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NASCAR Cup Series

Drydene 400

Dover International Speedway

May 16th, 2021

Race #13 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 400
Miles Raced : 400.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 19 minutes 55 seconds
Average Speed: 120.050 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.017 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 41
Lead Changes: 10
Cars in Race : 37
Finished On Lead Lap: 17 (46%)

Alex Bowman celebrates his win — Dover, Delaware - May 16th, 2021: Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, celebrates his win during the NASCAR Cup Series Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway on May 16, 2021 in Dover, Delaware. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	16	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	51	40	11	5	400	98	2	8	3	Running
2	4	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	55	35	20	2	400	263	4	1	1	Running
3	8	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	50	34	16	0	400	0	0	4	2	Running
4	3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	45	33	12	0	400	21	1	6	4	Running
5	9	22	Joey Logano	Ford	36	32	4	0	400	0	0	7	0	Running
6	5	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	42	31	11	0	400	0	0	5	6	Running
7	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	45	30	15	0	400	2	2	2	5	Running
8	12	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	30	29	1	0	400	0	0	0	10	Running
9	24	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
10	30	41	Cole Custer	Ford	27	27	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
11	22	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	26	26	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
12	7	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	33	25	8	0	400	0	0	3	0	Running
13	28	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	28	24	4	0	400	0	0	0	7	Running
14	14	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	25	23	2	0	400	0	0	0	9	Running
15	19	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
16	15	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	25	21	4	0	400	0	0	10	8	Running
17	10	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	22	20	2	0	400	0	0	9	0	Running
18	25	37	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
19	1	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	18	18	0	0	399	16	2	0	0	Running
20	20	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
21	11	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	16	16	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
22	23	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
23	13	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	14	14	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
24	18	21	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	13	13	0	0	395	0	0	0	0	Running
25	21	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	12	12	0	0	395	0	0	0	0	Running
26	26	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	393	0	0	0	0	Running
27	6	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	10	10	0	0	393	0	0	0	0	Running
28	27	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	9	9	0	0	392	0	0	0	0	Running
29	35	0	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	388	0	0	0	0	Running
30	29	77	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	388	0	0	0	0	Running
31	34	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	387	0	0	0	0	Running
32	36	53	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	383	0	0	0	0	Running
33	33	15	James Davison	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	382	0	0	0	0	Running
34	37	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	3	3	0	0	381	0	0	0	0	Running
35	17	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	2	2	0	0	335	0	0	0	0	Running
36	31	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Engine
37	32	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	1	1	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Ryan Newman	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chase Elliott	Pre-Race to the Rear Multiple Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Berry	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Michael McDowell	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	37	40	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	37	40	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	38	40	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	40	Yellow
James Davison	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	39	40	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	121	129	Yellow
James Davison	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	123	129	Yellow
Josh Berry	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	123	129	Yellow
James Davison	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	125	129	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	172	176	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	172	176	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	174	176	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Tire violation Uncontrolled Tire	Tail End	174	176	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	243	248	Yellow
Cody Ware	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	246	248	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	247	248	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	305	308	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	307	308	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	307	308	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	315	319	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	316	319	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	329	330	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	344	0	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Dover International Speedway
52nd Annual Drydene 400
Race Winner: Alex Bowman
Age: 28
Team : No. 48 - Ally Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Greg Ives
Alex Bowman won the 52nd Annual Drydene 400, his fourth victory in 202 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 11 races at Dover International Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 13 races at Dover International Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2021.
Chase Elliott (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 11 races at Dover International Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2021.
Anthony Alfredo (28th) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is Hendrick Motorsport's 267th NASCAR Cup Series victory.
Hendrick Motorsports becomes the third organization in NASCAR Cup Series history to finish first, second, third and fourth in a single event; joining Peter DePaolo Racing (Dec. 30, 1956 at Titusville, April 7, 1957 at North Wilkesboro) and Roush Fenway Racing (Nov. 20, 2005 at Homestead-Miami).
Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins at Dover in the NASCAR Cup Series with 21 victories among seven drivers: Jimmie Johnson (11), Jeff Gordon (five), Geoff Bodine (one), Ken Schrader (one), Ricky Rudd (one), Chase Elliott (one) and Alex Bowman (one).

