty's 200th Cup class win (see 1971 Myers Brothers 250 for description of issue).
*2007: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
*2011: First time the starting lineup was set by the practice times of the drivers (fastest gets pole) because of the new NASCAR qualifying rule for 2011.
*2015 and 2017: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
6 	Jimmie Johnson 	2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
5 	Bobby Allison 	1971, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1983
3 	David Pearson 	1973, 1975, 1978
3 	Richard Petty 	1969, 1970, 1984
3 	Matt Kenseth 	2006, 2011, 2016
2 	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1977
2 	Bill Elliott 	1985, 1988
2 	Dale Earnhardt 	1989, 1993
2 	Jeff Gordon 	1996, 2001
2 	Kyle Busch 	2008, 2010
2 	Tony Stewart 	2000, 2013
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
10 	Hendrick Motorsports 	1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
5 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2016
4 	Wood Brothers Racing 	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4 	Roush Fenway Racing 	2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
2 	Petty Enterprises 	1969, 1970
2 	Richard Howard 	1972, 1974
2 	DiGard Motorsports 	1982, 1983
2 	Melling Racing 	1985, 1988
2 	Richard Childress Racing	1989, 1993
2 	Penske Racing 	1994, 2003
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
20 	Chevrolet 	1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
13 	Ford 	1969, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
5 	Mercury 	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4 	Pontiac 	1984, 1995, 1999, 2000
3 	Toyota 	2008, 2010, 2016
1 	Plymouth 	1970
1 	Buick 	1983
1 	Oldsmobile 	1992
1 	Dodge 	2003
==Notable moments==
*2014: Coming off turn two, A. J. Allmendinger came across Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and got loose. He collected Greg Biffle and both got loose. Biffle went into the wall tail-first, hit Stenhouse, and sent him into the outside wall and head first into the inside one on the backstretch. Landon Cassill and Ryan Truex also spun out in Turn 1. This brought out the third caution of the race. The race was then red-flagged, while Justin Allgaier also took damage when he was clipped in the side by Biffle. Kevin Harvick took the lead from Johnson on lap 142 while on lap 157, Jamie McMurray hit a piece on concrete in Turn 2, hit the wall in Turn 3 and brought out the fourth caution. This happened in a similar fashion to Jeff Gordon at Martinsville Speedway in 2004. NASCAR was forced to red flag the race for a second time to fix a hole in the track, while the concrete also damaged the glass covering the crossover bridge that crosses over the top of Turn 2. The race was suspended for 22 minutes, with Harvick holding the lead at the restart. However, just after the restart, Harvick had a tire go down and Matt Kenseth took the lead, Johnson retook the lead on lap 179, and upon completing lap 215, he became the all-time leader in laps led at Dover. Bowman hit the wall for a third time in turn 1 and brought out the fifth caution on lap 218. J. J. Yeley brought out the sixth caution on lap 240 after blowing his engine, while debris brought out the seventh caution with forty laps to go. Casey Mears' right-rear tire came apart and the inner-liner rubber that came off the tire brought out the eighth caution with eight laps to go. Johnson held off a four lap charge by Brad Keselowski to take his second win of the season – successively, for the 13th time in his career – and 68th of his career. "It is incredible," Johnson said. "This race car was awesome. I just have so much to be thankful for. Chad (crew chief Knaus) told me I'd love the car, and sure enough, from the time we unloaded the car, he was right." Keselowski described his day as "up and down" and that his car did not progress as much as he had liked until the halfway mark of the race.
*2015: For the first few laps, Truex, Jr. kept Hamlin from getting a big lead, but as the field caught the tail end of the field, Hamlin jumped to a bigger lead. Eventually, Truex, Jr. took back the lead on lap 145. The second round of pit stops began on lap 150 when Clint Bowyer hit pit road. Truex, Jr. surrendered the lead to pit on lap 158 and gave it to Hamlin. He pitted on lap 160 and handed the lead to teammate Carl Edwards. He pitted on lap 162 and handed the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr. The second caution flew on lap 163 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had a tire blow out and slammed the wall in turn 2. David Gilliland was tagged for speeding on pit road during the green flag stops and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Edwards was tagged for taking equipment out of the pit box after the wrench used to adjust the track bar got stuck in the hole and restarted the race from the tail end of the field. The race restarted on lap 169 with Truex, Jr. in the lead. The third caution of the race flew on lap 176 for a 3-car wreck on the front stretch. This began when Trevor Bayne, while exiting turn 4, was moving up the track and got turned by Michael Annett. He overcorrected, turned down, and hit the inside wall. Annett continued to ride the wall before getting rear-ended by Allgaier. Annett continued on, but Allgaier did not. While Truex opted not to pit, most of the cars on the lead lap behind him did. The race restarted with two laps to go at a scheduled green-white-checker finish, Johnson shot ahead of teammate Kasey Kahne and held off Harvick to score his tenth career win at Dover. He became the fifth driver to have 10 or more wins at a single track.
*2016: The race at Dover moved up two weeks before the All-Star Race at Charlotte, A major multi-car wreck occurred after their restart just past the start/finish line brought out the 11th caution of the race. Johnson's car stalled out, fell backwards and caused an 18-car wreck. Johnson, Truex, Harvick, McMurray, Newman, A. J. Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Aric Almirola, Hamlin, Biffle, Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Trevor Bayne, Paul Menard and Michael McDowell were all collected in the wreck. Johnson said afterwards that as soon as he "went from second and tried to go into third, I kind of got up into the neutral gate of the transmission and it didn't even want to go to third," Johnson said. "It stopped before it ever went to third. And then I tried fourth and third and eventually I got hit from behind...I thought maybe I missed a shift, but it wouldn't go into gear. Martin was good and patient with me. He gave me a couple of opportunities to try to find a gear but it just locked out and wouldn't go into gear for some reason." The subsequent cleanup forced the red flag to fly. The red flag was lifted after 11 minutes and 22 seconds, The race restarted with 35 laps to go. Despite a hard fought battle towards the finish with Larson and Chase Elliott, Kenseth – who assumed the lead after the multi-car wreck with 46 laps to go – drove on to score the victory.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1974	ABC 	Bill Flemming	Chris Economaki
1981	Mizlou 	Mike Joy 	Dick Berggren
1983	Mizlou 	Ken Squier 	Phil Parsons
1984	Mizlou 	Mike Joy 	Phil Parsons
1985	Mizlou 	 	
1986	Mizlou 	 	
1987	ESPN 	Larry Nuber 	Jerry Punch
1988	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettGary Nelson
1989	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1990	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1991	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerPhil Parsons
1992	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerNeil Bonnett
1993	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerNeil Bonnett
1994	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy Baker
1995	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1996	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1997	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1998	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1999	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2000	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2001	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2002	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2003	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2004	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2005	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2006	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2007	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2008	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2009	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2010	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2011	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2012	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2013	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2014	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2015	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2016	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2017	FS1 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
==References==
==External links==
*NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks