This weekend marks the 107th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway (1969-2025), 2025 is the fifth straight season Dover hosted one race a year. The stage end laps for this weekend’s race are laps 120, 250 and 400.
Denny Hamlin won this race last year, he is the only repeat winner in the last seven Dover races. Hendrick Motorsports (eight) and Joe Gibbs Racing (six) combined won 14 of the last 19 Dover Cup races.
A Dover race winner finished outside the top-10 in a stage in only one of the 24 stages at Dover. The stages and race win were swept three times in track history: Kevin Harvick in 2018 and 2020, and Hamlin in 2020.
Only three of the last eight Dover races had a final green flag stretch less than 62 laps. Dover has produced only two first-time Cup winners: Jody Ridley in May 1981 and Martin Truex Jr in June 2007.
The Dover race winner led at least 68 laps in each of the last eight races. None of the last eight Dover races ended in overtime. The driver starting first failed to win in the last 24 Dover races.
The driver leading the most laps won only three of the last nine races including Hamlin last year.
Laid in 1995, Dover’s concrete track surface is the oldest oval surface on the Cup series schedule.
Alex Bowman (5/21) and Hamlin (8/20, 4/24) are the only drivers to win in the last 28 Dover races who don’t have a Cup championship. The winners of the last five Dover races combined made a total of four green flag pit stops, all were in the last two races (two each).
Three of the last eight Dover races ended on Monday including two of the last three. Bowman’s six top-10 finishes at Dover since the start of 2019 are the most among all active drivers and are tied for the most with Martin Truex Jr. and Harvick.
·Joey Logano is making his 600th Cup start at Dover this weekend, he made his NASCAR debut in the top 3 series at Dover in 2008 NXS race, finishing sixth. The only driver to win in their 600th Cup start was Richard Petty at Richmond in February 1973.
Logano will be the youngest driver to make 600 starts.
NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
The Place: Dover Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1 Mile Concrete Oval
The Date: Sunday, July 20
The Time: 2 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,055,250
TV: TNT, 1:30 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400 miles (400 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 120),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 250), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 400)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: BetRivers 200
The Place: Dover Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1 Mile Concrete Oval
The Date: Saturday, July 19
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Next Race: TSport 200
The Place: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
Track Length: 0.686 Mile Asphalt Paved Oval
The Date: Friday, July 25
The Time: 8 p.m. ET
The Purse: $782,900
TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET
Radio: NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 137.2 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:
Friday, July 18
ARCA: General Tire 150 (FS1 at 5 p.m. ET)
Saturday, July 19
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 11 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 1:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: BetRivers 200 (CW Network, PRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, July 20
NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (TNT, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
NCS Race: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 – Challenge Altcast (truTV, PRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)
