Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway

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Drydene 400
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Dover International Speedway
Time: 2:00pm/et
TV: FS1 - Radio: MRN, Sirius XM NASCAR​

Cars to the rear: #9-Elliott (multiple inspection failures, #77-Berry (driver change)

Race Length: 400 laps (400 mi / 643.74 km)

Race Stages: 120-120-160

Track Information: Dover International Speedway is a 1 mile (1.61 kilometer) oval located in Dover, DE USA.

Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials


Set limits:
Cup: 9 sets for the race


Tire Codes:
Left-side — D-4928;
Right-side — D-4968


Tire Circumference:
Left-side — 2,225 mm (87.60 in.);
Right-side — 2,252 mm (88.66 in.)


Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front — 18 psi; Left Rear — 18 psi;
Right Front — 49 psi; Right Rear — 45 psi

 

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Invocation and anthem done, 5 minutes to the command to start engines.

 

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Command given

 

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Green flag!!

 

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Cars to the rear: #6-Newman (unapproved adjustments)

 

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18 car might have an engine issue. Temps are high and it sounds like it maybe lost a cylinder.

 

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Lap 35 Competition Caution. Top 10: 24, 5, 4, 19, 11, 12, 22, 20, 17, 2. The 7 of LaJoie in 29th is the beneficiary.,

 

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Speeding for Reddick, McDowell, LaJoie.

 

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The 24 car is reporting the brake pedal going to the floor.

 

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Caution Lap 120, End of Stage 1 and the 14 cut a tire and into the wall in turn 2.

Top 10:
1. Larson
2. Hamlin
3. Blaney
4. Elliott
5. Harvick
6. Byron
7. Logano
8. Bowman
9. Buescher
10. Keselowski

The 10 of Almirola is the beneficiary.

 

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Caution Lap 120, End of Stage 1 and the 14 cut a tire and into the wall in turn 2.

Top 10:
1. Larson

 

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Caution lap 171. Josh Berry in the wall turn 2. 5, 9, 12, 11, 4, 24, 22, 48, 17, 1. Free pass is the 41.

 

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Caution End of stage 2

Top 10:

1. Larson
2. Elliott
3. Bowman
4. Byron
5. Hamlin
6. Harvick
7. Kurt Busch
8. Keselowski
9. Dillon
10. Reddick

the 37 of Preece is the beneficiary.

 

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Caution Lap 302, the 10 car into the wall in turn 3. Top 10 is 5, 48, 24, 9, 4, 11, 1, 2, 3, 8.

 

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Caution lap 315, 38 wrecked into the backstretch outside wall, then into the inside wall with some help form the 47 and 2 cars. 48, 5, 9, 4, 24, 11, 1, 12, 8, 42. The 37 is the beneficiary.

 

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Caution lap 323, debris on the front stretch. 48, 5, 9, 4, 24, 99, 8, 23, 11, 12. The 47 of Stenhouse is the free pass.

 

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Unofficial Top 10:

1. Alex Bowman
2. Kyle Larson
3. Chase Elliott
4. William Byron
5. Joey Logano
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Tyler Reddick
9. Daniel Suarez
10. Cole Custer

Hendrick Motorsports cars swept the top 4.

 

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