Entry List

The official 2023 Wurth 400 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Dover Motor Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Wurth 400

Sunday, April 30th, 2023

Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, DE

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Dover International Speedway
  • Wurth 400
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 37
  • Team: No. 8 - Lenovo Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Randall Burnett
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Busch won the Pole Award for the Wurth 400 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Monday, May 1st, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Truex brothers sweep NASCAR national series races at Dover

You could say NASCAR's stop at Dover (De.) Motor Speedway was "All in the Family;” a kin-to-win kind of weekend. Martin Truex Jr. answered his younger brother Ryan's NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on Saturday with a win in Monday's rain-delayed Wurth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race – the fourth win of his career at the one-mile oval he considers his "home track"

Truex, who started 17thin the 36-car field after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, methodically worked his way forward in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The 42-year-old New Jersey native finally took the lead for the first time with 69 laps remaining and led all but one of those final laps to claim his first points-paying victory of the season, ending a 54-race winless streak.

He and his JGR pit crew ultimately had to earn the win with pit strategy and pit execution. On a pit stop during the race's final caution period, Truex's team opted to put only right-side tires on his Toyota. With the quick stop, he was able to beat the field back out to the track and then on the ensuing re-start – with seven laps to go – hold off a hard-charging Ross Chastain, whose No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet had taken four fresh tires on the stop.

"It feels incredible," Truex said. "I feel like we've been close a bunch of times, that's for sure. Felt today, with that caution, what's going to happen here and then good call by [crew chief] James [Small] to take two (tires) and then I was able to get a pretty good re-start.

"Just thanks to everybody that stuck with me. … we knew we could do this. We've shown we can lead laps and have dominated races and it just never all came together. I've said we just had to keep doing what we were doing and not overthink it."

Chastain, who took his fourth stage win of the season, finished a slight .505-seconds behind Truex but was unable to make up any real ground on the leader in the closing laps after passing Ryan Blaney, who also took only two tires on that final stop.

"Gosh, so close again," said Chastain, who led 98 laps. "It's surreal to continue to race against my all-time heroes."

Penske Racing's Blaney finished third – his sixth Top-10 of the season and second Top-3 in the last two races. Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron led a race best 193 laps and won a series best sixth stage, to finish fourth. It marks the second time he's led the most laps in a race this year but not claimed the victory.

Truex's JGR teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell finished fifth and sixth.

Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher and Josh Berry rounded out the Top-10. Berry was driving the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for Alex Bowman, who suffered a back injury racing sprint cars last Tuesday.

It marks the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion Truex's 32ndcareer win and first since a victory at Richmond, Va. on Sept. 11, 2021. Snapping the streak and sharing Dover's Victory Circle with his younger brother, Ryan, truly made the week for the veteran.

"It's just special, you know," Truex said. "This is a special place. Good day for my family and to see Ryan win Saturday he's worked so hard for so long to get good opportunities and it's awesome.

"And then for us, we've given away a few here over the years so it's nice to see it come around our way. Just excited and had a hot rod. Just needed to get it out front"

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 0.505 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 27 Minutes 47 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 115.505
  • Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,833 (5.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Dover Motor Speedway
  • Wurth 400
  • Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the W?rth 400, his 32nd victory in 632 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 33 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Ryan Blaney (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 13 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ross Chastain leads the point standings by 3 points over Christopher Bell.
Chase Elliott celebrates with a burnout as his crew cheers from the wall
Dover, Delaware - May 2, 2022 : Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout as his crew cheers from the wall after winning the NASCAR Cup Series DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne at Dover Motor Speedway.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
16
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
41
Chevrolet
Nutrien AG Solutions
2
10
Tampa, FL
Mar 14, 1984
39
Ford
Smithfield
3
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
39
Ford
Wyndham Rewards
4
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
42
Toyota
FedEx Office
5
51
Phoenix, AZ
Oct 5, 1976
46
Ford
Biohaven / Jacob Companies
6
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
32
Ford
Shell Pennzoil
7
4
Bakersfield, CA
Dec 8, 1975
47
Ford
Hunt Brothers Pizza / Realtree
8
8
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
37
Chevrolet
Lenovo
9
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
42
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
10
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
38
Ford
A&W Root Beer Float
11
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
33
Chevrolet
Get Bioethanol
12
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
35
Chevrolet
Kroger/Icy Hot Pro
13
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
30
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
14
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
29
Ford
Wabash
15
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
31
Chevrolet
FOE
16
77
Lewisville, NC
Feb 27, 1992
31
Chevrolet
NationsGuard
17
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
27
Chevrolet
NAPA Auto Parts
18
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
30
Ford
Fastenal
19
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
26
Chevrolet
Allegiant
20
78
Wauchula, FL
Nov 17, 1983
39
Chevrolet
Camden Medical Center
21
41
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
32
Ford
Mohawk Northeast
22
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Pitbull / Freeway Insurance
23
1
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Jockey
24
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
29
Toyota
McDonald's
25
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
25
Chevrolet
RaptorTough.com
26
15
Sacramento, CA
Apr 11, 1991
32
Ford
Millennium Jet Card
27
45
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
27
Toyota
Ronald McDonald House
28
31
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
24
Chevrolet
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
29
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
28
Toyota
Rheem
30
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
24
Ford
Menards\Great Stuff
31
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
28
Ford
Mahindra Tractors
32
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
22
Ford
DEX Imaging
33
42
Las Vegas, NV
Jul 15, 1998
24
Chevrolet
Sunseeker Resort
34
48
Hendersonville, TN
Oct 22, 1990
32
Chevrolet
Ally
35
54
Charlotte, NC
Oct 4, 2002
20
Toyota
He Gets us
36
38
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
22
Ford
Speedy Cash