Last week at Sonoma we got to see the Road Course King conquer another Road Course on the NASCAR schedule as SVG outdueled Chase Briscoe to earn his 3rd straight Cup Road Course win. Next up we will get a break from the SVG domination as we go back to the ovals where high banks and fast speeds will be the talking point at Dover. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Dover Motor Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Dover.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 400 | 136 | 6th | 3rd | 140.8 |
| 2 | 21 | Kyle Larson | 400 | 39 | 5th | 1st | 120.9 |
| 3 | 15 | Martin Truex Jr. | 400 | 69 | 1st | 4th | 121.7 |
| 4 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 400 | 34 | 7th | 6th | 115.0 |
| 5 | 29 | Chase Elliott | 400 | 0 | 9th | 5th | 97.8 |
| 6 | 5 | Noah Gragson | 400 | 0 | 12th | 19th | 86.6 |
| 7 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 400 | 47 | 4th | 8th | 109.1 |
| 8 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 400 | 0 | 8th | 2nd | 100.1 |
| 9 | 14 | Daniel Hemric | 400 | 5 | 21st | 22nd | 68.4 |
| 10 | 19 | Ty Gibbs | 400 | 0 | 16th | 11th | 83.6 |
| 11 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 400 | 0 | 3rd | 7th | 99.7 |
| 12 | 22 | Ross Chastain | 400 | 0 | 15th | 16th | 75.0 |
| 13 | 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 400 | 0 | 11th | 12th | 84.8 |
| 14 | 12 | Josh Berry | 400 | 0 | 17th | 15th | 76.7 |
| 15 | 11 | Austin Cindric | 400 | 0 | 19th | 20th | 70.1 |
| 16 | 13 | Joey Logano | 400 | 0 | 20th | 18th | 63.2 |
| 17 | 18 | Chris Buescher | 400 | 0 | 14th | 14th | 71.1 |
| 18 | 31 | Daniel Suarez | 399 | 0 | 27th | 25th | 51.2 |
| 19 | 7 | Chase Briscoe | 399 | 0 | 23rd | 21st | 63.4 |
| 20 | 34 | John Hunter Nemechek | 398 | 0 | 26th | 24th | 49.3 |
| 21 | 25 | Corey LaJoie | 398 | 33 | 22nd | 26th | 53.6 |
| 22 | 20 | Carson Hocevar | 397 | 0 | 25th | 28th | 51.8 |
| 23 | 36 | Justin Haley | 397 | 0 | 30th | 27th | 43.1 |
| 24 | 37 | Zane Smith | 397 | 0 | 32nd | 31st | 35.0 |
| 25 | 32 | Corey Heim | 397 | 0 | 24th | 23rd | 46.3 |
| 26 | 26 | Harrison Burton | 397 | 0 | 28th | 29th | 41.3 |
| 27 | 23 | Austin Dillon | 396 | 0 | 35th | 33rd | 41.9 |
| 28 | 27 | Jimmie Johnson | 395 | 0 | 31st | 32nd | 37.2 |
| 29 | 35 | Kaz Grala | 394 | 0 | 34th | 35th | 28.7 |
| 30 | 24 | Brad Keselowski | 383 | 0 | 33rd | 34th | 52.6 |
| 31 | 30 | Todd Gilliland | 379 | 0 | 36th | 36th | 29.2 |
| 32 | 16 | Bubba Wallace | 329 | 1 | 13th | 10th | 69.3 |
| 33 | 3 | William Byron | 329 | 36 | 2nd | 17th | 81.7 |
| 34 | 33 | Christopher Bell | 328 | 0 | 18th | 13th | 54.2 |
| 35 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 320 | 0 | 10th | 9th | 72.1 |
| 36 | 8 | Michael McDowell | 285 | 0 | 29th | 30th | 44.4 |
| 37 | 28 | Ryan Preece | 66 | 0 | 37th | 37th | 27.1 |
– Finish plays a part in your Driver Rating for a race, but it’s not everything as William Byron, who finished 33rd, had a much better Driver Rating than Daniel Hemric, who finished 9th.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 8.19 | 1st | 32nd | 16 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 9.50 | 1st | 39th | 14 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 10.13 | 1st | 41st | 39 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11.18 | 1st | 38th | 34 |
| T5 | Cole Custer | 11.50 | 10th | 15th | 4 |
| T5 | Ty Gibbs | 11.50 | 10th | 13th | 2 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 13.54 | 1st | 38th | 26 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 13.82 | 4th | 22nd | 11 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 13.94 | 1st | 43rd | 36 |
| 10 | Tyler Reddick | 14.50 | 7th | 30th | 6 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 14.54 | 3rd | 42nd | 28 |
| 12 | William Byron | 14.90 | 4th | 33rd | 10 |
| 13 | Daniel Suarez | 15.50 | 3rd | 35th | 12 |
| 14 | Denny Hamlin | 15.65 | 1st | 43rd | 34 |
| 15 | Alex Bowman | 17.08 | 1st | 40th | 13 |
| 16 | Ryan Blaney | 17.43 | 3rd | 38th | 14 |
| 17 | Josh Berry | 18.00 | 10th | 30th | 3 |
| T18 | Christopher Bell | 19.00 | 4th | 34th | 6 |
| T18 | Justin Haley | 19.00 | 11th | 23rd | 3 |
| 20 | Chris Buescher | 19.93 | 8th | 36th | 14 |
| 21 | Noah Gragson | 20.00 | 6th | 34th | 2 |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20.10 | 2nd | 41st | 21 |
| 23 | Austin Dillon | 20.11 | 7th | 33rd | 19 |
| 24 | John Hunter Nemechek | 21.33 | 20th | 24th | 3 |
| 25 | Bubba Wallace | 21.40 | 11th | 32nd | 10 |
| 26 | Ross Chastain | 21.60 | 2nd | 38th | 10 |
