Martin Truex Jr. has scored his second race win in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with victory at Dover.
Truex, who also won the opening race of NASCAR’s version of the playoffs at Chicagoland, dominated the track known as the ‘Monster Mile’. The Toyota driver led 187 of the 400 laps, as the pace the front was so hot only six cars finished on the lead lap.
Despite being a single-car team based in Denver, the Furniture Row squad, which includes Australian race engineer Peter Craik, is considered as one of the hot favourites to take the title.
“We are not messing around I guess – what else can I say – we are here to get it done,” said Truex Jr.
“Especially here, I love this race track as it’s been considered a home track as I have won here before and also had plenty of heart break.
“What an awesome race today and we are ready to go to Charlotte (next week). The last month and half has been ridiculous, I mean it has been a fairy tale dream.
“Let’s keep this momentum going as the sky’s the limit for this team.
With the race being the first cut-off in the Chase the drivers not advancing are the Ganassi entries of Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray, Chris Buescher and retiring legend Tony Stewart.
McMurray’s day ended with engine failure, while Larson battled electrical issues and a puncture. A 13th place finish for Stewart ending any hopes of a fairy-tale ending to his NASCAR career.
Kevin Harvick’s victory last week at New Hampshire was critical, as he suffered rear suspension failure in today’s race.
The next phase of the Chase with 12 drivers gets underway at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Last time out at that track Truex completely dominated the Coke 600 back in May.
VIDEO: race wrap
RESULTS: Citizen Solder 400 – Dover International Speedway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MAKE
START
LAPS
LAPS LED
FINAL STATUS
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
1
78
Martin Truex Jr
Toyota
2
400
187
Running
45
5
2
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
3
400
102
Running
40
1
3
24
Chase Elliott
Chevrolet
9
400
0
Running
38
0
4
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
1
400
7
Running
38
1
5
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
4
400
0
Running
36
0
6
22
Joey Logano
Ford
5
400
0
Running
35
0
7
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
8
399
90
Running
35
1
8
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
14
399
0
Running
33
0
9
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
7
399
0
Running
32
0
10
88
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
18
399
7
Running
32
1
11
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
22
399
0
Running
30
0
12
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
17
399
0
Running
29
0
13
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
15
399
0
Running
28
0
14
19
Carl Edwards
Toyota
10
399
0
Running
27
0
15
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
11
398
0
Running
26
0
16
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
27
398
0
Running
25
0
17
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
19
397
0
Running
24
0
18
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
25
396
7
Running
24
1
19
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
21
396
0
Running
22
0
20
6
Trevor Bayne
Ford
23
395
0
Running
21
0
21
44
Brian Scott
Ford
34
395
0
Running
20
0
22
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
26
395
