Opened: 1969

Location: Dover, Del.

First NASCAR Cup Series Race: July 6, 1969 (Richard Petty, winner)

Qualifying Record: Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge; 161.522 mph (22.288 seconds), June 4, 2004

Race Record: Mark Martin, Ford; 132.719 mph (3:00:50), September 21, 1997

Distance: 1 mile

Front Stretch: 1,076 feet

Back Stretch: 1,076 feet

Banking in Turns 1-4: 24 degrees

Banking in Straights: 9 degrees

Miles/Laps: 400 miles/400 laps

Grandstand Seats: 140,000

Tickets: 800-441-7223

Website: www.doverspeedway.com

Did You Know?  Today; Dover Downs, the harness-racing track inside the speedway, is the only race track to campaign a six-month long harness racing season, six days a week offering 15 races daily.

Last Year: Greg Biffle avoided trouble and cruised to victory in a wreck-fest at the Monster Mile.  The MBNA RacePoints 400 on June 5th was Biffle's fourth win of the season.  Jimmie Johnson held on tight and, with his rookie teammate Kyle Busch in tow, won the MBNA RacePoints 400 on September 25. 

"It's a very unique race track and you've got to have a really fast race car that works good on the bottom.  Typically the track widens out quite a bit for the Cup race.  If you've got it right in the past it's easy to get it right again - usually," said Ryan Newman, a three-time winner at The Monster Mile.

"Hot Spots": Seems most of the trouble happens between Turns 1 and 2 on these high banks, and when drivers hit the wall here, they hit Hard.

Who To Look At: Ryan Newman will break out of his slump and win at Dover and so will Mark Martin and it might not be his only win in what will really be his final year.  Dover is a track where trouble can strike at any moment and avoiding it is key; should Newman and Martin have any trouble look for Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch to be waiting in the wings.  Others to watch not in the Top 10 here are the Busch Brothers,  Dale Jarrett, Jeremy Mayfield, Kasey Kahne & Jeff Burton.

Tracking The Top Ten

Best active drivers at Dover based on average finish (minimum of four starts)

Driver                  Races   Avg Fin   Wins   Top 5s   Top 10s   DNF   Avg Start   Poles

Tony Stewart          14          6.0        2          9           11         0          16.2         0

Ryan Newman         8           6.5        3          5            7          0           7.1         2

Jimmie Johnson       8         11.9        3          4            6          2           8.4         0

Jeff Gordon             26        12.9        4         12           16         5          10.2        2

Mark Martin            39        13.2        4         19           24         9          10.2        4

Bill Elliott                41        13.5        4         12           19         3          10.7        3

Bobby Labonte        27        16.0        1         11           13         4          13.3        3

Matt Kenseth          14        16.1        0           3            7          3          17.4        1

Jamie McMurray       6         16.2        0          0             2         0           14.0        0

Dale Earnhardt Jr.    12        16.4        1          3             5         1           11.8        0