| 27 | Carson Hocevar | 22.00 | 22nd | 22nd | 1 |
| 28 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22.68 | 7th | 43rd | 25 |
| 29 | Casey Mears | 23.50 | 6th | 41st | 28 |
| 30 | Zane Smith | 24.00 | 24th | 24th | 1 |
| 31 | Chase Briscoe | 24.25 | 13th | 35th | 4 |
| 32 | Ryan Preece | 24.38 | 17th | 37th | 8 |
| 33 | Corey Heim | 25.00 | 25th | 25th | 1 |
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 25.09 | 14th | 36th | 11 |
| 35 | Austin Cindric | 25.67 | 15th | 36th | 3 |
| 36 | Corey LaJoie | 26.36 | 14th | 38th | 11 |
| T37 | Anthony Alfredo | 28.00 | 28th | 28th | 1 |
| T37 | Todd Gilliland | 28.00 | 25th | 31st | 3 |
| 39 | Michael McDowell | 30.79 | 17th | 43rd | 24 |
| 40 | Justin Allgaier | 31.00 | 26th | 42nd | 4 |
| 41 | Ryan Truex | 32.00 | 32nd | 32nd | 2 |
| 42 | Josh Bilicki | 32.50 | 32nd | 34th | 4 |
| 43 | Brennan Poole | 33.00 | 30th | 36th | 3 |
| 44 | J.J. Yeley | 33.87 | 24th | 42nd | 23 |
| 45 | B.J. McLeod | 33.89 | 29th | 38th | 9 |
| 46 | Cody Ware | 34.00 | 31st | 36th | 5 |
– Winning here is usually no fluke as 4 of the 8 drivers in the table above with a best finish of 1st have the 4 best active Avg. Finishes here.
| Best Active Dover Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Dover Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 109.74 | 33 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 81.93 | 33 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 103.76 | 16 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 80.93 | 14 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 101.98 | 36 | 3 | Kyle Busch | 76.83 | 36 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 101.68 | 34 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 75.90 | 16 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 96.10 | 14 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 75.72 | 34 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 91.56 | 34 | 6 | Ty Gibbs | 72.50 | 2 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 90.27 | 26 | 7 | Ryan Blaney | 71.12 | 14 |
| 8 | William Byron | 89.37 | 10 | 8 | Brad Keselowski | 70.30 | 26 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 88.16 | 14 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 67.19 | 34 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 86.15 | 2 | 10 | William Byron | 64.32 | 10 |
– If you’re wondering who will be good in the race this weekend the table above gives pretty good clues as both tables feature the same 10 drivers.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 20.16 | 39 | 1 | Cole Custer | 100 | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 14.62 | 16 | 2 | Ty Gibbs | 99.88 | 2 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 9.66 | 36 | 3 | Erik Jones | 99.76 | 11 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8.47 | 34 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.61 | 3 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 7.25 | 14 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 99.50 | 6 |
| 6 | William Byron | 6.72 | 10 | T5 | Justin Haley | 99.50 | 3 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 6.09 | 34 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 99.27 | 16 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 4.59 | 10 | T8 | Carson Hocevar | 99.25 | 1 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 4.01 | 26 | T8 | Corey Heim | 99.25 | 1 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 2.82 | 13 | T8 | Zane Smith | 99.25 | 1 |
Cole Custer hasn’t started a Cup race at Dover since 2022 but in his 4 career Cup races here he’s yet to finish a lap down, the only active driver that can say that. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Most Active Dover Starts | Most Active Dover Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 39 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 36 | T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 34 | T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 34 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 2 |
| T5 | Casey Mears | 28 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 28 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 26 | T5 | Chris Buescher | 1 |
| 8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | |||
| 9 | Michael McDowell | 24 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| 10 | J.J. Yeley | 23 | |||
– Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr. have combined to win 21 of the 41 Poles and Races in the active lists above and below (51.22%).
