Dale Earnhardt Jr. Race Preview
Posted on May 29th, 2012 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet
Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is driving the #88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet in the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway on Sunday Jun 03, 2012. Earnhardt Jr. enters the race ranked 4th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 435 points for the 2012 season. He is 2 points behind Denny Hamlin for 3rd. Dale lost 1 position in the standings after the last race.
Dale is coming off a strong 6th place finish in the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Dale Earnhardt Jr.
For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 22 driver points to be earned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. this race at Dover as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Career at Dover International Speedway
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has raced at Dover International Speedway 24 times in his career. Earnhardt Jr. has led a total of 367 laps at Dover in his career. That total coming from 9 races.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s best start at Dover International Speedway is 2nd and his best finish here is 1st
Earnhardt Jr. has a career average start position of 15th and a career average finish position of 18th at Dover. His career race result numbers at Dover are:
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (17%) | 7 (29%) | 10 (42%) | 12 (50%) |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Short Track's
Dover International Speedway is a 1.00-mile oval and considered a short track by NASCAR.
Earnhardt Jr. has started 120 short track races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his short track races.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 7 (6%) | 34 (28%) | 52 (43%) | 72 (60%) | 84 (70%) |
His best start on a short track is 2nd and his best finish is 1st.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Dover
Dale has a not-so-good average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Dover International Speedway of 68.90. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 108.50 and his lowest is 43.70
During the last five Dover International Speedway races Earnhardt Jr. has an average Average Running Position of 21.4. He has spent 23.5% of the races running in the top-15.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Dover
Earnhardt Jr. has an average start position of 21.4 over the last five races at Dover International Speedway. His average finish position is 21.8.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (40%) |
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- Clint Bowyer
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- David Gilliland
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- David Stremme
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- J.J. Yeley
- Jamie McMurray
- Jeff Burton
- Jeff Gordon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joe Nemechek
- Joey Logano
- Juan Montoya
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Kurt Busch
- Kyle Busch
- Marcos Ambrose
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Michael McDowell
- Mike Bliss
- Mike Skinner
- Paul Menard
- Reed Sorenson
- Regan Smith
- Ryan Newman
- Scott Riggs
- Scott Speed
- Stephen Leicht
- Tony Stewart
- Travis Kvapil
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