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“The Monster Mile” isn’t just a title for the purposes of ticket sales. It is a fine summation of a truly unique racetrack that causes fits for the majority of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver roster twice a year.
Dover International Speedway is a one-mile, high-banked attention grabber of a facility with fast closing speeds and diminished reaction time. It also offers some of the greatest lore in modern day NASCAR.
Jimmie Johnson is supremely dominant; so dominant, in fact, that it’s said he can’t be beaten, unless fuel mileage becomes a factor. Denny Hamlin is admittedly awful, so bad that he had to consult a sports psychologist prior to last fall’s race just so that he wouldn’t be mentally defeated before ever making the trip to Delaware.
The numbers from recent seasons seemingly back the mythology. For Hamlin, it is a troublesome track. For Johnson and others, it’s a tremendous coliseum.
For PEER and other metrics with which you may be unfamiliar, I refer you to my glossary of terms on MotorsportsAnalytics.com.
5.958 Jimmie Johnson’s 5.958 PEER at Dover is the best in the Cup Series.
With four wins in the last eight races, Johnson is arguably better at Dover than any driver at any other track — Marcos Ambrose at Watkins Glen offers a valid opposition — and easily ranks as the series’ most productive racer. This stems not only from winning, but winning with gusto. His affinity for pacing the field on the Monster Mile is of legendary proportions.
65.6% In his four victories at Dover during the CoT era, Johnson had an average laps led percentage of 65.6.
This means Johnson doesn’t just win. He dominates. That’s sort of his general modus operandi when it comes to Dover, considering he has led 52.5 percent of the total laps there dating back to the 2009 spring race. In that time frame he averaged a running position of third place or better. Dover delivers a hectic day to most drivers, so it figures that Johnson has dwindled his competition down to about one or two other drivers in races there the last few years. This is also evident in his passing numbers.
78 Johnson converted 39 pass encounters out of a comparatively low two-race total of 78 into green-flag passes during the 2012 races at Dover.
That 50 percent passing efficiency on a low number of encounters is a byproduct of running in the front of the field all day. That he was able to avoid “for-position” traffic for the majority of the races at Dover is fairly advantageous for a team looking to take care of its car and come away with a victory. Aside from lapped traffic, Johnson didn’t often find himself in harm’s way that much last season.
75.5% Kyle Busch did his best Johnson impression at Dover in last fall’s race, leading 75.5 percent of the race’s total laps. He did not win.
Instead, a rare fuel mileage-predicated ending awarded the win to Brad Keselowski, but Busch demonstrated that he was perfectly able to do “Kyle Busch things” on the dicey one-mile oval. Taking into account how dominant he has been in 2013, Busch is a win threat this weekend despite his sixth-best Dover-specific production rating (3.042).
4.833 Tied for second in Dover PEER with a 4.833 rating is Matt Kenseth, who might serve as a potential spoiler for this weekend’s event.
It takes me aback that there are those that are surprised by Kenseth’s success behind the wheel of a Joe Gibbs Racing car early this season. Kenseth has always been a savvy driver from track to track, but now he is piloting equipment that offers a bigger “home run” threat, so to speak, compared to his former Roush Fenway Racing digs. It appears that JGR is benefiting from the Gen-6 more than a lot of the other heavyweight teams in the sport, so the always-reliable Kenseth is in a plum position to score wins at tracks on which he has always been a skilled producer. Dover is one such track.
Dover International Speedway is a one-mile, high-banked attention grabber of a facility with fast closing speeds and diminished reaction time. It also offers some of the greatest lore in modern day NASCAR.
Jimmie Johnson is supremely dominant; so dominant, in fact, that it’s said he can’t be beaten, unless fuel mileage becomes a factor. Denny Hamlin is admittedly awful, so bad that he had to consult a sports psychologist prior to last fall’s race just so that he wouldn’t be mentally defeated before ever making the trip to Delaware.
The numbers from recent seasons seemingly back the mythology. For Hamlin, it is a troublesome track. For Johnson and others, it’s a tremendous coliseum.
For PEER and other metrics with which you may be unfamiliar, I refer you to my glossary of terms on MotorsportsAnalytics.com.
5.958 Jimmie Johnson’s 5.958 PEER at Dover is the best in the Cup Series.
With four wins in the last eight races, Johnson is arguably better at Dover than any driver at any other track — Marcos Ambrose at Watkins Glen offers a valid opposition — and easily ranks as the series’ most productive racer. This stems not only from winning, but winning with gusto. His affinity for pacing the field on the Monster Mile is of legendary proportions.
65.6% In his four victories at Dover during the CoT era, Johnson had an average laps led percentage of 65.6.
This means Johnson doesn’t just win. He dominates. That’s sort of his general modus operandi when it comes to Dover, considering he has led 52.5 percent of the total laps there dating back to the 2009 spring race. In that time frame he averaged a running position of third place or better. Dover delivers a hectic day to most drivers, so it figures that Johnson has dwindled his competition down to about one or two other drivers in races there the last few years. This is also evident in his passing numbers.
78 Johnson converted 39 pass encounters out of a comparatively low two-race total of 78 into green-flag passes during the 2012 races at Dover.
