Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.

All of Hendrick Motorsports's cars finished in the top four with Alex Bowman taking the checkered flag, the first team to do so since Roush Racing at the 2005 Ford 400.

[a] Martin Truex Jr. was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.

Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer called the race from the broadcast booth.

Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.