Race
Martin Truex, Jr. won the race, his first in NEXTEL Cup Series competition. For Truex, the victory was especially sweet, as he hails from Mayetta, New Jersey, a city in the Jersey Shore area about 100 miles north of Dover. The driver of the Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Impala for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. led 216 of the 400 laps. The rest of the top 5, in order: Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, and Matt Kenseth.
Kurt Busch was twice wrecked or shoved by colleague Tony Stewart and on pit road he pulled alongside Tony Stewart forcing a crew member to have to jump to avoid being hit, and gestured from his window. Busch was instantly black-flagged with the white cross and was fined $100,000 and put on probation for the rest of the year. Busch ended up 40th in the race results.
In the points standings, Jeff Gordon led Jimmie Johnson by 152 points at the checkered flag. On the other hand of the "Race to the Chase," eight drivers (11th through 18th) were separated by just 127 points.
During the race, it was announced that Bill France, Jr., who was NASCAR's chairman from 1972 to 2003 and its president from 1972 to 2000, had died from cancer at the age of 74 at 1:00 PM EST. The American flag at Dover was immediately lowered to half-staff and the death was announced over the public address system and on the telecast at lap 261 (right before the accident and confrontation between Busch and Stewart), where Mike Joy's somber tone cast a pall as he called Truex's first-ever Cup win.
Top ten results:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | #1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Dale Earnhardt Incorporated |
| 2. | #12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Penske Racing South |
| 3. | #99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 4. | #11 | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 5. | #17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 6. | #16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 7. | #01 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Ginn Racing |
| 8. | #07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing |
| 9. | #24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 10. | #7 | Robby Gordon | Ford | Robby Gordon Motorsports |
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Famous quotes containing the word race:
“The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another ... is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)
“‘Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
“Their color is a diabolic die.”
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train.”
—Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784)
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.”
—C.S. (Clive Staples)