The History of Dover Motor Speedway
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- NASCAR is a unique sport when it comes to it’s schedule and Venues. During a typical season they will visit 25+ unique tracks to make up their marathon of a season.
I’m a history buff, who loves racing, especially NASCAR, and wanted to learn more about the hallowed grounds that host my favorite sport.
In this Episode, we take a look at the History of Dover Motor Speedway, the Monster Mile!
I appreciate everyone's support!
Cup series Number History Playlist: • Cup Series Number History
Track History Playlist: • NASCAR Track History
Team History Playlist: • NASCAR Team History
Xfinity Series Number History Playlist: • Xfinity Series Number ...
Daily Downforce website: dailydownforce.com/
Daily Downforce Twitter: / dailydownforce
My twitter: / 23mattsmith23
Dogleg Garage Discord: / discord - กีฬา
![[LIVE] : ONE ลุมพินี 72 วันนี้!! คู่เอก "ก้องศึก vs โจอาคิม"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hT1EOSsRPac/mqdefault.jpg)
Surprised nobody mentioned the fact that MTJ and his brother Ryan both won at the track this year. It was also Ryan's first career win in NASCAR. Both first wins at the track: MTJ's first win in Cup and Ryan's first win ever. That's pretty cool.
Nobody said this, but man that’s a great point! Thanks for the addition
Homestead, 2017: the pit crews lining up on pit road to thank Dale Jr. and Matt Kenseth for their careers. They both drove throwbacks to their shared rookie year. It also mirrored when Dale Sr. won his only Daytona 500.
All great moments! Thanks for the suggestions!
Another memorable moment: Martin and Ryan Truex winning on the same race weekend. Both in the #19!!
Love it!
For Dover: The Kenseth debut in '98 where he finished 6th in Bill Elliott's car, Jeff Burton's crash in '94 (last race with the asphalt surface) Logano's flip in '09, Roush 1-2-3 in '08, and as mentioned, Jimmie's save in '06.
Love it!
Greatest Dover moment of all time, easy.
2014 September race, it was my 16th birthday, and as a surprise my dad drove us down to Dover (from Long Island) for the day. Jeff was my favorite driver, it was incredible.
Dover will always be fav track
That’s incredible! Love to hear it!
Never was into Nascar growing up however I am really enjoying the now classic races on TH-cam. Back in 1976 I got a chance to drive on the Dover track in my 75' Corvette before the big race. I remember that bank turn. I had a chance to walk up the bank. My experience at Dover is one I will never forget.
That was the original monster mascot for the Speedway. I remember being about 5 in the late 80's riding past the grandstands in turn 1 and seeing a HUGE Monster Mile billboard with this mascot on it. I don't know that he ever had an official name like Miles the Monster does.
You forgot about Donnie Neuenberger flip that he had at Dover in 2005. For Homestead Miami I had Jeff Gordon's final race, Tony Stewart's Final start, and Brian Scott's final start.
Jimmie Johnson winning his 7th title
It has to be there! I’ve had 7 unbelievable moments at Homestead as a fan!
Yes
Jimmie Johnson wasn't the only one with an incredible save too, Dave Blaney had a beautiful qualifying save as well in 2012. He touched the wall, but both the car and wall were spotless.
I’ll have to check it out!
Started going to dover in the mid 70s. My dad worked for RJR and we got free tix usually for the June race. Stands were only on the front stretch back then. Was running through the pouring rain and thunder in 1983 when some unfortunate folks were struck and killed by lightning. I believe there were a few 1st time busch series winners too...Johnny Benson and Mike mcglaughlin come to mind. Kyle's win in 1995 sticks out because andretti took out more than half the field on the first lap. I was in the infield for Schraders win...first and only time ...before the overpass...once you got in, you were stuck there until well after the race ended. Good ttimes.i miss the asphalt though...as well as the 2nd date and the final 100 miles nascar took away. Driving down rt 13 from wilmington...seeing " welcome race fans" signs as far north as Smyrna...feel like a kid again just thinking about it.
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing that!
