The Drydene 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that took place at Dover International Speedway. It was the second Xfinity Series race each year at Dover. The race usually took place in late September or early October before being moved to August in 2020. It is held before the Drydene 400, the NASCAR Cup Series race. It was the third race for the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs prior to 2020.

Drydene 200
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueDover International Speedway
LocationDover, Delaware, United States
Corporate sponsorDrydene
First race1986
Last race2020
Distance200 miles (320 km)
Laps200 (Stages 1/2:60 each Final stage: 80)
Previous namesGrand National 200 (1986–1988)
Ames / Peak 200 (1989)
Ames / SplitFire 200 (1990)
SplitFire 200 (1991–1994)
MBNA 200 (1995–1997)
MBNA Gold 200 (1998–1999)
MBNA.com 200 (2000–2001)
MBNA All-American Heroes 200 (2002)
Stacker 200 Presented by YJ Stinger (2003)
Stacker 2 Hundred Presented by YJ Stinger (2004)
Dover 200 (2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2014)
RoadLoans.com 200 (2007)
Camping World RV Sales 200 (2008)
OneMain Financial 200 (2011–2012)
5-hour Energy 200 benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer (2013)
Hisense 200 (2015)
Drive Sober 200 (2016–2017)
Bar Harbor 200 (2018)
Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 (2019)
Most wins (driver)Kyle Busch (3)
Most wins (team)Joe Gibbs Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (16)
Circuit information
SurfaceConcrete
Length1 mi (1.6 km)
Turns4

In the 2001 edition of the race Martin Truex Jr. made his NASCAR national series debut.

Chase Briscoe is the final winner of the event, having won it in 2020.

The 2020 race was held as a doubleheader in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Run on August 23, it took place the day after the rescheduled spring race also named the Drydene 200.[1][2] Dover downscaled to one race in 2021.[3]

Past winners edit

 
2018 Bar Harbor 200
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1986 September 13 77 Morgan Shepherd Whitaker Racing Buick 200 200 (321.868) 1:45:27 113.798
1987 September 19 22 Rick Mast A.G. Dillard Motorsports Buick 200 200 (321.868) 1:45:40 113.529
1988 September 17 17 Michael Waltrip DarWal, Inc. Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:43:23 116.073
1989 September 16 52 Ken Schrader Ken Schrader Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:47:49 111.3
1990 September 15 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 200 200 (321.868) 1:37:29 123.097
1991 September 14 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 200 200 (321.868) 1:34:50 126.538
1992 September 19 59 Robert Pressley Alliance Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 200 (321.868) 1:50:50 108.271
1993 September 18 34 Todd Bodine Team 34 Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:54:47 104.545
1994 September 17 74 Johnny Benson Jr. BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:57:06 102.477
1995 September 16 25 Johnny Rumley Beverly Racing Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:50:07 108.975
1996 September 14 74 Randy LaJoie BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:41:24 118.343
1997 September 20 6 Joe Bessey Joe Bessey Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 2:06:26 94.912
1998 September 19 17 Matt Kenseth Reiser Enterprises Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:53:11 106.023
1999 September 25 27 Casey Atwood Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 2:11:19 91.382
2000 September 23 17 Matt Kenseth Reiser Enterprises Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:50:03 109.041
2001 September 22 10 Jeff Green ppc Racing Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:51:32 107.591
2002 September 21 23 Scott Wimmer Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 200 200 (321.868) 1:41:28 118.265
2003 September 20 5 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:46:03 133.154
2004 September 25 8 Martin Truex Jr. Chance 2 Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:38:21 122.013
2005 September 24 39 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 200 200 (321.868) 1:43:46 115.644
2006 September 23 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202* 202 (325.087) 2:05:04 96.908
2007 September 22 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 2:20:51 85.197
2008 September 20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 207* 207 (333.134) 1:55:59 107.084
2009 September 26 29 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:38:20 122.034
2010 September 25 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 200 (321.868) 1:42:14 117.379
2011 October 1 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:42:17 117.321
2012 September 29 18 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 200 (321.868) 1:37:00 123.711
2013 September 28 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:31:27 131.219
2014 September 27 54 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 200 (321.868) 1:43:19 116.148
2015 October 3 7 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 200 200 (321.868) 1:54:07 105.156
2016 October 2* 19 Daniel Suárez Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 200 (321.868) 1:55:18 104.076
2017 September 30 22 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:47:10 111.975
2018 October 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 200 (321.868) 1:42:42 116.845
2019 October 5 00 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:51:29 107.639
2020 August 23* 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 200 200 (321.868) 1:47:21 111.784

Multiple winners (drivers) edit

# Wins Driver Years Won
3 Kyle Busch 2008, 2010, 2014
2 Harry Gant 1990, 1991
Matt Kenseth 1998, 2000
Clint Bowyer 2006, 2009
Joey Logano 2012, 2013

Multiple winners (teams) edit

# Wins Team Years Won
7 Joe Gibbs Racing 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
3 Whitaker Racing 1986, 1990, 1991
Team Penske 2005, 2013, 2017
2 BACE Motorsports 1994, 1996
Reiser Enterprises 1998, 2000
Richard Childress Racing 2006, 2009
Stewart-Haas Racing 2019, 2020

Manufacturer wins edit

# Wins Make Years Won
16   Chevrolet 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015
6   Toyota 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018
  Ford 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020
4   Buick 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
1   Oldsmobile 1992
  Pontiac 2002
  Dodge 2005

References edit

  1. ^ "Drydene to sponsor four Cup Series, Xfinity Series races at Dover on Aug. 22-23". Dover International Speedway. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dover to host NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader as part of unprecedented six races in three days on Aug. 21-23". Dover International Speedway. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Crandall, Kelly (October 30, 2020). "33 races on tap for 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series". Racer. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

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