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NOTES: Jimmie Johnson has an opportunity to win back-to-back spring races at Dover since Bobby Allison did it from 1982-83. In last year's race at Dover, Johnson led 298 of 400 laps and finished 0.861 seconds ahead of runner-up Tony Stewart for his 42nd career Cup Series victory. Richard Petty also won the spring race there in consecutive years from 1969-70. Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch dominated this race in 2008, as the duo combined to exchange the lead on seven occasions, Biffle led for 164 laps, and Busch ran in front for 158. Busch reclaimed the advantage on lap 327 and held it for a 4.224-second win. Biffle placed third. Busch, an eight-time winner in 2008, has added five victories to his resume since and now owns 17 career Sprint Cup titles. In 2007, Martin Truex Jr dominated the race by leading 216 laps. Truex beat pole sitter Ryan Newman by 7.355 seconds. Newman led seven times for 135 laps, but it was Truex who reclaimed the lead on lap 347 and held it for his first career Sprint Cup victory. Truex, who started 26th, picked up his first win in his 58th start. Matt Kenseth clipped Jamie McMurray by less than one second in the 2006 race for his 12th career Cup win. Kenseth, who started 19th, posted a 0.787 of a second victory. He grabbed the lead from McMurray with four laps remaining. McMurray, who started ninth, led a total of 95 laps. Pole sitter Ryan Newman led for the first 12 laps and finished 14th. In 2005, Greg Biffle captured his seventh career Sprint Cup title, as he crossed the finish line 4.281 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch. Bill Elliott is a four-time race winner at Dover, including two in the spring event there. Kyle Petty holds the record for winning at Dover from the furthest starting position. Petty started 37th in the 1995 race. The top three starting positions at Dover have proven to be very productive in the 80 races held at "The Monster Mile." The pole sitter has captured 12 races, while second and third have combined for 26 victories. This and that from Dover: The first Sprint Cup Series race was held on July 5, 1969. The first two races at Dover were 300 miles. The race length was changed to 500 miles in 1971. The first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover was May 15, 1982. The track surface was changed to concrete in 1995. The race length was changed to 400 miles beginning with the second race in 1997. The first Truck Series race was held in September 2000. There have been 80 Sprint Cup races at Dover International Speedway since the track opened in 1969. There was one race in 1969 and 1970. There has been two-a-year since 1971. There have been 33 different pole winners at Dover led by David Pearson (six). Pearson won the first Sprint Cup pole at Dover in July 1969. Mark Martin, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon lead all active drivers, each with four poles at Dover. 32 different drivers have posted victories at Dover led by Bobby Allison and Richard Petty, each with seven. Richard Petty won the first Sprint Cup race at Dover. Bill Elliott, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin lead all active drivers, each with four victories at Dover. The track name was changed to Dover International Speedway in 2002. The next event on the Sprint Cup Series schedule is the May 22nd NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart won last year's all-star race. 05/14 13:24:09 ET