Ty Gibbs Upsets Tyler Reddick to Advance to In-Season Challenge Finals

Ty Gibbs had a successful run at Dover, upsetting Tyler Reddick to advance to the finals of the In-Season Challenge, where he will face Ty Dillon. The Hendrick Motorsports cars and Joe Gibbs Racing cars were substantially faster than those for any other team in this race and Gibbs therefore had a strong run, while […]

Two Unforced Spins Cost Christopher Bell a Chance at Victory

Christopher Bell had the most topsy-turvy race of any driver at Dover on Sunday. In a race where the Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing cars dominated, Bell first took the lead when he beat Chase Elliott out of the pits on a green-flag pit cycle then passed his teammate, eventual winner Denny Hamlin, for […]

Ty Dillon Shockingly Reaches In-Season Challenge Championship

Ty Dillon improbably advanced to the final of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge in Sunday's race at Dover after beating his opponent John Hunter Nemechek by a single position. The duo ran near each other nearly all race, with Dillon posting an average running position of 25th to Nemechek's 26th. They ultimately finished 20th and 21st. […]

Can Kyle Larson Get Out of Summer Slump at Dover?

It hasn't been a great summer for Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team. Ever since his dominating win at Kansas back in early May, Larson has just one top-five finish (a fifth-place result at Michigan) and three results of 35th or worse in the eight Cup Series races since then. Larson also […]

Denny Hamlin Has All Ingredients of Great DFS Pick at Dover

Denny Hamlin is one of the most expensive drivers on this weekend's DraftKings slate for NASCAR ($11,000), but the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has a good chance of making it worth picking him on Sunday. Hamlin will start from 13th place for Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, which gives him some place-differential upside, and the […]

Chase Elliott on Pole at Dover Thanks to Washout

Practice and qualifying was rained out at Dover Motor Speedway this weekend, which means the starting lineup was set by NASCAR's metric. That puts Chase Elliott on the pole for Sunday afternoon's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 race. Chase is an elite racer at "The Monster Mile" and should be a contender to win this weekend's […]

Ross Chastain Has Been Elite at Dover in Next Gen Era

Ross Chastain has been one of the best at Dover Motor Speedway in the Next Gen era. Will that continue this weekend? In the three races ran here with the latest race car, Chastain has the best average finish (5.7), and the second-best acerage driver rating, and had led a combined 184 laps over that […]

Alex Bowman Has Been Stellar at Dover Lately

Alex Bowman should be able to challenge for a good finish (and possibly even the win) in this weekend's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Since 2019, this has been a great track for "Bowman the Showman," as he has collected one win and five top-fives over his last seven starts at "The […]

Josh Berry Has Upside at Dover

One driver to watch for Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 is Josh Berry. He has already made two starts in the Cup Series at this track and finished 14th in one of them and 10th in the other. In the Xfinity Series, Berry has three starts under his belt and has one victory and two […]

Carson Hocevar Will have Plenty of Upside for Dover DFS Lineups

Carson Hocevar of Spire Motorsports will start 33rd for Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway after practice and qualifying were cancelled due to harsh rain conditions. Hocevar is the only driver from Spire to have a starting position outside of the top 30 for this week's race. In his only prior race […]

Should DFS Players Consider Ryan Preece for Dover Lineups?

RFK Racing's Ryan Preece will start 11th for this week's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Preece has the best starting position for this week's race out of the three RFK entries. In eight Cup starts at Dover, Preece has three top-20 finishes and scored positive Place Differential six times. After 20 races […]

Could Bubba Wallace Pay Off for Dover DFS Lineups?

Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing will start in the 22nd position for this week's race at Dover, the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, after practice and qualifying were cancelled due to rain. The last time that Wallace started a Dover Cup race outside of the top 20 was in 2023. In 10 starts at Dover, Wallace […]

Should Fantasy Managers Roster Daniel Suarez at Dover?

Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez will start 18th for Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway after practice and qualifying were cancelled due to weather. Suarez will have the lowest starting position of the week of the three Trackhouse drivers at Dover. In 12 races at the site, Suarez has nine top-20 finishes, including […]

Noah Gragson Will Start at the Back of the Pack At Dover

Front Row Motorsports driver Noah Gragson will start 36th after practice and qualifying was cancelled due to rain for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Gragson's starting position is the lowest of all Ford drivers for this week's Cup race. In two previous Cup starts at Dover, Gragson has one top-10 finish […]

Is Austin Dillon Worth Rostering at Dover?

Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing will start 23rd for Sunday's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Dillon's starting position is exactly the same as his previous Dover start from last season in the Cup Series. In 19 Cup starts at the Delaware track, Dillon has 10 top-20 finishes, but has not scored […]

Riley Herbst Will Start Deep In the Pack At Dover

Riley Herbst of 23XI Racing will start in the 32nd position for this week's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Herbst will have the lowest starting position of all drivers from Toyota in this week's race. The No. 35 Toyota driver has not made any prior starts at Dover in the Cup Series, […]

William Byron One of the Dover Favorites Despite Shaky Finishing Record

William Byron has never won at Dover before, as his best finishes here have been a trio of fourth-place showings. However, he has also not lacked for speed, as he has led 250 laps in the last four races, including 229 in the last two. In the 2023 race, he made the first two passes […]

Tyler Reddick Looks to Win Back Lost Charter Money for 23XI Racing

Although 23XI Racing stands to lose a lot of money from the revocation of their charter, they could easily make some of it back if Tyler Reddick wins NASCAR's $1,000,000 In-Season Challenge, and he's certainly the favorite since he's the only likely playoff-bound driver remaining in the Final Four. However, despite being the only driver […]

Ty Gibbs Looks to Upset Tyler Reddick in Bracket and Gain Ground in Playoff Race

After back-to-back top-10 finishes on road/street courses at Chicago and Sonoma, Ty Gibbs is now somewhat alive to point his way into the NASCAR playoffs and he has also made the semifinal of NASCAR's In-Season Challenge, where he will face Tyler Reddick. Although Gibbs is nowhere near as good on any other track type as […]

Joey Logano a Risky DFS Option

Dover has been one of Joey Logano's worst tracks throughout his career as he has never finished better than third and he has only ever led 41 laps here. One thing that can be said for him here is that he usually gets a finish, but he isn't a great option for DFS play today […]

Dover One of Kyle Busch's Only Recent Bright Spots

Although Kyle Busch has been substantially worse at most tracks since he switched from Joe Gibbs Racing to Richard Childress Racing, Dover Motor Speedway is one of the main exceptions. For how much he has lacked speed elsewhere, Busch actually won poles here in each of his last two starts and he's led a combined […]

John Hunter Nemechek Not a Great Option at Dover

John Hunter Nemechek has slight value for Sunday's race at Dover because he starts poorly (28th), he has gained positions in all three of his previous starts here, and he's been reliably consistent in finishing either 20th or 24th in all three of his starts in '20 and '24. After a long litany of crashes […]

Michael McDowell Starting Too Well for Dover DFS Consideration

Michael McDowell is one of the absolute worst options for DFS consideration on Sunday as he starts seventh at Dover, a track where he has never finished better than 17th. This means he is almost certain to lose positions and score extremely few DFS points as a result. His previous best starting position of eighth […]

Austin Cindric Fading Since Father Tim's Ouster from Team Penske

Ever since Roger Penske fired Tim Cindric as Team Penske President in the wake of their Indy 500 qualifying cheating scandal, Tim's son Austin has steadily faded to his typical mediocrity. That could just be a coincidence as plenty of other teams seem to be giving up on the regular season races once they win […]

Erik Jones' Low-Level Dover Consistency Makes Him Moderately Valuable

Erik Jones' chances of getting into the playoffs are likely over after two typically subpar road-course runs back-to-back, but now as NASCAR returns to the ovals, Jones might get back into the groove as he had six straight finishes of 17th or better on ovals before the road-course swing. Although he typically does better on […]

Zane Smith's Poor Starting Position Makes Him an OK DFS Option

Zane Smith starts 30th for Sunday's race at Dover, smack dab in between his Front Row Motorsports teammates Todd Gilliland and Noah Gragson, who start 24th and 36th, respectively. It's unclear what effect NASCAR's revocation of FRM's charter will have on the team's performance, especially after their appeal was denied. However, it's pretty rare for […]

Todd Gilliland Likely to Finish Worse Than He Starts at Dover

Todd Gilliland has his best-ever starting performance at Dover, where he starts 24th after qualifying was rained out, even though he is currently lower in points than he finished any previous season. When considering both that fact and the fact that he has never finished better than 25th here, he is very likely to lose […]

Cody Ware Has Never Finished Better Than 13 Laps Down at Dover

Even by his very low standards, Cody Ware has not been terrible at Dover Motor Speedway. In five starts, he has an average finish of 34th. He crashed out in both 2018 and 2021 and has never finished better than 13 laps down here. In general, drivers for the slowest teams should be avoided at […]

NASCAR DFS Picks: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Lineups for Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 (2025)

With two consecutive weeks of road racing completed at Chicago and Sonoma during the last two weeks, the NASCAR Cup Series finally heads back to a standard oval track for this week's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, taking place at Dover Motor Speedway. Dover is a one-mile track nicknamed the "Monster Mile" due to its tough […]

AJ Allmendinger Has Sneaky Upside at Dover

Don't sleep on AJ Allmendinger in this weekend's Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Over the last two Cup Series races here, Allmendinger has walked away with finishes of 13th- and 18th-place, and over his last eight starts at "The Monster Mile," he's ended up 22nd or better six times. While those numbers […]