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 11 | 28.21 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 5.88 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 4 | 11.76 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 7.69 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 8.33 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 6.25 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 14.29 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.85 |
| Most Active Dover Top 3’s | Best Active Dover Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 15 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 43.75 | 7 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 9 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 42.86 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 8 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 38.46 | 15 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 26.47 | 9 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 6 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 23.08 | 3 |
| T6 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 6 | Kyle Busch | 22.22 | 8 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 20.00 | 2 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 3 | 8 | Brad Keselowski | 11.54 | 3 |
| T6 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 9 | Joey Logano | 10.71 | 3 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 10 | Denny Hamlin | 8.82 | 3 |
– After last years race in which Kyle Larson finished 2nd and Chase Elliott finished 5th, Larson took over the lead in the active Top 3% table above.
| Most Active Dover Top 5’s | Best Active Dover Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 18 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 71.43 | 10 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 14 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 50.00 | 8 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 46.15 | 18 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 38.89 | 14 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 38.46 | 5 |
| T5 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 32.35 | 11 |
| T7 | Alex Bowman | 5 | 7 | William Byron | 30.00 | 3 |
| T7 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 23.53 | 8 |
| T7 | Joey Logano | 5 | 9 | Ross Chastain | 20.00 | 2 |
| 10 | William Byron | 3 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 19.23 | 5 |
Chase Elliott is holding up 5 because he’s been crazy good at finishing in the Top 5 at Dover as he’s finished over 70% of his races here in the Top 5, but from the table below you can see those are his only Top 10’s here. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Most Active Dover Top 10’s | Best Active Dover Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 27 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 75.00 | 12 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 22 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 71.43 | 10 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 20 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 69.23 | 27 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 61.11 | 22 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 15 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 58.82 | 20 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 12 | 6 | Joey Logano | 53.57 | 15 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 11 | T7 | Cole Custer | 50.00 | 2 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 10 | T7 | Noah Gragson | 50.00 | 1 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 6 | T7 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 1 |
| 10 | Daniel Suarez | 5 | 10 | Denny Hamlin | 47.06 | 16 |
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 20.83 | T4 | William Byron | 1 | 5.00 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 20.00 | T4 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 4.17 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 16.67 | T4 | Joey Logano | 1 | 4.17 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 5.00 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 4.17 |
– Only 2 drivers in the race this weekend have more than 1 Stage Win at Dover.
| Most Active Dover Stage T10’s | Best Active Dover Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 79.17 | 19 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 17 | T2 | Brad Keselowski | 70.83 | 17 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 17 | T2 | Chase Elliott | 70.83 | 17 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 17 | T2 | Ryan Blaney | 70.83 | 17 |
| T5 | Denny Hamlin | 15 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 65.00 | 13 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 15 | T6 | Denny Hamlin | 62.50 | 15 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 13 | T6 | Kyle Busch | 62.50 | 15 |
| 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 11 | 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 61.11 | 11 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 10 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 55.56 | 10 |
| T9 | William Byron | 10 | 10 | William Byron | 50.00 | 10 |
| T9 | Joey Logano | 10 | ||||
– If you’re looking for who might get Stage Points this weekend look no further than the top 10 drivers in the Stage T10 list and every driver in the Stage T10% list above. They are the only 10 active drivers with a Stage T10% of 50+%.
| Most Active Dover Starts without Win | Most Active Dover Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | Casey Mears | 28 | T1 | Casey Mears | 28 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 28 | T1 | Joey Logano | 28 |
| 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 4 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| 5 | J.J Yeley | 23 | 5 | J.J Yeley | 23 |
| 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 19 | 7 | Austin Dillon | 19 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 14 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 14 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 14 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel Suarez | 12 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 12 |
– Unless Joey Logano wins the Pole or wins the race this weekend at Dover he will be alone atop both “without” lists above.
| Most Active Dover Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Dover Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 28 | 1 | Casey Mears | 28 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 |
| 3 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 23 | 4 | J.J. Yeley | 23 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 19 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 19 |
– 5 of the 12 active drivers to start 19+ races here at Dover have not gotten a Top 3 or Top 5 (drivers listed above).
