NASCAR starting positions for Dover Motor Speedway
Tomorrow, the NASCAR Cup Series takes the green flag in Dover, Delaware. Now, the field rolls to the 1-mile of Dover Motor Speedway for a round of practice and qualifying.
View Dover starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Xfinity: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race
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Just ahead of qualifying the field was split into two groups for a brief 15 minute practice session. The combined times from those sessions are posted below qualifying results.
Todd Gilliland, Josh Bilicki spin early in practice. Both made contact with the wall and put the other teams on high alert. Many cars are bottoming out on the track and causing major handling issues.
William Byron, Tyler Reddick and Harrison Burton also spun. Austin Cindric topped practice with a 22.807.
In qualifying, the field was also split into two groups. The top 5 from each group advanced into round two of qualifying.
Dover Qualifying Results (Group A – Round 1) : 1. Ross Chastain (22.423); 2. Ryan Blaney (22.453); 3. Denny Hamlin (22.495); 4. Chris Buescher (22.515); 5. Bubba Wallace (22.544)
Dover Qualifying Results (Group B – Round 1) : 1. Chase Elliott (22.467); 2. Kyle Larson (22.495); 3. Alex Bowman (22.504); 4. Kyle Busch (22.585); 5. Daniel Suarez (22.608)
Chris Buescher will roll from the pole position. Denny Hamlin completes the front row.
Dover Starting Lineup
April 30, 2022
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Chris Buescher
22.479
2. Denny Hamlin
22.536
3. Kyle Larson
22.552
4. Chase Elliott
22.609
5. Ryan Blaney
22.617
6. Alex Bowman
22.626
7. Ross Chastain
22.643
8. Daniel Suarez
22.708
9. Bubba Wallace
22.810
10. Kyle Busch
22.859
Failed to advance out of round 1
11. Kevin Harvick
22.547
12. Austin Cindric
22.592
13. Ryan Preece
22.620
14. Justin Haley
22.631
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
22.640
16. Kurt Busch
22.645
17. Christopher Bell
22.647
18. Martin Truex Jr
22.682
19. AJ Allmendinger
22.684
20. Brad Keselowski
22.695
21. Corey LaJoie
22.705
22. Joey Logano
22.734
23. Chase Briscoe
22.741
24. Austin Dillon
22.773
25. Erik Jones
22.791
26. Tyler Reddick
22.833
27. Aric Almirola
22.858
28. Cody Ware
22.895
29. Michael McDowell
22.905
30. Cole Custer
23.018
31. Ty Dillon
23.190
32. BJ McLeod
23.803
William Byron
No Time
Harrison Burton
No Time
Todd Gilliland
No Time
Josh Bilicki
No Time
Dover Practice Results
April 30, 2022
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Austin Cindric
22.807
2. AJ Allmendinger
22.813
3. Justin Haley
22.829
4. Denny Hamlin
22.844
5. Kurt Busch
22.856
6. Ryan Preece
22.863
7. Brad Keselowski
22.864
8. Ryan Blaney
22.869
9. Chase Elliott
22.879
10. Christopher Bell
22.931
11. Kyle Busch
22.951
12. Kyle Larson
22.956
13. Kevin Harvick
22.963
14. Daniel Suarez
22.975
15. Joey Logano
22.996
16. Ross Chastain
22.999
17. Alex Bowman
23.014
18. Tyler Reddick
23.021
19. Martin Truex Jr
23.045
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
23.077
21. Aric Almirola
23.097
22. Chris Buescher
23.100
23. Bubba Wallace
23.125
24. Corey LaJoie
23.226
25. Erik Jones
23.250
26. Austin Dillon
23.251
27. Michael McDowell
23.279
28. Cody Ware
23.468
29. Harrison Burton
23.499
30. Chase Briscoe
23.570
31. Cole Custer
23.654
32. BJ McLeod
23.797
33. Ty Dillon
23.835
34. Josh Bilicki
23.844
35. William Byron
33.999
36. Todd Gilliland
No Time
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