Dover 400

For the spring race at Dover, see Würth 400. For the fall race at Texas, see Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

The Dover 400 (last held as the Drydene 311) was a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, from 1971 to 2020. It was the second of two Cup Series races at the 1-mile concrete oval during that time.

Drydene 311

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Dover International Speedway
Location	Dover, Delaware, U.S.
Corporate sponsor	Drydene^[1]
First race	1971
Last race	2020
Distance	400 miles (643.738 km)
Laps	400 Stages 1/2: 120 each Final stage: 160
Previous names	Delaware 500 (1971–1978, 1984–1988) CRC Chemicals 500 (1979–1982) Budweiser 500 (1983) Peak Performance 500 (1989) Peak AntiFreeze 500 (1990–1992) SplitFire Spark Plug 500 (1993–1994) MBNA 500 (1995–1996) MBNA 400 (1997) MBNA Gold 400 (1998–1999) MBNA.com 400 (2000) MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 (2001) MBNA All-American Heroes 400 (2002) MBNA America 400 (2003–2004) MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400 (2005) Dover 400 (2006) Dodge Dealers 400 (2007) Camping World RV 400 (2008) AAA 400 (2009–2015) Citizen Soldier 400 (2016) Apache Warrior 400 (2017)^[2] Gander Outdoors 400 (2018)^[3] Drydene 400 (2019) Drydene 311 (2020)
Most wins (driver)	Jimmie Johnson (5)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (11)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (22)
Circuit information
Surface	Concrete
Length	1 mi (1.6 km)
Turns	4

Held in the fall, the race was part of the NASCAR playoffs from their start in 2004 until 2020, when the race was moved to the penultimate weekend of the regular season. However, that event then became part of a doubleheader with the rescheduled spring race in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race length was also shortened to 311 miles for both events.^[4][5] The race was left off of the schedule in 2021 as Dover Motorsports, the track's owner, elected to move one of its two dates to Nashville Superspeedway as part of a schedule realignment.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
						Laps	Miles (km)
1971	October 17	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	500 (804.672)	4:03:25	123.254	Report	^[6]
1972	September 17	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:08:57	120.506	Report	^[7]
1973	September 16	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:25:50	112.852	Report	^[8]
1974	September 15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	500 (804.672)	4:23:59	113.64	Report	^[9]
1975	September 14	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	500 (804.672)	4:29:22	111.372	Report	^[10]
1976	September 19	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:19:12	115.74	Report	^[11]
1977	September 18	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:21:32	114.708	Report	^[12]
1978	September 17	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:11:20	119.323	Report	^[13]
1979	September 16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:22:19	114.366	Report	^[14]
1980	September 14	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:18:34	116.024	Report	^[15]
1981	September 20	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:10:00	119.561	Report	^[16]
1982	September 19	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	500	500 (804.672)	4:38:43	107.642	Report	^[17]
1983	September 18	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	500	500 (804.672)	4:18:45	116.077	Report	^[18]
1984	September 16	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:28:12	111.856	Report	^[19]
1985	September 15	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:08:52	120.538	Report	^[20]
1986	September 14	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:22:24	114.329	Report	^[21]
1987	September 20	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:00:34	124.706	Report	^[22]
1988	September 18	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:34:21	109.349	Report	^[23]
1989	September 17	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:04:05	122.909	Report	^[24]
1990	September 16	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	3:58:00	125.945	Report	^[25]
1991	September 15	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	500	500 (804.672)	4:32:17	110.179	Report	^[26]
1992	September 20	5	Ricky Rudd	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:20:13	115.289	Report	^[27]
1993	September 19	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	500	500 (804.672)	4:59:00	100.334	Report	^[28]
1994	September 18	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:26:32	112.556	Report	^[29]
1995	September 17	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:00:30	124.74	Report	^[30]
1996	September 15	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:43:58	105.646	Report	^[31]
1997	September 21	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:00:50	132.719	Report	^[32]
1998	September 20	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:30:50	113.834	Report	^[33]
1999	September 26	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:08:20	127.434	Report	^[34]
2000	September 24	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	400	400 (643.737)	3:28:21	115.191	Report	^[35]
2001	September 23	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:56:19	101.559	Report	^[36]
2002	September 22	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:18:40	120.805	Report	^[37]
2003	September 21	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	400	400 (643.737)	3:40:35	108.802	Report	^[38]
2004	September 26	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	400	400 (643.737)	3:21:34	119.067	Report	^[39]
2005	September 25	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404*	404 (650.174)	3:30:41	115.054	Report	^[40]
2006	September 24	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:34:21	111.966	Report	^[41]
2007	September 23	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:55:39	101.846	Report	^[42]
2008	September 21	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:30:13	114.168	Report	^[43]
2009	September 27	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:22:11	118.704	Report	^[44]
2010	September 26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:02:27	131.543	Report	^[45]
2011	October 2	22	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	400	400 (643.737)	3:30:59	119.413	Report	^[46]
2012	September 30	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge*	400	400 (643.737)	3:11:53	125.076	Report	^[47]
2013	September 29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:03:20	130.909	Report	^[48]
2014	September 28	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:03:51	130.541	Report	^[49]
2015	October 4	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:20:13	119.87	Report	^[50]
2016	October 2	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:03:15	130.969	Report	^[51]
2017	October 1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:05:48	129.171	Report	^[52]
2018	October 7	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404*	404 (650.174)	3:18:02	122.404	Report	^[53]
2019	October 6	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	2:56:49	135.734	Report	^[54]
2020	August 23	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	311	311 (500.506)	2:48:07	110.994	Report	^[55]

