DOVER, Del. — Matt Kenseth called for two tires instead of four on the final pit stop of the FedEx 400 and that was the strategy he needed to win the Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
Kenseth led the final 32 laps Sunday to win for the second time this season. He also won at Texas and became the third driver to win twice this season.
Under NASCAR’s revamped rules for qualifying for the Chase for the championship, Kenseth strengthened his bid to make the field with his second win.
“We want to have the wins to have the wild card, if we need to fall back on that,” Kenseth said.
Mark Martin was second and Marcos Ambrose third. Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers rounded out the top five.
A week after his first career victory, Regan Smith of the Denver-based Furniture Row team finished 34th. The No. 78 Chevrolet broke a bar mount on lap 334.
“What a difference a week makes,” Smith said.
The 400-mile race was dominated by long stretches of green flag racing. Jimmie Johnson led a race-high 207 laps but finished ninth.
