NASCAR Cup PR

After a successful partnership at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in July, DriveSmart Warranty announced today that they returning to Rick Ware Racing and will sponsor the team’s efforts in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.

Dover International Speedway Preview: The Series returns to Dover International Speedway for Sunday’s 400-mile race around the “Monster Mile.” The race marks a career milestone for Hamlin: his 500th Cup series start. A win would be Denny’s first career victory at Dover and would be the team’s fifth win of the 2019 season.

DIBENEDETTO BY THE NUMBERS: In nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Dover, Matt DiBenedetto has an average start of 30.4 and an average finish of 29.9 and has completed 3,272 of 3,615 (90.5 percent) career laps at “The Monster Mile.”  DiBenedetto’s best finishing position at Dover is 20th which he earned in May’s event earlier this season.

Stenhouse has 14 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Dover with an average starting position of 17.2 and average finishing position of 20.5.

Newman will make his 36th Cup start at Dover on Sunday. In 35 prior events, Newman has an average finish of 14.4 with 14 top-10 and seven top-five finishes.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series begins its second round of Playoff action while the NASCAR XFINITY Series conducts a first-round elimination race this weekend at Dover International Speedway.  Ford has a series-high five drivers in the Round of 12 on the Cup side while all three of its NXS drivers are poised to advance to the Round of 8.

The Delaware Lottery, the state's official sports betting agency, will partner with Matt Tifft and Front Row Motorsports (FRM) for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Oct. 6.

Roush Fenway Racing will show its support for Breast Cancer Awareness month by running special pink numbers on its Ford Mustangs during the entire month of October, starting this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Ryan Newman’s No. 6 Acronis Ford and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s No. 17 Fastenal Ford will both sport pink numbers this weekend at the Monster Mile.

"It was a solid day for us. We were heading for another top-10 finish, but contact with the No. 48 on the last lap cut my right front tire. We still were able to pull off a P12 finish, though. I'm really proud of my No. 34 Love's Travel Stops team for all of their hard work. Thanks as always to our partners for all the 'love.' Onto Dover now."

Martin Truex Jr. came from the back of the field to finish seventh as the top-finishing Camry driver in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.