Dover 400

The Dover 400 is the second of two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, the other one being the AAA 400 Drive for Autism. It is held on the last weekend of September or the first weekend of October. It is the third race in the NASCAR Cup Series' Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs after the 2011 realignment. NBC has the rights to obtain the final 20 races of the season (14 of 20), including this race.
==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
1971	October 17 	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Plymouth 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:03:25 	123.254 	Report
1972	September 17	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:08:57 	120.506 	Report
1973	September 16	21 	David Pearson 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Mercury 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:25:50 	112.852 	Report
1974	September 15	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Dodge 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:23:59 	113.64 	Report
1975	September 14	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Dodge 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:29:22 	111.372 	Report
1976	September 19	11 	Cale Yarborough 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:19:12 	115.74 	Report
1977	September 18	72 	Benny Parsons 	L.G. DeWitt 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:21:32 	114.708 	Report
1978	September 17	15 	Bobby Allison 	Bud Moore Engineering 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:11:20 	119.323 	Report
1979	September 16	43 	Richard Petty 	Petty Enterprises 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:22:19 	114.366 	Report
1980	September 14	88 	Darrell Waltrip 	DiGard Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:18:34 	116.024 	Report
1981	September 20	21 	Neil Bonnett 	Wood Brothers Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:10:00 	119.561 	Report
1982	September 19	11 	Darrell Waltrip 	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:38:43 	107.642 	Report
1983	September 18	22 	Bobby Allison 	DiGard Motorsports 	Buick 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:18:45 	116.077 	Report
1984	September 16	33 	Harry Gant 	Mach 1 Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:28:12 	111.856 	Report
1985	September 15	33 	Harry Gant 	Mach 1 Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:08:52 	120.538 	Report
1986	September 14	15 	Ricky Rudd 	Bud Moore Engineering 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:22:24 	114.329 	Report
1987	September 20	15 	Ricky Rudd 	Bud Moore Engineering 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:00:34 	124.706 	Report
1988	September 18	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:34:21 	109.349 	Report
1989	September 17	3 	Dale Earnhardt 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:04:05 	122.909 	Report
1990	September 16	9 	Bill Elliott 	Melling Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	3:58:00 	125.945 	Report
1991	September 15	33 	Harry Gant 	Leo Jackson Racing 	Oldsmobile 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:32:17 	110.179 	Report
1992	September 20	5 	Ricky Rudd 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:20:13 	115.289 	Report
1993	September 19	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Pontiac 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:59:00 	100.334 	Report
1994	September 18	2 	Rusty Wallace 	Penske Racing 	Ford 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:26:32 	112.556 	Report
1995	September 17	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:00:30 	124.74 	Report
1996	September 15	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	500 	500 (804.672)	4:43:58 	105.646 	Report
1997	September 21	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:00:50 	132.719 	Report
1998	September 20	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:30:50 	113.834 	Report
1999	September 26	6 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:08:20 	127.434 	Report
2000	September 24	20 	Tony Stewart 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Pontiac 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:28:21 	115.191 	Report
2001	September 23	8 	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:56:19 	101.559 	Report
2002	September 22	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:18:40 	120.805 	Report
2003	September 21	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:40:35 	108.802 	Report
2004	September 26	12 	Ryan Newman 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:21:34 	119.067 	Report
2005	September 25	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	404* 	404 (650.174)	3:30:41 	115.054 	Report
