10 – Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 100.2
2009 Rundown
• One win, 12 top fives, 18 top 10s
• Average finish of 11.1
• Led 14 races for 698 laps
Dover International Speedway Outlook:
• Four wins, 14 top fives, 20 top 10s; four poles
• Average finish of 12.4
• Average Running Position of 15.3, 12th-best
• Driver Rating of 87.7, 12th-best
11 – Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 91.1
2009 Rundown
• Seven top fives, 11 top 10s
• Average finish of 14.1
• Led 10 races for 161 laps
Dover International Speedway Outlook:
• One win, five top fives, seven top 10s
• Average finish of 7.6
• Average Running Position of 9.3, fourth-best
• Driver Rating of 106.6, fourth-best
• 287 Fastest Laps Run, fourth-most
• Average Green Flag Speed of 141.431 mph, fifth-fastest
• 2,733 Laps in the Top 15 (75.8%), sixth-most
• 262 Quality Passes, third-most
12 – Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 88.4
2009 Rundown
• Two wins, five top fives, 10 top 10s
• Average finish of 14.8
• Led six races for 180 laps
Dover International Speedway Outlook:
• Two top 10s
• Average finish of 24.1 in 11 races
• Has led 64 laps
• Average Running Position of 20.7, 22nd-best
• Driver Rating of 70.3, 21st-best
At Dover International Speedway:
History
• The official opening of Dover International Speedway, then called Dover Downs International Speedway, was in 1969.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on July 6, 1969.
• The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971.
• The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995.
• The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997.
• The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002.
Notebook
• There have been 79 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Dover International Speedway since the track opened in 1969.
• There was one race in 1969 and 1970. There has been two-a-year since 1971.
• Richard Petty won the track’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
• There have been 34 different pole winners, led by David Pearson (six). David Reutimann won his first Dover pole in this season’s May race
• David Pearson won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole in July 1969.
• Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman lead all active drivers, each with four poles.
• 32 different drivers have posted victories led by Bobby Allison and Richard Petty, each with seven.
• Bill Elliott, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson lead all active drivers, each with four victories.
• Hendrick Motorsports has 11 wins, more than any other car owner.
• 47 races at Dover have been won from a top-five starting position; 17 races have been won from a starting position outside the top 10.
• The furthest back in the field a race winner started was 37th, by Kyle Petty in 1995.
• In his Dover win earlier this season, Jimmie Johnson scored a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0. He led 298 laps in May.
• Several active drivers had their first start at Dover, including Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, David Ragan and Tony Raines.
• In addition, Matt Kenseth (2002) and Michael Waltrip (1991) earned their first pole at Dover. Martin Truex Jr. won his first race there (2007).
• Three of the last four races have ended with a margin of victory under one second.
NASCAR in Delaware
• There have been 79 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Delaware, all at Dover International Speedway.
• Eight drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as Delaware, though none have posted victories.
Dover International Speedway Data
Race #: 28 of 36 (9-27-09)
Track Size: 1 mile
· Banking/Corners: 24 degrees
· Banking/Straights: 9 degrees
· Frontstretch: 1,076 feet
· Backstretch: 1,076 feet
Driver Rating at Dover
Greg Biffle 117.0
Matt Kenseth 113.9
Jimmie Johnson 108.2
Carl Edwards 106.6
Mark Martin 100.6
Kyle Busch 100.3
Ryan Newman 98.4
Martin Truex Jr. 94.3
Kurt Busch 93.5
Clint Bowyer 90.2
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2009 races (9 total) at Dover.
Qualifying/Race Data
2008 pole winner: Jeff Gordon (157.061 mph, 22.921 seconds)
2008 race winner: Greg Biffle (114.168 mph, 9-21-08)
Track qualifying record: Jeremy Mayfield (161.522 mph, 22.288 secs., 6-4-04)
Track race record: Mark Martin (132.719 mph, 9-21-97)
Estimated Pit Window: Every 72-78 laps, based on fuel mileage.
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