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| 2 | J.J. Yeley | 23 |
| T3 | Corey LaJoie | 11 |
| T3 | Ty Dillon | 11 |
| 5 | Bubba Wallace | 10 |
– J.J. Yeley and Michael McDowell have had no luck here at Dover as they are the only drivers on every “without” list above.
| Most Active Dover Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Dover Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 24 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 24 | 2 | Corey LaJoie | 22 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 24 | 3 | Ty Dillon | 20 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 24 | 4 | B.J. McLeod | 18 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 24 | 5 | Ryan Preece | 16 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 6 | A.J. Allmendinger | 14 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | T7 | Cody Ware | 10 |
| T8 | Corey LaJoie | 22 | T7 | J.J. Yeley | 10 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 22 | T9 | Chase Briscoe | 8 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 20 | T9 | Josh Bilicki | 8 |
| T10 | Ty Dillon | 20 | |||
Michael McDowell is the only driver in all 7 “without” tables above, and he’s the only driver to race in every stage here at Dover and not record a Stage T10. Photo by Patrick Smith — Getty Images for NASCAR
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | Top 3’s | Chase Elliott | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 2 | Top 5’s | Tyler Reddick | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 2 | Top 10’s | Alex Bowman | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 6 | Stage T10’s | Kyle Busch | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 5 | Stage T10’s | Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 4 | Stage T10’s | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– Martin Truex Jr. ended his full-time Cup career with some impressive streaks as he ended on a 2 race Top 3 streak and a 6 straight Stage T10 streak.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-11 | 48.25 | William Byron | 4th | 6 | 2022-11 | 18.25 | Chase Elliott | 1st |
| 2 | 2024-11 | 34.00 | Denny Hamlin | 1st | 7 | 2024-11 | 17.25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3rd |
| 3 | 2022-11 | 25.75 | Kyle Busch | 7th | 8 | 2023-11 | 17.00 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1st |
| 4 | 2023-11 | 24.50 | Ross Chastain | 2nd | 9 | 2022-11 | 16.75 | Denny Hamlin | 21st |
| 5 | 2022-11 | 21.50 | Ross Chastain | 3rd | 10 | 2024-11 | 11.75 | Ryan Blaney | 7th |
– Leading a good chunk of laps in the Next Gen car at Dover typically yields a Top 10 finish and a good chance at winning with all 3 Next Gen Dover winners leading 17+% of the laps.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-11 | Denny Hamlin | 140.8 | 1st | 6 | 2024-11 | Martin Truex Jr. | 121.7 | 3rd |
| 2 | 2022-11 | Chase Elliott | 132.9 | 1st | 7 | 2023-11 | Ryan Blaney | 121.6 | 3rd |
| 3 | 2023-11 | Ross Chastain | 129.5 | 2nd | 8 | 2024-11 | Kyle Larson | 120.9 | 2nd |
| 4 | 2023-11 | William Byron | 126.8 | 4th | 9 | 2022-11 | Kyle Busch | 120.7 | 7th |
| 5 | 2022-11 | Ross Chastain | 125.2 | 3rd | 10 | 2023-11 | Martin Truex Jr. | 119.1 | 1st |
Last year Denny Hamlin became the first driver to get a Driver Rating over 140 in the Next Gen at Dover. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2023-11 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 5th | 7 | 2024-11 | Ryan Blaney | 99.50 | 7th |
| T1 | 2024-11 | Kyle Busch | 100 | 4th | T8 | 2022-11 | Ross Chastain | 99.25 | 3rd |
| T3 | 2022-11 | Chase Elliott | 99.75 | 1st | T8 | 2024-11 | Martin Truex Jr. | 99.25 | 3rd |
| T3 | 2023-11 | Ryan Blaney | 99.75 | 3rd | T10 | 2024-11 | Alex Bowman | 99.25 | 8th |
| T3 | 2023-11 | William Byron | 99.75 | 4th | T10 | 2024-11 | Tyler Reddick | 99.25 | 11th |
| T3 | 2024-11 | Denny Hamlin | 99.75 | 1st |
– In the 3 Next Gen Dover races there have been 16 drivers to run 96+% of a race in the Top 15, and of those 16 drivers only Tyler Reddick (2024) didn’t finish in the Top 10.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 4th | 6.67 | 1 | 16th | 33.00 |
| 2 | 14th | 7.33 | 2 | 33rd | 30.00 |
| 3 | 7th | 9.67 | 3 | 26th | 29.00 |
| 4 | 10th | 10.33 | 4 | 28th | 27.67 |
| 5 | 1st | 11.00 | T5 | 32nd | 27.33 |
| 6 | 2nd | 11.33 | T5 | 36th | 27.33 |
| 7 | 6th | 12.00 | 7 | 34th | 27.00 |
| 8 | 9th | 13.00 | 8 | 35th | 26.00 |
| T9 | 11th | 13.33 | 9 | 37th | 24.00 |
| T9 | 15th | 13.33 | |||
| T9 | 17th | 13.33 | 10 | 22nd | 23.33 |
| T9 | 29th | 13.33 | |||
– Based on the 3 Next Gen Dover races starting inside the Top 20 is good, while starting outside the Top 20 is not good, with 29th and 16th being outliers.
