NASCAR Cup Series at Dover Motor Speedway
annual auto race at Dover, USA
Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series are held annually at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware from 1969–2025, and then resuming in 2027.
From 1971 through 2020, a second Cup race was held at Dover in the fall.
Current race
The Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 is the name of the summer race, Denny Hamlin is the defending winner of the race, having won it in 2025.
History
The 2020 race was postponed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became a doubleheader with the second race. Both events were named the Drydene 311 as their race lengths were shortened. For 2021, the race length was restored to 400 miles.
Alex Bowman won the race in 2021 as part of a historic 1-2-3-4 finish for Hendrick Motorsports.
In September 2021, RelaDyne bought the Drydene brand which was the title sponsor of the race. The company added another one of their brands, DuraMAX, to the title sponsor of the race. RelaDyne was also included in the name of the race as a presenting sponsor.
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