2006	September 24	31 	Jeff Burton 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:34:21 	111.966 	Report
2007	September 23	99 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:55:39 	101.846 	Report
2008	September 21	16 	Greg Biffle 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:30:13 	114.168 	Report
2009	September 27	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:22:11 	118.704 	Report
2010	September 26	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:02:27 	131.543 	Report
2011	October 2 	22 	Kurt Busch 	Penske Racing 	Dodge 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:30:59 	119.413 	Report
2012	September 30	2 	Brad Keselowski 	Penske Racing 	Dodge* 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:11:53 	125.076 	Report
2013	September 29	48 	Jimmie Johnson 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:03:20 	130.909 	Report
2014	September 28	24 	Jeff Gordon 	Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:03:51 	130.541 	Report
2015	October 4 	4 	Kevin Harvick 	Stewart-Haas Racing 	Chevrolet 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:20:13 	119.87 	Report
2016	October 2 	78 	Martin Truex Jr. 	Furniture Row Racing 	Toyota 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:03:15 	130.969 	Report
2017	October 1 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	400 	400 (643.737)	3:05:48 	129.171 	Report
===Notes===
*2005: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2012: Brad Keselowski's win marked the last win for Dodge.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
5 	Jimmie Johnson 	2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013
4 	Richard Petty 	1971, 1974, 1975, 1979
3 	Harry Gant 	1984, 1985, 1991
3 	Ricky Rudd 	1986, 1987, 1992
3 	Mark Martin 	1997, 1998, 1999
3 	Jeff Gordon 	1995, 1996, 2014
2 	David Pearson 	1972, 1973
2 	Darrell Waltrip	1980, 1982
2 	Bobby Allison 	1978, 1983
2 	Bill Elliott 	1988, 1990
2 	Rusty Wallace 	1993, 1994
2 	Ryan Newman 	2003, 2004
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
9 	Hendrick Motorsports 	1992, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
6 	Penske Racing 	1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012
5 	Roush Fenway Racing 	1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008
4 	Petty Enterprises 	1971, 1974, 1975, 1979
3 	Wood Brothers Racing 	1972, 1973, 1981
3 	Bud Moore Engineering 	1978, 1986, 1987
2 	Junior Johnson & Associates	1976, 1982
2 	DiGard Motorsports 	1980, 1983
2 	Mach 1 Racing 	1984, 1985
2 	Melling Racing 	1988, 1990
2 	Richard Childress Racing 	1989, 2006
2 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	2000, 2017
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
19 	Chevrolet 	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
12 	Ford 	1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008
6 	Dodge 	1974, 1975, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012
2 	Mercury 	1972, 1973
2 	Buick 	1982, 1983
2 	Pontiac 	1993, 2000
2 	Toyota 	2016, 2017
1 	Plymouth 	1971
1 	Oldsmobile 	1991
==Notable races==
*1971: Bobby Allison dominated the race until a lug bolt broke on a pit stop, putting Richard Petty into the lead in the final 100 laps en route to the win.
*1975: Richard Petty put the entire field two laps down until at Lap 350 he ran over debris from a backmarker's blown engine that broke a tie rod. Petty spent eight laps in the pits getting a new tie rod and came out six laps down. While Lennie Pond blew his engine Petty erased all six laps, but needed a late yellow when Buddy Arrington stopped on the track with fifteen to go. Petty breezed to the win, leaving runner-up Dick Brooks angry at Arrington, who'd recently purchased a transporter from Petty Enterprises: "I guess Arrington needed that truck paid for."
*1976: Cale Yarborough lost two laps on two separate occasions and made them up en route to the win.
*1977: Benny Parsons dominated the race after Lap 250.
*1978: Bobby Allison won after a recent visit to the Mayo Clinic for a checkup.
*1979: Richard Petty, Donnie Allison, and Cale Yarborough battled over the final 30 laps; Petty edged Allison by a hood at the stripe.
*1980: Darrell Waltrip took the win, his final for DiGard Racing.
*1981: Neil Bonnett stormed to his second win in the 1981 season's last three races as hard-luck Harry Gant led 178 laps but blew his engine with 63 laps to go.
*1983: Bobby Allison edged Geoff Bodine for the win, his sixth of the season en route to his only Winston Cup title.
*1986: Ricky Rudd took his first Dover win as title contenders Dale Earnhardt and Tim Richmond crashed and raced each other with damaged race cars despite being multiple laps down.