| Best Next Gen Dover Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Dover Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 115.17 | 3 | 1 | Alex Bowman | 98.75 | 2 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 112.83 | 3 | 2 | Kevin Harvick | 95.00 | 2 |
| 3 | Ross Chastain | 109.90 | 3 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 91.67 | 3 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 104.60 | 2 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 91.58 | 3 |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | 104.37 | 3 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 83.08 | 3 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 102.57 | 3 | 6 | Chris Buescher | 79.58 | 3 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 99.43 | 3 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 79.25 | 3 |
| 8 | William Byron | 92.23 | 3 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 77.33 | 3 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 91.90 | 3 | 9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 74.75 | 3 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 89.67 | 3 | 10 | Ty Gibbs | 72.50 | 2 |
– If you’re looking to see where Alex Bowman is this weekend look in the Top 15 as he’s only ran 10 of the race laps (in which he’s competed in) at Dover out of the Top 15.
| Best Next Gen Dover Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Dover Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5.33 | 3 | 1 | William Byron | 19.08 | 3 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 5.67 | 3 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 17.25 | 3 |
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 5.67 | 3 | 3 | Ross Chastain | 15.33 | 3 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 6.50 | 2 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 13.50 | 3 |
| T5 | Daniel Hemric | 9.00 | 1 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11.83 | 3 |
| T5 | Denny Hamlin | 9.00 | 3 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 6.08 | 3 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 10.67 | 3 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 4.83 | 3 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 11.33 | 3 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 4.58 | 3 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 11.50 | 2 | 9 | Corey LaJoie | 2.75 | 3 |
| T10 | Josh Berry | 12.00 | 2 | 10 | Justin Haley | 1.58 | 3 |
| T10 | Ryan Blaney | 12.00 | 3 | ||||
Look out for Ross Chastain to be up front this weekend as he is the only driver that ranks top 4 in both tables above. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Next Gen Dover Win List | Next Gen Dover Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | |||
– No driver has won multiple poles or races at Dover in the Next Gen car, and no driver has won one of each either.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 |
– Look for Chevy to be strong this weekend as 5 of the 8 Top 3 finishes in the Next Gen have come via Chevy.
| Most Next Gen Dover Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Dover Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 100 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | William Byron | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
The 48 Hendrick car is the only car to finish all 3 Dover Next Gen races in the Top 10, and Alex Bowman hopes to keep this alive this weekend. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Dover Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Dover Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 16.67 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6 | 100 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 83.33 | ||||
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 16.67 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 83.33 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 83.33 | ||||
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 | T5 | Chris Buescher | 4 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 66.67 | ||||
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 16.67 | T5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 4 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 66.67 | ||||
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 16.67 | T5 | William Byron | 4 | 66.67 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 75.00 | ||||
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 16.67 | T10 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 50.00 |
| T10 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 50.00 | ||||
| T10 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 50.00 | ||||
– Martin Truex Jr. is the only driver to get a Stage T10 in all 6 stages run here in the Next Gen at Dover.