NASCAR 2019 Race 30: Dover Drydene 400 Race Thread - Playoff #4

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Drydene 400

Dover International Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #30 of 36
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race 4 of 10

Sunday, October 6, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:45pm/et
Laps/Stages: 400 laps total. Stages end on laps: 120/240/400

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 2:00pm/et, NBCSN and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): Motor Racing Network (MRN) / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Friday, October 4, 1:35-2:25pm/et, TV-NBCSN;
Friday, October 4, 3:35-4:25pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Qualifying: Saturday, October 5 at 1:35pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Thursday, October 3
6:00 PM-8:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Friday, October 4
10:30 AM-7:00 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
12:30 PM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
1:35 PM-2:25 PM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
3:35 PM-4:25 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Saturday, October 5
9:00 AM-3:00 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
1:35 PM MENCS QUALIFYING (SINGLE VEHICLE / TWO LAPS ALL POSITIONS)

Sunday, October 6
8:30 AM-10:30 AM MENCS GARAGE ACCESS TO HAULERS ONLY
10:30 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
12:30 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
1:50 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
2:30 PM MENCS RACE (STAGES 120/240/400 LAPS = 400 MILES)






Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 1.0-mile concrete oval
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 9 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1,076 feet; Backstretch - 1,076 feet
Pit Stalls: 43; 15 feet wide x 32 feet long
Grandstands: 95,500 [was 113,000 in 2014; was 135,000 in 2009, will be 85,000 in 2016]

Distance: 400 miles/laps; Stage 1 ends on lap 120, Stage 2 ends on lap 240, Final Stage ends on lap 400



Track Records & Stats


May 2019 Race Winner: Martin Truex,Jr, 127.242mph, started 13th
October 2018 Race Winner: Chase Elliott, 122.404mph, started 9th
Race Speed Record: Mark Martin, 132.719, 9/17/1997
Slowest Race Record: Mark Martin, 97.042mph, 6/6/2004
Oldest Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 4 months, 21 days, 5/31/1992
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch, 23 years, 0 month, 29 days, 6/1/2008

May 2019 Pole Winner: Chase Elliott, 165.960 mph, finished 5th
October 2018 Pole Winner: Kyle Busch, no qual, finished 8th
Track Qualifying Record: Brad Keselowski, 164.444mph, 5/30/2014
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Kyle Petty, started 37th, 6/1995
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 4 months, and 24 days, 6/2/2012
Youngest Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 23 years, 10 months, 0 days, 6/04/1995

Most Lead Changes: 29 - twice, most recently 5/18/1986
Fewest Lead Changes: 3 - 10/17/1971
Most Leaders: 13, three times, most recently, 10/2/2011
Fewest Leaders: 3 - five times, most recently 5/16/1982

Most Cautions: 16 - 9/19/1993
Fewest Cautions: 0 - 6/6/1971
Most Caution Laps: 103, 9/19/1993
Fewest Caution Laps: 0 - 6/6/1971

Most on a lead lap: 21, 6/4/2006
Fewest on a lead lap: 1, 11 times, most recently 9/15/1991

Most Running at the Finish: 40, 9/21/2008, 9/28/2014 & 10/4/2015
Fewest Running at the Finish: 13, 5/17/1981

Most Laps Led [400 miles]: 381, Jeff Gordon, 6/3/2001
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 491 [of 500], Richard Petty, 9/15/1974
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 3, Tony Stewart, 6/2/2013

Most Wins by Manufacturer: Chevy, 38; Ford, 25; Dodge, 7; Pontiac, 6; Mercury, 6; Toyota, 5; Buick, 3; Plymouth, 2; Oldsmobile, 2
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.080 Seconds - 9/25/2005
Greatest Margin of Victory: 22.071 Seconds - 6/6/1999
(Margins of Victory under electronic timing since 1993.)


Race statistics (May 2019 race)

Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 6 for 31
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds
Average speed: 127.242 miles per hour (204.776 km/h)

[4me2c]

1)...Kevin Harvick
2)...Kyle Busch
3)...Martin Truex Jr.
4)...Denny Hamlin

[Ryu]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr

[82harley]

Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr.

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

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Drydene 400 Starting Lineup
1 Denny Hamlin 11
2 Kyle Larson 42
3 Martin Truex Jr. 19
4 Kevin Harvick 4
5 Chase Elliott 9
6 William Byron 24
7 Aric Almirola 10
8 Erik Jones 20
9 Kurt Busch 1
10 Ryan Blaney 12
11 Jimmie Johnson 48
12 Alex Bowman 88
13 Paul Menard 21
14 Joey Logano 22
15 Daniel Suarez 41
16 Brad Keselowski 2
17 Clint Bowyer 14
18 Kyle Busch 18
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
20 Matt DiBenedetto 95
21 David Ragan 38
22 Chris Buescher 37
23 Matt Tifft 36
24 Ryan Newman 6
25 Ty Dillon 13
26 Bubba Wallace 43
27 Austin Dillon 3
28 Michael McDowell 34
29 Corey Lajoie 32
30 Landon Cassill 00
31 Daniel Hemric 8
32 Ryan Preece 47
33 BJ McLeod 51
34 Ross Chastain 15
55 JJ Yeley 2
36 Joe Nemechek 27
37 Garrett Smithley 54
38 Reed Sorenson 77

Hamlin, in his 15th Cup season, will become the 43rd driver to start 500 races in the Cup series when he takes the green flag Sunday at the 1-mile oval. Kyle Larson (166.960) will start second.

“I got him (Larson), I’m so happy I beat him,” Hamlin told NBCSN, per NBCSports.com. “To have that lap there, it was a really good lap for us. I knew when I ran it that it was solid.”

Martin Truex Jr. (166.205), who won the Dover race in May and leads the series with six wins, will start third. Kevin Harvick (165.998) and Chase Elliott (165.937) round out the top five. All five drivers are in the playoffs.

The pole was Hamlin’s fourth at Dover, but he has never won there. He did finish second in this race last year and has four top-five finishes at the Monster Mile in 27 starts.

“This is probably as optimistic as I’ve been going into a Dover race because we’ve really dedicated so much time working on my technique around this race track and figuring out what I need to do to be successful. I’m still learning, even for start No. 500,” Hamlin told NBCSN.

Rounding out the top 10 are William Byron (165.738), Aric Almirola (165.670), Erik Jones (165.616), Kurt Busch (165.388) and Ryan Blaney (165.282).

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Denny Hamlin ***
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Larson
Martin Truex, Jr.

[dishuser]

Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr. ***
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot*
Kyle Larson
Denny Hamlin
William Byron

[crazed 9.6]

Jimmie Johnson
Erik Jones ***
Kyle Larson
William Byron