Dover Motor Speedway’s kind of an odd track.
From 1971 to 2020 — for 50 years — the NASCAR Cup Series visited the Delaware circuit twice each season, with 2021 marking the first time the tour only had one event at the track since 1970. It’s a casualty of circumstance, with Dover’s on-track product dropping off considerably in recent years.
The Monster Mile has recently been a track that features certain, specific moments more than all-around great shows.
Its take-no-prisoners reputation was a bit more prevalent a decade-plus ago. Just take a look at the insane trailer for NASCAR the Game 2011, which definitely sold me:
While the game was lacking, its marketing of a bonkers Dover race that culminates in Greg Biffle barrel-rolling down the backstretch — well, we see the iconic walkway, but all of a sudden the entire field apparently teleports to the frontstretch, because all of a sudden the No. 16 is flipping past the flag stand. I digress. It looked awesome as hell and still does, even if the game was lacking.
Whether it’s that, its mascot Miles the Monster or constant replays of Joey Logano‘s real-life seven-flip tumble, the reputation is there for the1-mile oval — or it was, at least.
Every track lends itself to dominance at some point, of course. Jimmie Johnson won 11 Cup races at the track between 2002 and 2017 and no one could ever count out the No. 48 when it showed up to the high banks of Dover.
Couldn’t really automatically count him out when he lost control of his car there, either.
Johnson triggered a sizable crash about a decade later, but his prowess at Dover will likely never be surpassed. The Big One isn’t just a Daytona International Speedway or Talladega Superspeedway thing; Dover’s close-quarters racing and high banking have led to massive crashes, flared tempers and more. One of the more notable examples was in 2011, when a late-race NASCAR Xfinity Series battle between Logano and Carl Edwards led to a near-Clint…
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