The 2025 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 20, 2025, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 407 laps on the concrete oval, extended from 400 laps due to a overtime finish, it was the 21st race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Denny Hamlin won the race. Chase Briscoe finished 2nd, and Alex Bowman finished 3rd. Kyle Larson and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five, and Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The practice session was canceled due to inclement weather.
Qualifying Qualifying for the race was cancelled due to inclement weather. Chase Elliott was awarded the pole for the race as a result of NASCAR's pandemic formula with a score of 2.700.
Starting lineup Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 7 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 11 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 12 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 17 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 18 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 20 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 21 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 22 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 25 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 28 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 31 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 33 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 36 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team ChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 120
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 130
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 150
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 57 2 2 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 44 3 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 49 4 25 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 40 5 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 39 6 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 407 48 7 22 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 407 31 8 31 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 407 31 9 12 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 407 28 10 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 407 27 11 10 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 407 29 12 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 407 25 13 7 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 407 24 14 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 407 25 15 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 407 22 16 26 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 407 21 17 20 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 407 20 18 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 407 38 19 11 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 407 18 20 21 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 407 17 21 28 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 406 16 22 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 406 15 23 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 405 14 24 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 405 13 25 24 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 405 12 26 18 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 404 11 27 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 404 10 28 14 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 404 9 29 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 403 8 30 6 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 400 7 31 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 393 18 32 36 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 393 5 33 19 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 382 4 34 37 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 369 0 35 33 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 302 2 36 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 231 1 37 17 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 220 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 50 Red flags: 1 for 56 minutes and 23 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 40 minutes and 18 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television TNT covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta, Alan Cavanna and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
TNTBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Marty SniderDanielle TrottaAlan CavannaMamba Smith
Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the front stretch. Pat Patterson called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2, and Doug Turnbull called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brett McMillan & Heather DeBeaux.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Pat PattersonTurns 3 & 4: Doug Turnbull Brett McMillanHeather DeBeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Chase Elliott 702 1 2 William Byron 686 (–16) 3 Kyle Larson 664 (–38) 1 4 Denny Hamlin 663 (–39) 1 5 Tyler Reddick 640 (–62) 6 Christopher Bell 635 (–67) 7 Ryan Blaney 576 (–126) 8 Chase Briscoe 570 (–132) 3 9 Alex Bowman 547 (–155) 10 Chris Buescher 528 (–174) 11 Joey Logano 524 (–178) 3 12 Ross Chastain 517 (–185) 13 Bubba Wallace 500 (–202) 14 Ryan Preece 484 (–218) 15 Kyle Busch 461 (–241) 1 16 Ty Gibbs 448 (–254)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 770 2 Toyota 751 (–19) 3 Ford 697 (–73)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket
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