The Sprint Cup Series gets back in action at Dover International Speedway on Sunday afternoon with the Autism Speaks 400 presented by Hershey’s Milk & Milkshakes.
Denny Hamlin will be looking to make it two wins in a row on Sunday. Hamlin took the checkered flag in the series’ last race, the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, and Juan Montoya rounded out the Top 5 at Darlington, while Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton, Ryan Newman, and Brian Vickers made up the rest of the Top 10. Jimmie Johnson was knocked out of the race in 36th place.
Harvick now holds a 110-point lead on Johnson in the driver standings after 11 races, with Kyle Busch 113 points back in third place. Gordon moved up to fourth place in the standings with his Darlington result, while Matt Kenseth holds down fifth place.
Johnson won both races at Dover last year, winning the Autism Speaks 400 in May and the AAA 400 in September. Johnson has a total of five Cup wins at Dover International Speedway over the course of his career.
Gordon and Mark Martin each have four career Cup wins at Dover, while Newman has three, and Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart have two each. Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Burton, Kenseth, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have each won once at Dover.
After racing at Dover the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will head to Charlotte Motor Speedway for their All-Star Race on Saturday, May 22. The circuit resumes its points chase on the same track in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 30.
