This was the 31st career victory for Harvick, third of the season, first at Dover International Speedway and second at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard didn't advance out of the Challenger Round.

The AAA 400 was carried by NBC Sports on the cable/satellite NBCSN network for the American television audience.

[23] In the week leading up to the race, the National Hurricane Center began tracking the development of a storm several hundred miles south-southwest of Bermuda.

[25] The forecast model from the National Weather Service had the storm potentially affecting the race weekend.

[26] However, updated models had the storm avoiding landfall on the Eastern U.S. seaboard and moving out into the North Atlantic.

"[30] Joey Logano said he was "[g]lad to see @NASCAR expanding the restart zone" and that it was "what a lot of drivers were asking for.

[32] Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer controlled their destinies only if they won.

[32] Otherwise, as would turn out to be the case for Earnhardt and Busch, they were dependent on other non-clinched drivers having bad point days.

33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet for the first time since Watkins Glen and Reed Sorenson returning to the No.

Because inclement weather forced NASCAR to cancel qualifying, along with the Friday practice session, the lineup was set by points.

I think it’s one of the advantages of leading the points – obviously if it rains you get a good starting spot and pit stall.

Glad we’re starting in the front, but still would have liked the track time.”[36] Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.429 and a speed of 160.506 mph (258.309 km/h).

[39] Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.072 and a speed of 156.033 mph (251.111 km/h).

[41] Under cloudy Delaware skies, Matt Kenseth led the field to the green flag at 2:51 p.m.

It was short-lived, as he and Jimmie Johnson were both tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted from the tail-end of the field.

Jimmie Johnson made an unscheduled stop on lap 103 for an issue with the drive line.

[44] Following the race, he said that it was "tough having a very inexpensive axle seal be the culprit and take your championship hopes away.

The fourth caution flew on lap 193 when Jeb Burton suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 2.

The sixth caution flew on lap 312 when A. J. Allmendinger got loose and spun out in turn 4 while trying to get on pit road.

While Jamie Mcmurray, Jimmie Johnson, Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer were the 4 drivers eliminated from the chase.

Adam Stevens gave me a great piece and when you look at the amount of practice time we had, it was pretty hard to figure out what you had.

It’s frustrating that we weren’t able to make it to the next round, but it was a good day for the Nature Made car.

We just needed one more point.”[54] After driving under the radar to a fifth–place finish, Aric Almirola said that his team did "a really good job.

We just struggled with getting the car in the race track most of the day and right there at the end four tires paid off for us.

"[58] After a 14th–place finish wasn't enough to get Clint Bowyer into the Contender Round, he said after the race that his "5-Hour Energy Toyota was good today, I’d say a top-five car.

No one had anything for that 4 car (Harvick), though.”[59] Following his 25th–place finish that kept him from advancing to the Contender Round, Paul Menard said that it "was not a good day for us at Dover.

Hate that we don't get to compete further into the Chase, but we will work for a win and to advance our spot from where we are.”[60] NBCSN covered the race on the television side.

Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.

Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post handled pit road on the radio side.