Save these stats: Facts to know heading to Dover

Coming off his big victory at Talladega, Chase Elliott heads into Dover as the track's most recent winner with an average finish of 4.3 -- the best all-time average finish among drivers with a minimum of four starts at the 1-miler. Check out more deep stats ahead of Monday's Gander RV 400 (noon ET, Monday on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Aside from Chase Elliott's victory last fall, it's the sport's champions that prevail at Dover. The last 20 races were won by 10 drivers, nine of which are Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champions (Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr.). Twenty of the 36 total drivers to triumph at Dover are also past champions.

Team Penske has been strong all season, but Dover has been challenging for the Blue Oval brigade. Since moving back to Ford in 2013, a Penske driver has not won at the "Monster Mile;" the team's last victory here was September 2012 when Brad Keselowski won in a Dodge. Penske's eight Dover wins have come with four different drivers – Rusty Wallace (three), Ryan Newman (three), Kurt Busch (one) and Keselowski.

For defending series champion Joey Logano, Dover is one of only four tracks where he's led 18 laps or fewer in his career. Logano has only held the top position for 10 laps in 20 career starts, earning four top fives and 11 top 10s in that span.

Dover is a strong possibility for Stewart-Haas Racing's Daniel Suarez to notch his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. The 1-mile concrete oval is home to an average finish of 6.8 for Suarez, his second best on the circuit behind Watkins Glen. In four starts, Suarez hasn't finished worse than 10th and he also holds an Xfinity Series win there in October 2016.

It's no secret that the 2019 season has been a struggle for Kyle Larson, but Dover could provide some glimmers of hope. Dover is home to four top-five finishes for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver, while his four top-five results ties his most at any track.

Still searching for his first win of the year, Kevin Harvick is strong at Dover. The defending Gander RV 400 race winner has two career victories there. He's led 1,297 laps there during his time with Stewart-Haas Racing -- his most at any track where with SHR. Harvick has also led the most laps in five of the last nine races at Dover.

Jimmie Johnson holds the most all-time victories at Dover with 11 trips to Victory Lane, but his last win there in June 2017 also serves as his last Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win. There have been 17 drivers who have won the 69 races since the seven-time champion's last triumph.

Dover serves as a highly successful track for Hendrick Motorsports, winning 20 total races, the most by an organization at the 1-mile track. NASCAR Overtime is also beneficial for the Hendrick squad, winning all four Dover races that have ended with extra circuits. Those wins come from Jimmie Johnson (2005, '15, '17) and Chase Elliott (2018).