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Dover International Speedway
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Dover International Speedway
Track Diagram Dover International Speedway P.O Box 843 Dover, DE 19903 |
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1969 - Dover Downs opens as an unique
dual purpose facility, designed to accommodate both
horse racing and auto racing. First event on the
speedway is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race on July 6,
won by Richard Petty. USAC Championship Trail, ancestor
of the Pep Boys Indy Racing League, races on August 24
in wreck-marred 200-miler won by Art Pollard.
1971 - All other motorsports events are
dropped from schedule to concentrate on two 500-mile
NASCAR Winston Cup Series races per year. This schedule
will prevail, with few exceptions, for the next 26
years. 1982 - NASCAR Busch Grand National
races, added as a Saturday attraction on Winston Cup
weekends, soon begin attracting large crowds. 1986 - Modest 3,200 seat grandstand
addition begins expansion of facility, which continued
until 2001 - unequaled by any other NASCAR track. 1994 - Delaware General Assembly
passes legislation authorizing slot machines at
pari-mutuel horse racing facilities. 1995 - Dover Downs becomes NASCAR’s
first concrete paved superspeedway. Races become
cleaner, faster, and more competitive. After summer and
fall of round-the-clock construction, Dover Downs Slots
opens on December 29. 1996 - Revenues from slot machines
mandated by law to be paid in harness racing purses
raise Dover Downs’ stature to national leader in that
sport as well. Dover Downs Entertainment, Inc., parent
company of all Dover Downs activities, begins trading on
New York Stock Exchange under symbol DVD. 1997 - Change to 400-mile distance
for NASCAR Winston Cup races is made at fall event. MBNA
America Bank NA signs to sponsor both NASCAR Winston Cup
weekends through 1999. Dover Downs and Indy Racing
League announce return to major league open-cockpit
racing on July 19, 1998. Dover Downs Entertainment, Inc.
acquires Nashville Speedway USA, operator of NASCAR
events at Tennessee State Fairgrounds, and announces
plans for a new superspeedway in the Nashville area.
Open date is set for Easter weekend in 2001. 1998 - Dover Downs Entertainment
reaches agreement to acquire Grand Prix Association of
Long Beach, owners of Gateway International Raceway near
St. Louis and Memphis Motorsports Park, as well as
operators of the street race in southern California
which bears its name. Pep Boys Indy Racing League
returns major-league open-cockpit racing to Dover Downs
for the first time since 1969. Tony Stewart sets track
record over 185 miles per hour, Scott Sharp is race
winner. 1999 - Innovative promotional
programs like the Busch 6 Pack (now named Dover
Motorsports Club) are implemented to focus on Busch
Series, making 200-mile Saturday events major-league
attractions in their own right. 2000 - Fifteenth consecutive year
of grandstand expansion places seating capacity at
133,000 - largest seating capacity of any sports
facility in mid-Atlantic region. NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series make debut at Dover’s September race weekend with
a 200 mile, 200 lap format. Kurt Busch wins the race
from the pole. 2001– Sixteenth consecutive year of
grandstand expansion places seating capacity at 140,000
- still the largest capacity of any sporting facility in
mid-Atlantic region. Dover holds first Winston Cup event
after terrorist attacks of September 11th on New York
City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. Dale Earnhardt,
Jr. wins the race and takes the American flag for a
victory lap around the track. 2002 - Dover Downs International
Speedway becomes Dover International Speedway, as the
gaming side of the company splits off and Dover
Motorsports, Inc. is created to exclusively oversee
racing at the Dover, Nashville, Memphis and St. Louis
tracks, as well as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,
Grand Prix of Denver and Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
The harness racing, slots operation and new hotel retain
the Dover Downs name. Dover Motorsports, Inc. puts on
successful inaugural Champ Car Grand Prix race in
Denver, then opens the 2003 season with the critically
acclaimed Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. 2003 – Ryan Newman sweeps both
Winston Cup races to become the third racer in the last
four years to pull off that feat (Jimmie Johnson in 2002
and Tony Stewart in 2000). R.J. Reynolds tobacco and its
Winston Cup program run at Dover for the last time as
the sponsor of NASCAR’s premiere series. After 33 years
as the title sponsor, Winston steps aside as NEXTEL
takes the reigns. 2004 – The DuPont Monster Bridge, a
glass-enclosed seating structure that extends over the
track in Turn 3, is unveiled. The one-of-a-kind
structure creates the “Most Exciting Seat in Sports.” On
June 6, Mark Martin returns to Victory Lane at Dover
International Speedway in the “MBNA 400: A Salute to
Heroes.” The race is held on the 60th anniversary of
D-Day, as fans pay tribute to the many soldiers who
serve and protect our country. The new-for-2004 “Chase
for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” comes to the Monster Mile in
the fall, as Ryan Newman notches another Dover win in
the MBNA America 400 on Sept. 26. 2005 – Greg Biffle takes home the
monster trophy in the MBNA RacePoints 400 on June 5.
