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Last May, Johnson took home his ninth career trophy from Dover by leading a dominating 272 laps. In that race he surpassed Bobby Allison’s 2,802 laps led to become the all-time lap leader at Dover. Johnson has now led 2,976 laps around the Monster Mile and has completed 98.2 percent of all laps attempted.

“Dover is such a fun race track. The track changes throughout the day and you have to work to keep up with the changes. It’s certainly a challenge, but it rewards the driver and team with the right setup. You can get out there and race and put on a good show for the fans.

In seven career starts in the XFINITY Series at “The Monster Mile,” Bayne has recorded two top-five finishes, six top-10 finishes and has an average finish of 9.3. His best finish of second came in the May 2014 event at the one-mile oval.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher will make his third NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Dover International Speedway on Saturday. In his previous two starts, both coming last season, Buescher started inside the top-10, and earned finishes of 11th and fourth, respectively.

Elliott Sadler makes his 15th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Dover International Speedway this weekend in Dover, DE. In Sadler’s previous 14 starts, he has one pole award, three top-five and eight top-10 finishes at Dover.

This Saturday, Bubba Wallace will make is second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Dover International Speedway. His previous start came in the fall of 2012, where Wallace earned the pole in just his fourth start in the series, ultimately finishing 12th. In that start, Wallace ran the entire race inside the top-15.

In his 25 career Cup Series starts at the 1.0-mile track, Biffle has two wins, six top-five and 11 top-10 finishes. His average starting position is 12.9 with an average finishing position of 13.7.

Reed has two starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Dover International Speedway, both during his 2014 rookie season. In his first appearance at the track, Reed started the race 15th and finished 27th after being collected in a late-race incident. In the September 2014 race, Reed finished 24th after starting 18th and running out of fuel with three laps to go.

After the No. 47 machine slid in front of the No. 17 Ford and made contact with teammate Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. collided with the No. 16 Ford sending both to the garage. The No. 17 team was unable to repair the car forcing Stenhouse to settle for a 41st-place finish.

Heading into Sunday's FedEx 400, Bliss will be looking to make his 176th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start, and his 14th career start at the "Monster Mile". The Milwaukie, OR native has found success at the 1 mile high banked concrete oval scoring eight top-ten finishes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS), and three top-five finishes in only three starts competiting in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).