Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Wurth 400

Dover International Speedway

April 28th, 2024

Race #11 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 400
Miles Raced : 400.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 20 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 119.433 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.256 seconds
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 42
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 37
Finished On Lead Lap: 17 (46%)

Denny Hamlin celebrates in victory lane — Dover, Delaware - April 28th, 2024: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Mavis Tire Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Dover International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	6	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	53	40	13	5	400	136	2	6	3	Running
2	21	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	51	35	16	1	400	39	2	5	1	Running
3	15	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	51	34	17	1	400	69	1	1	4	Running
4	1	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	42	33	9	0	400	34	2	7	6	Running
5	29	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	40	32	8	0	400	0	0	9	5	Running
6	5	10	Noah Gragson	Ford	31	31	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
7	2	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	40	30	10	0	400	47	2	4	8	Running
8	9	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	41	29	12	0	400	0	0	8	2	Running
9	14	31	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	400	5	1	0	0	Running
10	19	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	27	27	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
11	4	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	38	26	12	0	400	0	0	3	7	Running
12	22	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
13	10	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
14	12	4	Josh Berry	Ford	23	23	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
15	11	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	22	22	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
16	13	22	Joey Logano	Ford	21	21	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
17	18	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	20	20	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
18	31	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
19	7	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	18	18	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
20	34	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	17	17	0	0	398	0	0	0	0	Running
21	25	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	398	33	1	0	0	Running
22	20	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
23	36	51	Justin Haley	Ford	14	14	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
24	37	71	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
25	32	43	Corey Heim	Toyota	0	0	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
26	26	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	11	11	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
27	23	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
28	27	84	Jimmie Johnson	Toyota	9	9	0	0	395	0	0	0	0	Running
29	35	15	Kaz Grala	Ford	8	8	0	0	394	0	0	0	0	Running
30	24	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	7	7	0	0	383	0	0	0	0	Running
31	30	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	6	6	0	0	379	0	0	0	0	Running
32	16	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	6	5	1	0	329	1	1	0	10	Accident
33	3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	13	4	9	0	329	36	1	2	0	Accident
34	33	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	3	3	0	0	328	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	17	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	5	2	3	0	320	0	0	10	9	Accident
36	8	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	1	1	0	0	285	0	0	0	0	Hub
37	28	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	1	1	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	Fire

Race Infractions

Wurth 400 at Dover International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Christopher Bell	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kaz Grala	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Zane Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Michael McDowell	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	42	46	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	118	129	Yellow
Carson Hocevar	Equipment Interference	Pass Thru	183	192	Green
Jimmie Johnson	Safety violation	Tail End	254	258	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	322	0	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	322	327	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	323	327	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	329	0	Yellow
William Byron	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	329	0	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	329	0	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	334	338	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Dover Motor Speedway
Wurth 400
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Age: 43
Team : No. 11 - Mavis Tire Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
Denny Hamlin won the W?rth 400, his 54th victory in 661 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 34 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 16 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2024.
Martin Truex Jr. (third) posted his 20th top-10 finish in 34 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 15 points over Martin Truex Jr..

Race Recap

Denny Hamlin grabs third Cup win of the season at Dover

April 28th, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Denny Hamlin essentially called his shot this week, saying on his popular weekly podcast that he absolutely expected to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. And the veteran backed it up – holding off championship leader Kyle Larson by a slight .256-second to claim his third win of the season and 54th of his career – tying the legend Lee Petty on the all-time wins list.

Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota took the lead from Larson during a late race pit stop cycle, beating him off pit road then leading the final 72 laps. He got the jump on Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on both of the final two restarts then managed an advantage that was more than 2-seconds at one point with Larson closing on him.

Larson got within two-tenths of a second of Hamlin as they negotiated traffic on the famous one-mile Dover track in the closing laps but was unable to get close enough to attempt a pass.

“You’d better win, if you’re going to open your mouth, that’s for sure,” Hamlin said of his bold prediction to win.

Hamlin, 43, immediately gave credit to his No. 11 JGR team.

“Just a great team, they just did a great job,” said Hamlin, who led a race best 136 of the 400 laps.

“All the guys on the wall right here, they made it happen,” he said motioning to his cheering team on pit wall. Thank you to them and to [crew chief] Chris Gabehart. The whole team just gave me a great car.

“I think the key moment, really was Kyle did an excellent job executing during the green flag pit cycle ad then we were able to get the lead there on that restart, then got the caution that allowed us to control the restart. That was really the key moment for us and certainly feels good winning here at Dover.”

Larson was understandably disappointed standing next to his car after the race and explained that contact between his car and the No. 19 car on a late race restart hurt his chances of being able to get going properly and challenge Hamlin.

“I knew when I got within three car-lengths, he was going to start moving around,” said Larson, who led 39 laps. “I couldn’t really do anything. I was trying all sorts of different angles and speeds, all that. Nothing could generate enough speed to get close enough I guess, to do anything. That was a bummer.

“A great day for our HendrickCars.com Chevy team. Started 21st, drove up to sixth in the first stage or fifth. Got a stage win. Another stage win sounds good. Good points day. We would have loved to get a win.”

It was actually Hamlin’s JGR teammate Truex – the defending race winner – who looked strongest in the field early on. He led 69 laps and won the opening stage, only to lose ground on a slow pit stop mid-race. His Toyota suffered some frontend damage from the restart incident that Larson referred to, but Truex held ground all day to finish third. He remains in second place in the championship standings, 15 points behind Larson.

“Feel like we let one get away today,” Truex said. “Had a really strong Bass Pro Camry. You can’t lose control of these races mid-stage like that. The track changes and you get behind. Man, just stinks. Overall, a good day, just keep working on it.”

Dover polesitter Kyle Busch finished fourth in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and Hendrick’s Chase Elliott was fifth.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Noah Gragson – coming off his best career finish (third) last week at Talladega, Ala. – finished sixth, his fourth top-10 of the year. Reigning champion, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney was seventh followed by Hendrick’s Alex Bowman, Kaulig Racing’s Daniel Hemric and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs. It marked the second consecutive top-10 for Hemric, equaling his best result of the year.

It was a rough outing for the series’ other three-race winners this season, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron. The perennial race favorite was involved in a three-car accident with 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace and JGR’s Christopher Bell with 71 laps remaining. It marked the first DNF for Byron this season and the second consecutive DNF for both Wallace and Bell. Byron had an issue during a pit stop that left him mid-pack and that’s exactly where the incident happened.

“Just sucks,” Byron told the Performance Racing Network. “We had a good car early, but once we got in traffic, we were terrible.”

Also of note, Corey Heim finished 25th in his NASCAR Cup Series debut. The 21-year old substituted for the injured Erik Jones in the Legacy Motor Club No. 43 Toyota. His team co-owner, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson finished 28th in his third start of the season.