I'm a little partial to Homestead, in '09 the race happened to fall on my birthday, so being there in person to see the season finale will be a moment I'll never forget. Also, the unforgettable championship battle in '11 between Smoke and Carl Edwards, best race since the 1992 Hooters 500 at Atlanta.
Incredible moments! Love it!
I know it’s Xfinity, but the 2019 Championship race with Reddick Bell and Custer was insane.
Great mention! Love it!
Homestead: Jimmie Johnsons record-tying 7th championship, Joey Logano winning the damn war over Martin Truex Jr in 2018, Kyle Busch capping off a remarkable comeback in 2015 with a championship win
Logano winning the damn war 😎🔥
Dover really awesome, I went in 2021 after not going to a nascar race in over 10 years, and I got to watching my favorite team. I grew up watching finish 1 2 3 4
Aye that’s incredible!
Memorable moments at homestead
1. Kyle Busch wins championship after missing the first 11 races
2. Dale jr final cup race
3. Jimmie Johnson wins 7th championship
Thanks as always! You rock!
I grew up about a hour away from there. The company my dad worked for done the concrete work when they switched it. My dad smoked a J in victory lane when they finished the job lol
That’s incredible! Thanks a ton for sharing!
I was there for both Johnson’s last win and the Hendrick sweep, grateful to have witnessed some excellent racing!
Man, I would give a lot to be able to have been there for Johnson’s last win!
Memorable moments for homestead:
2017: All the Pit crews come out to congratulate Dale Jr and Kenseth on their final starts of their retirement seasons + MTJ winning the championship that same night in emotional fashion for small Funiture Row Racing.
1997: A forgotten moment, Joe Nemechek wins the Busch Series race late in the year at Homestead after his brother John died at the track earlier that year in a Truck Series crash, a win that healed a lot of wounds for the Nemechek family.
2016: Carl Edwards losing the championship due to a bad Block leading to his retirement + Jimmie Johnson becoming one of three seven-time Champions that night.
2011: Tony Stewarts tiebraker chamipnship over Edwards (poor Carl)
2003: Kenseth finishing dead last in the season finale but still winning the title
2004: Kurt Busch wins the championship in the first ever chase for the cup
2015: Kyle Busch winning the title after missing like half the year
And one more 😂
2019: Matt Crafton winning the Truck title with the playoffs format even though he didn't win any races throughout the season
Many more moments i could include like the 2013 Nationwide series points battle between hornish and dillon or the 2003 Busch Series turbulent season finale between 6 drivers and the 2003 Truck series Finale fiasco
That's all for me, keep up the good work, love from Germany 🇩🇪
Awesome mentions! And I love Germany! Spent a couple weeks there in 2019!
Memorable moments in Homestead: Carl Edwards vs Tony Stewart championship battle, 2016 Jimmie Johnson 7th championship win and Carl Edwards 2016 crash
All historic moments!
My honorable mention for homestead-miami Speedway is kind of a sad one. We all know Joe Nemechek story, when he lost his brother John in a truck racing crash in March while Joe was competing in Las Vegas. His family encouraged him to continue racing, and throughout the early 2000s, Nemechek would remain a consistent if somewhat unspectacular driver in the cup series. Now his son John Hunter looks to follow in his Father's Footsteps by claiming the Xfinity series title this year and then compete full-time in the cup series next year.
I love this! Thanks for an incredible mention!
For Homestead there's several moments for me, in the Cup Series alone 2001 when Bill Elliott broke his long winless streak and gave Ray Everham his first win as a owner, and the only time that both Casey Atwood and Bill Elliott ended up in the top 5, the 2003 race when Bill had a flat on the last lap and ultimately Bobby Labonte won his last race plus the last in the Winston Cup era and the first Cup race after they added banking. Roush's 1,2,3,4 finish in 2005, Kurt Busch's comback in 2004 from nearly losing the championship, 2011 the battle with Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, Jimmie winning all 7 of his champships at the track including 5 in a row, Kyle Busch's first championship in 2015 given his injuries and how much he had to do to get him to that point, 2003 in the Truck Series with their championship showdown, and so on. Currently in the Cup Series to my knowledge no first time winner though William Byron was the closest by getting his 2nd career win. Tony Stewart being a rookie getting his 3rd career win in the first Cup Series race as well. Thats a lot and I do admit but it just shows especially in Cup how much memorable moments the track had.