Biffle adds to his Dover success, adding a NASCAR NEXTEL
Cup win to his two previous Dover wins in the NASCAR
Busch Series. The second of the final ten races of the
year in the “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” sees
Jimmie Johnson celebrate in Dover's Victory Lane. The
Sept. 25 win in the MBNA RacePoints 400 is the third
career victory for Johnson at the Monster Mile. 2006 – In a dramatic come from
behind finish, Matt Kenseth passes Roush Racing teammate
Jaime McMurray with three laps remaining to win the
Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America
on June 4. In another tight, late-race battle, Jeff
Burton spoils Matt Kenseth's dominating performance by
sneaking past Kenseth with six laps to go to win the
Dover 400 on September 24. The win was Burton's first
visit to Victory Lane in more than five years, and 175
starts, and he emerged as the overall points leader with
only eight races remaining in the Chase for the NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup. Dover Motorsports Inc. Making history, one race at a time… 1969 was a year to remember. The
world saw mankind's first step on another celestial
body, 400,000 music fans attended the Woodstock Music
Festival, and construction wrapped up on the brand new
Dover Downs International Speedway (now Dover
International Speedway). When the one-mile, high-banked
Delaware track first opened its gates for NASCAR's
premier racing series, the stage was set for history to
be made. The 25-row, 10,333-seat Dover International
Speedway first ushered in guests on July 6, 1969 for the
"Mason-Dixon 300." The first throngs of fans cheered as
the iconic No. 43 car driven by "The King" Richard Petty
roared into Victory Lane. With this first race, the
story of Dover Motorsports, Inc. officially began. Fast-forward 37 years to today.
Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal identified
Dover Motorsports, Inc. as one of the top-10 gainers in
sports stocks in 2005 with a 12.7% increase in share
price over the previous year. Annually, the company's
facilities host more than 400 races, attracting hundreds
of thousands of motorsports fans from major media
markets around the U.S. Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:
DVD) continues to be recognized as one of the nation's
premier promoters of motorsports events. Mammoth crowds now descend on Dover
International Speedway's 140,000-seat grandstands to
watch their favorite drivers blister around the Monster
Mile. Not only do loyal fans from the Mid-Atlantic
region bring excitement and passion to race weekends
twice a year-they bring more than $94 million directly
to the Delaware economy. Dover Motorsports, Inc. takes great
pride in providing its fans with great experiences at
first-class facilities…one race at a time since 1969. |
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Track Facts Information:
Track size
1 mile,concrete surface Front Straight Length 1076 ft. Back Straight Length
Policy Information:
Permitted items:
You MAY enter the grandstands with
the following:
Prohibited items:
You MAY NOT enter the grandstands
with ANY of the following:
NO items may be left at the gate Please note that the following
activities are not permitted on Speedway grounds:
BEER SEARCH & INSPECTION EXPRESS LANES THIS GATE ADMISSION POLICY MAY CHANGE
PRIOR TO EACH EVENT BASED UPON LOCAL, STATE OR NATIONAL
SITUATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT DOVER TICKET OFFICE FOR THE
MOST UPDATED POLICIES Glass containers are NOT permitted in
grandstands. Please do NOT drop cans or trash
through grandstand bleachers. Please STAY AWAY from track safety
fence at all times. Please LEAVE ROOM for emergency
vehicle access while in any line. Please BE RESPONSIBLE in the
consumption of alcoholic beverages. South & North Grandstands - Rows 31
and above are accessible by elevators or staircases.
Cannot access from the lower level Grandstand area.
Restrooms & Concession Stands are available on this
level.
Services:
ATM Machines-Located on the first floor
of the Air Conditioned Grandstand (enter the building
near the main ticket office).
Concession Stands-There are concession stands
conveniently located around the track. Foods available-hamburgers, hotdogs,
Italian sausage, nacho’s, pizza, soft pretzels, beer,
soda, and water.
Parking:
Parking-General Parking on Sunday (race
day) is $10 per vehicle.
Ground fires are NOT permitted in the parking
areas. Please do NOT erect any flags or other
structures within 100 feet of any telephone or power
lines. You are parking at YOUR OWN RISK.
Please lock your vehicle at all times. Please OBSERVE all signs. Stay OUT OF
restricted areas and OBEY instructions from Dover
International Speedway personnel. To park in the ADA accessible parking
areas, the patron must have a handicap hang tag or
license plate, which can be obtained through your city
or state. To insure that our guest with
disabilities receive the opportunity to park in our
handicap parking areas, we have enlisted law
enforcement's assistance to monitor and enforce proper
use of state-issued disabled parking permits at our
upcoming race. Delaware law requires that the person
with the disability to whom the disabled plate or hang
tag was issued must be the driver or passenger in the
vehicle bearing the plate or hang tag at the time the
vehicle is parked in areas that are restricted for use
by persons with disabilities. Before entering the disabled parking
lots, patrons will be required to show their
state-issued disabled parking photo identification card
to verify ownership of their state-issued plate or hang
tag. For patrons in Delaware and other states who are
not issued a disabled parking photo identification card,
the police will verify the state issued plate or hang
tag number and request photo identification (such as a
driver's license) to match the name on the plate or hang
tag. A free ADA golf cart shuttle is
available to transport patrons with disabilities from
all ADA accessible parking areas throughout the facility
to the grandstand's admission gates. Each accessible
parking area has a sign designating the pickup area.
Telephones are located at all grandstand gates for your
convenience in calling for a pickup. You are not allowed
to bring your own golf cart or similar mode of
transportation onto our property (this does not include
electric convenience vehicles ("ECV")). While we would
like to transport everyone in your party, space and time
is limited. We are only able to transport the patron
with the disability and one companion. Volunteers
transfer patrons as quickly as possible. Please be
patient. Thank you. Please note: Wheelchair seating is
available only in row 31 in the North and South
Grandstands and elevators access only row 31. Also,
entrance through Gate 1 is only permitted when no other
access is available. Please BE RESPONSIBLE in the
consumption of alcoholic beverages. Please OBSERVE all signs. Stay out of
restricted areas and OBEY instructions from Dover
International Speedway personnel. Please BE COURTEOUS to other guests.
Let’s make Dover International Speedway an even more
exciting and enjoyable place for all race fans. |
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