The 2021 Drydene 200 was a

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race held on May 15, 2021. It was contested over 200 on the concrete oval. It was the tenth race of the

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season.

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driver

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, collected his third win of the season.

Report

Background

Dover International Speedway is an oval

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that has held at least two

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races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the

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. The track features one layout, a concrete

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, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by

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. 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

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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.

Qualifying

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was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula. Jordan Anderson,

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, and

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did not have enough points to qualify for the race.

Starting Lineups

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 45 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 45

Final Stage Results

''Laps:'' 110

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 9 among 6 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 7 for 45 * Time of race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 20 seconds * Average speed:

References

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