StatChat 2025 - Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover
- Adam Carabine
- Jul 19
- 4 min read
By Adam Carabine
Happy Saturday everyone! This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series travels to Dover, Delaware for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.
Dover is a 1.0-mile long oval with a concrete surface. The track was built in 1969, and Richard Petty won the first NASCAR race there that same year. Last year’s winner at this race was Denny Hamlin.
Tomorrow’s race will be 400 laps long (for a total of 400 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 120 – 250 – 400. Pit road speed is 35 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 45 mph.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 4,936 laps, for 7,261.24 miles so far this season. No driver has completed every single lap, but Chase Elliott is one lap behind, and Tyler Reddick is five behind.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Dover:
Kyle Larson | 8.19 over 16 races (1 win) |
Chase Elliott | 9.50 over 14 races (2 wins) |
Cole Custer | 11.50 over 4 races |
Ty Gibbs | 11.50 over 2 races |
Brad Keselowski | 13.54 over 26 races (1 win) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Dover:
Cody Ware | 34.00 over 5 races |
Michael McDowell | 30.79 over 24 races |
Todd Gilliland | 28.00 over 3 races |
Austin Cindric | 25.67 over 3 races |
Ty Dillon | 25.09 over 11 races |
Dover is a short track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Joey Logano | 11.10 over 188 races (13 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 11.24 over 101 races (4 wins) |
Christopher Bell | 11.58 over 57 races (6 wins) |
Ryan Blaney | 12.58 over 105 races (3 wins) |
William Byron | 12.90 over 79 races (3 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Michael McDowell | 26.56 over 165 races |
Zane Smith | 26.35 over 18 races |
JH Nemechek | 24.59 over 26 races |
Ty Dillon | 23.69 over 77 races |
Noah Gragson | 23.22 over 26 races |
Jimmie Johnson is the winningest driver at Dover, having won there 11 times. Bobby Allison and Richard Petty are tied for second with 7 wins each. Kyle Busch is the winningest current driver with 3 wins.
Notable drivers who have not won at Dover:
Joey Logano | (has won at 19 other tracks) |
Ryan Blaney | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
Christopher Bell | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
William Byron | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
Tyler Reddick | (has won at 8 other tracks) |
No current drivers earned their first Cup Series victory at Dover.
Based on average finish, no drivers list Dover as their BEST or WORST track.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2024
Tyler Reddick | +656 pts |
Chris Buescher | +569 pts |
Chase Briscoe | +403 pts |
Bubba Wallace | +393 pts |
Ryan Preece | +341 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024
Brad Keselowski | -339 pts |
Todd Gilliland | -308 pts |
Joey Logano | -266 pts |
Josh Berry | -247 pts |
Ty Gibbs | -235 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Chase Elliott | 10.20 |
Christopher Bell | 12.30 |
Chase Briscoe | 14.65 |
Ryan Preece | 17.00 |
JH Nemechek | 19.35 |
Worst Career Year
Cole Custer | 24.35 |
Carson Hocevar | 23.00 |
Brad Keselowski | 22.40 |
Zane Smith | 19.65 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
SVG | 367 (3 wins) |
Riley Herbst | 238 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Chevrolet | 736 |
Toyota | 711 |
Ford | 668 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Hendrick | 700 |
Joe Gibbs | 687 |
Trackhouse | 585 |
Penske | 553 |
RFK | 548 |
23XI | 524 |
Spire | 487 |
Legacy MC | 467 |
Front Row | 461 |
RCR | 459 |
Kaulig | 437 |
Hyak | 338 |
Wood Bros | 320 |
Haas Factory | 253 |
Rick Ware | 154 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
William Byron | 186 |
Ryan Blaney | 160 |
Tyler Reddick | 144 |
Kyle Larson | 143 |
Denny Hamlin | 137 |
Bubba Wallace | 122 |
Chase Elliott | 111 |
Alex Bowman | 106 |
Austin Cindric | 99 |
Carson Hocevar | 91 |
Milestone Watch
Chris Buescher | This will be his 350th Career Cup Series Start |
Joey Logano | Looking for his 170th Career Top 5 |
Chase Briscoe | Looking for his 40th Career Top 10 |
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Justin Haley | 161 races |
Cole Custer | 117 races |
Bubba Wallace | 99 races |
Erik Jones | 99 races |
Kyle Busch | 77 races |
Michael McDowell | 68 races |
Daniel Suarez | 54 races |
Brad Keselowski | 43 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 40 races |
Alex Bowman | 36 races |
The race begins Sunday, July 20th at 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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