0
Running
19
0
23
34
Chris Buescher
Ford
16
394
0
Running
18
0
24
15
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
28
394
0
Running
17
0
25
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
12
394
0
Running
16
0
26
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
29
394
0
Running
15
0
27
83
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
35
393
0
Running
14
0
28
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
24
393
0
Running
13
0
29
38
Landon Cassill
Ford
31
392
0
Running
12
0
30
23
David Ragan
Toyota
32
392
0
Running
11
0
31
7
Regan Smith
Chevrolet
33
391
0
Running
10
0
32
95
Ty Dillon
Chevrolet
30
390
0
Running
0
0
33
46
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
37
387
0
Running
8
0
34
98
Timmy Hill
Chevrolet
36
386
0
Running
0
0
35
55
Reed Sorenson
Toyota
39
385
0
Running
6
0
36
32
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Ford
38
384
0
Running
5
0
37
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
6
354
0
Running
4
0
38
21
Ryan Blaney
Ford
20
281
0
Running
3
0
39
30
Josh Wise
Chevrolet
40
196
0
Engine
2
0
40
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
13
192
0
Engine
1
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Martin Truex Jr
3000
Leader
29
4
7
15
1
2
Kevin Harvick
3000
Leader
29
3
14
22
2
3
Kyle Busch
3000
Leader
29
4
13
19
5
4
Matt Kenseth
3000
Leader
29
2
6
14
4
5
Joey Logano
3000
Leader
29
1
11
20
3
6
Chase Elliott
3000
Leader
29
0
9
15
1
7
Brad Keselowski
3000
Leader
29
4
15
20
0
8
Kurt Busch
3000
Leader
29
1
7
18
2
9
Denny Hamlin
3000
Leader
29
3
10
17
3
10
Carl Edwards
3000
Leader
29
2
7
16
5
11
Jimmie Johnson
3000
Leader
29
2
7
12
4
12
Austin Dillon
3000
Leader
29
0
4
11
1
13
Tony Stewart
2074
–926
21
1
5
7
4
14
Kyle Larson
2073
–927
29
1
7
11
2
15
Jamie McMurray
2053
–947
29
0
1
9
2
16
Chris Buescher
2045
–955
29
1
2
2
4
17
Kasey Kahne
728
–2272
29
0
2
10
1
18
Ryan Newman
700
–2300
29
0
1
8
2
19
AJ Allmendinger
649
–2351
29
0
2
5
3
20
Ryan Blaney
645
–2355
29
0
3
8
2
21
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
637
–2363
29
0
3
5
3
22
Trevor Bayne
628
–2372
29
0
2
5
2
23
Danica Patrick
547
–2453
29
0
0
0
3
24
Greg Biffle
542
–2458
29
0
1
3
6
25
Paul Menard
535
–2465
29
0
0
2
5
26
Aric Almirola
513
–2487
29
0
0
0
5
27
Clint Bowyer
501
–2499
29
0
0
3
2
28
Casey Mears
466
–2534
29
0
0
0
0
29
Dale Earnhardt Jr
461
–2539
18
0
5
6
4
30
Landon Cassill
409
–2591
29
0
0
0
1
31
David Ragan
380
–2620
29
0
0
0
5
32
Regan Smith
360
–2640
28
0
1
2
5
33
Brian Scott
352
–2648
29
0
0
0
5
34
Michael McDowell
350
–2650
24
0
0
1
2
35
Matt DiBenedetto
300
–2700
29
0
0
1
9
36
Cole Whitt
254
–2746
24
0
0
0
5
37
Michael Annett
250
–2750
28
0
0
0
4
38
Jeff Gordon
183
–2817
7
0
0
1
0
39
Josh Wise
153
–2847
25
0
0
0
6
40
Reed Sorenson
151
–2849
21
0
0
0
4
41
Jeffrey Earnhardt
104
–2896
16
0
0
0
2
42
Brian Vickers
86
–2914
5
0
0
1
1
43
Bobby Labonte
51
–2949
3
0
0
0
0
44
David Gilliland
46
–2954
2
0
0
0
0
45
Michael Waltrip
42
–2958
2
0
0
0
0
46
Boris Said
17
–2983
1
0
0
0
0
47
Patrick Carpentier
11
–2989
2
0
0
0
0
48
Eddie MacDonald
5
–2995
1
0
0
0
0
49
Alex Kennedy
5
–2995
1
0
0
0
1
50
Robert Richardson
3
–2997
1
0
0
0
1
51
Alex Bowman
0
–3000
4
0
0
1
0
52
Ty Dillon
0
–3000
10
0
0
0
0
53
Dylan Lupton
0
–3000
2
0
0
0
0
54
Jeb Burton
0
–3000
2
0
0
0
0
55
Joey Gase
0
–3000
4
0
0
0
0
56
Ryan Ellis
0
–3000
3
0
0
0
0
57
Timmy Hill
0
–3000
1
0
0
0
0
58
Justin Allgaier
0
–3000
1
0
0
0
1
59
Cody Ware
0
–3000
0
0
0
0
0
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