Dover Pre Race Thread

dpkimmel2001

dpkimmel2001

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EVENT SCHEDULE
(Sprint Cup Series)
Times are local to the Track

Thursday, September 26
7:00 PM NSCS HAULERS ENTER

Friday, September 27
6:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
10:00 AM NSCS ROOKIE & SPOTTER MEETINGS & DRAWING FOR QUALIFYING ORDER
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM NSCS PRACTICE
3:10 PM NSCS QUALIFYING
5:30 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Saturday, September 28
9:30 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
11:00 - 11:55 AM NSCS PRACTICE
2:00 - 2:50 PM NSCS FINAL PRACTICE
3:30 PM NNS RACE
5:00 PM NSCS GARAGE CLOSES

Sunday, September 29
8:00 AM NSCS GARAGE OPENS
12:00 PM NSCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
1:30 PM NSCS DRIVERS INTRODUCTION
2:00 PM AAA 400 NSCS RACE

NSCS = Sprint Cup Series
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Times are local to the Track
 
(times in eastern time)
  • Practices:
    Friday, September 27, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm/et, TV-FS1
    Saturday, September 28, 11:00 - 11:55 am/et, TV-FS2

  • Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, September 28, 2:00 - 2:50pm/et, TV-FS2 same day delay at 12:00mid/et

  • Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-36, Friday, September 27 at 3:10 pm/et, TV-ESPN2, no re-air scheduled.
 
Friday
Mostly cloudy. High of 73F. Winds from the ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Clear. Low of 41F. Winds less than 5 mph.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point55 | 5467 | 5568 | 5657 | 53
Wind7 mph NNE6 mph ENE5 mph East2 mph SE
Humidity93%65%64%86%
Chance of Precip.0%0%10%0%
Cloud Cover12%80%57%11%
ConditionsClearMostly CloudyPartly CloudyClear
 
Saturday
Partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 73F. Winds from the ENE at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear. Low of 46F. Winds less than 5 mph.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point51 | 5069 | 5768 | 5756 | 54
Wind5 mph NE7 mph ENE7 mph ESE4 mph ESE
Humidity95%67%70%91%
Chance of Precip.10%10%10%0%
Cloud Cover3%0%2%0%
ConditionsClearClearClearClear
 
Sunday
Clear. High of 75F. Winds from the ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear. Fog overnight. Low of 45F. Winds less than 5 mph.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point51 | 5069 | 5670 | 5654 | 54
Wind4 mph ENE4 mph ESE6 mph SE5 mph SSE
Humidity95%62%64%99%
Chance of Precip.0%0%0%0%
Cloud Cover0%0%0%0%
ConditionsClearClearClearFog
 
Odds to win the AAA 400 – 2013 AAA 400 – Dover International Speedway – Sunday, September 29

Jimmie Johnson 7/2

Matt Kenseth 9/2

Kyle Busch 9/2

Kasey Kahne 7/1

Brad Keselowski 12/1

Jeff Gordon 12/1

Carl Edwards 15/1

Martin Truex Jr 18/1

Kurt Busch 18/1

Clint Bowyer 18/1

Kevin Harvick 18/1

Denny Hamlin 20/1

Brian Vickers 25/1

Greg Biffle 25/1

Joey Logano 25/1

Dale Earnhardt Jr 25/1

Ryan Newman 50/1

Jamie McMurray 60/1

Juan Montoya 75/1

Mark Martin 75/1

Jeff Burton 75/1

Danica Patrick 100/1

Marcos Ambrose 100/1

Aric Almirola 100/1

Ricky Stenhouse Jr 100/1

Paul Menard 100/1

AJ Allmendinger 100/1

Field (Any Other Driver) 100/1
 
3 times the winner of the Dover Chase race has gone on to win the championship: Jimmie Johnson ('09,'10) & keselowski ('12)
 
3 times drivers have won the first 2 races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup: Greg Biffle ('08), Tony Stewart ('11), Matt Kenseth ('13).
 
The top five in points (Kenseth, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Edwards, Biffle) have the top five career driver ratings at Dover.

1. Jimmie Johnson - 119.6
2. Matt Kenseth - 107.3
3. Kyle Busch - 105.6
4. Carl Edwards - 102.9
5. Greg Biffle - 101.4
 
I feel like The other contenders need a win and Kenseth a slight issue to really get back in this. Kenseth wins here, it's his title.
 
The Monster before it became the Monster Mile.

The track opened in 1969 as America’s first multi-purpose sports complex and remains that still today. It’s busy schedule from opening day in 1969 included thoroughbred and standard bred horse racing on the interior 5/8 mile oval and world-class auto racing on the outside one-mile track. The concrete auto racing track boasted a new design called “variable degree” which helped drivers transition from flat straights to high-banked turns. This new design allowed for drivers to reach unprecedented speeds on the one-mile track, earning it the nickname “The Monster Mile.” It is fiercely known to have destroyed cars and driver’s hopes, an alternate definition of “monster.”


