Kenseth and Martin Finish Surprising First and Second at Dover

Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race from Dover's Monster Mile saw its first 325 laps dominated by Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards. Yet when the checkered flag waved on the 400 lap event, neither driver was a factor. Matt Kenseth used a great pit call by his crew chief Jimmy Fennig to score his second win of the 2011 season. His former teammate and mentor, Mark Martin, used an even bolder pit decision to score a second-place finish, his first top-five of the season. The story of the day for much of the race at Dover was the grip on the race track. Or the lack thereof in most drivers cases. Terms like 'slick,' 'greasy' and 'black ice' were being thrown around as drivers fought all race long to get a handle on the slippery Dover surface. In the en...

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