Drydene 311
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueDover International Speedway
LocationDover, Delaware, U.S.
Corporate sponsorDrydene[1]
First race1971
Last race2020
Distance400 miles (643.738 km)
Laps400
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
SurfaceConcrete
Length1 mi (1.6 km)
Turns4

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.

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]

Notes

  • 1997: First year the race was 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, 1998, 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, 1998, 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, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
13 Ford 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 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.

References

  1. ↑ Gillispie, Zach (September 19, 2019). "Drydene to Sponsor Corey LaJoie at Dover". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dover International Speedway Partners with "Apache Warrior" Film and Lucas Oil to Present the Oct. 1 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race". Lucas Oil. August 30, 2017. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Gander Outdoors 400' coming to Dover International Speedway". Dover Post. September 26, 2018. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Dover to host NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader as part of unprecedented six races in three days on Aug. 21-23". Dover International Speedway. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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  12. ↑ "1977 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  13. ↑ "1978 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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  15. ↑ "1980 CRC Chemicals 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  16. ↑ "1981 CRC Chemicals 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "1982 CRC Chemicals 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ "1983 Budweiser 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  19. ↑ "1984 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  20. ↑ "1985 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  21. ↑ "1986 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  22. ↑ "1987 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ "1988 Delaware 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  24. ↑ "1989 Peak Performance 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  25. ↑ "1990 Peak AntiFreeze 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  26. ↑ "1991 Peak AntiFreeze 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  27. ↑ "1992 Peak AntiFreeze 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  28. ↑ "1993 SplitFire Spark Plug 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  29. ↑ "1994 SplitFire Spark Plug 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  30. ↑ "1995 MBNA 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  31. ↑ "1996 MBNA 500". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  32. ↑ "1997 MBNA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  33. ↑ "1998 MBNA Gold 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  34. ↑ "1999 MBNA Gold 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  35. ↑ "2000 MBNA.com 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  36. ↑ "2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  37. ↑ "2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  38. ↑ "2003 MBNA America 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  39. ↑ "2004 MBNA America 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  40. ↑ "2005 MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  41. ↑ "2006 Dover 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  42. ↑ "2007 Dodge Dealers 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  43. ↑ "2008 Camping World RV 400 Presented by AAA". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  44. ↑ "2009 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  45. ↑ "2010 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  46. ↑ "2011 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  47. ↑ "2012 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  48. ↑ "2013 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  49. ↑ "2014 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  50. ↑ "2015 AAA 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  51. ↑ "2016 Citizen Soldier 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  52. ↑ "2017 Apache Warrior 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  53. ↑ "2018 Gander Outdoors 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  54. ↑ "2019 Drydene 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  55. ↑ "2020 Drydene 311 Race 2". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  56. ↑ "The Monster Mile Gets An August NASCAR Doubleheader Weekend". WRDE. July 8, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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