2025 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
| Date | July 20, 2025 | ||
| Location | Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (640 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn announcers | Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Doug Turnbull (3 & 4) | ||
The 2025 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on July 20, 2025, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, it will the 21st race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the fourth race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Report
Background
Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Media
Television
TNT will cover the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta, and Alan Cavanna will handle pit road for the television side.
| TNT | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Color-commentator: Steve Letarte |
Marty Snider Danielle Trotta Alan Cavanna |
Radio
The race will be broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow will call the race from the booth when the field races down the front stretch. Rob Albright will call the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2, and Doug Turnbull will call the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN will be manned by Brett McMillan, Heather DeBeaux and Wendy Venturini.
| PRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Mark Garrow |
Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright Turns 3 & 4: Doug Turnbull |
Brett McMillan Heather DeBeaux Wendy Venturini |
References
- ^ "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Dover International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.