• 1997: Race shortened to 400 miles (643.738 km).
• 2005 and 2018: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
• 2012: Brad Keselowski's win marked the last win for Dodge.
• 2020: Race shortened to 500 kilometres (310.686 mi) due to schedule changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[56]

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
	Ricky Rudd	1986–1987, 1992
	Mark Martin	1997–1999
	Jeff Gordon	1995–1996, 2014
2	David Pearson	1972–1973
	Darrell Waltrip	1980, 1982
	Bobby Allison	1978, 1983
	Bill Elliott	1988, 1990
	Rusty Wallace	1993–1994
	Ryan Newman	2003–2004
	Kevin Harvick	2015, 2020

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
10	Hendrick Motorsports	1992, 1995–1996, 2002, 2005, 2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2018
6	Penske Racing	1993–1994, 2003–2004, 2011–2012
5	Roush Fenway Racing	1997–1999, 2007–2008
4	Petty Enterprises	1971, 1974–1975, 1979
3	Wood Brothers Racing	1972–1973, 1981
	Bud Moore Engineering	1978, 1986–1987
2	Junior Johnson & Associates	1976, 1982
	DiGard Motorsports	1980, 1983
	Mach 1 Racing	1984–1985
	Melling Racing	1988, 1990
	Richard Childress Racing	1989, 2006
	Joe Gibbs Racing	2000, 2017
	Stewart-Haas Racing	2015, 2020

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
21	Chevrolet	1976–1977, 1979–1980, 1984–1985, 1989, 1992, 1995–1996, 2001–2002, 2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2013–2015, 2018–2019
13	Ford	1978, 1981, 1986–1988, 1990, 1994, 1997–1999, 2007–2008, 2020
6	Dodge	1974–1975, 2003–2004, 2011–2012
2	Mercury	1972–1973
	Buick	1982–1983
	Pontiac	1993, 2000
	Toyota	2016–2017
1	Plymouth	1971
	Oldsmobile	1991

Notable races

 

2013 AAA 400, won by Jimmie Johnson

 

2017 Apache Warrior 400, won by Kyle Busch

 

2019 Drydene 400, won by Kyle Larson

• 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 flags, 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 sanctioned Cup race following the September 11 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. Notably, the white flag was not waved on the final lap, causing some confusion with the television broadcasting team.
• 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.
• 2018: After Chase Elliott lost the race the year before in the closing laps, he found redemption by fending off Denny Hamlin in a green-white-checkered finish on older tires. It was Elliott's first win on an oval, since his first Cup win was on a road course.

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External links

• Dover International Speedway race results at Racing-Reference