The next NASCAR Cup Series points race at Dover Motor Speedway is on Sunday, May 16, 2027, on NASCAR’s 2027 schedule, and no odds for it are posted yet. Dover had no points race in 2026: it hosted the All-Star Race on May 17, and Denny Hamlin won it from the pole.
Dover in 2026: the All-Star Race
The 2026 All-Star Race was a non-points event held at Dover for the first time, in three phases, with a $1 million prize for the winner. Hamlin passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe with 29 laps left in the 200-lap final segment and won by 0.887 seconds. He was 45, the second-oldest All-Star winner, and it was his second All-Star win in 20 starts.
Lap the Competition
Gain the Inside Edge with Expert NASCAR Picks
Two nine-car crashes bookended the first 75-lap stage and took out or damaged Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney. Bubba Wallace won Segment 1 and Tyler Reddick won Segment 2. Hamlin and Briscoe led all but 36 laps of the final segment.
| Finish | Driver |
|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin |
| 2 | Chase Briscoe |
| 3 | Erik Jones |
| 4 | Austin Dillon |
| 5 | Connor Zilisch |
| 6 | Austin Cindric |
| 7 | William Byron |
| 8 | Michael McDowell |
| 9 | Alex Bowman |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski |
Zilisch, a Cup rookie, came back from a pit-road penalty to finish fifth. For the 2027 points race, what carries over is the track, not the result: the All-Star format, with segments and a prize for the winner only, does not race like a points event.
Recent Dover points race winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Denny Hamlin | Chase Briscoe |
| 2024 | Denny Hamlin | Kyle Larson |
| 2023 | Martin Truex Jr. | Ross Chastain |
| 2022 | Chase Elliott | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Hamlin won the last two points races at Dover and then the 2026 All-Star Race there. Briscoe was second behind him in both the 2025 points race and the 2026 All-Star Race.
What Dover asks of a driver, and how to bet it
Dover is a 1-mile concrete oval with 24 degrees of banking in the turns and 9 on the straights, which NASCAR lists as an intermediate track. The banking keeps speeds up through the corners of the Monster Mile, and a driver who is fast on long runs has an edge there, which is how Hamlin described his 2026 win. Our NASCAR track types guide groups every Cup track by type, so you can compare Dover with the ovals that race like it.
An outright price is a chance written as a payout: +400 implies 20.0%, +1000 implies 9.1% and +3000 implies 3.2%. The 2025 Dover race started 37 cars, so even the favorite loses far more often than he wins. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate a driver’s chance higher than the price does. Head-to-head matchups and top-five or top-10 finish markets let you back a driver’s speed without needing a win.
For this week’s race, our NASCAR picks this week page has the current event, and the NASCAR section holds our other race pages. Compare books in our sportsbook reviews, check the best handicappers before you pay for picks, and start a free trial of the membership.