Würth 400

For the former fall race at Dover, see Dover 400.

"Gander RV 400" redirects here. For the race at Pocono Raceway which also used that name in the 2019 season, see Explore the Pocono Mountains 350.

The Würth 400 is a 400-mile (640 km) NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware in the spring.

Würth 400

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Dover Motor Speedway
Location	Dover, Delaware, United States
Corporate sponsor	Würth
First race	1969
Distance	400 miles (643.738 km)
Laps	400 Stages 1/2: 120 each Final stage: 160
Previous names	Mason-Dixon 300 (1969–1970) Mason-Dixon 500 (1971–1983) Budweiser 500 (1984–1994) Miller Genuine Draft 500 (1995) Miller 500 (1996–1997) MBNA Platinum 400 (1998–2002) MBNA Armed Forces Family 400 (2003) MBNA America 400 "A Salute To Heroes" (2004) MBNA RacePoints 400 (2005) Neighborhood Excellence 400 (2006) Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa (2007) Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks (2008) Autism Speaks 400 presented by Heluva Good! (2009) Autism Speaks 400 presented by Hershey's Milk & Milkshakes (2010) FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (2011–2015) AAA 400 Drive for Autism (2016–2018) Gander RV 400 (2019)^[1] Drydene 311 (2020) Drydene 400 (2021) DuraMAX Drydene 400 (2022)
Most wins (driver)	Jimmie Johnson (6)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (12)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (22)
Circuit information
Surface	Concrete
Length	1 mi (1.6 km)
Turns	4

History

 

The 2013 FedEx 400, won by Tony Stewart after a late-race penalty took Jimmie Johnson out of contention.

The 2020 race was postponed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became a doubleheader with the second race. Both events were named the Drydene 311 as their race lengths were shortened.^[2][3] For 2021, the race length was restored to 400 miles.

Alex Bowman won the race in 2021 as part of a historic 1-2-3-4 finish for Hendrick Motorsports.

In September 2021, RelaDyne bought the Drydene brand which was the title sponsor of the race. The company added another one of their brands, DuraMAX, to the title sponsor of the race. RelaDyne was also included in the name of the race as a presenting sponsor. As a result, in 2022, the name of the race became the DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne.^[4] In 2023, Würth, which has been a sponsor on Team Penske's NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series cars for a few races each year since 2012, became the title sponsor of the "Monster Mile" race.^[5][6]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
							Laps	Miles (km)
1969	July 6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	East Tennessee Motors	Ford	300	300 (482.803)	2:35:28	115.772	Report
1970	Sept 20	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Southern Chrysler & Plymouth	Plymouth	300	300 (482.803)	2:40:34	112.103	Report
1971	June 6	12	Bobby Allison	Holman-Moody	Coca-Cola	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:30:40	123.119	Report
1972	June 4	12	Bobby Allison	Richard Howard	Coca-Cola	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:12:49	118.019	Report
1973	June 3	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:10:32	119.745	Report
1974	May 19	11	Cale Yarborough	Richard Howard	Kar-Kare	Chevrolet	450*	450 (724.204)	3:54:40	115.057	Report
1975	May 18	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:57:32	100.82	Report
1976	May 16	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	King's Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:19:53	115.436	Report
1977	May 15	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:03:26	123.327	Report
1978	May 21	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:21:38	114.664	Report
1979	May 20	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Purolator	Mercury	500	500 (804.672)	4:29:37	111.269	Report
1980	May 18	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Mike Curb/Hodgdon	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:23:28	113.866	Report
1981	May 17	90	Jody Ridley	Junie Donlavey	Truxmore/Sunny King	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:17:18	116.595	Report
1982	May 16	88	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Gatorade	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:09:43	120.136	Report
1983	May 15	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Miller High Life	Buick	500	500 (804.672)	4:21:13	114.847	Report
1984	May 20	43	Richard Petty	Curb Racing	STP	Pontiac	500	500 (804.672)	4:12:42	118.717	Report
1985	May 19	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:03:43	123.094	Report
1986	May 18	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:20:51	115.009	Report
1987	May 31	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Havoline	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:25:35	112.958	Report
1988	June 5	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:12:41	118.726	Report
1989	June 4	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:06:34	121.67	Report
1990	June 3	10	Derrike Cope	Whitcomb Racing	Purolator	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:02:01	123.96	Report
1991	June 2	25	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	Kodiak	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:09:41	120.152	Report
1992	May 31	33	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	500	500 (804.672)	4:34:05	109.456	Report
1993	June 6	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:44:06	105.6	Report
1994	June 5	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller Genuine Draft	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:52:36	102.529	Report
1995	June 4	42	Kyle Petty	SABCO Racing	Coors Light	Pontiac	500	500 (804.672)	4:10:15	119.88	Report
1996	June 2	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	DuPont	Chevrolet	500	500 (804.672)	4:04:25	122.741	Report
1997	June 1	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Tide Mountain Spring	Ford	500	500 (804.672)	4:21:42	114.635	Report
1998	May 31	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:20:46	119.522	Report
1999	June 6	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	MBNA/Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	400	400 (643.737)	3:19:00	120.603	Report
2000	June 4	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	The Home Depot	Pontiac	400	400 (643.737)	3:39:09	109.514	Report
2001	June 3	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	DuPont	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:19:24	120.361	Report
2002	June 2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:24:10	117.551	Report
2003	June 1	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Alltel	Dodge	400	400 (643.737)	3:44:31	106.896	Report
2004	June 6	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Viagra	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	4:07:19	97.042	Report
2005	June 5	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	National Guard/Charter	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:15:43	122.626	Report
2006	June 4	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	DeWalt	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:38:27	109.865	Report
2007	June 4*	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:21:45	118.95	Report
2008	June 1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Combos	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:18:04	121.171	Report
2009	May 31	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:28:16	115.237	Report
2010	May 16	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:06:21	128.79	Report
2011*	May 15	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Wiley X Sunglasses	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:11:07	125.578	Report
2012	June 3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's Build & Grow/Madagascar 3	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:15:23	122.835	Report
2013	June 2	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Code 3 Associates Helping Oklahoma/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:14:51	123.172	Report
2014	June 1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:23:52	117.724	Report
2015	May 31	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's Pro Services	Chevrolet	405*	405 (651.784)	3:23:16	119.547	Report
2016	May 15	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Dollar General	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:39:29	109.348	Report
2017	June 4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	406*	406 (653.394)	3:52:06	104.955	Report
2018	May 6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Jimmy John's	Ford	400	400 (643.737)	3:28:37	115.044	Report
2019	May 6*	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	SiriusXM	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:08:37	127.242	Report
2020	August 22*	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	FedEx Office	Toyota	311	311 (500.506)	2:30:03	124.359	Report
2021	May 16	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:19:55	120.05	Report
2022	May 1–2*	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	400	400 (643.737)	3:49:39	104.507	Report
2023	May 1*	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	Toyota	400	400 (643.737)	3:27:47	115.505	Report