Love it! Thanks for the mention!
Kyle Busch's 2015 and 2019 championship titles. Definently a honorable mention
Absolutely!
I live in Dover, grew up around this track. It's sad to see the attendance dropping so much. My very first cup series race I went to was in 2007 when Martin Truex Jr won.
I agree, I love Dover!
Homestead Honorable mention: the 2011 Points battle between Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart
An instant classic, poor Carl 😭
I love Dover so much. This track definitely needs a 2nd date again. My memorable moment is kind of an odd one. It’s the 2003 race on the newly configured track. Bill Elliott leading and getting a flat tire on the last lap and Bobby labonte going around him for the win. This one sticks out to me for some reason.
Memorable moment for homestead
Love it! Glad to know there’s so many Dover lovers out there!
Miles the Monster! still have a stuffed Miles the monster doll i won from MRN friday night sometime in the 90s.
As someone who was there that 2017 race, and it was also hurt, since Kyle dropped a Driveshaft, so yea it wasn't Great, but Dover is a great track and a Fun Experience
I can echo what you said about cherish your guys wins. When Dale Sr won the fall Talladega race we didn’t know what would happen the following February. I grew up a Dale fan.
Absolutely. Love every win!
The 2011 season finale is a requirement for the homestead video memorable moments. That, alongside the kurt busch wheel mishap are the biggest two for me
I think they both will make it! Great mentions!
As someone who lives literally 10-15 minutes away from the track it makes me sad that we have only 1 date a year now. Attendance has been on the rise since fans were allowed back in 2021 I hope some day we can get our second date back
I hope for the exact same thing!
Memorable moment: Carl Edwards Tony Stuart 2011 championship tie.
2016 Carl crash and Jimmay last championship
Both insane moments! Not great for Carl either time tho 😅
When Homestead comes I should say
2021 Dover was the best Dover race of all times
Your username could have told me that🔥🔥🔥
If it isn’t too late for Honourable Mentions for Homestead:
Kyle Busch win in 2015 caping for an amazing comeback
Jimmie Johnson in 2016 for his record tying 7th title
Stewart Vs Montoya in, I think, 2009
For homestead, put in Kurt Busch losing a tire in 2004, then recovering to win the title in the same race
Love it!
@DoglegMediaMatt for memorable moments, I suggest Kyle Busch 2015 and 2019 championships. When he won in 2015, it was one of the biggest comebacks in Nascar history
11:37 from Homestead Miami Speedway is memorable moments in my opinion are:
2011 cup series championship battle between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards.
Jimmie Johnson winning his 7th nascar cup series champoinship in 2016.
Great mentions! Love it thanks for watching and contributing!
This was my first nascar track I went to. Saw it asphalt and then concrete. I have so many old school photos from there
That’s incredible! If you have discord we would love to see those photos!
@DoglegMediaMatt I'll have to take a look for them...I have them somewhere. I remember the size of the grandstands getting bigger and bigger every year
@@whiterex06 they certainly did, at their peak I believe they had 130K seats
Thank you for the shout out😁👍
Thank you for the great suggestions!
My memorable moment for Homestead would be Truex getting spun by Larson on pit road
That’s a good one!
Memorable moment for sure is the photo finish between Greg Biffle and Mark Martin in 2005
Love it! They also had a 1-2-3-4 finish themselves that year!
@@DoglegMediaMatt I was thinking that was a 1-2-3-4 but after you said in this video Hendrick’s was the first 1-2-3-4, I wasn’t so sure
@@matman1396 hendrick was the first 4 car team to do it, Roush in 05 had 5 full time cars!
@@DoglegMediaMatt ahhh ok, I missed that detail
I attended Dover Motor Speedway for the first time last year and went there this year
Man I’m jealous! Gotta get there soon!