*1991: Multiple crashes put Harry Gant alone on the lead lap for his third straight win of September 1991.
*1992: Ricky Rudd edged Bill Elliott as Alan Kulwicki crashed, putting him seemingly out of the season point chase.
*1993: Tire failures and crashes, including a multi-car melee detonated when Rusty Wallace hammered another car into the path of the leaders, plagued the 1993 500 won by Wallace.
*1995: In a race with only five yellows Jeff Gordon and Bobby Hamilton dominated en route to a 1-2 finish.
*1996: Gordon and Dale Earnhardt battled amid an epidemic of crashes. Ernie Irvan crashed ahead of Derrike Cope and crew chief Larry McReynolds attacked Cope in the garage area. A three-car melee led to a near-brawl on the track between Jimmy Spencer and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Following this race NASCAR raised the sanction fee for a 500-mile race, forcing Dover to cut back to 400 miles.
*1998: Mark Martin won while Matt Kenseth finished sixth in his first career start; Kenseth substituted for Bill Elliott, who missed the race for his father's funeral.
*2000: Tony Stewart went on to win the season sweep at Dover. This race also marked the first career start for driver Kurt Busch who replaced driver Chad Little in the John Deere Ford.
*2001: In the first NASCAR sactioned Cup race following the September 11, 2001 attacks, (the previous race scheduled for New Hampshire Speedway was postponed until the end of the season) a silent lap 3, which was a season-long scheduled event in memory of Dale Earnhardt who had died in a crash in the 2001 Daytona 500, was changed to include the memory of the victims of the attacks. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race and celebrated by doing a Polish victory lap while holding an American flag in salute.
*2006: Jeff Burton broke a 175 race winless streak passing Matt Kenseth with 8 laps to go. This was a very emotional win for Jeff.
*2009: Joey Logano flipped 8 times in turn 3 after being tapped by Tony Stewart, though a couple cars ahead of Logano had braked going into the corner. Logano suffered no injuries from the wreck.
*2013: Jimmie Johnson held off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to take his eighth win at Dover, breaking a tie with Richard Petty and Bobby Allison for most all-time wins at the track. For Johnson, it allowed him to redeem himself for the restart line violation (when he'd jumped Juan Pablo Montoya on a late restart with 20 laps to go) that had cost him a shot at winning the race in June.
*2017: Chase Elliott dominated the final stage of the race and was on the way to his first career win until Kyle Busch passed him coming to the white flag. Kyle Busch won the race for his second consecutive win and fourth of the season.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network 	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1982	Diamond P	Steve Evans 	Brock Yates
1983	TNN 	Steve Evans 	Brock Yates
1984	Mizlou 	Ken Squier 	Donnie Allison
1985	Mizlou 	Mike Hogewood 	Dick Brooks
1986	Mizlou 	Steve Grad 	Dick Brooks
1987	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Larry Nuber
1988	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned Jarrett
1989	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1990	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Benny ParsonsNed Jarrett
1991	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerNeil Bonnett
1992	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerNeil Bonnett
1993	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerNeil Bonnett
1994	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerChuck Bown
1995	TNN 	Mike Joy 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1996	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1997	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1998	TNN 	Ken Squier 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
1999	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2000	TNN 	Eli Gold 	Buddy BakerDick Berggren
2001	NBC 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2002	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2003	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2004	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2005	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2006	TNT 	Bill Weber 	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach Jr.
2007	ABC 	Jerry Punch 	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2008	ABC 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2009	ABC 	Jerry Punch 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2010	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2011	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2012	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2013	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2014	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2015	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2016	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2017	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve Letarte
2018	NBCSN 	Rick Allen 	Jeff BurtonSteve LetarteDale Earnhardt Jr.
==References==
==External links==
*Racing-Reference.info - Dover International Speedway Race Results
*NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
*Another Rough Week For NASCAR: 2.4 Rating For AAA 400