1965
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1969
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More recent; before Miles the Monster was added.
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And for those that forget, this is what it looks like closer to today only it's full of fans.
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From 2008-2013 a typical Dover race had 17.5 lead changes, 7.1 cautions for 32.6 laps, and an average green-flag run of 45.4 laps.
 
Dover track facts:

  • Number of previous races: 87.
  • First Sprint Cup race: July 6, 1969, won by Richard Petty.
  • Last Sprint Cup race: June 2, 2013, won by Tony Stewart.
  • Won from pole: 13, last time by Jimmie Johnson in 2010.
  • Won from top-5 starting position: 52 times in 87 races (60%).
  • Won from top-10 starting position: 68 times (78%).
  • Won from 21st or worse starting position: 5 times (6%).
  • Worst starting spot for race winner: 37th, by Kyle Petty in 1995.
  • Most laps led: 491, by Richard Petty in 1974.
  • Fewest laps led by a race winner: 3, by Tony Stewart in 2013.
 
Dover is one of the few tracks we haven't been to due to the distance and the races running during the school year but we are going to try and make it next year.
 
Johali said:
Dover is one of the few tracks we haven't been to due to the distance and the races running during the school year but we are going to try and make it next year.
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My wife, kids & I went there for a long, long time. It's a great place to go. Lot's of stuff to do around the area too.
 
One of my favorite tracks on TV, never been there Richmond is the furthest track up North for me.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Dover track facts:

  • Most laps led: 491, by Richard Petty in 1974.
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So..... Of course I had to go back and look that race up. Here's some info on that race that I found.

While Richard Petty led the 491 laps as mentioned he was the only one that finished on the lead lap.

2nd place finished 3 laps down (Buddy Baker)

The 3rd place driver, Earl Ross, finished 9 laps down.

Time of the race was 4:23 and over 30,000 were in attendance.

Could you imagine if we saw a race like that today?
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
So..... Of course I had to go back and look that race up. Here's some info on that race that I found.

While Richard Petty led the 491 laps as mentioned he was the only one that finished on the lead lap.

2nd place finished 3 laps down (Buddy Baker)

The 3rd place driver, Earl Ross, finished 9 laps down.

Time of the race was 4:23 and over 30,000 were in attendance.

Could you imagine if we saw a race like that today?
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i'm glad we don't.
 
Some of the big upsets
1981 Jody Ridley wins in the Junie Donalevy Truxmore/ Sonny King Ford

Any Ford fans under 30 might enjoy google imaging his old Ford short track cars he was good.

http://racing-reference.info/race/1981_Mason-Dixon_500/W

1990 Derrick Cope wins in the Bob Whitcomb Chevrolet

http://racing-reference.info/race/1990_Budweiser_500/W

As a old Earnhardt fan I heard a lot people call Derricks Daytona * win a fluke, but he had to be decent to win at Dover.

* Childress says ,"Opportunity meets preparation" and I agree, these two earned their Ws imo.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
So..... Of course I had to go back and look that race up. Here's some info on that race that I found.

While Richard Petty led the 491 laps as mentioned he was the only one that finished on the lead lap.

2nd place finished 3 laps down (Buddy Baker)

The 3rd place driver, Earl Ross, finished 9 laps down.

Time of the race was 4:23 and over 30,000 were in attendance.

Could you imagine if we saw a race like that today?
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A two second lead at the finish today pisses the pissers off.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
So..... Of course I had to go back and look that race up. Here's some info on that race that I found.

While Richard Petty led the 491 laps as mentioned he was the only one that finished on the lead lap.

2nd place finished 3 laps down (Buddy Baker)

The 3rd place driver, Earl Ross, finished 9 laps down.

Time of the race was 4:23 and over 30,000 were in attendance.

Could you imagine if we saw a race like that today?
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That would be incredibly boring. Glad racing isn't like that today.
 
Ahhh...when races were won by 3 laps and real men didn't care. Those were the days......:rolleyes:
 
Where are you guys getting this fun facts from? Keep it up.
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FenderBumper said:
Nothing like having 1 excellent team, 1 decent team and 40+ guys from the neighborhood battling it out for a championship.
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Today all the kids would be asking "What is the point of those other forty guys being out there? "
 
You guys can replicate lapping the field by playing the NASCAR game.

I used to do just that every time. Specially at Martinsville. :p
 
ted@economy said:
Yeah , but they also raced because they loved to race each other . The thirty fifth place driver had a heck of a great day if he usually finished fortieth. It was about the racing .
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Too bad TV doesn't show much of that. They seem to be getting better, but for years they didn't know what to do when a guy was leading by half a lap.
 
FenderBumper said:
Too bad TV doesn't show much of that. They seem to be getting better, but for years they didn't know what to do when a guy was leading by half a lap.
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Thankfully with a laptop ,you can now keep track of the entire field.
 
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