@@DoglegMediaMatt You should and I will be there next year
Two honorable mentions for Homestead Jimmie Johnson's Homestead win in 2016 and Greg Biffle, and Mark Martin's Roush won to finish in 200 50 and bonus mention Daniel Suarez becoming the first international champion at NASCAR in 2016😊
Love it! Thanks a ton!
Homestead 2018: Incredible final lap! Logano outright stole the Cup with a power move to the outside!
Or Honestead 2016: Heartbreak for my favorite driver Carl Edwards what if he actually survived the wreckfest and was instead the 2016 Champ?
Awesome! Thanks as always for the suggestions!
Just a thought, but maybe put up a graphic that shows all winners at a track and when they won. In addition to the list of first time and last time winners. Keep up the GREAT videos!
Thanks a ton! I like it a lot!
Homestead i believe 1995 first race there was the goodys dash series. And the first truck race coming to the checker flag
Great mentions! Thanks!
Homestead Miami Memerable Moments: 2020??? - Tyler Reddick thinks it the cool down lap when its not
2017 - Dale Jr's last race
2016 - Jimmie getting his 7th Championship
2015 - Kyle bush winning his first Championship after breaking his legs early that year along with Jeff Gordons last *Full Time start
2011 - Stewart Vs Edwards
2004 - Kurt Bush tire fall off and still wins the championship
That Tyler Reddick moment is incredible 😂
It truly was, sure you can be famous but in the end where all human and we all make mistakes
For homestead: Carl E & Smokey (tony S) and jimmies final champ + CARL AND LOGANO!!
All great moments!
And also the 2011 finish
denny's 2010 and 2019 races... i hope this is his year :(
Definitely the best to never win a title imo!
Homestead…has to be the 2011 race…first and foremost my guy Smoke’s run to the title that day where he passed about 87 cars…and that being the de facto end of Kurt Busch at Penske
Love it! Great mentions!
For Homestead put in Kyle Busch’s 2015 Cup Series championship (his 1st championship).
Love it! That was a great moment!
@@DoglegMediaMatt yeah and Kyle Busch is also my favorite driver.
Jeff Gordon and his 92nd win in 2014
Love it!
You just never know when miles will bite
He’s good at it that’s for sure!
Yea
Hello Mr Meows
Roush getting a 1-2-3-4 in 2005
This is a good one!
Monster mile
Miles is here, watch out!
ITS HERE!!! Also Congrats to dover for being picked!! TRUEX WON DOVER! 🔥
He definitely did a few times!
👍
Tony Stewart’s I’m him run in 2011 for homestead
Love it!
I've got a track suggestion for you why not do the greatest Road course in NASCAR history Riverside International Raceway it open in 1956 and was forced to closed in 1989 the last Winston Cup race was June of 1988 Ricky Rudd set a new track record in the Quaker State Buick and Rusty Wallace won the race in the Kodiak Pontiac
It’s definitely coming, don’t worry about that! Great mention!
I gave Matt that suggestion, the track actually opened in 1957 and was closed to become the Moreno Valley Mall at Towngate (the population boom and NIMBY's were the ones that killed the raceway)
Mention for homestead jimmie getting his 7th championship
Would I be a Jimmie fan if I didn’t mention this? 😅
@@DoglegMediaMattmaybe
Chase Elliott winning in the Xfinity at home stead
Love it! Great mention!
For homestead obviously Jimmies 7th championship and the wreck that led to it
10:50 also Dominator and Joseph are same person sooooo
Definitely gotta be there!
@@DoglegMediaMattI found it funny how ya said my TH-cam name and discord name(Joseph and dominator)
@@josephharrison5639😂😂😂
you didnt use my memorable moment
Sorry Chili! Get me one for Homestead and I got you!
For homestead I gotta say Joe nemecheks win after his brothers death.
Awesome moment no doubt! Thanks for this!
FIRST PESTO PASTA
Second
Confirmed 😎
7 champ jimmie johson again ok
Gotta be there! Thanks for the mention!
Where’s Fontana
Oh dang you are right 😂 it will be after Homestead, I really messed that up lol
Jimmie Johnson winning his 7th title
Love it! Gotta be there!