N'Wide: Dover's last five races

If you're wondering why Roush-Fenway Racing has been so strong on Sundays lately, it's because they've been warming up on Saturday. Matt Kenseth didn't run either race last year, but his position atop the last five races average grid is significant nonetheless because it highlights the strength of the organization. Look a little further down the list and you will find Carl Edwards, who despite a 26th in fall 2006, still has a better than 10th-place average finish on the strength of one victory, a runner-up finish and four consecutive results of sixth or better. Cross reference that with his five consecutive top-fives in Cup, and you have found your favorite this week.

Clint Bowyer also swept the top-10 in Nationwide competition last year, and will be one of the strongest Cup "Claim Jumpers" in the field.

Mike Bliss was in the right place at the right time last week to win the rain-shortened Carquest Auto Parts 300, but he's been hovering around the head of the pack on a weekly basis. And he's likely to do so again with a second last fall and three top-10s in his last four starts at Dover. If he does not take top honors among the Nationwide regulars, chances are good that Brad Keselowski will. He's finished seventh or better in his last three starts on the concrete high banks in Delaware.

Results, last five years

Driver	Avg Finish	2008.2	2008.1	2007.2	2007.1	2006.2
Matt Kenseth	3.33			3	5	2
Casey Mears	4.00				4
Clint Bowyer	6.67	10	9			1
David Stremme	7.00	11	3
Carl Edwards	8.00	5	2	6	1	26
Mike Bliss	8.25	2	18	4	9
Denny Hamlin	10.00	6	1	1	2	40
Joey Logano	10.00	14	6
Greg Biffle	10.00		5	9	18	8
Michael Waltrip	10.00					10
Brad Keselowski	10.25	3	7	7	24
Kasey Kahne	11.00		10		12
Bobby Labonte	11.00			11
David Reutimann	11.50	17	4	10	15
Scott Wimmer	11.80	4	12	29	3	11
Kyle Busch	12.00	1	28			7
Scott Riggs	12.00					12
Reed Sorenson	12.67			5	27	6
Bobby Hamilton Jr	12.75	15	14	12	10
Todd Kluever	13.00					13
Kevin Harvick	13.75	28	17		7	3
Jason Keller	14.00	19	16	8	13
Juan Montoya	14.00				14
Dario Franchitti	15.00		15
Ken Schrader	15.00					15
Sterling Marlin	15.00			15
Jason Leffler	16.00	7	27	30	11	5
Josh Wise	16.00	13	19
Martin Truex Jr	16.00			2		30
Martin Truex Jr	16.00			2		30
Chase Miller	16.00			16
Ward Burton	17.00				17
J J Yeley	17.00				25	9
Mike Wallace	17.60	12	8	13	33	22
Jamie McMurray	18.00	8		40	20	4
Marcos Ambrose	18.00	16	30	20	6
Dave Blaney	18.33			23	16	16
Steve Wallace	18.80	18	11	22	22	21
Jeff Burton	19.00				19
John Andretti	19.00					19
Patrick Carpentier	20.00	20
Stacy Compton	20.00					20
Kevin Hamlin	21.00	21
Kenny Wallace	21.00	29	20			14
A J Allmendinger	21.00			21
Tony Raines	21.50			35	8
Casey Atwood	21.50			14		29
Regan Smith	21.50				26	17
Kelly Bires	22.00	34	13	19
Landon Cassill	22.67	25	25	18
Brandon Whitt	23.00	23
Sam Hornish Jr	23.00		23
D J Kennington	23.00				23
David Ragan	24.00	9	29	32	32	18
Tim McCreadie	24.00			24
Stanton Barrett	24.25	27	21	17		32
Ashton Lewis	25.00					25
Eric McClure	26.00	24	26	26	28
Auggie Vidovich	27.00					27
Kyle Krisiloff	27.50			34	21
Richard Johns	28.00			28
Tim Sauter	28.00					28
David Gilliland	29.00				29
Derrike Cope	29.67	32	24			33
Morgan Shepherd	30.00	22	22	38	38
John Wes Townley	30.00	30
Kevin Conway	30.00				30
Danny Efland	31.00	26		36
Scott Lagasse Jr	31.00	31
Jay Sauter	31.00					31
Travis Kvapil	31.00				31
Robby Gordon	31.00			31
Robert Richardson	31.50			27	36
Bryan Clauson	32.00	33	31
Johnny Sauter	32.00	40				24
Stephen Leicht	32.67			41	34	23
Brett Rowe	33.00		33
Carl Long	33.00			33
Donnie Neuenberger	35.00	43	34	25	39	34
Shane Hall	35.00					35
Larry Gunselman	36.00	36
Shane Huffman	36.50				37	36
Brad Coleman	37.00		32	42
Paul Menard	37.00					37
Marc Mitchell	37.00			37
Kertus Davis	38.00	37	36			41
Kevin Lepage	38.00	39	35		40
J C Stout	38.00		38
Jon Wood	38.00					38
Johnny Chapman	38.50	38	39
Burney Lamar	38.67	35	42			39
Brent Sherman	39.00			43	35
Brad Teague	39.50		37		42
Kenny Hendrick	40.50	41	40
Terry Cook	41.00		41
Mike Harmon	41.00		43	39
Jerick Johnson	41.00				41
Justin Hobgood	42.00	42
Sean Caisse	42.00					42
Chris Wimmer	43.00					43
Randy MacDonald	43.00				43
Dominick Casola	44.00		44