NASCAR Cup Series

Fast aggressive track: "Dover International Speedway is a place I’ve always had much love for in the past and for years it suited my style,” Allmendinger said. “It's such a fast racetrack where you've really got to have the back of your car under you to be aggressive with the track. I’m hoping we can get a good handle on the track, have a great run there and finish strong. We need some good luck on our side.”

In seven career starts in the XFINTIY 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.

Stenhouse has nine career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Dover with an average starting position of 18.7 and average finishing position of 19.1.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will visit Dover International Speedway this weekend, a place where Ford has won 25 times. Here’s a look at some memorable races Ford has won at the Monster Mile.

Yates said the nomination was unexpected, "I would have bet money that I would have had to wait another year. When they called me first, my heart must have missed one beat.

1. Martin Truex, Jr.: Truex led 233 laps and won Stage 2 on his way to a third-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600. "That's the third consecutive year I've led the most laps in the Coke 600," Truex said, "and all I have to show for it is one win and a lousy t-shirt."

Austin Dillon stretched his gas mileage and ended the race on fumes, earning his first career MENCS victory on Sunday night, capturing the checkered flag in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

It all began early Sunday morning along the coast of Monte Carlo and the Monaco Grand Prix. I am not a big fan of driving fast and little passing, but Monaco is a different breed. Fabulous architecture and big expensive craft that fill the marina are the background for a street race that has the competitors driving just a bit above the recommended speed limit for you and I. Simply put, they go fast on a road not built to go fast, be it alone or among 20 other speed demons.

Chastain is scheduled to make his debut in the Cup Series in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism Sunday at Dover International Speedway. He also will drive in Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Xfinity Series race and the Friday’s Bar Harbor 200 Camping World Truck Series race, both also at Dover. His vehicles in all three events will carry sponsorship from the OHS in support of safe driving.

Martin Truex Jr. said that not winning Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 had a stinging effect. But there was a silver lining for the Furniture Row Racing driver with his third-place outcome in NASCAR’s longest race (400 laps, 600 miles).