DOVER DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW? … Richard Petty won the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on July 6, 1969 in a Ford. That was one of nine victories on the season for Petty, which was his only year behind the wheel of a Blue Oval vehicle.
DID YOU KNOW? … David Ragan made the first start of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career at Dover International Speedway on Sept. 24, 2006 in a sixth Jack Roush entry. The other five were driven by Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin and Jamie McMurray. Ragan was involved in a pair of accidents in the #06 Ford and finished 42nd.
DID YOU KNOW? … Former Ford owner Junie Donlavey won the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of his career at Dover International Speedway on May 17, 1981 in the Mason-Dixon 500 when driver Jody Ridley took the checkered flag. Donlavey made 863 starts and fielded strictly Ford products from 1965-2002 in NASCAR’s top series that featured names like LeeRoy Yarbrough, Fred Lorenzen, Harry Gant, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader and Dick Trickle.
DID YOU KNOW? … The last time Roush Fenway Racing finished 1-2-3 in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was on Sept. 21, 2008 at Dover International Speedway when Greg Biffle edged Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards to the checkered flag. The victory was Biffle’s second straight to open the 2008 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup after winning the opener at New Hampshire Motor Speedway the previous week.
DID YOU KNOW? … Mark Martin won three consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fall races at Dover International Speedway from 1997-99 and four overall during his Ford tenure with car owner Jack Roush.
