Date: May 1, 2023
Event: Würth 400 (Round 11 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway (1-mile, concrete oval)
Format: 400 laps, broken into three stages (120 laps/130 laps/250 laps)
Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr., of Joe Gibbs Racing
Stage 1 Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports
Stage 2 Winner: Ross Chastain of Trackhouse Racing
SHR Race Finish:
● Ryan Preece (Started 30th, Finished 17th / Running, completed 399 of 400 laps)
● Kevin Harvick (Started 12th, Finished 19th / Running, completed 399 of 400 laps)
● Aric Almirola (Started 19th, Finished 24th / Running, completed 397 of 400 laps)
● Chase Briscoe (Started 6th, Finished 30th / Running, completed 378 of 400 laps)
SHR Points:
● Kevin Harvick (3rd with 332 points, 38 out of first)
● Chase Briscoe (16th with 250 points, 120 out of first)
● Aric Almirola (25th with 181 points, 189 out of first)
● Ryan Preece (28th with 169 points, 201 out of first)
SHR Notes:
● Preece’s 17th-place finish bettered his previous best result at Dover – 18th, earned in 2021.
● This was Harvick’s 43rd career NASCAR Cup Series start at Dover, the most among active drivers. The all-time leader in Cup Series starts at Dover is Ricky Rudd with 56. Rudd made his Cup debut at Dover on May 16, 1976, and his last start at the track came on June 4, 2007, a span of 31 years.
● Harvick finished eighth in Stage 1 to earn three bonus points.
● This was the first time Harvick has finished outside of the top-10 at Dover since a 17th-place result in October 2017.
● Briscoe’s 30th-place result ended a three-race streak of top-fives. He finished fifth April 9 on the dirt at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, fifth April 16 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and fourth last Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
Race Notes:
● Martin Truex Jr., won the Würth 400 to score his 32nd career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his fourth at Dover. His margin over second-place Ross Chastain was .505 of a second.
● Truex was the eighth different winner in the 11 NASCAR Cup Series races run this season.
● There were seven caution periods for a total of 46 laps.
● Only 12 of the 36 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Chastain leaves Dover as the new championship leader with a three-point advantage over second-place Christopher Bell.
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday, May 7 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. The race begins at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
