Mother Nature doesn’t care when the NASCAR Cup Series competes at Dover Motor Speedway.
For the third time in the last four years, NASCAR’s top level has been impacted by inclement weather at the one-mile concrete oval — although this time, hopefully, it’s only for Saturday’s qualifying session.
With the persistence of the rain in the area and a NASCAR Xfinity Series event to run later in the afternoon, NASCAR was forced to cancel both practice and qualifying for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover.
The starting lineup for Sunday’s event will be determined by the performance metric, which takes into account last race finish, points position, and fastest lap rank for the previous event.
Chase Elliott and Chase Briscoe will share the front row for Sunday’s event. Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron round out the top five.
Starting Lineup:
| Row | Pos | # | Driver | Team |
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| ROW 1 | 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet |
| 2 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota |
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| ROW 2 | 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota |
| 4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing SiriusXM Toyota |
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| ROW 3 | 5 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Raptor Chevrolet |
| 6 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet |
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| ROW 4 | 7 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet |
| 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford |
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| ROW 5 | 9 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota |
| 10 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet |
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| ROW 6 | 11 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Castrol Ford |
| 12 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Trimble Ford |
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| ROW 7 | 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Insurance Toyota |
| 14 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Advance Auto Parts Ford |
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| ROW 8 | 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford |
| 16 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet |
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| ROW 9 | 17 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Campers Inn RV Chevrolet |
| 18 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Jockey Infinite Cool Underwear Chevrolet |
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| ROW 10 | 19 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Moose Fraternity Chevrolet |
| 20 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet |
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| ROW 11 | 21 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Sea Best Seafood Chevrolet |
| 22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing U.S. Space Force / Leidos Toyota |
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| ROW 12 | 23 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing BREZTRI Chevrolet |
| 24 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford |
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| ROW 13 | 25 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet |
| 26 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske AutoTrader Ford |
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| ROW 14 | 27 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota |
| 28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Hertz Toyota |
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| ROW 15 | 29 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford |
| 30 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Horizon Hobby Ford |
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| ROW 16 | 31 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Libman Ford |
| 32 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Tree Top Toyota |
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| ROW 17 | 33 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Miner Docks, Doors and More Chevrolet |
| 34 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Fun Pops Chevrolet |
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| ROW 18 | 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire Breaker Ford |
| 36 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports MillerTech Ford |
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| ROW 19 | 37 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing Ultimate Tailgating VIP Chevrolet |
