Race Lineup

Wurth 400

Sunday, April 30th, 2023

Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, DE

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Dover International Speedway
  • Wurth 400
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
  • Age: 37
  • Team: No. 8 - Lenovo Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress Racing
  • Crew Chief: Randall Burnett
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Busch won the Pole Award for the Wurth 400 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

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  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Truex brothers sweep NASCAR national series races at Dover

You could say NASCAR's stop at Dover (De.) Motor Speedway was "All in the Family;” a kin-to-win kind of weekend. Martin Truex Jr. answered his younger brother Ryan's NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on Saturday with a win in Monday's rain-delayed Wurth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race – the fourth win of his career at the one-mile oval he considers his "home track"

Truex, who started 17thin the 36-car field after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, methodically worked his way forward in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The 42-year-old New Jersey native finally took the lead for the first time with 69 laps remaining and led all but one of those final laps to claim his first points-paying victory of the season, ending a 54-race winless streak.

He and his JGR pit crew ultimately had to earn the win with pit strategy and pit execution. On a pit stop during the race's final caution period, Truex's team opted to put only right-side tires on his Toyota. With the quick stop, he was able to beat the field back out to the track and then on the ensuing re-start – with seven laps to go – hold off a hard-charging Ross Chastain, whose No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet had taken four fresh tires on the stop.

"It feels incredible," Truex said. "I feel like we've been close a bunch of times, that's for sure. Felt today, with that caution, what's going to happen here and then good call by [crew chief] James [Small] to take two (tires) and then I was able to get a pretty good re-start.

"Just thanks to everybody that stuck with me. … we knew we could do this. We've shown we can lead laps and have dominated races and it just never all came together. I've said we just had to keep doing what we were doing and not overthink it."

Chastain, who took his fourth stage win of the season, finished a slight .505-seconds behind Truex but was unable to make up any real ground on the leader in the closing laps after passing Ryan Blaney, who also took only two tires on that final stop.

"Gosh, so close again," said Chastain, who led 98 laps. "It's surreal to continue to race against my all-time heroes."

Penske Racing's Blaney finished third – his sixth Top-10 of the season and second Top-3 in the last two races. Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron led a race best 193 laps and won a series best sixth stage, to finish fourth. It marks the second time he's led the most laps in a race this year but not claimed the victory.

Truex's JGR teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell finished fifth and sixth.

Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher and Josh Berry rounded out the Top-10. Berry was driving the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for Alex Bowman, who suffered a back injury racing sprint cars last Tuesday.

It marks the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion Truex's 32ndcareer win and first since a victory at Richmond, Va. on Sept. 11, 2021. Snapping the streak and sharing Dover's Victory Circle with his younger brother, Ryan, truly made the week for the veteran.

"It's just special, you know," Truex said. "This is a special place. Good day for my family and to see Ryan win Saturday he's worked so hard for so long to get good opportunities and it's awesome.

"And then for us, we've given away a few here over the years so it's nice to see it come around our way. Just excited and had a hot rod. Just needed to get it out front"

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 0.505 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 27 Minutes 47 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 115.505
  • Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
  • Lead Changes: 19
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,833 (5.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Dover Motor Speedway
  • Wurth 400
  • Race Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the W?rth 400, his 32nd victory in 632 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 33 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Ryan Blaney (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 13 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ross Chastain leads the point standings by 3 points over Christopher Bell.
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lenovo Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
2 20 Christopher Bell Toyota Rheem Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
3 12 Ryan Blaney Ford Wabash Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
4 6 Brad Keselowski Ford Wyndham Rewards Rfk Racing Matt McCall
5 17 Chris Buescher Ford Fastenal Rfk Racing Scott Graves
6 14 Chase Briscoe Ford Mahindra Tractors Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
7 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota Ronald McDonald House 23xi Racing Billy Scott
8 24 William Byron Chevrolet RaptorTough.com Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
9 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet Kroger/Icy Hot Pro Jtg Daugherty Racing Mike Kelley
10 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
11 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet Allegiant Legacy Motor Club Dave Elenz
12 4 Kevin Harvick Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza / Realtree Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
13 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
14 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet Jockey Trackhouse Racing Phil Surgen
15 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet Pitbull / Freeway Insurance Trackhouse Racing Travis Mack
16 77 Ty Dillon Chevrolet NationsGuard Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
17 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
18 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
19 10 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
20 2 Austin Cindric Ford Menards\Great Stuff Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
21 51 JJ Yeley Ford Biohaven / Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Jerry Kelley
22 78 BJ McLeod Chevrolet Camden Medical Center Live Fast Motorsports David Ingram
23 48 Josh Berry Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Blake Harris
24 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota He Gets us Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
25 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Eddie Pardue
26 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
27 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet FOE Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
28 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota McDonald's 23xi Racing Bootie Barker
29 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Nutrien AG Solutions Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
30 41 Ryan Preece Ford Mohawk Northeast Stewart-haas Racing Chad Johnston
31 21 Harrison Burton Ford DEX Imaging Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
32 34 Michael McDowell Ford A&W Root Beer Float Front Row Motorsports Travis Peterson
33 42 Noah Gragson Chevrolet Sunseeker Resort Legacy Motor Club Luke Lambert
34 Riley Herbst
35 38 Todd Gilliland Ford Speedy Cash Front Row Motorsports Ryan Bergenty
36 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Get Bioethanol Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander