Memorable moments at Dover Motor Speedway

Take a look at some of the best the "Monster Mile" has had to offer with memorable moments from Dover Motor Speedway over the years.

1969: The July 6, 1969, race was the first premier series event held at what was then known as Dover Downs International Speedway. Richard Petty sealed the first of his seven victories at this track after leading half the race. Petty went on to win three of the first four races at the Monster Mile.

1984: In the first race at Dover after Bobby Allison won his record-setting seventh race at the track, Richard Petty responded in kind. Petty led 129 laps en route to his second-to-last victory in the sport's premier series. The Petty-Allison mark of seven Dover wins would hold up until 2012, when Jimmie Johnson joined the duo before breaking the tie in 2013 with his eighth win.

1993: In a race that saw a fiery crash involving Mark Martin, 16 cautions that lasted for 103 laps (both track records) and lasted just under five hours, Rusty Wallace scored the first of three straight victories at Dover. Wallace led 215 laps, including the final 21 for the victory. Only eight cars finished the race having completed all 500 laps.

1995: What was then known as Dover Downs International Speedway became the sport's first concrete paved superspeedway in 1995; it was previously asphalt. Kyle Petty took the victory by leading 271 laps en route to his eighth and final premier series victory. The concrete surface brought cleaner, faster and more competitive racing to the venue.

2001: The Sept. 23, 2001 race was the first NASCAR Cup Series event held after the tragedy of 9-11. With pit crews like Kyle Petty's and 140,000 fans displaying American flags, Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the win on what was perhaps one of the most emotional days in the sport's history.

2004: In the first postseason race held at Dover, Ryan Newman led 325 of the 400 laps to win. It was Newman's third and most recent win at the track. Thus far, Dover has been a stop in all 15 years of the playoffs.

2005: In the closest finish at the track in the advent of electronic scoring, Jimmie Johnson held off a hard-charging Kyle Busch to win by 0.08 seconds. The win temporarily put Johnson in the lead for the series championship with eight races remaining. Johnson wouldn't win the title that year, but would win the next five.

2007: In his second full-time season in the sport's premier series, Martin Truex Jr. delivered in a big way with his first NASCAR Cup Series victory. Truex led 216 laps in beating Ryan Newman by a staggering 7.355 seconds. The race was also run on a Monday after a rain out on Sunday.

2008: In his first season running the No. 18 car for Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch won at Dover in June during a season in which he won eight races. The victory at Dover made Busch the youngest winner at the track at 23 years old. Busch and Mark Martin are the only two drivers to win in all three national series at Dover.

2009: One of the scariest moments at Dover came in the spring 2009 race when a bump from Tony Stewart sent then-rookie Joey Logano down to the apron before he shot up the banking in Turn 3. Reed Sorenson went high to avoid contact but hit Logano, the beginning of a chain reaction. Robby Gordon hit Sorenson, which then sent Logano's vehicle tumbling down the 24-degree banking. Logano's car rolled eight times, but the driver exited on his own.

2015: Beating Kevin Harvick by 0.435 seconds, Jimmie Johnson's victory in the spring race at Dover broke the record for the most all-time wins at the Monster Mile. Johnson would go on to earn his 11th victory at Dover in spring 2017.

2017: Jimmie Johnson matched Cale Yarborough's mark of 83 NASCAR Cup Series wins with his spring victory at Dover. A special helmet and a old-school Yarborough hat were among the ways Johnson honored Cale in Victory Lane.

2017: 'Rowdy' made quite the statement in the first round of the playoffs with back-to-back wins at New Hampshire and Dover. Kyle Busch hunted down Chase Elliott and made a next-to-last lap pass to steal the victory at the Monster Mile track. It gave the No. 18 team confidence, while it left Elliott with his second runner-up finish of the playoffs (he ended with four).

2018: Chase Elliott captured his second career victory and first in the playoffs. Elliott locked himself into the Round of 8 with the victory to open the Round of 12.

2019: Kyle Larson started second at Dover for the track's 100th NASCAR Cup Series race and 50th anniversary. Larson, who hadn't won in 75 races, led 154 laps en route to his first victory since 2017. The win also punched his ticket to the NASCAR Playoffs Round of 8, the first time a Chip Ganassi Racing driver had made it that far.

2021: Alex Bowman celebrates his win at Dover as he leads a 1-2-3-4 finish by Hendrick Motorsports. Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and William Byron followed Bowman in that order. According to Racing Insights, a 1-2-3-4 finish by a team has happened only three other times in history, with Roush Fenway Racing being the most recent to accomplish the feat in 2005 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.