DOVER, Del. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. stood next to the 60-pound metallic gold Monster trophy on the victory lane stage and was uncertain about how many fingers he should flash for his celebratory photo.

“Two for the season or three for Dover?” Truex asked.

How about one of each?

Truex solved his snapshot situation about as efficiently as he weaved through traffic from the back of the field to win a Monday race at Dover International Speedway for the second time in his Cup career. Truex won his first career NASCAR Cup race on June 4, 2007, at Dover and 12 years later used another Sunday rainout to take the checkered flag.

“I’m going to lobby for all Dover races to be on Mondays,” Truex said with a laugh.

He knows how to win on Sundays, too. Truex is warming up in his first season with Joe Gibbs Racing and won in the No. 19 Toyota for the second time in three races. Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, won at Richmond three weeks ago and is hitting his stride as the summer stretch approaches.

“We’ve had some really strong race cars at a lot of racetracks,” Truex said. “For a lot of reasons, we haven’t been able to show it, been having issues that set us back. It’s been tough. The last couple weeks I just feel it’s execution. We’re doing all the little things right.”

Truex and crew chief Cole Pearn didn’t let rain, an inspection failure that dumped the car to the rear or even a maligned race package affect their push toward the finish. Truex, who is from Mayetta, New Jersey has long considered Dover his home track, led 132 laps and dominated runner-up Alex Bowman by a breezy 9.5 seconds to win at Dover for the first time since 2016.

NASCAR Monster Energy Gander RV 400 Results

By The Associated Press

Monday

At Dover International Speedway

Dover, Del.

Lap Length: 1 mile

(Pole Position in parentheses)

1. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 400.

2. (5) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 400.

3. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 400.

4. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 400.

5. (1) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 400.

6. (15) Erik Jones, Toyota, 400.

7. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 400.

8. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, 400.

9. (10) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 400.

10. (22) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400.

11. (14) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 400.

12. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 399.

13. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 399.

14. (12) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 399.

15. (11) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 399.

16. (7) Aric Almirola, Ford, 399.

17. (18) Paul Menard, Ford, 399.

18. (21) Ryan Newman, Ford, 398.

19. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 398.

20. (17) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 398.

21. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 397.

22. (25) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 397.

23. (30) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 397.

24. (26) Michael McDowell, Ford, 395.

25. (23) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 394.

26. (24) David Ragan, Ford, 393.

27. (27) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 393.

28. (29) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 392.

29. (28) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 392.

30. (36) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 389.

31. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 389.

32. (32) Matt Tifft, Ford, 387.

33. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 386.

34. (33) Cody Ware, Ford, 383.

35. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Engine, 356.

36. (35) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 168.

37. (34) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, Engine, 96.

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 127.242 mph.

Time of Race: 3 Hours, 8 Minutes, 37 Seconds. Margin of Victory: 9.501 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 6 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes: 15 among 11 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C. Elliott 1-107; J. Logano 108-123; B. Keselowski 124-181; K. Harvick 182; K. Busch 183; W. Byron 184-188; M. McDowell 189; C. Elliott 190-223; A. Bowman 224-239; M. Truex Jr. 240-243; C. Elliott 244; M. Truex Jr. 245-319; C. Elliott 320-322; J. Johnson 323-326; D. Suarez 327-347; M. Truex Jr. 348-400.