CONCORD, N.C. — At Dover International Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports has 18 wins, which is tied with Charlotte Motor Speedway for the organization’s second-most at a track.
This weekend, all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers are ready to take on the tough “Monster Mile” in hopes in capturing another win for the organization.
“It’s a great track,” Kasey Kahne said. “Always one of the tracks I really look forward to and it is probably one of the toughest tracks, physically.”
Tune in this Sunday to catch all the action and to see how the four drivers perform on the one-mile oval track in Delaware.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: Sunday’s race will air live on FOX Sports 1 at 1 p.m. ET. Can’t make it to the television? Listen to the race live on MRN and SiriusXM to catch the radio coverage. Here is the full broadcast schedule:
Friday, May 13:
11 a.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series Practice, FOX Sports 1
3:30 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series Qualifying, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, May 14:
9:30 a.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series Second Practice, FOX Sports 1
12:30 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice, FOX Sports 2
Sunday, May 15:
1 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup Series Cup Race, FOX Sports 1/MRN/SiriusXM
THIS WEEK’S PAINT SCHEMES: This weekend, Farmers Insurance returns as primary sponsor of Kahne’s No. 5 Chevrolet SS. NAPA AUTO PARTS will be the primary partner on board Rookie of the Year contender Chase Elliott’s No. 24 Chevrolet SS. Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS and the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS, respectively.
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT DOVER: At Dover International Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports has 18 wins, nine pole positions, 57 top-five finishes and 93 top-10s. Johnson most recently visited Victory Lane for the organization at the track in May 2015.
KAHNE AT DOVER: In Kahne’s last two starts at Dover, he has taken the checkered flag in the fourth and sixth positions. In Kahne’s 24 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at the "Monster Mile," he has started on the outside pole position three times, bringing his career total to eight top-10 starting positions at Dover.
TOP-RANKED ROOKIE: Elliott leads the 2016 Rookie of the Year contender standings heading into Dover by 22 points over second-place Ryan Blaney and 46 points over third-place Brian Scott. Elliott has accumulated a total of 145 rookie points this year through the first 11 races. Among active drivers, his seven top-10 finishes are tied with teammate Jimmie Johnson for the most top-10 finishes through the first 11 races of a rookie season.
JOHNSON AND THE MONSTER: After his win in May 2015 at the one-mile concrete oval, Johnson has a total of 10 Sprint Cup wins at Dover International Speedway, which ranks first all-time ahead of NASCAR Hall of Famers Bobby Allison and Richard Petty, who recorded seven wins apiece.
EARNHARDT AT DOVER: Earnhardt has one win at the “Monster Mile,” which came in the 2001 fall race, where he led the final 39 laps en route to victory. He’s earned five top-five and nine top-10 finishes at the concrete oval since his trip to Victory Lane in 2001, and had a notably good weekend in the fall of 2013, starting from the pole and finishing second. According to NASCAR's loop data statistics, Earnhardt ranks fifth among active drivers in the “closers” category, improving 17 positions over the last 10 percent of the race in the last 10 races at Dover International Speedway. He also ranks fourth for green-flag passes (931) during that span at the one-mile oval.