That 50 percent passing efficiency on a low number of encounters is a byproduct of running in the front of the field all day. That he was able to avoid “for-position” traffic for the majority of the races at Dover is fairly advantageous for a team looking to take care of its car and come away with a victory. Aside from lapped traffic, Johnson didn’t often find himself in harm’s way that much last season.
75.5% Kyle Busch did his best Johnson impression at Dover in last fall’s race, leading 75.5 percent of the race’s total laps. He did not win.
Instead, a rare fuel mileage-predicated ending awarded the win to Brad Keselowski, but Busch demonstrated that he was perfectly able to do “Kyle Busch things” on the dicey one-mile oval. Taking into account how dominant he has been in 2013, Busch is a win threat this weekend despite his sixth-best Dover-specific production rating (3.042).
4.833 Tied for second in Dover PEER with a 4.833 rating is Matt Kenseth, who might serve as a potential spoiler for this weekend’s event.
It takes me aback that there are those that are surprised by Kenseth’s success behind the wheel of a Joe Gibbs Racing car early this season. Kenseth has always been a savvy driver from track to track, but now he is piloting equipment that offers a bigger “home run” threat, so to speak, compared to his former Roush Fenway Racing digs. It appears that JGR is benefiting from the Gen-6 more than a lot of the other heavyweight teams in the sport, so the always-reliable Kenseth is in a plum position to score wins at tracks on which he has always been a skilled producer. Dover is one such track.
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| Kyle Busch | <input id="editx" name="C_1" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +500 |
| Matt Kenseth | <input id="editx" name="C_2" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +500 |
| Denny Hamlin | <input id="editx" name="C_3" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +800 |
| Kasey Kahne | <input id="editx" name="C_4" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +825 |
| Brad Keselowski | <input id="editx" name="C_5" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +1200 |
| Martin Truex Jr | <input id="editx" name="C_6" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +1300 |
| Jeff Gordon | <input id="editx" name="C_7" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +1800 |
| Kevin Harvick | <input id="editx" name="C_8" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +1900 |
| Carl Edwards | <input id="editx" name="C_9" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +2000 |
| Clint Bowyer | <input id="editx" name="C_10" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +2000 |
| Kurt Busch | <input id="editx" name="C_11" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +2000 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr | <input id="editx" name="C_12" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +3100 |
| Joey Logano | <input id="editx" name="C_13" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +3100 |
| Greg Biffle | <input id="editx" name="C_14" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +3500 |
| Ryan Newman | <input id="editx" name="C_15" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +3500 |
| Mark Martin | <input id="editx" name="C_16" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +4000 |
| Tony Stewart | <input id="editx" name="C_17" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +4200 |
| Paul Menard | <input id="editx" name="C_18" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +10000 |
| Jamie McMurray | <input id="editx" name="C_19" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +11000 |
| Austin Dillon | <input id="editx" name="C_20" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +12500 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | <input id="editx" name="C_21" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +13500 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | <input id="editx" name="C_22" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +13500 |
| Jeff Burton | <input id="editx" name="C_23" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +14000 |
| Marcos Ambrose | <input id="editx" name="C_24" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +14000 |
| Aric Almirola | <input id="editx" name="C_25" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +25000 |
| Casey Mears | <input id="editx" name="C_26" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +40000 |
| David Ragan | <input id="editx" name="C_27" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +40000 |
| Danica Patrick | <input id="editx" name="C_28" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +40000 |
| Bobby Labonte | <input id="editx" name="C_29" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +60000 |
| David Reutimann | <input id="editx" name="C_30" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +75000 |
| Landon Cassill | <input id="editx" name="C_31" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +100000 |
| David Gilliland | <input id="editx" name="C_32" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +100000 |
| David Stremme | <input id="editx" name="C_33" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +100000 |
| Michael McDowell | <input id="editx" name="C_34" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Mike Bliss | <input id="editx" name="C_35" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Joe Nemechek | <input id="editx" name="C_36" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Dave Blaney | <input id="editx" name="C_37" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Travis Kvapil | <input id="editx" name="C_38" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| JJ Yeley | <input id="editx" name="C_39" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Josh Wise | <input id="editx" name="C_40" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Timmy Hill | <input id="editx" name="C_41" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
| Scott Riggs | <input id="editx" name="C_42" size="4" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> +150000 |
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| 6/2/13 1:15pm SprintCup Motor Racing 8004 Dale Earnhardt Jr #88 +180*<small style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">vs</small> Martin Truex Jr #56 | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm SprintCup Motor Racing 8006 Tony Stewart #14 +140*<small style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">vs</small> Kurt Busch #78 | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm SprintCup Motor Racing 8014 Ricky Stenhouse Jr #17 -140*<small style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">vs</small> Jeff Burton #31 | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm SprintCup Motor Racing 7151 A Chevy wins FedEx 400 +142*<small style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">vs</small> Field wins FedEx 400 | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm Motor Racing Sprint Cup +470 FedEx 400 - Jimmie Johnson | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm Motor Racing Sprint Cup +2000 FedEx 400 - Carl Edwards | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm Motor Racing Sprint Cup +2000 FedEx 400 - Clint Bowyer | |||||
| 6/2/13 1:15pm Motor Racing Sprint Cup +3100 FedEx 400 - Dale Earnhardt Jr |
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