Notes

• 1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis.
• 2007, 2019, and 2023: Races postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
• 2015 and 2017: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
• 2020: Race postponed from May 3 and ran as a twin-race event with regularly scheduled fall race on August 23 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Both races shortened to 311 miles (500.506 km).
• 2022 Race started on Sunday afternoon but finished on Monday afternoon due to rain.

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
	Richard Petty	1969, 1970, 1984
	Matt Kenseth	2006, 2011, 2016
	Martin Truex Jr.	2007, 2019, 2023
2	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1977
	Bill Elliott	1985, 1988
	Dale Earnhardt	1989, 1993
	Jeff Gordon	1996, 2001
	Kyle Busch	2008, 2010
	Tony Stewart	2000, 2013

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
12	Hendrick Motorsports	1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022
8	Joe Gibbs Racing	1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023
4	Wood Brothers Racing	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
	RFK Racing	2004-2006, 2011
2	Petty Enterprises	1969, 1970
	Richard Howard	1972, 1974
	DiGard Motorsports	1982, 1983
	Melling Racing	1985, 1988
	Richard Childress Racing	1989, 1993
	Penske Racing	1994, 2003
	Stewart-Haas Racing	2013, 2018

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
22	Chevrolet	1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1989,-1991, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2012-2015, 2017, 2021, 2022
14	Ford	1969, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2004-2006, 2011, 2018
6	Toyota	2008, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023
5	Mercury	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4	Pontiac	1984, 1995, 1999, 2000
1	Plymouth	1970
	Buick	1983
	Oldsmobile	1992
	Dodge	2003

Sponsor wins

# Wins	Sponsor	Years Won
6	Lowe's	2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
5	Purolator	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1990
3	Coors	1985, 1988, 1995
2	Coca-Cola	1971, 1972
	Miller	1983, 1994
	GM Goodwrench	1989, 1993
	DuPont	1996, 2001
	Kobalt Tools	2009, 2014
	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	2007, 2023

Notable moments

 

Eventual race winner Matt Kenseth leads in the closing laps of the 2016 AAA 400 Drive for Autism

 

2022 DuraMAX Drydene 400

• 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 headfirst 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.^[7]
• 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] The race restarted with two laps to go at a scheduled green-white-checkered finish, Johnson shot ahead of teammate Kasey Kahne and held off Harvick to score his tenth career win at Dover.^[11] He became the fifth driver to have 10 or more wins at a single track.^[12]
• 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.^[13] Johnson's car stalled out, fell backward, and caused an 18-car wreck.^[14] 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.^[15] Johnson said afterward 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 gear but it just locked out and wouldn't go into gear for some reason."^[16] 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.^[17]
• 2021: For the first time since 1970, the track would only host one race instead of two. Alex Bowman bested his teammate Kyle Larson on pit road to win Dover's lone race of 2021. Bowman's victory capped off Hendrick Motorsports finishing 1-2-3-4. It is just the fourth time this was accomplished, and first since Roush-Fenway Racing did it at Homestead in 2005. While Bowman won and Larson was second, Chase Elliott finished 3rd, and William Byron finished 4th.
• 2023: The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. Ross Chastain made contact with Brennan Poole, who spun and got into Kyle Larson. Martin Truex Jr. held off Chastain on a late-race restart to score his fourth win at Dover and end a 54-race winless streak. Truex also completed a family sweep of the weekend as his brother Ryan Truex won the Xfinity race the Saturday before.^[18]

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External links

• Dover Motor Speedway race results at Racing-Reference

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