Dover Results: July 20, 2025 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR race results from Dover Motor Speedway

NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Dover, Delaware. The 1-mile of Dover Motor Speedway is set to host the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400.

View Dover results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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Chase Elliott and Chase Briscoe set the front row. 400 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Dover
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 120 (1-120 / 400)

Green flag, side by side into turn one. Briscoe wins the battle via the inside lane off turn four.

Lap 11, Shane van Gisbergen heads to the pit lane under green with a tire issue.

Lap 14, Chase Elliott rolls the outside lane. He gets to the right rear of Briscoe and Elliott drives around the outside for the race lead.

Lap 36, the competition caution is out.

Green, Elliott is clear before turn one. Briscoe and Christopher Bell rub doors for 2nd as Briscoe misses the bottom. A lap later, Bell takes 2nd away via the outside lane.

9 to go in stage one, Elliott struggles with lap traffic. Bell has closed to his bumper. Bell slides the lap car and he opens the gap to Bell.

Chase Elliott wins stage one at Dover Motor Speedway!

Dover Results (Stage 1) : 1. Chase Elliott; 2. Christopher Bell; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. William Byron; 5. Alex Bowman; 6. Chase Briscoe; 7. Ty Gibbs; 8. Kyle Busch; 9. Joey Logano; 10. Kyle Larson

Dover
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 130 (121-250 / 400)

Green flag on stage two, Elliott is clear before turn one. Bell holds off Denny Hamlin in the battle for 2nd.

Lap 187, green flag stops are underway. It’s a slow stop for Chase Elliott as the care falls off the jack. Bell wins the race to the pit exit. Hamlin cycles out ahead of both of them as he pitted a lap earlier.

Lap 193, Bell works under Hamlin. He drives right by and that will be the pass for the lead when the cycle is complete.

Pit cycle complete

Lap 200, the pit cycle is now complete. Bell leads Hamlin and Bowman by 1.2 seconds.

7 to go in stage two, Hamlin struggles with a handling issue. Bowman rolls the outside and he works to the right rear. Bowman drives around Hamlin to take 2nd away.

Christopher Bell wins stage two at Dover Motor Speedway!

Dover Results (Stage 2) : 1. Christopher Bell; 2. Alex Bowman; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Chase Elliott; 5. Kyle Larson; 6. William Byron; 7. Chase Briscoe; 8. Ty Gibbs; 9. Ryan Blaney; 10. Bubba Wallace

Dover
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 150 (251-400 / 400)

Bell is first in and off of the pit lane. Chase Elliott enters 4th and exits in 2nd.

Green flag on stage three, Bell and Elliott run side by side for the lead. Bell drives it deep on the outside, he bottoms out on the track and spins! The caution is out.

Green, Elliott is clear into turn one. Bowman clears Hamlin for 2nd.

Lap 275, weather is in the area.

Lap 284, Hamlin dives inside of Bowman in turn three. Hamlin returns to 2nd.

Lap 326, green flag stops are underway. Briscoe, Larson, Byron, Reddick and others get it started. A lap later, Elliott and Hamlin head for the pit lane.

Caution during green flag stops

Lap 337, the caution is out for light rain. Bell and Austin Dillon have yet to pit. Chase Elliott is running 3rd. Only 8 cars are on the lead lap.

Bell and Dillon head for the pit lane. Chase Elliott also dives for the pit lane from 3rd after pitting just a few laps ago! Denny Hamlin is handed the lead.

Green, Hamlin gets the jump. He leads Bell and Elliott off turn two.

45 to go

45 to go, Bell has closed to the bumper of Hamlin in the battle for the lead! Hamlin moves to the outside lane to take the lane away.

40 to go, Rain is falling in the distance.

37 to go, Bell looks inside of Hamlin. He drives it deep but he can’t clear him. Hamlin goes back to air blocking.

20 to go, Hamlin remains on defense as Bell is looking for the lead.

17 to go, Ross Chastain is hard in the wall, caution.

Red flag

14 to go, rain is falling at the track. NASCAR has thrown the red flag. Moments later, the sun is back out. NASCAR has begun drying the track.

An hour later, we’re ready to finish this race.

The pit lane is open. The top 7 cars stay out. Ryan Blaney is the first to pit and he brings many cars with him.

Green with 8 to go, side by side into turn one. They remain side by side into turn three. Bell gets loose under Hamlin off turn four! Bell is around. Noah Gragson, William Byron and others are collected.

Chase Briscoe is up to 3rd. He pitted for tires after the red flag.

Green in NASCAR Overtime, Briscoe shoves Hamlin clear into turn one. Briscoe to 2nd. Ryan Preece and Zane Smith are crashing behind them, caution.

Green in NASCAR Overtime number two, Hamlin and Briscoe rub fenders into turn one. They remain side by side in turn three. Briscoe wiggles on the bottom, Hamlin clears him off turn four!

1 to go, Hamlin has a gap.

Denny Hamlin wins at Dover Motor Speedway!

Dover Motor Speedway
Race Results
July 20, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Denny Hamlin

2. Chase Briscoe

3. Alex Bowman

4. Kyle Larson

5. Ty Gibbs

6. Chase Elliott

7. Bubba Wallace

8. Ryan Blaney

9. Chris Buescher

10. Brad Keselowski

11. Kyle Busch

12. Tyler Reddick

13. Michael McDowell

14. Joey Logano

15. Austin Dillon

16. Austin Cindric

17. Justin Haley

18. Christopher Bell

19. Ryan Preece

20. Ty Dillon

21. John Hunter Nemechek

22. Zane Smith

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

24. Riley Herbst

25. Todd Gilliland

26. Daniel Suarez

27. Erik Jones

28. Josh Berry

29. Cole Custer

30. Shane van Gisbergen

31. Noah Gragson

32. William Byron

33. Ross Chastain

34. JJ Yeley

35. Carson Hocevar

36. Cody Ware

37. AJ Allmendinger

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points

1. Denny Hamlin
4 Wins

2. Kyle Larson
3 Wins

3. Christopher Bell
3 Wins

4. Shane van Gisbergen
3 Wins

5. Chase Elliott
1 Win

6. William Byron
1 Win

7. Ryan Blaney
1 Win

8. Chase Briscoe
1 Win

9. Joey Logano
1 Win

10. Ross Chastain
1 Win

11. Austin Cindric
1 Win

12. Josh Berry
1 Win

13. Tyler Reddick
+156

14. Alex Bowman
+63

15. Chris Buescher
+44

16. Bubba Wallace
+16

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Ryan Preece
-16

18. Kyle Busch
-39

19. Ty Gibbs
-52

In-Season Challenge
Dover Results

The highest finisher of each match-up at Dover advances to next week’s finale:

Match winners in bold

Ty Dillon (Seed 32)
vs
John Hunter Nemechek (Seed 12)

Tyler Reddick (Seed 23)
vs
Ty Gibbs (Seed 6)

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