Race Recap

Bowman leads Hendrick Motorsports sweep of top four positions at Dover

May 16th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

Say this about Alex Bowman, the driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet has got his timing right. The Hendrick Motorsports driver took the lead off pit road following his final pit stop with 97 of 400 race laps remaining, held off the field on two more race restarts and earned his second victory of the year in Sunday's Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.

The win punctuated a historic Hendrick Motorsports day at the famed one-mile track, with the team becoming the third organization in NASCAR Cup Series history to finish 1-2-3-4 in a single event; joining Peter DePaolo Racing (Dec. 30, 1956 at Titusville, April 7, 1957 at North Wilkesboro) and Roush Fenway Racing (Nov. 20, 2005 at Homestead-Miami). Bowman held off his teammate Kyle Larson by 2.017-seconds. Chase Elliott (third) and William Byron (fourth) finished just behind marking the first time in the organization's 267-victory history it's had a four-car sweep atop the scoreboard.

It was actually Larson who paced the field most of the day - leading a race best 263 of the opening 303 laps and sweeping both Stage 1 and Stage 2 victories - his series-best fifth and sixth stage wins of the season. And at one point, Sunday, he led the field by a full eight-seconds.

But Bowman's team turned in the single fastest pit stop of the entire 2021 season during a late race caution period and got the car back on track just in front of Larson. Bowman held off his teammate on the restart and pulled away to a comfortable win.

"You guys won that race not me," Bowman excitedly shouted to his team after taking the checkered flag. "I'm so proud of you."

The No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet had a track record 11 previous victories at Dover - all with driver Jimmie Johnson, who retired from fulltime NASCAR competition at the end of the 2020 season. The 28-year old Tucson native, Bowman, just started piloting the No. 48 this year, winning at Richmond, Va. last month - again turning in a late race rally - leading only the final 10 laps en route to that win.

Certainly, the Hendrick Motorsports organization showed early-on Sunday that it was ready to settle the trophy among its drivers. In all, Bowman, Larson and Byron combined to lead 381 of the 400 laps.

As the laps wound down, television cameras captured team owner Rick Hendrick nervously pacing on pit road, well aware of the significance of his four cars atop the scoring pylon.

"I can guarantee you this is the most nervous I've ever been in a race," a beaming Rick Hendrick said. "Great day for the organization. And Alex, congratulations to him. This is a sign of the guys working together and bringing good stuff to the track.

"I don't think it will hit me until tomorrow that we were able to finish one, two, three, four. That's pretty hard to do, things can happen, pit stops, tires, anything. That's a first and we'll take it. It was a great day for us."

Not only was it a win for Bowman, a seriously strong effort by Larson, but it was also another statement-making day for the 23-year-old William Byron. It marks his 11th straight top-10 finish - making him the youngest in series history to put together a string of excellence like that.

Team Penske's Joey Logano finished fifth, followed by Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick (sixth) and Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin (seventh).

Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick turned in his sixth top-10 finish of the season with an eighth-place finish. Daniel Suarez finished ninth - his second top 10 for the new TrackHouse Racing team and Stewart-Haas Racing's Cole Custer earned his second top 10 of the season.

With his work this weekend, Byron moves into second place in the NASCAR Cup Series driver standings - 101 points behind Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin. Three-race winner Martin Truex Jr., who finished 19th, is now third, 102 points behind Hamlin.

The showing at Dover marks the 11th time in 13 races this season that Hendrick Motorsports has had at least two drivers finish in the top-10. Six times now, three of the team's four drivers have earned top-10 finishes in the same race.

"We won Richmond and then had a really rough couple of weeks there," Bowman said. "We went to some really good racetracks for us and struggled. I told the guys last week, ‘we're still the same team that did it at Richmond.' This is another really good place for us.

"I'm just so pumped for [sponsor] Ally. It feels right to put the 48 back in Victory Lane here after how many races that this car has won here."

All three of NASCAR's national series will debut at the Circuit of The Americas next week in Austin, Texas.