Dover International Speedway, also known as the “Monster Mile,” which hosts two NASCAR races each year. Dover Downs is also a popular harness racing facility.
John Dickinson was called the Penman of the Revolution for his writings on independence. His boyhood home is preserved in Dover.
Eldridge Reeves Johnson was born in 1867 in Wilmington and grew up in Dover. He was the inventor of the phonograph and founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, now known as RCA.